New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-30

| have been able 10 determine, mas az
least resulted in the fixing of truth in
each partys attitude"
Commissioner O'Connell then asked
DR.. Eliot why he did not include the
strike among the war measures used
by unions.
81 justify the strike" the witness
replied. cit is essentially statement
that the employees will work no longer
at present conditions. This is the
right Of every freeman. The boycott
on the other hand. says We will Kill
your business because you buy goods
from other men against the union.
The proper kind of a strike appeals
10 public opinion and convenience.
II has justice behind il.
capital and labor can never be made
to cooperate by the tactics which
have been in existence for the past
twenty years. These are war meas
ures, and believe that the unions
should be punished for their use.
Most labor trouble is due TO ignorance
on both sides and TO the demon
stration of sel6shness on both sides,
especially on the side of labor"
Three reforms would, in DR.. Eliot's
opinion, do away with all labor prob
/
management and profit sharing.
Commissioner Weinstock then asked
the witness what he would do if he
had vast amount of money to in
vest FOR the public good.
American Standard Wage.
DR.. Eliot declared that he would in
vest it In a fund similar to the Rocke,
Teller Foundation, which he termed
"the largest and freest attempt to do
public service in the world"
DR.. Eliot is a member or the zen
eral Education Board, the Sanitary
Commission and trustee of the Rookie
Teller Foundation. 81,
John Hays Hammond, on taking the
stand. said that he wished to aosolve
the National Civic Federation of all re-
sponsibility in the statement which he
was going to read. He also announced
that he was not connected IN any WY
with any corporation.
In the statement which he then read,
Mr. Hammond laid stress upon the re-
sponsiblity which is placed upon the
shoulders of the manager OF great
corporation.
THE general labor policy" he said,
"may and should be determined by the
hoard of directors, but the details as
to the carrying out Of this policy must
be left 20 the manager, who is more
competent 10 determine the details OF
the labor problem than the directors
Of corporations"
Mr.. Hammond throughout his tes-
timony maintained a position Of con-
servatism. lie believed that mini
mum wage should be formulated, guar
anteeing TO every worker a sufficient
livelihood, according 10 the American
standard. He made a plea for big
business, without which, he said, We
would never be able TO compete with
the highly developed foreign corpora
lions. He also advanced arguments
for labor organizations, for mediation
in labor disputes and for the restric,
ton of immigration upon standard
of character.
While praising profit sharing, Mr.
Hammond declared himself against the
characterization of industry.
IL do not believe" he said, in the
characterization Of labor-that H. TO
have industrial methods, processes ana
direction determined by employees
this would result in bringing IN poi,
ties and other factors which ~ouid
have an undermining and subversi'e
influence in industrial operations
Free Trade ss Penalty.
In explaining his attitude toward the
minimum wage Mr.. Hammond SAID
he believed that protective tsrln
should be granted 10 all companies
which employed it, and that he would
make the removal of the tarin the
penalty for any company which neg
lected IL.
II would make it impossible for cor
porations 20 bring in cheap labor oy
giving each immigrant n minimum wage
which insured an American standard
of living. II immigration made an