The Washington herald., 1914-03-05
LABOR PROBLEM
not YET SOLVED
Secretary Wilson Says Scheme
Equitable to Workmen
Work of Age.
SPEAKS TO EMPLOYEES
Department. in First Anniversary
Banquet at Raleigh. Is Host
to Notable Guests.

THE Full Social EQuiVaient VI Nne
Labor" was one Of the topics Of secre-
tary of Labor Wilson at the hrst ami
yersary banquet OF the Department OF
Labor last night at the Raleigh Hotel
.rb. equitable division Of that which Is
produced Is a problem we have not YET
solved" said he Nobody has yet pre-
sented a concrete plan by which tnis
problem can be solved. Some say COL
lecttye ownership Of all means Of pro-
auction. distribution. and exchange Wouio
solve It and give to every man the tull
social equivalent Of that wnicn ms 'Ao'
produces.
"But assuming you have collective
ownerzhip of all means. how are you
going to determine what the fuli sociaI
equivalent Is? In the primitive state
of society such q thing might nave neen
nossIble. hut not now. No; collective
ovnership would not give US solution.
Maybe a solution will come yet tnougn
not as the result Of one mans oriliant
idea. but from some thought upon
thonpht or idea upon idea, until every
man on earth may have q full social
equivalent of his laoor
Working on safety Problem.
Secretary Wilson added that he hoped
through the Department of Labor Statis-
tics to work out in course Of time solu-
tion of the problem of personal safety
to workers, and that he hoped some day
to introduce a method in the Immigration
Bureau that will help create more
equal distribution of labor In this coun-
try.
other speakers were Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor Louis F. Post, Anthony
Caminetti, Commissioner General Of I'm
migration: Richard K. Campbell, Com
missioner of Naturalization; Royal
Meeker Commissioner of Labor status
tics. and Miss Julia C. Lathrop, Chief CT
the Children's Bureau. T. V. Powderly,
Chief of the Division Of Information, was
toastmaster.
Present mt Banquet.
Those present were Robert Watson.
Agnes Hart Wilson, Byron H Uhl. New
York City; Miss Julia C. Lathrop, Ber-
tram n. Stump, Baltimore; Mrs. A Can't
netti, A. Caminetti, Mrs. L. F. Post, l.. +.
Post, assistant secretary; T. v. Powderly,
toastmaster; w. B. Wilson. secretary;
]. B. Densmore. Mrs ]. B. Densmore,
Royal Meeker, Ethelbert Stewart. r. F.
Crist, Mrs. H. l. Kerwin. H. l.. kerwin.
George G. Box, +. H. Larned. J. II. Wag-
ner, Joseph ]. Kunna, John r. Peltz, Ar
thur E.. Surdam, Charles Russell, George
c. Page, Dr. H. r. weakley, L. B. Sand
blast, ]. B. Leemon, l. W. Bartlett.
Ralph II. Horner, Gail T Judd, Stanley
r. Lynn, Elmer F. Haas. Charles Z.
Booth, jr, Harold McClelland. Henry
Block, Frank ID. Byrne, George Gilbert,
l. L. Schnare, Gertrude ]. Tibbetts, A
C Scott, Florence Z. Johnston. A r.
wiggin, Lillian NJ. Lewis. Charles S.
Eby, Emma Duke. d. f. Miller. Helen
l. Sumner, Lewis Merriam, Mary NJ.
West, ]. c. Watts, Laura A. Thompson,
C. T. Hoffman, Eta r. Goodwin. Fanny
Fiske, Leo B. Russell, ]. Worcester Ma
son, Nellie Gravatte. William Wolfiey,
E Byrd Doran, George O'Donnoghue,
George Mclaughlin, Harry G. Purdy, III.
Irving Heard, Edward Hayes, E. c.
Keyser, l.. II. Kline, S. NJ. Gregg, G. III.
Willis, Patrick L. Collins. r. J. Lodge,
8. s. Galiher, Harvey S. Wilson, George
s. Burchfield. Archie w. Davis, Harry
B. Hanger, Robert c. Stars, Robert l.
Livingston, Albert r. Archibald, Wade
Hampton Skinner. Talmadge S. Winn, ].
f. Jenkins. Arthur H. Gardes, Shelby
Smith, ]. F. Oestel George P. Kimmei.
F. J. Phillips, Robert NJ. Durham, Paul
II. Moncure, Thomas r. Carter, N. H.
Clark, Z. L. Whitney, Augustus
P. Norton, Alfred Maylander. ].
]. Sullivan, Millard +. Hobbs,
r. G. Phelps, F. Z. Marvin. L. l. Nuber,
W. F. Miller. r. F. Andrews, l.. E.
Meany. H. A. Sullivan, Henry d. Good
man, S. ]. Gompers, II. A. Works, T.
a. Stevens. Edward Flagg. N. S. Ling
amfelter, Charles /. Simms, W. p. Waer-
tendgle, Edward S. McGraw. Edward ].
Cunningham, Richard NJ Hill, Thomas
z. Shoemaker. William T. Peake, v. T.
Moore. H. r. Burrill, II. l. Stanforth,
Samuel Jacob. r. A. Scott, w. NJ. Rags
dale, Merton A. Sturges, Elmer c.
Wood, Leigh L. Nettleton, David F. Cop
enhafer. H. Clyde Clark. W. c. Sausele.
Louis Weinberg, Harris w. Barnum, r.
F.. Baker, Paul Armstrong, Frank w.
Bird, Charles W Ellis, Leonard E. Til
den II z Taylor J. C. Rritton Harry