Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01
Mutual Respect Between EN-
ployc and Employer Need
ed, He Asserts.

dustry In our country which pro-
duces TO capacity twelve months In
the year? Moreover. Is there any
Industry In our country in which the
machinery and methods OF proiuc-
ton could not he altered or i'm
proved so AS greatly to increase the
possible volume OF output? II
there Is such an industry have
not heard OF IT, II there Is this
lack OF capacity production. who is
responsible for tho limitation
Manifcstly. II I. those who own or
contro! the Industries. II the lirni-
ta1!on Of output which Is charged
against workers would he innnitcs-
'imal when compared to tho ad :
miitcd and obvious limitation OF
output practical continuously by
those who control American indus-
tries.
Short-SiEhted Control.
] am confident. and all labor Is
confident. that whom management,
with tho help Of labor succeeds in
releasing itself from tho short
sighted. selfish and unintelligent
control 81 what we may wcll cali
tho financial oligarchy. most OF the
present restrictions OF output Will
disappear and most OF the disputes
between employers and workers
VII! be avoided. II Is seldom DIM
cult for workers TO reach agree
ment with management when man
agemcnt is free to do The intelli-
gent thing
Before the railroads lost their
identity as railroads and became
feeders for the Golfers OF Wall Street
serious Disputes between rai!roa 4
workers and RAILROAD manaEements
n IT,
passing OF the control Of employment
policies from the active managers Of
railroads TO tho banking interests O..
Wall street there began the period
OF serious d!sagreemcnts with the
workers. Tho root of tho trouble
experienced In the railroad world Is
Embedded in the Wall Street control
OF railroad arrangements.
Wnnt Control Ended.
think II could we'll be laid down
hs rule that labor has least cause
for complaint. has tho tewest Er!ev-
hnccs and exhibits tho largest amount
o. good Will and enthusiasm and
Initiative IN those industrial estab-
iiShmcnts IN which the ideal OF serv-
Ice is most nearly approximated. La
Dor not only has nothing TO fear
from liberated management, but
on the contrary looks forward with
- ''N-H ~ 'Hc tI9gle " men ali man
agenent may be released from a con-
troll which must be as Irksome and
reprehcnsihle to management as II
is 40 labor.
No notion can be moro destructive
to real progress than tho so-called
company union proposal. Quite apart
from tho fact that workers in a plant
are not in position formally TO pre-
sent the interests and viewpoint Of
the employees in the plant. this fur
ther and most important factor must
be considered. II wages, hours and
conditions of employment can be de-
termined by each OF the company
unions with each conpnny's directors
Industrial chaos world result by rca-
son OF inequalities In wages. hours
and standards. The ievel!ng tread
would be downward and every com
pany and company union would be
each for itself, his Satanic Majesty
taking the h!ndmost. What is re-
CURED are really bona fide unions Of
the workers as broad and wide as
the Industry itself. where men may
speak the thoughts OF their fellow
unatra!d. and where the union may
help TO establish the minimum wage.
tho maximum hours and the best pos