Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-20
Profit Sharing
OR
The Workers S Fair Share
sy GEORGE W. PERKINS.

the annual meeting of the Nationa
Civic Federation an "Profit Sharino. q
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/ changes in the expressions used to
designate the relationship between
/ capital and labor show that steady
progress has been made toward solv-
| ing the problem OF the workers fair
share.
] take 1t that everyone believes that
we cannot go back TO the old condi-
tiOns; that we must move forward TO
! an even better relationship than that
expressed by the term employer ana
employee" You ask: "What is this
newer relationship to be and what term
I VIII express TT" | answer that | be-
lieve 1t must be partners" Ii | am
right, then the next question Is now
can this relationship be worked out
so as TO bring the best results to all
concerned2.
Twenty-Five. years ago l became con-
WINGED that only through profit sharing
that was real, honest and open could
we hope TO find anything like satisl
factory and permanent method of ar
rlvlng at the workers fair share.
Profit sharjno Not Philanthropy.
do nor lool un,n nrof,t sharing
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lonce 7 do NOT nut If in the same class
with o;fts A. f.hristmas.t,me ~ honuses
ar tno ond of t,o ,o,r + ao nor on.
nrove or believe in onv nlon that ever
savors NJ giving man somatbine for
nothino
me nroat sharing T he,iova IN 10 tho
lind thot is rool. mo k;nd thot nro-
n,otos thoro,o,, 49, oeioion+ ~ oonaro
+inn hot,onn a,nn,ovor ana o,n,,avoo.
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tho sant 80 nraet ena.,n,,
that ~ ,,n,o,,aa, nnt,roan m om nort,,ons =, 70 .
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s' s"s s ""s os se,ens go ""u
w au''e periou iapor uiherehces
~ ~ o.''ee on ,n's D"s's' ps',eSe
''", We arc i"p'uns passing ou. oi ''i''
pN,'"' W oui ''"oin'S peopie ".e 50
".' o,'"','eu anu 50 aoie u 'i'inA ~
! asp.nu,n''s NJ 'na' ~ many oases, iicy
hre no longer STRIKING Ior dehnate IN
,'ease ~ w"sos' "u' ior "n"' 'nes re-
saia "s M,rer Proportion OF the
,o''s VI Wv ""9i''oSs III With 'ney
'r 1'saseu,
- ''i i'sn' "oou' 'n's' 'heh we are
'ap'u's ieaViiis penlhu lne PERIOD wheh
w uspu'es eou'" 10 ss'''eu ny
,n. ~, '',", s's"Ne :" ""ees anu n'e enter
- 80. pe'iou ""e" p'on' s"arins III
9o''e 'o' ~ must oe p''e''eeo'
oue''ne OF correct Proht-Sharing
r'an.
a eoou many years OF actual expert
shce nave made me very optimistic re-
saruihg proht-sharing plans worked
'ut along the Following lines;
rirs,---EVery business mas, nrst or
w. 10 earn operating expenses, de-
''ee'a.,oh ana falr returns on honest
'"p''a'iAa'oh.
se'ohu-i neheve that every busi-
.ess S"ou'a eohsider that the compen-
s'''o. ' p'lu emp'oyees is Tor the pur-
,, 'ose oi e'il'''s " sum OF money sum