New-York tribune., 1919-11-06

ao''S"nehts Tor the purpose of cx-
p'o'ting the people in unfair profits is
not referred to. The limitation and
RESTRICTION of output on the part of
employers are direct rather than that
SO unJustly attributed to labor.
Will Not Be Driven Back
If quote correctly. among tho
proposals of tho employers as read bv
Mr. MarJoribanks, it is not ONLY per-
misslblc under certain conditions TO
work ttty-slX hours week. but also
uhder certain circumstances 300 extra
nours OF work year may be imposed
on on the foilers at least, not more than
800 hours and then the proviso is
that further exceptions may be made
so that additional hours may be i'm
posed
I'VE are not going back, nor are We
going to be driven back, and the whole
purpose and worth Of the international
Labor Commission, the whole purpose
of the draft convention, the whole pur-
pose of the international Labor Con
terences, was to bring light into the
lives Of the working people Of the
world, and not to take from them by
lndlrectlon or otherwise the advan-
tages which they have gained The
proposition made by the employers to
a declaration for the abandonment Of
the limits of the hours Of labor in
the whole civilized world rather than
a proposition to regulate the hours Of
labor
The employers could. if they
wanted to. if Mr.. Marjorihanks's sug-
gestion should be adopted. work the
employees 16S days in each year six
teen hours a day and let the work
men go idle for the balance Of the
year. do not presume that that was
IN the minds Of the employers when
they adopted that declaration. but that
construction is incscapable.
1t is fact, which all history Of in
dustry bears out, that there is more
produced by the worker everything
else being equal in an eighth day
than IN ten or twelve hour day The
TACT is that Il YOU want the best that
IS IN workman in the least possible
time, then work him about forty c ght
hours continuously and he viii be all
IN. II You want the best that is in A
workman To- period Of SIX or eight
or ten yeats you viii work him ten,
eleven or twelve hours a day. But If
you want the bes' that is IN a work
man covering long period of year,
YOU Viii impose no longer than an
eight hour day upon him.
A. the meeting Of the commission
on international labor legislation in
Pans there arose some question as to
The makeup not only of the personnel
but also Of the representatives in the
international labor conferences; and
the proposal was FOR two from the
government. one from the representa-
tives Of employers and one from the
representations Of workers Of each
g II - Of So,
advocated the principle Of one govern
ment representative. one employers rep
resentatlVe and one labor representa-
tive. remember the argumcn. tnat
was made against those who proposed
'oDe-one-one'. II was this The En-
Dloyers and the workers will act in
coiluslon against the government. You
nave heard the demonstration Of the
couusion TINS afternoon.
Employers Oppose Principle
The declaration OF Mr. Marjoribanks
ior the employers contains something
like this, az my memory may serve ME
and from a memo that have made
that while the employers recognize the
principle OF the forty-e -eleht-hour week,
IN practice they are opposed to it.
If the employers are to maintain
The position that has been put forth
then all that the labor men can do :
to appeal over their heads TO the rep
resentatives OF the governments, and
the representatives of the govern
ments, as the result of their expires
sion OF the feelings and the needs OF
all their peoples. viii support t propo-
sition so manifestly fair as the maxi
mum eght-hour day
During the debate maze OF mo-
tions and proposals piled up. Nh
Gompers : motion was 10 refer the en-
tire subject TO a commission, a motion
which he made IN order to defeat the
move TO confirm the forty-eight hour
week principle. Secretary Wilson. in
the chair, brought the meeting out OF
the maze of motions after debate had
run its course with adoption finally OF
tbe original Barnes motion amended by
Arthur Fontaine Of Belgium, striking
out the forty eight hour provision and
leaving the conference free to amend
the draft convention II it wishes TO.
There was some contention that since
the draft convention is built on the
iorty-e ight-hour principle, amending
the motion 10 make the draft the bas 5
for debate did not make amendment OF
the draft itselt possible. The chair
ruled however, for admitting amend
ments. and Mr. Barnes, who yesterday )
opened the fight for the draft conven-
ton as 1t stands. agreed to the ruling
Debate on the draft viii be continued