The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-10-02

ing a profit he should share it witt
his employees. Some such principl
might be worked out, no doubt will
be, but we believe the average man
idea of it is erroneous.
The theory that they are the actua
producers of the product that yields
the revenue is the argument of tn
unthinking when applied to division
OF profits.
'He has it and | want it," IS abou
all the logic that can be attached t
such a proposition. 1t may be tru'
that the boss has worked persistently
stubbornly, for years; has sacrificed
has worried and sweat; surmountet
all kinds of obstacles; has failed
gone broke, and has struggled or
again. Now he is enjoying some pros
perity. Therefore the theorists be-
lieve that he should not only pay his
employees the highest wages but
should also share his profits with
them.
But how about the lean years? We
hear much about sharing the profits,
but little about sharing the losses.
And yet it is a recognized fact that
80 per cent of the people who go into
business fail sooner or later. If we
share the profits we must also share
the losses.
The man who has had the sure in
come, whose wages the boss often
paid even when he went without him
sell, was a lucky man when the bus
mess was going behind. He took no
chances, he made sure Of his bread
and butter The field was open to him
then to go into business-just as it
is open to him now. He had just as
many advantages as the boss had and
perhaps more. He preferred, prob
ably for very good reasons, to take
the SIRE thing.
The boss is drawing the extra emol-
ument now because he has and does
shoulder the extra load. In order to
be successful he must have special
ability, must be able to organize; must
nave executive ability; must be able
o plan and to face the strongest com
cetition. Most of all, he must be pre-
,ared, as he is doing every day, to
lake all he has and to lose ell, as
,ften happens. The man who risks
III is the man who is entitled to the
winnings, when there are any win
lings.
,loyer should share his profit simply |
because the employee has been an |
lement in producing it is a fallacfous
rgument, looked at simply as fact,
here is a condition of profit-sharing
hat is desirable and equitable. 1t is
OF built upon the theory that the en-
lover must "come through" simply |
ecause the employee works for
i'm. Not at all 1t is a case of the
mpIoyee being entitled to it, when he
links for it, works for it with his
rains and thoughts and ideas, takes
)me of the risks of the business as
is very own, takes a genuine interest
I'D regards the affairs of the employ
as vital, to be safeguarded and adj
anced in every way possible. When
e employee has attained this stand
d, the average employer will be
ad to share with him the profits, the
the responsibilities, and, of
urse, the financial risk.-Pacific
inter and Publisher.
rs N u
If one doubts that good roads will
lip town one has only to go to
e state highway between Pullman
ID Cclfax, or the one leading into
.wiston on Sunday to see how
ndreds of automobiles pass over
csc highways every day. We find
W of these automobile tourists COM
: to Moscow, because there is not
decent road leading into Moscow
I'm any direction. But just wait one
ar, and Moscow will be the center
great highway district. Instead
one good road, as Pullman and Col
( and Lewiston have, she will have
e roads leading from Bovill, Deary
4 Troy on one side, from Lewiston
Genesee on the other, and from
rvard, Princeton, Potlatch and
ia on a third, while there will be
nervous laterals coming in from.
surrounding country. Then the
vel to Pullman, Colfax and Lewis
with their one highway each, will
year small compared with that to
scow on fair days and nights.