The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-10-21
ELECTRIC WIZARD
SEES SOCIALISM
Or. Charles Steinmetz Thinks
Corporation Forerunner OF
New Order.
COOPERATION OF BUSINESS
~ Was Found Necessary to Reorgsnlx:c
Industry in lndividuslistie Sno.
land Under War sue.., He
Points Out

Phiiadei phia--'A corporation Is a
crude form of socialism. Within the
ranks of the corporation anyone or lts
thousands OF employees has more OPP
portunity to develop than he would IN
the employ of IA private firm. The cor
poratiOn gives d man better chance.
These prO-cOrporHtiOn, pro-socialist
statements were made by DIR. Charles
PrOteus Steinmetz, the greatest cleo
trtcal genius of the century, while he
was here attending the recent conveD-
tion 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, q student at BTeslau, and only
twenty years old, was forced TO leave
Germany on account OF his active So
cialistic propaganda. Now, az an EN-
ployee OF great corporation and as
an enthusiastic socialist Doctor Stein
metz sees In organized business-the
modern corporation-th beginnings Of
socialism.
1.-THE tendency Of business today Is
toward cooperation" Doctor Stein
metz said. Cooperation in business
means the big corporation. COmpeti-
zion is dying out. Through stress Of
ha hoo a
practice cooperation within their own
boundary lines. The need was inpera-
tive; the value and benefit Of cooper
alton Is evident
England Forced to Cooperation.
ain individualistic England there has
been systematic reorganization Of
her railroads, cooperation among her
financiers and big business, all that
the business of war might be carried
on more efficiently.
Cooperation, the Incorporating Of
units to achieve better results, is one
form OF socialism. crude one, but
a beginning"
Contrary TO the general understand
ing of the crushing despOtism Of pow
erful cOrpOriuiOns-of tales Of bust
ness men forced out of competition
and of young men mulcted OF creative
ideas and thrown OH 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
divtdual must get results and quickly
He cannot afford TO waiu-one year
two. perhaps ten or more. Every EN-
isoyee in the small business means sc
much money 10 his firm today. The
firm cannot afford to wait on the fu.
ture. The employee must show results
The corporation, on the contrary, need
not consider n small loss. II does not
feel II. II can raise mans salary
carry him on definitely and give him
tine TO develop his own ideas 1t paws
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
fQsed With equality Of goods and equal
~ o: character" he continued.
-5nr1al.s-a Il not communism; the
zl>yts .: re World H!ll not be divided
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