The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-01-21

est prizes at the feet of great organiz- ing ability, enterprise, and foresight, because such qualities are rare and yet indispensable to the development | of the vast natural resources which | otherwise would lie useless on the | earth's surface or in its hidden | depths. It is one of the noteworthy | facts of industrial history that the | most successful enterprises have | been those which have been so well | organized and so efficient in eliminat- ing waste, that the laborers were paid high wages, the consuming public upon whose patronage the success of every enterprise depends-enjoy- ed declining pirces, and the owners realized large profits.
 The development of industry on a large scale brought the corporation into being, natural outgrowth of which has been the further develop ment of organized Labor in it's vari-
 ous forms. The right of men to as-
 sociate themselves together for their mutual advancement is incontesta- fble; and under our modern conditions
 tle organization of Labor is necess-
 ary just as is the organization Of Capital; both should make their con ltribution toward the creation of wealth and the promotion of human
 welfare. The labor union, among
 
 edly forced public attention upon
 wrongs which employers of today would blush to practice. But en-
 ployers as well as workers are more
 land more appreciating the human equation, and realizing that mutual
 respect and fairness produce larger
 and better results than suspicion and
 selfishness. We are all coming to
 see that there should be no stifiing of
 Labor by Capital, or of Capital by
 Labor; and also that there should be
 no stifing of Labor by Labor, or of
 Capital by Capital.
 While it is true that the organiza-
 ton of Labor has quite as important
 a function to perform as the organiza-
 tion of Capital, it cannot be gainsaid
 that evils are liable to develop in
 either of these forms of association Com binations Of Capital are some ner, contrary to law and in disregard
 of the interests of both Labor and
 the public. Such combinations can-
 not be too strongly condemned or
 too vigorously dealt with. Although combinations of this kind are the eX-
 ception, such publicity is generally given to their unsocial acts that all combinations of Capital however ? rightly managed or broadly beneficent are thereby brought under suspicion. . Likewise, it sometimes happens that com binations of Labor are conducted without regard for the rights of the
 elmpoyer or the public, and methods and practices adopted which, because
 unworthy and unlawful, are deserving of public censure. Such organizations
 of labor bring discredit and suspicion upon other organizations which are legitimate and useful, Just as is the
 case with improper combinations oi Capital, and they should be similarly dealt with But the occasional fail
 ure in the working of the principle
 of the organization of Labor or ol Capital should not prejudice any one u against the principle itself, for ths principle is absolutely sound.
 6 Because evils have developed an6 ,- may develop as result of these in r. creasing complexities in industria ' conditions, shall we deny ourselves
 the maximum benefit which may be .f derived from using the new devices O o progress? We cannot give up the " scale; no more can we give up tht , Organization of labor; human progres. ,-- depends too much upon them. Sure ly there must be some avenue O s approach to the solution of a prob ,, lem on the ultimate working ou ;s of which depends the very existenc, !, of industrial society. To say tha " there is no way out except througl :, constant warfare between Labor ant
 Capital is an unthinkable counsel O l. despair; to say that progress lies il " eventual surrender of everything b. Q one factor or the other, is contrar, i not only to the teachings of economi 4 history, but also to our knowledge o if human nature.
 Il Most of the misunderstanding be a. tween men is due to a lack of know Il ledge of each other. When men ge
 together and talk over their differer h. ces candidly, much of the ground fo e. dispute vanishes. In the days whe h. industry was on small scale, tn