The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-23

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fered the most damnable outrages at
the hands of the walking delegates
are the small manufacturers who have
kept close to their workmen, but who
| have not been able to accumulate
enough money to Withstand their as
saults.
Set phrases never explain anything.
Take the expressions: Labor" is in
favor OF this or that and Labor wants
this or that, What do they mean ?
There are about 100000 people in
the United States who labor with mind
or hand. The mother labors to bring
up her child Alright, the child labors
to learn the lessons. Do these S0,-
100000 people gather on some vast
| plain and shout out their desires.
| No! When a man says labor" Is in
favor of something, or labor" wants
something. it simply means that he
is repeating the words of some walk
| ing delegate. So with the expression,
the rights of labor" There can be
only the rights of men, and any one
should be ashamed to talk on the sub
ject who cannot state clearly and ex-
plicitly what these rights are and how
they should be guarded, protected and
maintained.
Another set phrase that is often
used by the parlor philosopher is or
| ganized labor" 1t would be just as
well to speak OF organized "think" as
to speak OF organized Tabor" There
can be only organizations OF men. The
| expression organized labor" is used
| only to mislead or by those who are
misled.
Another favorite expression of the
| parlor philosopher is labor" leader.
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men, who are the men they lead? Not
the worthy. Nearly all their crimes
have been committed to compel man
| ly, self respecting. competent work.
\ men to submit to their dictation. The
| only men the so-called labor" lead
ers really lead are lot OF loafers and
the bands they have trained TO evil
deeds.
When the walking delegates 20 be-
! fore legislative committees or talk TO
have their words quoted in various
publications, they keep repeating the
rights Of labor and labor" is not
a commodity and use similar other
senseless expressions, This is their
whole stock in trade. Take this away
and they have nothing left.
The parlor philosopher has a con-
slant sneer for business men. Who
| are the business men of our country?
They were for the most part poor boys
who by the hardest work and often
| by great sacrifices, have come to the
positions they now occupy, and there
are no finer men in all the world than
American business men.
One night two shopmates in their
teens were walking and talking of
their future as boys will talk. when the
| thought came to one, the business
| men OF to-day must all step aside.
! others must come to take their places"
\ and he said to his mate, why may
not we be of the business men of the
future?" With that thought in their
minds they started in business in the
smallest way. They became success
full and through their long life their
| kind acts never ceased. So as the bust
ness men Of to-day must step aside,
the boys in the public schools and
shops will come to take their places,
and they, too, will be true and an
honor to their country.
The facts concerning business are
simple. There must be the owner
and the money he has invested. A
barber in a small village does all the
work himself and his capital is the
money which he has invested in chairs,
razors and supplies. II the town
grows he will hire an assistant. There
will then be the three elements OF
business-the employer, the money
which he has invested and those
whom he employs.
| Capital is required in various ways,
according to the business. The retail
| grocer manufactures nothing. He re-
plenishes his goods from the whole
saler as fast as they are sold
The manufacturer required capital
| to buy tools, machinery and the vari-
| Gus equipments. He needs money to
| buy material on which men are to
work. to pay the workmen and to meet
the other expenses incurred during
tho manufacture, II the goods are
sold on credit he needs money to con-
! tinue the manufacture while waiting
for his pay. In some cases the goods
are sold only at certain seasons OF the
year; in such cases the manufacturer
usually has the help OF the banks to
meet his payroll and other expenses
connected with the conduct of the
business. while the manufactured ar
ticles are piled up waiting for the sea-
son when the articles are called for.
Some line of manufacture can be
carried on with small capital. In some
lines a single machine costs as much
as is required to equip and carry on an
entire business in another line. In
some business. by the employment OF
a large amount OF money, great econ
omies can be effected. and the utiliza-
ton OF the by-products can be such
as to bring to the consumer the needed
things cheaper than they could be had
in any other way.
Now there can arise no harm from
any ones writing or speaking on bust
ness, so long as he makes a careful
study of the subject and uses his own
words to describe what he has learned.
This Is true whether he is describing
the corner grocery, the smaller or larg-
err manufacturing plants or any other
kind of business.
Men who know business never speak
OF the owners as capital" nor of the
employed as labor but always speak
OF the owners as this owners or the
employers, use the word capital only
when referring to the money invested,
and speak of the workmen always as
the workmen or the employed. Only
in this way can business be discussed
with any degree Of intelligence. This
the uplifter never does, for he knows
nothing about the care, the strain, the
risks nor difficulties connected with