Denver labor bulletin., 1915-03-27
JOnEDEE'S EXPERT
PROBING IN DENVER
WI Mackenzie King Hare to
View Industrial Situation
Says Variety sf Labsr Troubles Dig
played in Celseade Greatly Interest
MIN and Makes This First Stop

w. l. Mackenzie King, former minister
of labor in the Dominion of Canada, re-
Gently appointed Industrial expert by the
Rockefeller Foundation at 81, 900 per
year and expenses, has arrived in Dem
yer on his first grand tour to study the
relations of capital and labor. He has
a choice suite of rooms at the Brown
Palace hotel with flunky at the door
to ward off undesirables. Expert King
announces that his stay here will be for
an indefinite period, or until he has bad
sufficient time to "Esake an exhaustive
study of affairs as they exist between
capital and labor" Asked as to when
John D. Rockefeller jr. would come to
Colorado to make a first-hand investi-
cation of his properties for himself, King
replied that he could not furnish any
information.
q am not here to make any formal
investigation into the cause of the coal
strike or any other specific differences
between employer and employee" he ex-
planned. What 1 want to get at Is Is a
certain condition wrong, and if so,
whyf'
4will you try and determine how con
ditions stood between officials OF the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company at the
time OF the coal miners strike - he was
asked.
Wants to Be Helpful
No, that is just what 1 viii not do
in any general way he replied Il
will seek the cooperation of all en-
ployers, among them, of course. th4
Colorado Fuel and Iron officials. and
try to get results in that way.
Ny aim is that solely OF endeavoring
to be constructively helpful in regard
to relations in which the public, quite as
much as the immediate parties to indus.
try, has a paramount concern.
+ The final and only test as to whether
4 not tie study Of ccuditions here. e6n-
bined with simiiAr studfes IN 0thcr pnxIs
of the United States, and in other corn-
tries, may help to further the objee
they are intended to serve, Win be IL
degree to which the constructive sue-
gestions are practically applied and
serve to actually improve the relations
of capital and liSorS
King will confer with Governor Carl
son and other state officials before TAX
ing up his work. He wiz explain to the
governor the exact purpose of his visit
to Colorado and the plans of investiQa-
.tion he intends to pursue.
He gave as his reason for visiting Colo
RADIO first the number and variety of the
industries in this state. the stage of its
industrial development and the public
interest aroused in its industrial affairs.
Colorado Natural Field.
Further explaining his mission, King
made this statement:
In June of last year, was asked BY
the Rockefeller Foundation if l would
undertake the direction of far-reachinp
study of industrial problems. with view
of making suggestions which might be
constructively helpful in improving the
relations of capital and labor.
When / entered upon the work in
October, 1 intimated to the Officers of
the foundation. that 1 should desire at an
early date to visit localities that might
serve to illustrate existing needs. in order
that my studies might be given that
practical trend which it was the purpose
OF the foundation. as well as my own
wish, they should have.
Colorado very naturally suggested it,
self. For a number of reasons it has
seemed to me desirable it should be the
first. The number and variety of Colo
RADIOS industries, the stage of its indus
trial Development, and the public interest
aroused in its industrial affairs. have
seemed to me reasons for believing that
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