The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-07

! the people and of the authorities of i
 our country.
 '-The cost of living must go no
 higher. Wages must be advanced in every case to a point at which the
 American standard of living is se- cure. The life and the productive ca pacity of the great farming commun- | ity, now stricken sorely, must be 1 brought back to the richness that has
 marked it above the agriculture of l all other nations. This will be pos 1 sible only when the vicious forces that load the values of the farm with fc- titious and fabulous profits have been | curbed and made powerless- 1 Finally we call attention to the | vital fact that the present non-parti- san political campaign of the A. F. of
 L. offers to the people everywhere an
 opportunity to enforce remedial
 measures with their ballots. The en- emies of the workers are upon the platforms of the nation seeking pon- ticaI preferment. Defeat them. De- feat enemies everywhere. Let right eous wrath and indignation find it's expression in constructive effort and
 in the intelligent use of that greatest of democracy's weapons, the ballot. Press upon every candidate every where the wisdom of 1abor's construc- tive program. Defeat enemies. Elect friends The national future is in the
 devoted keeping of tpe working peo- ple."
 In a summary of the essential facts of the present industrial situa- tion,' the report refers to the mo- nentous loss of life and productive power and the rapid consumption of
 many basic materials. It asserts that
 these are responsible for much of the
 shortage of ommodities now expert-
 enced.
 Evidence in possession of the
 Trade Union Movement is that work CTS today are as willing to work as ever and that their productive capac-
 ity is as great if not greater than
 ever," the report states. It declares that the influences which have oper-
 ated since the war to check produc-
 ton "are under the control of em- ployers and not of the workers and
 it adds:
 'In so far as possible employers
 hostile to labor have sought to rein 7 troduce autocratic control into indus
 try, making necessary a resistance on
 the part of the workers. Labor has , enunciated the principle that the , workers are entitled to an effective
 voice in the management and control ) of industry. To a larger degree than ever before this principle was agreed to by employers during the war. It was found that it produced results of great value in the winning of the war; , It made industry more productive." Industry today requires these reme- dial measures:
 "It requires greater democracy in order to give to the workers full voice in assisting in its direction.
 'It requires more intelligent man , asement and acceptance of the prin- ciple that production fs for use and
 not for profit alone.
 "It requires full and free accordance and use of the best that invention has to offer.
 , 'Tt requires bold and audacious re- , , construction of method and process 1 in the conduct of basic industries. Labor does not oppose introduc-
 tion of improved methods in indus
 try. It courts and encourages in1- provements in processes and in ma chinery. What it will always resist is the introduction of these processes and this machinery at the expense of the workers.
 There is a knowledge of industry
 among the workers in industry of f which society has not begun to avail ;. itself. The effort has been to SUD- s press use of that knowledge and to d demean those who possess it. The = workers know their work as none but = the workers can know it. The shoe- maker knows his last and the engi- ,e neer understands the capacity of his ' engine.
 "The workers are appalled, at the waste and ignorance of managem ent :. but they are too frequently denied the ,+ chance to offer their knowledge fol -. use.
 a '"They decline to be enslaved by the
 use of their own Knowledge and they
 ran m rive of AfP e except as equals in industry, with al s, of the rights and privileges and witt ., all of the stature and standing of em -a p1oyers.
 Adoption of the principle of vol is untary effort, of full cooperation il o industry, will bring to the industria w life of the nation such an impetus tha ne problem in American life. to Adoption of the principles we her S. urge will inevitably result in rapi a, decrease of the number of non-pro es ducers who at present live by fasten C. ing themselves in one useless capacit
 or another upon the industrial life o SC the country. Proper absorption 0 a. non-prod11cers into useful channel in would be a simple problem. ve we urge the setting up of confer of ence boards of organized workers an 1it employers, thoroughly voluntary i tie character and in thorough accord wit of our trade union organizations a cd means of promoting the democracy c h. industry through development of ce
 operative effort. We point out t mt employers the Tact tnat lndustr! fly wnich IS lne ne oiooo or our elv1l ire zation, can not be made the playthin he and the pawn of few who by chanc ,st today hold control. Industry is tn
 thing by which all must live and nd must be given the opportunity he Iunction at US pest.
 Dr. Laoor turnover IS put one or tE -ds eVlis "hich Will disappear In propo off, tion as the "orkers are gwen voi< Ter Ill nanasenenI This IS proven for statistics which show the lowest tur1
 over in those industries where tf 1e workers exercise the most effecti1 ces Soice pS reason ol the hlshese oegrf are of organization.