The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-13

Kenosha Manufacturer Delivers Able
Speech on Subject of Cooperation
Of Employer and Employee at
Luncheon at Hotel haywood

SUBJECT OF the address OF James y.
Pagan, before the manufacturers and
superintendents at their monthly
luncheon at Hotel haywood, Monday.
The occasion was the regular monthly
luncheon of the superintendent to which
the manufacturers were invited.
James o. Pagan, of Boston, Massach-
usetts, was the speaker of the day.
He is making tour of the country UNI
der the auspices of the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers. His speech
was well received by the thirty re-
representatives. of the superintendent
and manufacturers present.
Following Mr.. Pagan, speeches were
made by z. G. Simmons, of the Sim
mons company; Robert Cooper, presi-
dent of the Cooper Underwear Com
pany, and Walter J. Frost, president of
the Manufacturer S Association. Con-
rad Shearer, secretary of the Manufac-
turers Association, was POSTMASTER.
q. G. Simmons s address was along
the same lines as Mr.. Pagan s and was
most favorably received by the per
sons who heard it and who pronounced
it in no way second to the latter The
tenour of Mr.. Simmons s remarks was
cooperation between employer and en-
ployee, which, according to his idea is
the greatest need in the present war.
James o. Pagan s address on elm
dustry and the War;" was masterful.
Mr.. Pagan is scholar. In introducing
himself, he admitted that, primarily he
is railroad man; but also a philoso-
pher, (of the plain spoken kind), a
baseball fan, a football rooter, and a
lover Of the hills, animal life and the
great out-of-doors.
" Industry is or trial in this crucible
Of individual and national ambitions
The outcome of this war is directly de-
pendent on the manner in which in
dustry meets the most appalling crisis
in the history of mankind.
"When the United States entered
the war, that first thing that President
Wilson did was to call the captains of
American industry to Washington for
a conference. He realized, with his
always admirable foresight, that upon
the shoulders of American industry
would be borne the burden of the con-
fict There are now thousands of the
country s mechanical and industrial
masters who are sacrificing their all to
the cause of personal and national Ii
berty. All honor to them, and may
their example of Americanism be
goad to those who have not yet awak-
ened to the gripping fact that humanity
is on the rack of the autocratical in
QUESTION.
@ Publicity is the second great factor
in the moulding of industrial integrity;
publicity in the sense of social per-
suasion. Gentlemen, the pressure of in
creasingly efficient industry is being
felt by the social fabric of the nation
This war will have. wonderful Clarity
ing effect, for as surely as the cause of
humanity brushes oppression, friendly
intercourse between capital and labor
will not only exist, but will be estab-
lished as a national custom. Social and
political antagonisms will be done
away with. When the treaty of Berlin
is signed the people will demand in
dustrial harmony The remedy for
strikes and walkouts is publicity, for
the great majority of humankind want
to do what is right.
"Last comes patriotism as exempli-
fed in the warp and wool of the in
dustrial fabric. From the Thermopylae
to the Marine, personal patriotism has
glorifed history. Personal patriotism
and devotion is an inherent part of the
human structure, a fundamental that
lifts the lowest to the heights of self
sacrifice, and that keeps from disinte-
grafton a nation beset with all manner
of adversely.
american industry, in the face Of
all set-baeks, obstacles and reverses,
has found itself. It matters not that
it has not yet found its soul. That de-
velopment Will come. Do not forget
that the secret is harmony-that har
mony will overcome all controversies
and antagonisms. It is for you to ask,
What am putting into my job?' -
not What am [ getting out of it?' It
is up to industry to rally to the stan
dard of humanity. Let us all get to-
gether and have but one flag. Dom t |
forget that the Stars and Stripes is a
winner
n w Nas1 left for Washington. u