Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-10

compasaTive ease OF course the arss
bsg quaseioa 10 the reaching Of .
Just working basis for capital ana
labor. and the next IL selecting our
course between 5overnmsnt-con-
-rossec 5sE business ana goveszHeEf
! orrerEhtp and operation Of The same
On these two questscns We End sharp
divergence OF views even among these
whom gs had Iea-ned 70 expect 20 End
Il connc1 agreement Oh Industrial
an1 financial Affairs
Among the surprises are the Et.s--
saces * captains of industry who
have seen a new light On The road to
generations q peace soc prosperity
Come see q Few social order" cut u
the characterization Q. industry. The
cc.srsnces O. business men al the
atove mentioned congress- tended
largely toward cooperation liz place
@. the petty quarreis as the basis for
the reconstruction period.
The othe1 Day George ". Perkin. Of
Progressive parry fame. sailed for
Europe in connection with the war
work 81 the Z. u. e. A Ar. Per
kiss has directing hand in the az
fairs u the International Harvester
ca, and also in the United States
Steel Corporation He might be
claxseo with the big business opera
>tors against whom organized ls6ors
professional trouble makers are wont
70 rave. but DR.. Perkins in an inter
view before calling expressed him
self in favor Of L. 8. control q all
great industries, including railway
liner and advocated compulsory pub
licity Of transactions with workers
sharing profits; that the workers
should become stockholders ard
profit shsrers. and hat they are en-.
..tled ~ know all tie facts.
"CnQuestionably there il & public
ceman6-prooabiy a growing ons-for
n adeq Gate public control not only OK
he railroads. but Of all Inc grea, In
Gugtrial oYganizaticar Of the nation"
said Ar. Perkins.
Judging from the present outlook.
believe that the railroads. now Under
Federal control, Will not be restored
u private ownership and control TO
the same degree az formerly. Nor
will shipping, or great manufacturing
companies. be restored ~ the same
status AZ before the war forced con-
centra,ions of material and moral
agencies for the working out Of given
endg, both by the Lliiee and By those
opposed 70 the Alice
Il, seems To me that, in large
sense, we shall not travel over the old
roads again. OF course. we are going
! in the same general direction, but that
fact does not mean that We shall be
bound by the same methods. or the
same traditions
In q report just sent out by the l.
&. Department o. Labor prot1-Shar-
i.g plan is described as already in
operation in the plant Of a Connect
cut machinery company. Under this
plan every ernployee reaiizeg that by
teing absent or late he is cutting
down his own income and that Of BIS
fellows. The plan also tendg 10
create a public opinion within the
plant against irregular attendance.
fer since all the employees have per
goaaI Interest in full production, they
orc keen 10 keep in touch with any
worker who may fail to keep up TO
the work and encourage him or bring
pressure 70 bear on him t. stick 10
the job.
The premium system also has been
found successful. in d number ri fac-
tories In Eastern states. 4 Massa
,husetts company pays per cent. Of
ha wages 10 every workman who is
neither absent nor tsrdy. and : per
cent. additional TO those who remain
lGf IHfCe month";. y Ne" IOEk iiIii
pays "a 10 per cent. premiun, fer a
tpII weeks work. An Illinois house
fne-s 10 per GEN. premium TO
every emDloyc who iS neither late nor
absent for SIX months, and docks" .
worker per cert. o. hi. six months
Jay for each sardines<. per ccrt. for
each half -Gays' absence and 3 per
cent. FOR every full day'a Absence. The
Workman docs not loae mis- premium
T. he is absent because Of illness. In
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