New-York tribune., 1922-02-19

w tary of tic General Fedora
ton Of Trade Unions in Eng
'and He is thus at the head Of ono
OF the largest combinations OF Iahor
] IN the world. Throughout the war hc
was an invaluable supporter of the
hrit'sh government and stood souarc]v
against any leaning Of British lobo,
toward Russian communism.
Samuel Compcrs. in his introduct;o,
10 Mr. Appleton's book. "What We
want and Where We Are" savs.
whether the reader finds it possible
70 agree at all times with Mr.. Annlc-
tons conclusions is of less momcnt
'n"n 'he fact that the reader will sure
y nnd IN Mr.. Appcton's writings fact
'hs' arc important and opinions that
gro the result OF careful thought and
long experience MIR. Gompers must
hmself. differ radically from Annlcton
!" many fundamentals, and in nothing
mere radically than in the attitude TO-
ward trade unions
'o-partnership is the hope which
Appleton holds out for the fnturc of
English speaking industrial life. On
posed to this is Socialism on the ono
hhnd and Trade Unionism on the other
appleton says: with the objection of
1ne Socialists I am not concerned h,t
naturally | do sympathize with tho
point OF view of the Trade Union Off
c1ai who sees in the general ADOPTION
OF partnership the general disin-
tegratlon Of the movement he and his
prototypes have built up. sympathize
with his fears, but do not think that
they should stand in the way of any
change which advances the common
good. Trade Cnionism, like any other
institution, must face the test Of util
n.y. 1t has achieved manv
lhinGs' but 1t may not have achieved
pcrmanencc'
Mr. Appleton thinks that if it were
possible to have partnership be-
tween Labor and Capital, which would
small ing poth inc prOntS and
the losses. it would be an ideal ar
rangcmcnt. but he recognizes the fact
that this ideal is Of the future. and bo
come to the conclusion that ait is in
eV'table that the area Of co-partnership
schemes shall be, for the present. linn
lted to what may be termed the man.
1pulatlve side of industry; expansion
coming after experience and confidence
have been gained"
Applctons theories differ also from
American labor leaders Of tho typc of
warren 5. Stone, and one might almost
'maglnc that Appleton vas making a
olrect answer to the threats which Mr..
Stone made before the Cummings Com
mlttec Of the Senate, when it was con-
sldcfIng the compulsory arbitration
clause of the Cummings railroad bill
1t may be recalled that Stone on that
occasion llkcned himself and the other
brotherhood chiefs to Rousseau and the
reasoning theorists, predecessors of the
French Revolution. He held the sword
O. aharcillsm and communism over the
congressional committee almost with
out attempt to veil his meaning. Apple
ton says THAT force is no remedy Ito
labor unrest] is an axiom which ourht
10 be dlnned into the ears Of the blatant
advocates of force, and also into the
ears of those baser souls, who. lackjnp
the courage openly to advocate yio-
'encc' relterate in their speeches, in
tones of approval, the assertion that
men arc losing patience and NAV be
expected to take forcibly anything that
they may want. The repetition of this
platltude may do quite as much harm
as the open incitement."
Again differing with a great number
OF Labor Union leaders, both in America
and in Great Britain, Mr.. Appleton
recognizes with unmstakablc clear
ness and logic that the workers. only
hope for larger share in this worlds
goods lies in increased production,
Capital cannot be taken from the capi-
talistic class and distributed to the
working class for consumption with
out destroying the working class.
Capital is really everything non
human which enters into the scheme Of
production in the effort to maintain
existence"
Mr. Appleton believes that labor it.
self is potential Capital. Here there
appears to our mind slightly confus-
ing use of words, and if Mr.. Appleton
had stuck squarely to his definition Of
Capital as being non-human, his chap
ter on partnership would have been
clearer, to US, at least. He makes the
division only between Capital and
Labor. He could have gone further
and distinguished between Capital,
Labor and Management, Management
being the force which supplies the
dynamic to both Labor and Capital.
Mr.. Appleton covers large number
of subjects that cannot be touched on
in this review, everywhere with clear
insight, logic, an entire absence OF
sentime entalism and withal q profound
sympathy with the laboring classes. 1t
is q book which can be recommended
both to the laborer and the capitalist
and likewise to the manager. WlGe
distribution of this book and q real
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