The Southern herald., 1916-11-10
ELECTRIC WIZARD
SEES SOCIALISM
Dr.. Charles SteInmetz Thinks
Corporation FOrerunner of
New Order.
COOPERATION OF BUSINESS
It Was Found Necessary to Reorganize
Industry in IndIviduaIistlc Eng
land Under War Stress, He
Points Out.

Philadelphia-"A corporation Is q
crude form Of socialism. Within the
ranks of the corporation anyone of it's
thousands of employees has more Op-
p0rtunity to develop than he would in
the employ of private firm. The cor
pOratiOn gives a man better chance"
These prO-COrpOratlon, prO-socialist
statements were made by DIR. Charles
Proteus Steinmetz, the greatest cleo
trical genius of the century, while he
was here attending the recent conven-
ton of the Illuminating Engineering
society, Of which he is president.
For % years Doctor Steinmetz has
been chief consulting engineer for the
General Electrical company. But
there's another side of the electrical
wizard. In 1887 Charles Proteus Stein
metz, student at Breslau, and only
twenty years old, was forced to leave
Germany on account of his active So
Ciallstic propaganda. Now, as an en-
p,Oyee of great corporation and as
an enthusiastic socialist, Doctor Stein
metz sees in organized business-the
modern cOrpOratiOn-the beginnings Of
socialism.
"The tendency Of business today Is
toward cooperation" Doctor Stein
metz said. Cooperation in business
means the big corporation. COmpetl-
ton is dying out. Through stress of
war the nations have been forced to
practice cooperation within their own
boundary lines. The need was impera-
tive; the value and benefit of cooper
alton is evident.
England Forced to Cooperation.
SIN indlvidualistic England there has
been a systematic reorganization of
her railroads, cooperation among her
fnanclers and big business, all that
the business Of war might be carried
on more efficiently.
( "Co-operation, the incorporating Of
units to achieve better results, is one
form Of socialism. A crude one, but |
o beginning"
Contrary to the general understand
Ing Of the crushing despotism of pow
erful cOrpOratlons-Of tales of husi-
ness men forced out Of competition
and of young men mulcted Of creative |
IDEAS and thrown on the ash heap
Doctor Steinmetz believes that within
the ranks of the corporation is given
to the young man an opportunity such
as he can get nowhere else.
"A corporation will pay more with
less thought of loss" Doctor Steinmetz
said in explanation. "The private In
dividual must get results and quickly.
de cannot afford to wait-one year,
TWO, perhaps ten or more. Every EN-
ployee In the small business means so
much money to his firm today. The
nrm cannot afford to wait on the fu-
lure. The employee must show results.
Inc corporation, on the contrary need
not consider a small loss. 1t does not
Ieel 1t. 1t can raise a mans salary,
carry him on definitely and give him
Tune to develop his own ideas. It pays
the large corporation to give its en-
ployees a chance, but the small house
cannot invest in the future.
Means Equal Opportunity
Equal opportunity has been con-
FUSED with equality of goods and equal
lty Of character" he continued.
Socialism is not communism; the
goods of the world will not be divided
equally among the people" said Doctor