The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-24

oi. men. Everything is planned long
ahead and carefully. They do not be-
iirvc in talking too much ahead about
what they are going 10 do, and lErE
proceed carefully step by step. In
France they arc beginning with tu-
! bcrCulnSis. as offering familiar prob
l"m in which here are ne c0mpilca-
lions Of tact. If they are successful
in that they will proceed 10 deal with
other medical tasks and Later work
into tho industrial and financial prob
lens Of The heavily burdrn"d nation.
They are, in short. giving some care
Iul thought to tho kiCd 81 reconstruct
lion work that in Germany Will b" I'M
,l"rtakcn by the State itself, and that
in Franco will be more and more UNI
dc7Iakcn or guided BY the State after
tho contemplated changes in the
makeup Of parliament. Perhaps II
will not no altogether unlike the Pic
tnro drawn by SChcid"mann: So
cialism is nothing in itself. =.
We cannot look at every measure from
the point Of whr;hcr il is cialistic.
The future cannot be seen
rs transforming all industries into the
cooperative form. Never the less, what
is done in common will have Il greater
importance than It has had before.
We must decide in every case wh"th-
or \ work can bc carried, on better
individually or collectively. =.
O1ir social policies should be- In har-
mnnv with the whole nf industry In
order that tho total productivity shah
be increased" After making his
point about abollshing any distinction
between hand and head labor. he paid
an interesting trib1te To what now al
over France Is called TaylOrisrn, after
the distinguished American efficiency
expert. "Thc most important work Is
accomplished by him who makes work
unnecessary. To such organizers the
future offers It's finest rewards" Now
It il along lines Of general efficiency
and breadth that the majority Social
lists in Germany arc drfying tho mi
noritv with It's more orthodox creed.
Wages and Cost of Living.
England's answer ct tho incrnasel
cost Of living after tho war is in many
respects brilliantly definite. The
miners, tho transport workers and the
railway employees. working together.
have put before the government Z plan
for tiding over tho dangerous period
In which the soldiers are returning
from France and looking about to see
what work awaits thcIn and what
wages. and In which the same prob
lem is raised by those who have boon
In temporary industries such rs NUM-
ton plants. As prices will remain
very high, il will ho impossible that
wages generally should como down.
The standard Of living must be main
tanned, but as tho movement TO unity
labor interests In England has made
such progress 1t may be- expected that
there will be fewer local troubles.
negotiations between labor. capital
and tho state taking place on n nation
uide scale,
The vafuc OF the Whitley report on
}olnt industrial councils cannot bo de-
cldcd absolutely until il is tested by
practicn. but n great deal is expected
of Il both by labor and by tho liberal
canitalistic elements. II provides n
simple machinery for preventing gri"".
ancrs from going rs far as tn" strike
stage. Il keeps tho employees and the
rmnloyrrS in constant touch on all
thn conditions Of m industry. lis Sue
cess dpnrnds mainly on tho will 10 snr-
coed. An anti-lahor 9nirt such ~ has
been elaborated lately in tn" North
clilro press would. If il dominated til"
omnlovinE class. mako failure certain.
Also failure would BE- sure if dominate
ID By .hosr whose heads bold litl"
nxccp, the idea Ct war Of cIa*s"a.
'rIn slate will bo brought inln the"
controversies. or rather into these Of
forts toward progress. por" than "v"r
before. we're il for no other reason