New-York tribune., 1920-09-07
Labor Cheers
Harding Plea
On Joint Rule
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ment, or the abolition OF employer and
employee. Life without toll, if pos
sible, would be an intoierable exist.
ence. Work is the supreme engage.
ment, the sublime luxury of life. And
there will be employers so long as
there is leadership among men, and
there will be employees until human
progress is paralyzed and the develop.
ment Of human kind dies on one COM
mon altar of mediocrity. Our prob
lem then is to find the highest order
of employment, the ideal relationship
the conditions under which we NAV
work to the highest attainment and
the greatest common good for all con-
cerned.
No ~Deadly Conflict" He Says
"It is utterly false to assume that
labor and capital are in deadly con.
flict. Such preachment comes from
those who would destroy our social
system. More, these two elements do
not constitute alone the fabric of our
industrial life, and neither of them
alone, ever added to the treasure ,of
mankind The element of manage
ment is as essential to present-day
industrial success, amid modern COM
plexities, as breath to the human body
And indissolubly linked with these
three is the consuming public.
"It is not important to establish
which element comes first, since eac!,
is essential to the other. We do
know that labor, the human element
is Of deepest public concern. Hence
it is that American public opinion
which is invariably the ruling force
in popular government, when delib-
erately crystallized, wishes the labor
forces to be satisfied. Not content
ed, because contentment is the await
ing avenue to paralysis, but so salts.
fed that there is soul of interest in
all our employments,
"The deporable side Of modern in
dustry with the gigantic factory and its
productive machinery, Is that too
many men are toiling like machines
at work. There ought to be more in
days work than the mere grind
and the pay therefor, even though
the pay is generous. Men ought to
know pride in the thing done
There. ought to be inspiration tc
skill and glory in mplishment
One ought to have before him the
goal of being best in his line. The
mere fulfillment of the requirements
to hold a job never made a superin-
tendent or reached captaincy in
all the world of employment. Con.
tentment with q job, with eyes riveted
on pay day, without enthusiasm to &C.
complish or a desire to excel, never
made an advance for any man any
where.
Advancement Is Big Inspiration
"The big inspiration in life is to get
on. We cannot get on all alike or be
rewarded precisely alike. God AL.
mighty never intended it to be so, else
He had made US all alike. But we may
get on according to our talent, our
capacity, and our industry, and out OF
the advancement of those who lead
must come higher standards for all.
"The need Of to-day is the extension
by employers Of the principle that
each job in the big plant is a little
business Of its own. The reason men
In modern, specialized industry go
crazy from lack Of self-expression is
that they are allowed to be mere me-
chanical motion-makers. They ought
to be taught by employers the signif-
cance Of their job--its unit costs, its
relations TO other operations, the ways
TO its greater efficiency. In q word,