Arizona republican., 1919-08-07
THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST ', 1919
All mems souls are immortal but the souls of the righteous are i'm mortal and divine.
 Socrates.
The "Gibson Upright"

The tri-partite control proposal for running the railroads though is perhaps little less crazy than the management of the "Gibson Upright piano factory-a story which recently ran through the Saturday Evening Post-the work of Booth Tarkington The workers in the factory were dis satisfied with their position wage earners They wanted not only full share of the profits of the in stitution but they also wanted a full voice in the control of it.
 At last the be-devled proprietor turned it over to them and went away for a time. His balance in the bank his bills receivable and his stock were all placed the disposal of the new bosses. The divi- dends first, satisfactory from these sources but these sources exhausted when dissats- faction arose. It had started ideal institution Every worker was to be his boss. Naturally all were share alike. There were skilled workers who had received high wages and there unskiled men who received smaller wages. There were men with large families to support and with none at all. So when the pckngs began to be poor, there were conflicts of interest shortly the piano fac tory was out of funds, of stock and hive of anarchy.
 That must be the condition of any industry with out a head with many heads and that would shortly be the condition the railroads if congress were insane enough to adopt the proposed scheme.
 The brotherhood chiefs would have the manage ment lodged in three hands those of the wage earner the operators that may be. and the public. But how would the public exercise it's one-thrd trol? That is easy-through it's audible voice. the wage earners of today longer wage but profit sharers who would the exercisers of two-thirds control assuming representation for the farmer the merchant, for everybody who is not a railroad worker.
 Suppose though that the railroads should not earn profits. They have done so for the two years but have piled up huge deficit. Then what? The public now represented by audible would be called upon pungle it has been pung- ling. in order maintain the audible voice" which could not long sustain itself empty pockets.
 It is proposed, suppose, that the physical di- rection of the roads would in the hands of men skilled in the management of railroads. But how should they be chosen? Naturally by the late wage earners for themselves and in their other capacity as the audible voice'-by election. Thus the wage earners the late wage would have three thirds full control
 Under government management during the last two years, we have had skilled in the manage mont and some not so skilled, political favorites. That may account part for the decreased efficiency of the roads and in part for the increased of operation.
 finder private management for purely selfish req sons. of course, only merit recognized. There was no other pull" than merit Politics and favort- ism had no part in it. Nearly all heads of the roads, presidents and general managers from the ranks. Some of them started section hands, ssstelegraph operators But they had in them that something that enabled them to produce dividendt something that mere political personal favortes
 
 fora single purpose production of dividends from their earnings.
 2 The proposal for the tri-partite control of the roads rests on a statement by the president of the principle of "genuine cooperation and partnership based upon real community of interests and part nership in control" That is one of the many unhap- py generalizations which the president is noted one of those dealistc susceptible of many constructions and many of which the pres- dent himself later has not been able to interpret. They are clothed in sounding words of doubtful meaning.
 It is only certain that the principle laid down byethe president not with special reference to the railroad industry. He was talking all industry. The principle applicable to the farm the shop, the mine and to every form private industry. If applicable to them the principle applicable to every government industry where people are em- ployed- the navy yards. and the departments in Washington. It is true that the government indus tries consmptive rather than productive but the public and it's audible voice. interested in them and should participate in the them. If the president meant what the framers of '1abors bilr think he meant he meant all that the widest so- calists have demanded specialization of in hustry and of government the point of no indus try and no government.
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