The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-30

| has led Us into the bad hsbit of not
pra'ticinr economy with &c. of not re-
! spcctinp Il that " TO say Of not get
ting from II the fun percentage II
ltilit, which It IL capable Of giving
a. lu not extracting All the bS-prod-
ucts It contains. IN q word We do mo-
S.ek 10 draw the quintcssehco of yield
from the stores of material "" en-
rloy. This fault results directly from
the rich stores OF material be II coal.
mineral, TIMBER or u ~ those things
| witch nature offers man and which
she gives to YOU with prodigal hand
| You have thus acted In slight degree
with unpucst,onable improVidence, fol
the reason that In the end. no matter
! how rich Il land may De, the moment
7 will come when that wealth shall be-
come listed
A. to the men IN the factories. IN
comparing them with German work.
men tand he tool thesc two. German
and American, because. he said. II Is
certain that German industry and
American industry are the real leaders
IN the ron business, VI Camben finds
a great difference. In America. he
! says. the rinploye - u free man. while
in Germany he j. simply Il journey.
man, that II. q part ~ the establish
...., .Gr..t., A., ..lls A. Anon,
lean mechanic has ample personality
he is extremely competent and fun OF
dignity. The German. on the other
hand, IT. obsoIuious and %criu.ing IN
the presence of the chief; his bodily
ana mental attitude Is altogether dif-
fcrent But, on the other nand. there
is great conformity between the Amer.
lean and German factories. IN the fact
that both operate in large units.
lnquiring into the treatment tness
two types II employees get from ,hc..
patrons. We shall see. he said. that tho
German workman Is very submissive.
greatly subordinatcd. and that he has
NJ initiative The American. on the
contrary, has much initiative. The
American worker receives very hign
wages. n In his regard IL evidently
better on than his German ,ompcrc.
hut, he adds, while his pay belongs
"%ntircly to himself II IL for him 10
look a. for the future. To guard him
self against accident, old age and tho
losses In strikes and lockout. whilc
the German mechanic is insured bv
his patron or the state against all
thes" cycntualities. Tn" German
workman is in u kind oi wise he is
surrounded by insurance Of every sor,
and watched with fastidIous care as u
he were u child while the American.
once the money is in his poskct. docs
viii II as h" pleascs.
While NJ Cambon thinks this is per-
haps better for America, our actual
experience with labor In this cuun,r
does not altogether bear GU ms con.
clusion.
THIS g. due, perhaps. not So mucn
To- the Independent character of ou'
workmen to their grown INTO liDerty
and dignity and away from the posi-
tiunS uf Interiors which tines hold la
some other countries. but because ul
the curse 81 the politics &. labor un-
ions, which allows labor leaders anG
walking delegates to dominate the
whole body Of men
u those leaders were wise and un.
selfish, working only for the best IN
%tcr"'ts OF the individuals m the union.
there would be little trouble. But. AZ
in the larger politics %" RoVcrnmcnt,
these labor politicians have nrtinu.
ais in mine their own positions and
their own advancement Consequently
IT Is To- thew interest, nt least they
think 90. to keep tabor restless ana
gIasping. This is shown by their OPP
position I" IN. various cfhcicncv
measures which are being gradually
Introduced IA this country.