The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-30
EMPLOYEES ENTITLED
TO some VOICE IN
EMPLOYERS AFFAIRS
DR.. Charles w. Eliot Gives In
tcresting Views Before In
dustrial Commission
Does
Not Agree In View
John r. Lawson. on Behalf of
Colorado Miners, Makes
Splendid impression in F force
full but Temperate Criticism

New York. Jan. 29.--Dr. Charles
w. Elliot former presiden, Of Hartford
University and one OF the trustees Of
the Rockefeller Foundation, gave his
views on Il great many Industrial prob
lens today before the commission on
industrial relations. DIR. Eliot fell In
with the view of several prev. ous wit
nesses. particularly Louis Brandeis,
who nave advocated industrial democ-
racy in the sense that WORKING men
should have compelling voice In the
regulation OF a corporation affairs
About the only witness The commas
sion has mad VINO had not announced
MS oeIei In this program IN some
ioFm Is John hays hammond. who
Was on the stand this afternoon. he
sad FRANKLY iie did not believe In il
because he did not think an ordi-
mary worhingman l., QuaAaed to direct
the policies OF great corporation
But MIR. Brandeis believes work.
inSmen should have THAI right, and
DR. Eliot agrees with him" said Com
Heinstock.
Il know that" replied Mr.. Ham
mond. but l don't think either one
OF them ever had anything TO do with
iaaor."
Owns stock I'm Chemical Company.
During the testimony OF DR.. Eliot
II developed that among the resources
O. the Rockefeller Foundation there
are 500 bonds Vt the American Agrt.
cultural Chemical Company, At whose
plant IN Roosevelt, ". j.. there IL now
u strike, and where q number, OF
strikers were shot two weeks ago by
de putty sheriffs, DIR. Eliot said he saw
no reason why that fact should bar
the foundation from making q thor
oushiy impartial. and Just investiga-
ton OF labor conditions at the chemi-
cal company's plant
That was his ideM In respect of
other matters. He could see no men
ace. but a positive benefit. In the
and declares his better
that its iaNegtsS ations would be just
as independent and fair as are the
policies of the institutions
Of learning TO which Mr.. Rockefeller
has contributed SO largely. lie praised
the foundation as a most admirable
In its various branches
and aserred he could not agree TO its
potential danger to the republican
form of government.
DIR. Eliot went straight at the Ques-
ton OF whether or not industries ought
TO be investigated by the men who
control them by saying that they
could not make such investigations
even II they wanted to. His poins
was that while the money for the
great foundations may come from in
dus,ries which are to be Investigated.
the men who actually do the inves,i-
eating are not the men interested III
the industry.
Health and Child Labor.
In answer to what no considered a
proper income for the unskilied work.
DR. Eliot said that il all depended OF
the case In hand. DIR. Eliot said HIS
standards to the employment of chill
dren related entirely to health. He
thought il unfortunate that children
In cities have no healthful way of CON
tributins TO the family income He
would have no child under sixteen em-
ployed in any machine industry within
doors
What features OF labor unions do
you regard as. socially undesirable? 7"
Certain policies Of labor unions ara
for the community and
for the unions themselves. REFER
- tho closed shop. the boycott. the
union label and the limited output.
Those policies are seriously injurious
10 the community and more 30 to the
union"
TIE Ideal Ind OF Strike.
Later on DR.. Eliot said he believed
IN the strike when il il SO conducted
~ to conserve the rsghts Of Others.