The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-10-16


There should ~ no intentional rc-
striction Productive effort or Qllt-l
put either by the employer or a the
employee To create-an artificial search
|ty Of TIE product or 81 labor III ordcf
to increase prices or wages. s-
establishment.
The establishment rather than the
|industrysas 4 whole or any branch OF
lit should, IS tax I AZ. practicable, b.
considered as the unit. Of production
and Of mutual interest on the part OF
employer and employe. Each estab.
Ilishment should develop contact and
full opportunity Of interchange Of
view between management and men,
through individual 81 collective deal
ing q = combination Of both s
Conditions.
1t is the duty Of management to
make certain that the conditions I'M
Ider which work is carried on are as
safe and as satisfactory to the work
ers as the nature OF the business rea-
sonably permits. Every effort should
be made to maintain a steady employ
ment Of the workers both on their
account and to increase efficiency:
Wages.
The worker should receive wage
sufficient to maintain him and his
family at a standard Of living that
should be satisfactory to a right
minded man in view of the prevailing
cost Of living. Women doing work
equal with that of men under the
same Conditions should receive the
same rates of pay and be accorded
the same opportunities for training
and advancement.
Hours.
The standard OF the work schedule
should be the.-week, varying as the
peculiar requirements OF individual
urdtustries may demand. Overtime
Should, as far as possible, be avoided,
and one day of rest in seven should
be provided.
Disputes.
Each establishment should provide
adequate means for the discussion OF
all questions and the just and prompt
settlement OF all disputes, but there
should be no improper limitation or
impairment of the exercise by man
agement of its essential function OF
judgment and direction.
Union Rights.
The association of men, whether of
employers, employees or others, tor
collective action -or dealing, confers
no authority and involves no right of
comp,,lsion over those who do not
desire to act or deal with them as an
association. Arbitrary use Of sucl,
collective power to coerce or control
others without their consent is an in
,fringement of personal liberty and
menace to the institutions of free
people:
Responsibility.
4 Every association, whether of EN-
ployers or employees, must be. equally
subject to public authority and legally
answerable for its own conduct or
that of its agents.
Contracts.
"a With the right to associate recog-.
nized, the fundamental principle OF
Individual freedom demands that cv-
cry person must be free to engage in
any lawful occupation or enter into
any lawful contract as an employer
or an employee, and be secure in the
continuity and rewards of his effort.
..s Open Shop.
i The principles of individual Liberty
and freedom Of contract upon which
our institutions u are fundamentally
based require that, there should be no
with the open shop.
While fair argument and persuasion
are permissible, coercive methods
aimed at turning the ."open shop" in.
to aHclosed union or closed nom
union shop should not be tolerated.
No employer should be required to
deal with men or groups OF men who
are not his employees or chosen by
md from among them
Strike Rights.
IN the statement of the principle
that should govern as to the right to
strike or lockout, between the EN-.
fioymeft relations in the field la) Of
th6 ptiyste Industry, (b1. 81 the pub
liz utility. service and lc) ct Govern
lneat employment Federal State or
q Ssieste Industry the strike O. the
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