The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-23
Interests of Both Side
Inseperably Bound
Together
SHOULD NOT
BE INIMICAL
Each Should COmpns
ment, Not Antagonize3
the Other

NE iOith, OCt. So.- III cdpltA
and labor do not get together
the right spirit. the future OF Ame
lea is doomed" declared John ~
Rockefeller. Jr., In an interview n
day. IF they do not come tn ~
that the interests OF each are &
separably bound up with the int
ests of the other. and that eae&
must be mutually recognized an
respected, then capitals resource
are doomed just as the worxee1
prosperity is doomed.
"One cannot exis: without the c.
operation of the other. To dYfv4
this stupendous fact home to eaS
OF these two forces, TO make eao1
know that 1t Is but the complemes1
tary force Of the other. and not oG(
antagonistic force, Is the most vito2
problem before the United State
today.
Il am not so bold as to say th1I
the Colorado plan will be tt
means of bringing about this uI|
derstanding completely. but I hop4
it may contribute toward that end
Fresh from his trip to the Co
orado mines, young Rockefeller dj6
cussed the industrial situation r.
the light of his investigations n
experiences. "A
"The chief point that host
critics OF the Colorado plaa -
| is that 1t is an attempt to surp1
the labor union" he cqn6py
There Is no such purpose ii mn
not in any sense Whatever.
have found no labor organizer NH
asks a broader platform than tn
one upon which l stand--the on
which I outlined to the Industrlr|
Relations commission. Here II whGl
l said then, and say now:
II believe II to be just as prop
and advantageous for labor to @
sociatc itself into organized grouT
for the advancement of its leg1l1
mate interests, as for capital t|
combine for the same object"
Referring to his visit to ColoraG8
Rockefeller said:
"I talked to hundreds Of the m01
and their bosses. and to the wivG1
and children OF these men. ~
tened to them and questions
them, too. heard all their crt0|
cisms and all their grievanool
There was not one OF the latter. +
matter now small. that l didn't "a
just, explain or arrange to have a
/ justed while I was there on th
ground; and when people ask me
this experience didn't convert nj
to the belief in personal contact be
tween employer and employe, l tel
them that I have never believed II
anything else, nor has my father.
| Reverting TO his plan, he said:
mo plan can be made fool-proof
when II deals with human relations
for the best OF us make mistakes
no matter how hard we try not TO
But let the officers OF this companJ
once understand that there Is nevel
to be another strike In our com
pany. that every man is to be treat
ed as a partner and not as an en-
emy or an underling-as they do
and the thing will, feel, be sue
cess.
But all these efforts win accom-.
plish nothing in the working out 0j
peace and a mutual understanding
between labor and capital in Amer
lea. unless each meets the other -
spirit of brotherliness. II cap
ital keeps chip on its shoulde&
and labor keeps a chip on its shoul'
der. no plan viii or can succeed,
Money will not receive its just rel
| turn, nor will Drawn get what II is
entitled to. and both together. asi
well as the whole country. viii face,
/ disaster.
This Colorado plan Is conceived
with the sincere purpose OF placing
the men in a position to realix6
their legitimate aspirations. TO have,
choice in the conditions under
which they work, and live. and To
have real place in the industrial
family. OF which they are part'
II Is the hope that as result oG<
the operation of this plan. the cons
pauy will be more prosperous. an6'
the men better satisfied than ever
and that every factor in the life o.
the company will BE- permitted tc|
enjoy its fair share OF the result o.
SIS Ia bpre I" "A