The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-05

Atlantic City. x. J.. Dee. 4--Four thousand men representing virtually every branch of business and industry in the country. assembled here today n a reconstruction congress, listened to messages on reconstruction prob lems, delivered 6y Secretary of Com nerce William C. Redfielt. Charles NJ. Schwa5. head of the NsthIenem Steel corporation and director general of t5e enengcncy fleet corporation and Harry A. Wheeler, president oG the cham Der of comme Q Of the nised States NIr Wheeler. ~~>ad great apn1suse, urg- ed that Ame,1can lneinoss should be represented at the peace conference at Paris
 Mir sehwa'o made an appeal for a to surplus sFai proauets C E and ds clared that ,Sbor should be permitted to oraanize ln Individual plants and snare ,ie sde prosperity of the coun- fg
 Socretary Retlie1 said that no rash hands should oo laid on wages; that tho proper spirit of trade .s not ex- cesslve profits but that service. and that American business man should take into account moral values when dealLH with customers iI all lands
 There is some talk ne7e tonight that committee Of American business and industrial men might ie sent to Europe dIring the peace regulations.
 Regarding Americas mcrchau, Da- riae Mr Schwab said
 T dc not care whal plan may ba hes, for the operation oi thcsc 5hi9i, 70 long as they are operated econon- ioally and SO long as the expense of operation is borne b} tho w'holc peo- pic Nc American chipping can be successful or enlist private capital to- day. a5 shipping is now operated"
 speaking on private ownership of in dnstries Mir Schwab said
 The reel development of any grea. enterprise depends on the individual initiative of the American business men 1 do not believe we will ever get the full cccnoGtic deyelomen. of any great branch of American in. dustry taat ia not developed under rriyate enterprise and by private cap ltal"
 Taking up the question of labor. Mir Schwa0 said
 T nm one Of tue mon who believe n the faIrnoss os American labor Any foundation of osganiZed labor or cap- ital that is on false basis mrtst fail.
 What has been true Of capital, will be equally true of labor and there- fore, the cduohton of the Americon laboring man must be 10 have him re- alize that his nermancncy and success and the success or the nation will de pend upon labor conditions and cap iLal conditions that arc founded on economic principles first of all.
 T am not opposed to organized h. DOT i believe that lsbo.- saould or sauize in individual nlauts or amonsst themselves for the better negotationa CT labor and protecting Of thcir ri5h.s; out the organization and control of labor in individual plants and man UfaCtories to my mind. ought to be made representative Uc the people in those plants who know the conditions.
 'Ir the years gone Ay l seriously douat many times whether labor has received its fair share of tho pros- Rorlty or this area. colnt-y. We as manufacturers, have got to Cpon our. eyes to q wider vision ol the present and tho future with reference to our workmen. We have got 10 devise wayi and means by which capital and n- bor that has SO often been ,ermed synonymous shall share equally not in the ordinary but h practice. We have got 10 devise ways and means of education We must not oniy talk about these thlugs but we must do these things. We have got to realize that many unjust demands will De