Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-02
MUST HAVE DIFFERENT
 INDusTRIAf. bELaTIONsHIr


 Dr. Frank Bohn, of New York, lsctur. | CT and wfiter, speaking on Demoeraey-~ 1 Ola ana New, at the Community house, l Tuesday evening under the auspices ot the Brotherhood Of the United church, reviewed the evolution Of industrial de. mocracy since the early ages, showing how the advent Of the machine has done away with the individualisR of the Amer lean people. The trusts With their ehi- clency force have done away with the | family wage and instead are purchasing labor along the single man line as the single man can work cheaper than the | man encumbered with family ties. This | system win eventually cut down the Americanism Of the country as the youhk man of today eveh now says that he can ! not afford to get married and have a family as he cannot work. as cheap As the man who is single.
 The solution Of the problem ls a eeor- dination Of industrial relations between | the employer ana the employe a better understanding Of the needs and rights Of each to the other, Dr, Bohh said that
 England was at the present time putting into effect plan that would in his opn.
 ion solve the prc-.efn or industrial econ-
 omy. This plan, he said, was to make
 industry public institution in which the government. employer and esnpIoye
 had equal intero<t and would get toseth.
 CT and talk oveE-the problems that AfiEe
 regarding wages, time of labor and oth-
 CT points which have caused Sd much
 trouble in the past.
 In speaking Of the evplutisn of indus.
 try in this country pr. Bohn took the steel industry as an example. showing how years ago iron was mined in thi. state and how q man would hlts his , heithbor to work for him and how 1t ueA sWfctly on an individual basis. An km-
 ploye was the equal of the employer and | many times in churM life the employer , was taught the teachings of Christ by , his enTioye. Then came the discovery : that hard coal made better Iron. Then . industry moved to Pennsylvania. Then 2 came inventions which eltmulk:ed tht [ inhvidua1 touch in tho industry until h. , nally with advFrced ideas in ttansporta tion one company would unite with an. 8 other until finally a trust was formed C Of course things might be better il D some eases but there was no rekard fol
 the omploye; fl single man would worl n Tor less than married man then tn, a married man was out of a job. And g, - the population of America is going dow l for there is lack of interest in hon
 life. This can be seen by the million V of drifters in the country today. thos c who work in one place for a time. the II uiht Oh to SuONheE. IL tS from InlS fle F. ment that the I. W. ". has sr,runt f American democracy is doomed if V z bring in the whole world and then leav a them and not attempt to Americaniz
 them. Teach the foreigner to speak th
 English fanguage, then you can instill i
 them American ideals and principles.
 Speaking of immigration pr. Boh Y strongly. advocated she stopping of th :. flow of immigrants into this country ur til such time as lse can teach those tns " are here our priNciples. When ve tah H hundred thousand tfom another coar :. try we do not eneht that country oJ rather pull oui ON down unless we rnal them Americans.
 ~ America must nave a different gyste, 7 of industrial rels tionship between en t' ployer and mrloye. The employer rru 1s meet the einploye half way and the en io ploye must meet his employer half wa = They must rather work together than or Ie work for tlie other. It is bound Co con but it will be sew. The process of ev, 'r lutioh dema ads it.
 is s Following Di. Bohn's talk there was U, short discussion of industrial problem H Tt and political prc>Aems. during which D ~ Bohn answered many questions.s na Nathan A. Gibbs presided at the fnee ~ ing and Rev. Alexander H. Abbott intf VI duced the speaker. There was an a al tendance of aDout 200 who thorough h. enjoyed the discourse.