Republican farmer., 1920-01-09
NEW INDUSTRIAL
 C0mMITTEEW WILL. MEET ON JAN. 12
Much Important Work Will Confront Board At It's
 Opening Session.

Washington, D. C., Jan. S.---Presi- l dent Wilson, industrial commission, | the new body named by the Presi- 1 dent late in November to study the industrial situation. will reconvene in Washington, January IF and will settle down to task that may prove of great and lasting benefit to entire country.
 The commission is working without fanfare of trumpets It appreciates the magnitude of it's job and the con fidence placed individually in each member of the commission by the President who is seeking solution of industrial troubles and a closer relationship between employer and employee. When members of the commission left Washington for the Christmas holidays it was agreed that, despite the recess, each member would give attention to the problem of industrial relations and return here early in l January with additional ideas and | suggestions. 1 The Presidents commission has | gone about the performance of it's 1 duty quietly. It has not been press I It was realized that to establish "a league in this country between em- l ployers and employees would be to ao- complish something really big and | worth while. Such fruition of the labors of the commission can come only with the most intelligent appli- l cation to the subject and the takinx into conscientious account of the l many notifications of the industrial situation in this country today.
 Recent submission of report o1 progress and tentative recommends. tons, upon which public hearing, later will be held, demonstrates how thoroughly the commission Is doing it's work. In appointing the second indus
 trial commission the President an
 nounced that the conference has bee:
 called not to investigate industria : strife where it already exists, but t, work out some plan whereby indus trial differences in the future migh be avoided and a better understand } ing reached all round between capita and labor, with the removal of tn
 cause of such disturbances as hay
 recently seriously inconvenienced tn
 country.
 Accepting the responsibility place upon them, members of the commis
 sion came to Washington and decide 6 to work steadily and in quiet Littl
 has been published regarddns its ae ! l tivities, although the commission wa in session almost three weeks befor
 recessing for the Christmas hol
 days.
 o It is estimated that the expenses (
 the commission will not exceed twer l ty-five thousand dollars. Members - the commission themselves sery q without compensation. Assuming ths 4 som ething tangible will be brousl
 about by the conference of these pun n lie servants, who include former go, II ernors. college professors, busine.
 men, former Federal officials and tf IF Secretary of Labor, the nominal e: O pense involved will be one of II
 cheapest investments ever made | a the country. The modest sum aske for incidental expenses is not u
 cost of a strike of one hour in a.
 of the great industries of the cou,
 try.
 While 1t Is not the purpose of u a. commission to discuss It's work
 length until a final report is ready, is shown that substantial proxre ,- has been made and there is conflden, d that out of the conferences will con yt some program TOT the Detterm ent ia the industrial situation tfroughout il l. United States
 le Some idea of the scope of the cor
 missions work may be obtained by l. review of the several major suEre es tions which in all probability mt as necessarily be analysed and act " upon before there can be action. 4 al though there has been no full -offic ,e annourcement Of these various su
 jects, 1t Is assumed here that . t ga commission of necessity must inves Sc gate and report upon such fund ne mental propositions as permanent t s- bunals to pass upon labor disput.
 collective bargaining as a prtnctp oa proft-sharing systems; betterrnent
 the conditions of labor; rights of ei ., ployers and capital invested; COG =, erative agreements and possible pa
 nerships between employers and e . ployes.
 ,a The report of the commission m have no binding effect, but if it backed by public opinion and Is 1 ha in its terms there Is belief that n, labors fthis new commission nam ,,- by the President will prove eventu 10. 1y of inestimable benefit to the natl o+ as a whole and mark the .beginni
 of a new era in industrial relati< .z, in the worlds greatest republic.