Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-27
PHONE NO. 39.
Wednesday Morning, September 27' 1916.
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
 Biggest of the campaign it looms arges in the public mind is the universal eghthour day fol labor Properly speaking, there is decided contro versy between Democrats and Republicans as to tho merits of eghthour day when the nature of the em ployment permits The issue hinges the manner ir which the representatives of railway employees secured their point their attitude during the conferences Republican accusation that the Government yielded force that organized labor proved itself bully and the Government covered under threats of general strike.
 Nothing could be further from the truth Neverthe less President Wilson unsparing in his condemnation of the attitude of both employees representatives and heads of railways Conciatory generous sentiments swayed neither Neither revealed that they recognized
 mutual interest. Commenting the recent events in Washington, Roger Babson, economist of repute in this country, says:
 T feel that Congress has passed temporary measure to relieve present stress The problem awaits solu tion feel that labor and capital entirely missing the point They both that there be i'm provement in methods of manufacture and distribution They profits limited the present figures and that the only way they get to take it out of the other fellow
 Capital feels that if labor gets in wages then capital will have less for dividends.
 Labor feels that the only way it get is by clipping wings of capital course, this is abso- luely foolish from economic point of view. The n- teress both capital competitive and opposite but mutual.
 Capital is absolutely dependent upon labor and sta tscs show clearly that the profits of capital greatest when labor is happiest and efficient In fact happ and efficiency pretty much the thing One is impossible without the other.
 Labor is absolutely dependent upon capital The that the American workngman gets double the wage of the European workingman is not because he any harder any longer he has bet machinery with which to work Labor is absolutely wrong in thinking that it get richer by restricting production When labor increases wages there is al ways corresponding in the of living until invention along and takes up the slack by enabling labor manufacture the amount of goods in fewer hours for less money. In many in where labor getting increases labor simply pulling itself up by the bootsraps and making no head way at all
 'The only way that labor will have more left on Sat urday night which the real thing that the workman is in the only way that capital will be cure Tn Ialr rate of dividend which IS the only tng that a conservative investor interested in by both uniting to increase production.
 q therefore feel strongly that both sides very shortsighted in fighting the eghthour day. Both sides should recognize frankly that the eghhour day is right and should then cooperate inventing way to bring it about.
 q believe that if the representatives of the unions would really get together with determination of reduc ing and increasing efficiency that the eighhour day could be brought about with advantage both stock holder and workingman Moreover this applies to a great many other lines of industry well the rail roads. The trouble is that both sides take the attitude that the position of the other fellow from being anything to concern themselves Nothing be accomplished this way Abuse simply reacts in abuse. Neither side help itself by knocking the other side
 Capital itself only through plan which will labor at the time and labor help itself likewise only through cooperation with capital
 "The eight-hour day has to stay-there is no doubt about it. But present methods of both labor and capital barbaric Cooperation be substituted present strife. Fundamentally there is difference