The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15

tho ambitious employee can never
meet on the Same plane unless one
or the other ahsndons hls own deep
seated convictions. Other employ.
ers view their men ar they view
their machinery. as being voiceless.
functioniews. scarcely 10 be consld.
cred at all overheard one lum.
herman nsy to another whilo rid
Ing down In the elevator one day.
They ought TO DO made TO work
4. hours day"
ono OF the stranEest things In
modern Industrial lfe is the re-
fusai OF a certain type OF employer
to recognize phases OF Industrial
Relationship which are patent TO
the rest OF society. There are men
with keen. analytical business
minds. minds attunsd TO every ad
Nanced step Ia the evolution OF
their particular industry save the
ono Important factor OF their In
dnstriai duty and relationship to.
ward their employees. These en-
ployera deny 20 their men tho RICH,
OF collective bargaining. fail utter.
ly 10 grasp tho idea that within the
minds OF the men are idcns, ideals
and ambitions struggling for cx.
prcssiop which might be capital
lied into the most valuable bust.
ness asset an employer might
have
Feudal Barons
These men. In their dealings
with labor. either sinrly or In
group. employ the methods Of feu.
DIAL days. Hhow pitiful ignorance
~ social responsibilities When
this type Of employer dominates
tho labor policy OF great basic
Industry. such ns lumberisT. II
makes men stop and think whether
after all. private interests have
any moral right 10 ownership and
operation OF such an industry. RI
could understand the arrogant at.
titude which the lumbermen OF this
state assumed in this industrial
struggle II we were living In an
are when employers owned a chat.
tel right In the bodies ~ their
workmen. | cannot understand II
in this age OF recognized freedom
OF the workman TO achieve for him.
self the highest standards OF life
and social environment.
In this industry the men sought
only that which is recognized by
governmental agencies and society
Rn1 h.. NaA -
change their labor power for the
necessities of life thru the only
intelligent modus operandi colIec.
tive bargaining For years the
men had toiled without complaint.
with no voice as 10 their condl-
tions OF employment as TO wages.
hours or other labor conditions.
They had seen In other great In.
dustries the principle Of collective
bargaining become established:
had noted that improved conditions
had resulted 10 the men and great. Z
er stability TO the industries. IS
the principle Of the eight.hour day
spread thru American Industry II
lifted the whole structure OF so
ciety.
Cant Stem Tide
Like tho old woman who tried TO 4
sweep back the incoming tide with |
a broom. the lumbermen are trying
to item the oncoming tide Of col. |
lective bargaining by ags.old
sophistries. This Ia the day and
age Of organized effort. Old orders
are passing. Beliefs and practices
that have been rooted thru the cen.
turtles are being torn up bodily /
thru unseen.but powerful agencies
thru world necessities, I
All the gold OF the Romanoffs
could not stem the Russian revo-
luton. and the most ruthless
dynasty the world has ever known
gave way TO n republic. Gar Mich. |
olas Ia now n humble citizen OF the |
republic. with no more govern. /
mental power than has the simplest (
peasant In the land He stood I'm /
the way OF progress and was swept
aside by the rising tide OF democ.
racy. Lumber barons. kings for a
day, will they. too, find themselves
swept aside by the, rising tide OF
democracy which Is finding express.
sion in tho oreaniyed labor move.
ment OF Americas
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