The Washington times., 1922-12-11
]. \. HAMMOND
!. IFAV0Rs HIGH
: WAGES
Mining Engineer Declares
American Standard Must
Be Preserved. +.
BY ROBERT 8. THoRNBURGH'


I CssmspoIitsn News Service.
Vividly contrasted with the be
lief Of the college president who
said the common laborsr should
not be paid q sufficient wage to
msintain Q family, is the broad
viewpoint Of the American stand
ard Of living. as expressed b.
John Hays Hammond. interna
tionally-known mining engineer.
Bases On Productivity.
Keep UP the American level o.
real wages that the standard OF
living may be preserved and then
improved. was In a nutshell the
thought conveyed by Mr.. Hammond
In an interview with the Cosmo-
politan News Service.
But do desire to emphasize
strongly the fact that the American
wage scale makes Il necessary for
superior productivity on the part
OF, the wage Garner to assure prices
OF commodities that American In.
dustry may compete successfully
with the products Of foreign in.
dustry. where from our point OF
view too low wages exist" Ham.
mond declared. There should be
no soldering or half-hearted work.
Honest work for honest wages ia
q policy which should be In the
minds Of every wage Garner"
In the future Hammond sees,
through the expanding of civiliza'
ton, vastly better conditions Of life
I'm the progress OF society, new
inventions and better methods oi
production win bring many i'm
provements in the standards Of liv
Ing with no Increased monetary
cost" he said. SHOULD there be an
increased cost Il should be met by
increased earnings.
Luxuries 10 Become Common.
"It IL quite a. II should be tha,
certain ways Of living and certain
articles Of consumption, once lux
uries, should. an the years 90 by
become substantial necessities. Th'
desire for q higher standard IL nor
NAL. In commendable for the indi
vidual and equally so for the com
munity In which that individua
lives"
Mr.. Hammond holds the chic
concern In contemplating the az
pect of the situation between labor
capital and the community, shoult
be the American standard OF hv
ing.
Quoting extracts from book
"Great American Issues." he re
Gently published In conjunction
with jeremiah jerks. Hammond
said:
''The actual relations between la
Dor and capital are the product o.
two forces. simple In themselves, bu
Infinitely complex In their relation
TO each other.
to receive q wage adequate to main
his health viii be conserved; that h,
can rear and properly care for ,
family, and that he can obtain SUI
ficient leisure to live a. a socia
being.
'"The other Ia the demand o
capital that It. too. shall receive {
living wage; that is TO say. an In
come large enough to pay interes
" ~ VWucru anu U phOtoCt tSDSA
against determination.
The community az a whole 4
vitality interested in the mainte
nance and Improvement OF the stand
ard Of living. 1t might puxzle !,
man to define the standard Of liv
ing yet, II Ia not an abstraction.
1T II the sum of q large numbe,
Of concrete things: II expresses tn,
total OF available comforts and Lux
uries which q man enJoys:it bring
to mind the place in which h,
dwells. the clothes he wears, an,
the food he eats; II goes further an,
includes some Of the aspects OF socia
lite open to him. the schooling of hi
children. his church, his lodge. an,
his amuSements." ~
6oeiety Comes First.
The labor-capital problem re
solves itself into two ''sets Of ele
ments," according to Hammond.
Those In which labor and capi
tai, from their own needs and iron
A "a