Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-08

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~ sys.emstizouoE. We nave men WIZ
save peen systemstised. Ihey nave
Sor s'ten & ."Ssy .nau ,IS,. wGa,1 nos De sc.
roc hopea - ~. ann "oan enpeeI
Yon wouIdn,t erpect an atb,e,e 70 nor
forn, ~ h;a 49,. .A le;,r a." W. % .tot ~ ~.
the systematizers do. ~
..r.. .s,' TIL,
,nft "9rkers want liberty, op-
p,or.d ~ u,,iny iney o9n want 70 pe nam
,ppe;oo pe;ee =, Wy .h es % ana sys.ens. n Nitnout a
~ bear tbe rnsnons;h,i;t; .ney ars naue
,nont It's a. faab;nn 1s ., n,amase
blame overy,b;no an iabnr ~" ~ ', !"
nrodnct;ve This ;s nnt th, 'V s. .a' III
r,oreoyer 4. nnt ,,sro,,. ..h ~ iaoo'
The dollar is not Mi wc want And n,c
don't want the dollar m n,nro,y snond
IL. We want to better our condition we
want to buy better clothes and better
food for our children we want TO house
and educate them better
C,ves u,tt., tIo, p,,.
Mr.. Mitten's speech was attacked nv
another speaker, W. Il. Bohlcn. of
Scranton, who questioned the Fifty
fifty arrangement by which the men
and their employers settled their diff
culties.
why not given the men 33 13 rep
resentation, the companyh33 3 and the
public 33 1-3Y' asked Mr.. Bohlen.
1T isn't necessary answered Mr..
Mitten, because the public has the
Public Service Commission to turn to
at need.
"And you appoint the Public Service
Commissioner, retorted Mr.. Bohlen.
Mr.. Mitten explained that the men
and their employers had agreed that
in the event they could not reach an
agreement through their own board, an
outside arbitration board would be
called in consisting of the president
of the Chamber of Commerce, the pro-
vost Of the University of Pennsylvania
and the chairman of the Public Service
Commission.
Tho pubI;, Service Comm;ee;o, ,,os
hocouse otberw;se "tbe arh;tration
boo I'd would have authority w;tbout re- !.
snons;h;,;tv -
war and wages Causes OF Unrest
The two fundamental causes for in :
dustrial unrest. according To Edward A
Filene, one of the speakers at the after
noon session. are the aspiration Of labor
for self expression through representa-
tion In industrial management and the
demand Tor what ne called real and
Nv.
Also, ne salu; tne present unrest Is
psychologicai result OF tne war, an
expression OF physicoi, moral and In
dustrial restlessness;
Inc speaker ahuGed 70 the let. up II
Immigration, whlch IN twenty hv'
years, IL c9ntlnued, would nave TN
erect OF making thls nation OF mer
Dorn ana pred hmerlcans'
Employes are dissatlshed with wages
said Mr.. F1lene. because they have de
creased IN purchasing power, thougl
apparently higher than before. 'Ther
should be a margin OF income over out
go II labor is to render its most efhcien
service. Many employers are now pay
ing to their employees what | call 'coun
terfeit wages That is, wages that ar
not buying a sufficiency Of food. cloth
ing and shelter and do not permit ade
quate provision to be made for sick
ness and old age.
''It is not a question of how mucl
wages but Of what will wages buy.
1t is to the interest of business men t
see to it that the dollars they are put
ting into the pay envelopes will purchas
real dollars worth OF commodities whe
taken out.
Wants Real Democracy
po,,w wv NIooLor stotist;o;o, g.. ..
no!a1 nee s.atiS.,Iau ior IN
ohted States Depar.nent ot hapor, wn
p preslaeu as .hat AL. T,;t, ;te a.etnoo Ste
nt;y, tn's taI;S ;ts .nd s-st ,tons u S a,;.so
sun taklns us nlst s.eps IN pontica
demoefacy ana nus Iasesac scarcely sI%rted s.W
all IN lnGustral denocracy. @ we can
not receue lroh .he psosress we nav
made IN pouhi ne saia.
the shop ponus system reminds m
OF the mule IN lront OF whose nose Tn
farmer held puWdle OF nay TO MAKE
run tne raster. We misht wen eau th
indHst,ir;ial M!:,i; 9ohHs nh une ineie s IT, oohus
of economies at Columbia, said tina
sapi'a, T1 that he bad heard tha nan ,.a. Ia
. oor, Inu ins, uoor. rnonav hT masto cue $50 Ssee
.rus. tL a avet .han IL wnnid Sovo ios. ot,or bn
m.ne ~ rnanths' str;te ""'e '''' W
SN Johm NJ Williams secretarv of N
Fovetta r Plumb 70 of this city do
sor;h;ne niops nf c".onarat;or % ny, S,rIe Ie
S,,ooassf,iin in h;s Mani Sa;d the
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