Evening journal., 1919-08-28
URGES POW-WOW Of
CAPITAL And LABOR
Continued from First Page.


Personally, / believe the President
should not await possible action by
Congress, but should take direct action
and summon the conference on his own
responsibility.
steps should be taken TO make this
conference both definite and practic-
able. There should be no theorizing. II
/ is a very definite and real problem we
! have TO solve and we should admin
/ isteT only definite and tested remedies
/ And IL is entirely POSSIBLE to deter
mine on those remedies and their ap-
plication II we summon 10 the conf
! ference the knowledge and experience
/ Of all elements and interests in our in
dustrial life.
"The organization Of the conference
should be given careful thought. While
it might be termed a conference of
capital and labor those are rather in
definite terms. Capital is rather
vague term. While capital as repre-
senting finance, should, of course. have
representation, there should also be
representatives Of management OF those
groups which under capital, have a
more immediate. contact with the prob
lens Of labor and production as they
arise I'm the mills and on the farms.
ITO my mind, the studies Of the con-
ference should be directed along two
lines:
H. There should be a determination
Of the principles that should govern
in all relations between employer and
emplOye. This should be founded on
good conscience and should cover the
question Of wages to labor and return
on capital, opportunity for advance
ment and betterment and recognition
of merit.
-. Should be the determination OF
ways by which these principles might
be carried out. It is here that vague
ness and theOrizing should be barred.
Every employer and every manager
who comes into the conference should
be asked: How do you handle these
problems? What is your practice?'
There are employers who are solv-
ing the problems Of production, of
keeping their men satisfied and con-
tented, Of maintaining wholesome and
conditions in their plants.
These methods should all be laid
before the conference and from this
)asis Of known, tested methods, there
should be worked out a general pro-
gram applicable to the whole OF our
Just one method, but
selection or combination Of several
Methods applicable TO the different
ines Of industry, but all meeting the
principles laid down and bearing the
Endorsement Of having been proven in
ctual practice"
I'VE must stop the concentration Of
ur workers in big cities" Lane said,
If we are to solve for long the prob
I'm OF soaring food prices. Consumers
re increasing more rapidly than pro-
ucers. There is no reason why very
urge percentage Of our shop and mill
zen could not produce much OF their
wn food, if our factories and shops
'ere located with a view 10 the we'll
eing and comfort Of the men and
cir families as well as to the con-
enience and comfort OF capital.
i know Of one mill town where
very worker has a home with from
alf an acre 70 an acre Of ground
'Ound il. Each has his own garden
Tough 10 produce all the vegetables
and his family needs. Each of them
IS pig or two, and most Of them
COW. Each has flock OF chickens,
There is method that capital shcnid
nsider In location Of future insls-
les. That alone would help, no. zisre-
the workers at plants so located
1t would relieve the cost OF living
esssure on those who still must live
cities. It would relieve transporta-
m and in many other ways con-
butte to a general betterment OF all
ncerned."