Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-10
be taken up with the man.

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agcmcnt.'
Sometimes they provide henefi
| features. sometimes they seek to i'm.
crease wages but whatever thei,
specific purposes. 80 long as it Is tc
| promote the we'll being OF the EN-.
ployees, having always due regard fol
| the just interests of the employer and
TO associate himself with such group,
or to work Independently. as he may
choose. favor them most heartily.
COMBINATION OF CAPITAL
MUST REGARD TIKI; LAW
Combinations of capital are some
times conducted in an unworthy man.
ner. contrary to law and in disregard
OF the interest both of labor and the
public. Such combinations cannot he
too strongly condemned nor too siren
uously dealt with. Although combina-
tons OF this kind are the exception.
such publicity is generally given TO
their unsoci3l acts that all combina :
tons of capital however rightly man
aged or broadly beneficient are put un-
der suspicion
I'm the further development or or
Sanization OF labor and OF large bust
ness. tho public interest. us we'll az the
Interest of labor and capital alike. will.
il seems 10 me. be best advanced by
whatever simulated every man to do
the DtSt WORK OF "nlCn he Is
by a fuller recognition OF the common
interest of employers and employed
and by AN earnest effort to dispel dis
trust ana hatred and to promote good
Will"
You have defined your attitude to-
ward labor. What do YOU think the
attitude of labor should be toward
capital"
I'm outlining the plan of industrial
representation at the joint convention
of the officers of the company and tho
formally elected members of the men
held in Pueblo OH October | said
that every corporation or company is
composed OF four parties, the stock
holders who put up the money that
pays the wages, builds the plants car.
riers on the current operations; the
directors whose business It is to sec
that the chief executive officials of the
company are carefully and wisely Sc
lccted to plan out the larger and more
important policies OF the company, par
tlcularly those OF financial nature,
and TO sec 10 II that. generally speak
ing, the company is wisely admin
iStered: next the officers of the com
panE whose part it Is to see to the cur
rent operation of the business on the
grounds and finally the employees who
contribute their skill and work to tho
advancement of the common interest
of all parties concerned.
INTEREST OF ALI. FOUR
PARTIES IL COMMON ONE
The interest OF all these four
parties is common one. No one In
tercSt can he advanced to the sacrifice
OF another interest without loss being
suffered by all. When any one OF the
four parties in such 4 corporation self
iShly considers his own interest alone
and is isrccardful Of the interests OF
the other three parties, sooner or later
ri tSs..c fe,. f-1l
Capital is entitled just the same as
labor. to n fair return.
What said recently to Congrcga-
ton or Pueblo miners repeat. There
is no one thing that threatens greater
harm to the interests of the workmen
of this country than that rcrnicious.
that wicked. that false doctrine the
thing to do is just as little work AS
YOU can possibly do and hold your Job -
What would You describe as the one
big essential point in your plan"
The point TO he empha sized. and we
have embodied il in our plan Is tina I
the promotion OF harmony and good
will between the company and its en-
plUyees, and the furtheranre of the
well-being Of employees and their
families ANA the localities in which
they reside are essential to the com =
pany's industries in enlightened and
profitable manner"
Asked in conclusion for general
expression OF his attitude IN the sub
jcct. which invoked this interview, Mr..
Rockefeller replied:
II can only refer YOU to what 7 have
already said before the Federal COM
mission on the subject. believe that
the ultimate object Of all activities in
a republic should be the development
of the manhood OF its citizens: that
such manhood can be develop ped TO the
fullest degree only under conditions
Of freedom for the individual, and that
! industrial enterprise can and should be
conducted in accordance with these
principles"