Evening star., 1922-09-10

men at the lowest possible cost
During years past many employers,
in an honest endeavOr to arrive at a
fair solution of the eVer-groWln8
problem. instituted a piece rate pay
ment whereby wages were based on
the amount of work done. instead OF
the time spent on the job. AS re-
suit, men worked harder. became
more efacient and earned more
money. rhereupor many employers
cut down the piece rates so that BY
working at this extra speed the
formerly made at an easy gait. This
only served to stimulate the trade
union movement resulting in the doc
trine. based on the natural law OF
self defence, that q man must do just
so much and no more in day and
machinery.
The worker learned his value as
a contributing element to the prog
ress of industry and took his position.
The soldier learned his value as
contributing element to the progress
of civilization and took his position.
From that position there has been
no retreat and there will be none.
for on the whole they are average
intelligent and determined men. Dur
ing the war they both had a common
objective which was coincident with
that Of the business man. Since the
signing Of the armistfce they still
have q common objective, but it is
new one, from which. sad to relate
too many business men turn blfndiy
away. 1t demands nothing less than
that in the future the natural desires
and the welfare of the average man
shall and must be given Just as much
consideration in all plans involving
education. industry and government
as is given to the welfare of the so
called well-to-do man. who too often
lives in killing ignorance of the fund
amental causes of the unrest of the
masses That this demand exists is
too evident to encourage q feeling
of security and comfort
We hear much of the threat abroad
of universal protest Of labor In the
form of universal strikes 1t all has
it's effect on this country. The patched
up differences between capital and
labor during the war amounted to
nothing more than truce. With the
war over. the next big task is to con-
clude a peace between capltal ano
la Dor which will correct things that
are fundamentally wrong.
Townsend May Win.
IN modern civilization revolutions
springing from great holdings of in
dustrial capital. may be expected to
occur unless the inherent desire in
every DSink iOl VI
partial proprietorship is satisfied. To
fulfill this desire. to encourage hab-
its of thrift which warrant the full
fillment of this desire and to cultf-
yate all the virtues that accompany
the development of a stronger. higher
citizenship should be the purpose of
every business man who possesses
any progressive spirit at ALL"
Senator Townsend's campaign man
ayers are confident as the campaign
draws to a close that the senator has
a chance for denomination. The re-
publican organization of the state Is
behind him. and that is counted upon
as a valuable asset. 1t is certain
that the anti-Townsend vote Is to be
widely distributed among the other
candidates. leaving tho possibility
that the senator may have a plu-
rality.
Careful inquiry in well informed
quarters here leads to the conclu-
sion that there is justification for the
Townsend managers entertaining
reasonable hopes for victory, barring
some catastrophe between now and
primary day.