Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-06

speaker explained that. long period
Of business prosperity takes out OF
q man this same physical vtgor as
il taxes their vitality and Is q great
mental strain, so that any careful
observer could see signs Of physical
exhaustion.
Second, faith. that quality that
makes for perseverance. Third. de-
sire to be Of service. the thing that
makes for quality in mans SER
vice. He compared the difference in
development OF the countries of
North America and South America to
illustrate this fact and said 1t was
in the spirit Of the people who set
tied in these countries. The southern
settlers were chasing ideals. the
northern settlers were working to
make homes for themselves and their
posterity.
Mr.. MacIlwain said that the idea
Of service had not got far beneath
the skins Of the business men. They
clamor for increased production 1--WE
mean he said, ION the part Of the
working man. We have two ideals.
for the workers, productions; for the
rest Of Us, profit. He said that a bus
mess should pay for the charge labor
puts into it. for the charge manage
ment puts into 1t and for a fair re.
turn on the capital invested. This
idea of service is one of the things
that stands pretty near the bottom
OF the foundation Of prosperity.
Inc fourth and last principle set
forth by the speaker was the willing
ness TO cooperate. Business men
need to know what cooperation
means. There is no group Of people
IN the country that needs organiza-
ton more than the business men"
Mr.. Mac1lwain said that it was al
most beyond belief. the business
mems unwillingness to cooperate and
cited cases where. while the war was
In progress. business men We're bid
ding against each other for the same
labor in an undetermined manner at
that, and the United States had to
step in to take matters in hand.
Right now" said the speaker lis
the time when men in a town like
this ought to be used to getting to-
gether, because the time is coming
when the thing is going to be of i'm
mense importance. When the tide
turns is the time when you will want
credit information and want it bad.
The man that bulks in the business
world of tomorrow is the man who
has learned to work with other peo-
pie. The man who thinks he is SO
important that he can work by him.
self is the man who is going to get
left"
Mr.. MacIlwain then explained the
great necessity for cooperation be-
tween the employer and employee.
He said that the cost of process
mas got to come out OF the cost of
that business and that increased pro-
duction can't come unless by the
Willingness of the people who work
That the time is coming when labor
is going to have an accurate knowl-
edge of the employers profit.
II spoke of trades unions and said
that getting cooperation did not
mean fighting trades unions. That
labor had made up it's mind to sell
labor collectively and employers might
as we'll make up their minds to it.
Trades unions" said Mr.. MacIl-
vain. means thorough organization
and fundamental mistake on the
part Of union men or employees Is
the insistence OH the open or closed
shop.
Mr.. MacIlwain characterized Radi.
Gals as lot of scatterbrained, col
legiate. academic theorists and said
that 1t is great mistake to tumble
them up with American labor. who
is as glad as anybody to get rid CT
them.
In conclusion. the speaker said that
all OF the ideas which he had men
toned were more or less spiritual
ideas. That the things that count
are the things that are inside of a
man, the internal furnishings are
the things which are the foundation
OF business prosperity.
A rising vote of thanks was prof
fered Mr.. MacIlwain for his inter.
esting and instructive speech. The
meeting was presided over by Sam
uel Freeman. chairman of the Retail
Merchants Bureau.