The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-01

Inc principles OF IA
Dor unsonlsm are not responsible for
certain abuses which have done more
20 draw a line OF hostility between
the publle and organised labor than
an the activity OF forces openly or
EnnlEcd q destroy or impair the la
bor union movement. Socialists op-
Grading within labor organizations
have for years preached the doctrine
Of limiting Production: The real
motive Of tkia propaganda u TO break
dowu the present Industrial order By
destroying the efficiency Of produc-
ton -undrr n. aud thus create a de-
mand fer state socialism. The thought
% the worker himself has been no
more In mind In this than " has been
10 Huseia. where a socialist ~autocrscy
n openly warning upon trade union
Ism and resorting 20 Industrial con-
s%cription 70 ward off the natural re-
suits OF h Destruction OF Incentive
20 labor.
socialists In lasor unions have for
years preached the dsbaaing doctrine
manual worker should produce as lit
tie and be as inefficient a. possible.
They have sought 10 destroy the pride
Of craftsmanship and the satisfaction
which ONE 20 the normal free man
from his " skin Into the ear Of
the apprentice has been whispered
the doctrine by the socialist aKitntor
associates iH industry Is the distance
the worker Ia willing to 10 In limit
ing his output. Along with this has
gone the Argument that the worker
does not get the full value Of his
Production and the only way TO get
even 10 20 slow down each mans pro-
Socialists have also rcJolced In all
the practices which have tended to
hamper or destroy the efficiency In
production through the development
of systems OF graf such as have been
exposed In criminal leadership In Rev
York city. Whenever a labor am
Guilty arises they are always at han1
10 make u hard for employer and
empioye 20 get together. They glory
In the unnecessary and the unneccs-
HAriiy prolonged strike or lock -out.
They are ceaselessly active In pro-
noting Industrial warfare, n the
presence and influence OF h social
1T politician In the labor movement
accounts for many OF the m~isunder-
standings M most Of the Violence
In labor relationships.
The socialist promotes every pro-
posal which adds unnecessary cost
10 production. He Is usually the In
ventor OF the rules and practices
= ~ NEaN - -
try. because irey multiply costs With
out increasing output or bettering
service. Socialist agitation has driv-
en- from many n shop an ambitious
worker who has persisted In produc-
Ing more than IN. lowest possible
''rtint' Of iazlness and inefficiency.
Nam a w~age-carner who has ne SYM
patty with socialism has been made
10 play the socialist game neon
sciously by socialist politician VINO
believe hat the way to break down
what they call capitalism" II 20 10
destroy efficiency OF production un-
| der the existing Industrial order that
itH ''fnilure' will have TO be admit
ted.
What the socialist agiiatOr ~conceals
| from the worker IL he fact. which Ia
| the last two or three years has be-
o0me apparent to students OF the sit
uation. that the worker himself pays
the unreasonable costs thus created.
| This In itsoif Is helpful 20 socialist
| propaganda because IL Increases the
workers. disqualification with his con
dillon. Necessarily II great mass
o. the people must pay these bills.
because they cat the food, ilye In
i the houses aud use the materials the
price of WHICH is thus unreasonably
enhanced When bricklayers have
been encouraged 10 lay one-haif %
many bricks Ia "a day aH they did rive
years ago at double the wages, the
man who buys or rents the house b.
the fellow who gets stuck" The
Increase la wages could be absorbed.
for u Ia a matter Of exchange OF
values, but loss la production ia loss
10 society as a whole. and when one
uiackcr's reduction OF normal output
10 multiplied by millions the road
leads straight to a debaaed standard
Of living for the American toilcr
Of course by this u b. not meant
tu say that abuses In production and
distribution Gusts are by any mean
all due 60 the slackerism Of the
worker. Hut invcstlgatiou has reveal
ID In some instances actuHl cOllu-
sion bNt~ccn employing q employ
ID producers 10 abit eAtOrtiOn-
ate costs. We have had the con-
binati0n Of the manual Stacker and
the prOfitoeE the on-prOductiNity OF
labor being used a. an excuse by
those who employ labor for unrca-
sonhbly increasing their own profits.
we have aeen reduced production aud
Increased cost In the labor field ac-
companicd BY an orgy of speculative
activity aud conscienceleas pronteor-
ing higher W la industrlaiism. Those
who, either a. employers or employ
cd. have no pride In efficiency al
production n service or honesty IN
the fixing OF prices. are the little
side-partners Of socialism, whether