Evening star., 1922-10-01

between officers and
men and where there is q common
outlook toward the end to be achiev-
lease Of good viii, which is but
another term for the expenditure Of
mental and physical energy, except
under conditions where strife and
conflict are avoided and which make
for a mental satisfaction: When
cause to which they pin their faith,
there is an utter abandonment and
a full release Of energy. There is
an almost equal abandonment and
enthusiasm in the playing Of a game
In which there is at stake merely
test Of skill and dexterity. In inaus-
try there is the nearest approach to
this enthusiasm and release OF energy
in those cases where those at work
have the deepest interest in their
velopment Of harmony in human rela-
tions, and where the conditions and
rewards for service are the most just
and equitable.
OF course, no one contends that in
duetry should develop the temporary
cent self-sacrifice Of war. and have
cited those things merely to indi-
cate something of the possibilities or
industry under conditions which are
not only possible. but which L firmly
believe are inevitable.
We cannot remain as we are. We
ought not If we could. AS people
we owe 1t to ourselves to bring our
Industrial organiza alton to the high
est possible development In order
that there may be the fullest and
richest outpouring of commodities.
not only to sustain life, hut to make
life insofar as possible intellectually
and spiritually rich. 1t is not neces-
sary that we shall always have
drudges and drudgery. Every drudge
in the world. every ignorant person
in the world. every person who feels
himself aggrieved and every person
who Is unable to find a livelihood as
as the result Of productive toll is a
liability which can be discharged
only by reversing the conditions
which create and maintain the liabil-
ity.
I trust that it will not be said
that l have been painting a picture
of too much excellence. For my own
part. I know that any excellence that
the human mind can imagine can be
achieved by human effort: II there
:! is any shortcoming it is with our in
ability to imagine rather than our
inability to achieve. The race will
ultimately achieve greater perfec-
ton than any who are now alive can
imagine.
Problem Of Human Relations.
But there is no royal road to the
future. The road will doubtless be
strewn with many hardships. There
Is no magic word which will compel
the great and powerful organizations
Of finance to withdraw their blight
ing grip from the world of productive
industry. We have ahead of us a
task in the doing of. which we shall
be called upon to use all the reason
with which we have been endowed
and more patience than has been
given to many of us. The whole
problem in its essence is one Of human
relations. Those who have the COM
mon good at heart must learn to
think and act together for the COM
mon good. Those who are engaged
in constructive work must learn to
think and to function together and
comparatively. Management and la
Dor have in reality common pur-
pose. Engineers have like purpose.
None of these three has any legiti-
mate purpose in the scheme of things
except to create wealth-to produce
things for human use. If any of
these thinks it is his purpose and his
function to produce for some other
purpose than human use he il labor
ing under a most pitiful delusion
from which he should be aroused or
relieved of his post.
The trade unions are primarily. Of
course. institutions for the protec-
ton Of the rights and interests of
the working people. So long as greed
makes 1t necessary for the organi-
militant. fighting organizations it
will be impossible for them to con-
tribute fully toward the enlargement
and the betterment of industrial
processes.
What Peace Would Permit.
Every. thoughtful, trade unionist
hopes that the time is near when it
may be increasingly possible to give
more thought to the perfection of
our industrial processes and to be
relieved Of the necessity for the ex-
penditure of so much effort in merely
preventing reaction.
have indicated earlier in .this
article certain developments which
seem to point to the end of the
period Of reaction. Labor will fight
as long as 1t is necessary to fight for
the, the preservation r. ,iS., OF progress. of
gained and for the welfare Of the great
masses of the people of our country
whose rights and liberties are in
separable from those of the workers.
The great end to be desired, how
ever. is the concentration of all efforts
upon the improvement of our indus
trial processes and the perfection of
our industrial organization. 1t is funtla-
mental, OF course, that there must
be recognition on the part Of the en-
ployers of the right of the workers
to organize and to be represented BY
representatives Of their own choosing.
It Is fundamental that there must be
joint relations between workers and
employers and that through these
joint relations there be agreement
upon the terms and conditions under
which service shall be given. These
are tho first stepping stones Of de-
mocracy in industry I take it for
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