The Washington times., 1919-09-25
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Comment
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Eurobeah canceuatlons 81 ordtr1
placed hsre-inclading. commandg fcr
mlsceIianeous merthahdige-are a
inlshlng evidently foreign bug1
are Tess alarmed than they were Ia.t
week savings bank WitldraEelE u
.the steel towns zfe reported 90 ec Dr.
signidcanE
Amateur psychologists among tt
employers claim these deposits are
guarantee Of a short strike iute
of a long ones for therWo7
has a bank Eecgunt - lees
Be long striker than De who
saved nothlnr. AID Therefore
nothing % lose. Fortunately Tor
concerned, the steel enploTeg a.
class have been savers ~ tlc
dre years. One bank % GeEg cue q
several has 10000 % gueh accounts
on the other side the buflen
the labor troubles wiz net 81
heavy on the corporations 81 81 r
ularly assumed. The tll,oll.llD O
virtually cash assets of the steel l
poration is draWing Interest et Gle
banks and At the unltel States
Treasury.
Once, when Shakc1p pclre1 l'lc Aa
the world ID a siagaa vas llrt4
Man Under Socialism. rerlirf.
but the Dlag - badly caE
world play la Indeed badv c9et
the scheme 81 the real laadsrs ~ t
strike, Dir. Fo8ter and others Wcr
replace the eomparatlfelE l1W Grl
sectors win common plaEef
plan 81 10 give the clIl-tcT the sta
carpenter and the scene shilters-t.
leadiNg roles Do q drama not TOO ven
Droddced as it 8.
The economia doctrlne1
sidiously preached % The. 5trlEers A
misconceptions which. M nuI
practice. would make TIE world ne
quite iusufferable. wealth
ated not by labor alone; 30
by the cooperation Of VgTicu9
at larTe capital labor lcgr.
ability. and the community. Lel
one of the lndispeng able facto
But directing fand crEaniEinE eIs
itT is eQ1elly tndtlp peul4ll u, t1r
left to itself produces only llllL
q large factory experiences
tune. what happens2 "A new man
l8 appointed. He may change
oEganization and the machlnery. bee
he viii retain the workers ~ m O.
capable he win make the fzetorU Ee
.-eeedingly prosperous Lhe
workers who were working l
loss and who were threateuea WIN
Dismissal are produciug proercIllt.
The success Of Industries q
armies, depends principally on 10
leaders. "A good general ,rlahc9
good army, and he % worth
Is en- army. although the sollierr q
the lighting.
The other day, at Gary, Ind. -
agitatoF eIhoFted his audience c.
Htake the mills; now ~ your Cnrrcf
the time has come for you 60 CrUe
into your own. You made those m
Take them He tried 70 ~
large masses 0f WORKERS @
produce an the wealth. llaE
ought, therefore. 60 poEges8 al tla
wealth and TO enjoy it: ought Co. have
all the power OF the 5tate a. Wei
tried 70 persuade them that they can
very greatly increase their prosper
ity by producing lesgs by Wqf
fewer hours. by insisting upCl Llt
increased wages paid iu respect q
greatly reduced output and ny de-
manding the closed shop. He Wirhea
70 convince his hearers that orI1a-
izeFs Of industry-tha capitlllstgl tn1
employers. are their deadly. euemieai
that the workers can create new
heaven and q new earth by abolish
ing capitalism root and branch.
According 90 these labor leaders ere
advent Of Syndicalism win create
general prosperity and Elysian satis-
faction among the workers There
viii be a paradise upon earth..iin
which perfect harmony, reigu8 fe-
tween the directors or industry qll
the working masses.
These orators on simplfed eeoQo-
mics are using national l1atiqnt
Specialization" and "syndicaligm l-
terchangeablys their idea being pre-
sumably to take property from pre1-
ent oWnerB--no matter under WAT
name-for the benefit Of an people
who do not own property. But tAfa
are signs that if realized the dream
might not operate In perfectlon.