The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-21
MAGNATE SAYS LABOR'S NEED IS MORE LAWS Daniel Guggenheim Says Nation and State Shirk
 Duty to Toiler WORKERS DON'T GET
 ENOUGH TO SAVE John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and ''Mother Jones" Attend
 Federal Inquiry

New York, Jan. 21-Danie1 Gug- genheim, president of the American smelting & Refining Go. was the first to be questioned today by the federal commission on industrial re- Iations which is seeking a solution of the unemployment question. MT. Guggenheim named many corpora tions in which he and his brothers are directors. The witness did not by any of the companies with which he is connected. He kept himself advised as to labor conditions among his employees, he said, and for that purpose frequently visited the vari- ous plants. The executive commit tees of the various companies. he said, were constantly visiting plants and mines to keep themselves in formed as to conditions.
 MT. Guggenheim said that in the mining business the directors and not the stockholders were absolutely re- sponSib1e for labor and other condi- tions. The witness said the Amer ican Smelling & Refining Go, had in stalled many devices not only to inn prove labor conditions but to raise the standard of efficiency MT. Gug- genh elm discussed at length the var ious ways in which the company had tried to better working conditions.
 Conmissioner Walsh read from a government report an extract re- garding a strike at the Perth Ann boy plant, in which it was asserted the workers generally were receiving SLIGO a day. MT. Guggenheim said he had sent an investigator there and adjustments had resulted A man on the staff of Woodrow Wilson, then governor of New Jersey, who had by the governor, had called MT. Gug- genhefrn JEpseon the telephone and comp plinae11Eed him upon the success fufs a diustnnenI or t91e wage and ottASs CT questions, the witness said
 The witness said he did not believe Iaborers in snelting and refining work should be permitted to work more than eight hours 3, day.
 ! The increasing high cost of living the witness believed was the cause American Smelling 6 Refining com pany had no objection to organizers going among the employees, provided they did not interfere with the oper- ations of the plants. MT. Guggen- helm said he believed industrial dis been for some year 'sand it will con-a tinue to increase unless some reme- dial measures are taken he con- tinued. ssThes trouble is we haven't had enough legislation. We are away behind Europe. We need more business IegisIation..
 John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. sitting in the audienc across an aisle from Mother Jones' followed MT. Gug- genheim's testimony closely.
 MT. Guggenheim said he didn't want to advertise the phi1anthropic organizations with which he was connected.
 sI don't want to tell what I've done' he said. live done all that I can. don't think any of us give enough. T11 tell you though, that I am interested in many hospitals homes and societies.
 It is the duty of the state and na- tional governments to find work for the unemployed and provide free at tention in hospitals for persons who need it, MT. Guggenheim said. Many people don't want charity he corr. tfnued. They want work. The state should find it for them. The state should tax great fortunes when rich men die and thereby receive money to take care of the people until they can get along
 .eWorkers should be taught to save,'', he. said. ''They cannot save now because they don't get enough money to permit it. They should he said, receive a part of the profits of the industries in which they were