Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01

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| being Tor our country as Il whole. II
| thls heccSsltttcs curtailincnt Of
speculation ana Il curtailment OF uu-
| tocratic power and caorbitant, UNI
earned Increment for a few, | am
sure that Will cause no anguish cx-
! cept 10 the arrogant onc-half OF 1
| per cent OF our population. which
contributes neither intelligence nor
Initiative to our material. mental or
! spiritual progress.
Lnbor's True Pnrfner.
For the future the great need is
FOR a drawing together OF the forces
! that contribute usefully to the pro-
cesses OF production. We have seen
the devastation brought by :, control
over industry exercised by high fl
nance. which Is Interested primarily
and chiefly in profits and only in
| production that yields the largest
profits II has been said. principally
| by the enemies OF labor. that the
American Federation OF Labor holds
tho interest OF labor and capital to
be identical. This course is Il vicious
untruth because labor holds the in
tcrest Of useful humanity above
every other interest about which we
know. Capital is merely the stored
| np wealth created By labor In indus
try and utilized for further produc-
| ton OF wealth
So far as production is concerned.
the interests OF capital and labor.
while not identical. are not ncccssar-
| ily In conflict. but the present dCmi-
mating influence Ct the great aggre-
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ton purposes. except incidentally To
the making OF profits.
| Follow same EhnnneI.
| Tho interests OF labor and manage
nient are much more nearly along
| similar channels. Each has dis
tinct function 10 perform; each, who.
free to- function naturally and nor
nally. strives for the same goal
| Perhaps l can achieve something
In the direction Of clarifying the Inn
portance OF freedom in industry. the
Importance OF establishing the best
possible relations. the Importance Of
| giving industry a chance TO be In
dustry instead Of power house fer
banking Institutions. by quoting from
the remarks OF Viscount Haldane At
recent meeting Of the National In
sltUtc OF Psychology In London:
+ We had reached stage where
more and more than mere mechanical
forh was being dcna by the machine
/ electricity would make Il still!
greater revolution in this direction
hnd manual labor was getting 10 be
more and more the directing OF the
,achinc. In other words, mind was
Coming into tho business. Mind was
v"ry important thing. It was not
capital that created wealth. nor labor.
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Institute was. as far as possible. 10
f:!icve labor from the sense that
men and women We're only machines
/ Their aim was not 10 get the utmost
out OF the individual without regard
L the individuals own concern
! Importance OF management,
/ Our future welfare development and
Jrc Sperity require that there be nu-
1laI respect and confidence. thorough
I understanding and unity Of purpose
ptt"cen those groups in and around
the industrial world which have as
their prime object the making and
the distributing of commodities for
human use or these groups labor Is,
I OF course. the largest and the most
| important Two other groups which
are rapidly coming TO have a clearly
defined Identity and clearly defined
- r. W
as management and engineering II
The functions OF men engaged in
! these two groups at times overlap.
mat does not by any means destroy.
the separate identity OF the grouns
or becloud their distinct functions
Management has certain definite func-
ticns Tor which il must be held re-
sponsible. The shortcomings OF man
agement cannot be laid at the doors
of labor.
Want Efficient Nnnngement
Labor has already Incorporated in
It's formulated demands upon indus
try demand for efficient manage
ihcnt. IT is the duty OF management
70 corrclate and regulate the various
dVisio ms and processes OF production.
bdd management results in low-grade
production and sometimes in bank
uptcy. and tn. workers paw the
penalty. Bad management cannot
produce in competition with good
management SO as to pay either good
profits or good wages
| LABOR has n right to demand that
us energies be not dissipated and
| wasted by bad management Tha
| most appalling and inexcusable bad
management is that which is mads
ineffective or Inefficient by the die
tates OF financial control Great
industries compelled TO adopt wrong
| methods at the bchcSt of fnan-
ciai control must collect from The
| workers directly employed q nor
| ton OF the cost OF that control. For
the most part management is in
| tellBent enough TO realize the grea1
| narm that results from Wall Street
| domination, but has not yet found
the way TO freedom from that
| domination.
Future welfare demands CO.
| operation between management. la
por and engineers for the release
or all Industry from a senscless.
"asteful. unsocial and brutalizinx
| control by powerful high finance.
Those RcsponsibIc.
against an honest return and
legitimate profits. but few viii pro-
| test. we have ye: to find an equal
spur TO initiative. What labor main
tdihs is that profit must not be the
| sole and dominating motive in IN
uustry' but that profit must come as
the natural and logical result OF
service rendered and must consti.
tutc reward for service instead OF
a reward for speculation. chicanerv
exploitation and autocratic DONNA.
ton.
Our machinery OF production SIR