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TWELVE PRINCIPLES OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Commercial And Industrial OrganiGa-
lions OF Maryland On Record LAS
Supporting These Declarations.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Nine COM
mercial and Industrial organizations
in the State of Mryland have gone on
record in support of a declaration OF
twelve principles of industrial re-
lations designed to establish a basis
on which employers and employees
may work out employment problems.
The vote was taken on the report
of a committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States sub
mitted 20 a countrywide referendum
of business associations. The prin-
ciples received the overwhelming ap-
prevail of the organization voting in
every State in the Union.
The organizations voting were:-
American Wood Preservers Associa-
ton, Chamber of Commerce, Export
and Import Board of Trade of Balti-
more, Incorporated, Lumber Elk
change of Baltimore City, Maryland
Bankers Association, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, National
Lumber Exports Association, N. c.
Pine Box and Shook Manufacturers
Association, Baltimore; Chamber OF
Commerce, Hagerstown.
The statement of principles OF
which the vote was taken are, sum-
married. briefly as follows
l. Every person has the right
to engage in any lawful occupation
and to enter individually or collec-
lively into any lawful contract OF
employment either as employer or
employee.
2. The right of open-shop opera
ton, that is, the right of employer
and employee to determine the con-
ditions of employment relations with
each other, is an essential part OF
the individual right of contract pos
sessed by each of the parties.
8. All men possess the equal
right to associate voluntarily for the
accomplishment of lawful purposes
by lawful means out such associa-
tion confers no authority over, and
must not deny any right of, those
who do not desire to act or deal with
them.
4. Associations or combinations
of employers or employees, or both,
must be legally responsible for their
conduct and that of their agents.
IS. The restriction of productive
effort or of output by either employ
er or employee for the purpose OF
creating an artificial scarcity of the
product or of labor is an injury to
society.
6. The wage of labor must come
out of product of industry and must
be earned and measured by its con-
tribution thereto. It is the duty OF
management to cooperate with the
worker to secure continuous employ
ment.
7. The number of hours in the
day or week in which the maximum
output. consistent with the health
and well-being of the individual, can
be maintained in a given industry
should be ascertained by careful
study and never should be exceeded
except in case of emergency, and one
day of rest should be provided. Re-
duction in working hours below such
economic limit, in order to secure
greater leisure of Ine fact that it in
wolves commensurate loss in the
earning power of the workers, a linn
itation of output and an increase in
the cost of the product.
8. Adequate means satisfactory
both to the employer and his en-
ployees and voluntarily agreed to by
them should be provided for deeus-
sion and adjustment of employment
relations.
9. When, the employer and his
employees do not deal individually,
but by mutual consent through re-
representatives., representatives should
not be chosen or controlled by or re-
present any outside group or inter-
est.
10. The greatest measure of re-
ward and well-being for both en-
ployer and employee and the full
5ocial value of their service must be
5yGgh. in the successful conduct and
tai development of the particular
Industrial establishment in which
tley are associated.
While the right of government
employees, to secure just treatmen
must be amply safeguarded, the
community welfare demands that no
combination to prevent or impair
the operation of government or of
any government function shall be
permitted.
IL. The power of regulation and
protection exercised by the State
over the corporation should properly
extend to the employees in so far as
may be necessary to secure unimpair-
ed operation of public-utility SER
VICE.