The Washington herald., 1914-05-29
|DR. MARDERS
UPLIfT TALKS
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The distressing conditions In the Goa.
and copper regions OF Colorado which
compelled the sending Of Federal troops
70 the scene OF strife to quell formi.
dabie rebellion have again brought to the
attention OF the public the absolute me-
cessity for cooperation between capitai
and labor.
| No employer today is independent Of the
workers In his service He cannot sue
| coed alone, no matter how great his abil-
| ity or capital. Business today Is more
| than ever question Of cooperation. The
most progressive employers look. upon
| their employees as partners They do not
! take great risks. but SO far as the sue
cess of the business Is concerned they
are partners. No man is strong enough
to succeed in any large way without this
cooperation
Business men are beginning to find that
there Is a tremendous loss OF productive
ness because the employer and cmploye
do not pun together. II the employers
| and employees of this country worked
together hand and glove. worked to-
gether as partners. as having the same
interests at stake. instead OF feeling that
there Is a chasm between them, that their
interests are not Identical. there would
be such a tremendous increase OF produc-
tiveness as would cause an Industrial
revolution.
1t is unfortunate for the employees. that
in trying to protect themselves, as in the
various unions, they naturally emphasize
this difference between the cmploye and
the employer. They unconsciously tend
to widen the chasm between them, when
there should be no chasm.
Lincoln said, "A house divided against
itself must fall" II the employers and
employees of an institution spend their
time In arguing and wrangling. II means
divided house, and the house viii GER
tainly suffer-
tween the strength OF iot Of wires that
are twisted into a cable and the same
number of separate wires.
The employer and employees in many
concerns are like the many fine wires
twisted into a mighty cable. capable OF
supporting a. tremendous weight. In
other business houses they are like so
meny separate wires. There Is no unity
of purpose. Every one Is for himself.
looking out for his own interest. caring
nothing for the others. This is the kind
or panics. while the other house is like
the cable that does not part. When times
are hard il holds firmly together: IL
goods remain unsoid on the shelves. it
pulls with might and main to reawaken
trade.
know of no one thing that will pay
an employer so large a dividend as co..
operation between himself and his en-
ployes-
There is an normous amount of ability
which goes to waste and is never deve!-
oped in many OF our large business
houses because of this lack of hearty CO.
operation between the heads Of depart
ments and the employees. for the reason
that the proprietor never took pains 10
arouse their ambition and call out their
ability.
One of the great hnanciers says:
Labor and capital should never be ar
rayed against each other. The solution Is
in profit sharing. 1t should be SO arranged
that every employe would participate in |
the profits. think that in this way the |
tween labor and capital would be taken..l
Business men are waking ur to the i'm |
portance of conservation of human en-
ergy. Employees and employers of the
future will come together as never before.
arc identical. and that no man can rise
to great eminence in business today exsI
cept on the principle of cooperation.
DR.. Marden's !Uplift Talks will appear
in the magazine pages of this paper every
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
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