The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-03
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
In Europe Follow the Great
World War;
DAWN OF THE NEW ORDER"
Relations Between Employer and En-
Ployee, Based on Sound Human
Ethics, Replacing Doctrine Of
Force, 10 the Only Hope.
Article XXxIII,
BY FRANK coMERFoRD.

WOrlo must prepare Tor IL. The peO-
pie demand II. Those who oppose any
change" must surrender to the ma
1ority. America should be the first
country to recognize the need of
change" The building Of the New
Order" should be done with the heads
and by the hands Of all classes.
Collective bargaining and profit
sharing will be part of the New Or.
der" II the business men Of America
do not cooperate to bring about col
leetive bargaining and profit sharing,
the people will resort to force.
Charles NJ. Schwab chairman Of the
beard Of directors OF the Bethlehem
Steel corporation, Is a captain of in
dustry with vision. He is a forward
looking American. He believes that
the basis of big business must be
gounded on sound human ethics. The
other day he hit the nail on the head
when he said:
What the working men want is
recognition. appreciation and fellow
ship. 1t Is the duty of every business
man In the United States to see to it
that the largest possible opportunity
for employment is given the greatest
number OF men.
Through personal relationships
and the tone OF the business estab-
nshed on these principles, the rank
and file OF men will come to know the
spirit Of the management and there
Will be no question Of the loyalty Of
the men to the management
1.-The kind of collective bargaining
that believe in is the one that recog-
TO choose their own fellow workmen
as representatives to speak with the
company and which believes In the
obligation Of the companw to treat
these representatives individually and
collectively with the confidence and
respect to which they are justly en-
titled"
The working men must not be made
the slaves Of business, they must be
made part Of it. Political freedom,
liberty under the law, are robbed of
their meaning IL men are enslaved by
their work. 1t is not enough to make
q man free before the law, he must
be safe and free in his work There
ls difference between political free
dom and industrial freedom. Men are
entitled to both forms of freedom.
One thought Is uppermost and almost
universal in the minds Of the work
ing men Of the world, and that Is that
they have not had q square deal.
agree with them. The evidence sup
porting their thought is overwhelm-
lag. Men who give their lives to work
have a positive right to a voice in the
management Of the business. This
right must be recognized. Working
men know that until they are given
A voice their interests will be without
@ spokesman and as a consequence
VIII be neglected. It isn't a question
only OF wages or hours Of employ
ment; the matter goes deeper. Men
want the pleasure and satisfaction OF
being part Of the business. They have
been only part Of the business in the
sense that they sweat for 1t and give
their lives to 1t.
Partnership 10 the Solution.
Labor and Capital should be a part
Rsrship. The two are like the blades
Of q scissors; separate and apart they
are meaningless and valueless. Joined
together, functioning harmonionsly
they are useful and necessary to the
world. This partnership idea must be
pat into practice. The product Of the
WNN ~ no Cot IL a
vtded. There is no gainsaying the
| fact that distribution has been en-
tfrely I'm the hands Of the employers
and they have been selfish, and the
| workers have suffered. AS Presidenr
Masayrik put 1t to me one day: Her,
We have q pile Of gold and a few
people In possession Of II. wasting 4
ment Of the world, while over here W,
have the many living In wretchednes
and fear" Everywhere In Europe
found progressive public men and for
ward-looking men of big business ad
hitting that the working man has no
had q square deal.
There was a day In the world whel
! was uOI d Social O.
legal crime. Money-lenders tnsiste,
they had q right to loan their none,
st any rate Of interest the borrowe
was willing to pay. They Justif1e,
taking advantage OF the borrower
necessity by arguing 1t was part Of tn,
right OF private contract Whel
some saner minds urged that the stat
had an interest, that the public vel
fare was affected by the lender exact
ing the last pound of flesh a grea
cry went up that the sacred right 0
private contract was being invaded
that the liberty of mans relation witt
man was being violated. Yet III
laws against usury came, and the
have remained. These laws insis
that O lender shall be limited In tn
amount he receives as interest on his
loans. Today everyone comedies the
morality, the humanity and the justice
OF the usury laws.
Public Welfare at Stake.
Men investing money In business in
Jure the public welfare when the!
profteer. We call 1t robbing the con
sumer. How much greater the lar
ceny when the excess profits COM
from the sweat Of the producers
Business should be honestly organized