The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-22
COOPERATION N
INDUSTRY URGED

Cleveland. March 2l.--A special
committee of the committee on lahar
disputes OF the Cleveland chanbaf =
commerce has just formulated and
received the sanction of It's board OF
directors in promulgating what
termed a Declaration Of Principles
az Establishing a Basis for Proper
Industrial Relations in Cleveland 1T
is an appeal to public opinion as the
real and final arbiter in industrial
crises
The committee IL composed OF 81
Cleveland roun. Paul NJ F'eiss who
is president ~ the chamber Of COM
IncrCe. and under whose direction
this declaration mas been formulated
was a member o. President Wilson's
round table conference. and IS him
self a large employer Of skilled labor.
Among the members of the commit
toe Itself, Of which Sheldon Carey.
president of An important Industrial
organization is chairman are Warren
s, Stone, grand chief NJ the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers: Will
lem c. Lee. president of the Broth
rehood of Railway Trainmen; Ste PHI
he w Tener. manager OF the acci~
dent and pension department OF the
American Steel II Wire company. the
Cleveland member Of the United
States Steel corporation.
Cooperation may be said To he The
basis Of the chambers program. The
declaration begins by considering
! The problem Of production.
Public interest" it says. requires
! increasing production as prime
factor in reducing commodity prices.
Profits wages hours and working
conditions should be regulated by
this requirement" It therefore ta-
hoes employees who Intentionally
restrict individual output In order to
: create an artificial scarcity of labor
as a means OF incr easing wages or
continuity OF employment. or OF
equalizing the productivity and wages
of workers having different degree of
skill and ability.
At the same time the committee de-
ciarea that "employers should not in-
tentionally restrict produe lion TO ,re-
ate an artificial scarcity of product in
order 70 increase prices, or to put into
practice PRODUCTION methods h a :
prove hurtful to employees. They
should not reduce piece rate prices
when. and because. through the EN-
ployes increased skin 1t has become
highly profitable to him
The question of wages Is carefully
considered and the committee believes
all the following factors should be
given consideration IN arriving 1t
wage schedules: cost or living. oppor-
tunity to advance the standard OF liv-
ing, savings, loyalty, produo tivity, mi
tiattve and individual skin, the nature
and hazard of the work, Importance ~
the work performed, and continuity OF
/ employ ment. Hours OF work AMI
working conditions are also discussed
In the light of the welfare OF tho
worker providing him with adequate
time for leisure. rest recreation. home
life. and self deveiopment. Overtime
! work q discouraged. but where the aa-
ture OF the work is such az to require
| II the worker should receive extra COM
| pensation for IL. the committee says.
The subject - collective bargain n 8
! is discussed u79er the title of "rerre-
| sentative n-gct at ons," which Is de-
fined as that .arra OF collective bar
| gaining which provides for negotiation
between an employer and duly accred-
lited representatives OF his employees