The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-20

WtHfrtU luNInrW congress was 'N'
attitude ~ pn.r towards Tho r'r0..
slructior OF tho southwest, us 's-
pressed by John u. tfoy editor Hf
tho International Noidcrs jour.
nal. W Cincinnati. Ohio, who TAXED
at the morning scision ThrrrI1y.
Mr. Frey st1 chat tho iudupfrlHI
problem waa not new. fluiuuru u..
is. the only changes being ln tbo
way ~ myth01E.
Collective bargaining De- said wRa
tho hlpo frr the future VI" Hnll
thai industries Ind progressed IN.
der such A HyHfrT and mo WORK .. A.
hs' secured 'wmcHaurnhir hcnctitH
aua that tuose would continue. lie
said IN part:
There l. "a Problem
II ls unnecessary TO prove tho
existence ~ an lnduatrial problem.
Tho many evidences % rs UNig'cn" e.
are continually being forced upon
US Neither viii | argue ~ great
importance. II ia auifcicut ~ simp-
ly state that our civilization. much
more than any which has preceded
~, rcs.A upon On industrial basis
1t Il a complex problem which In
cludcs Jaw material production,
cicdt, transportation, distribution
fINI NAlWN v NlNlA ANN'l iaN Nv NNNHNA WY W
these, the human element. tho rec
latlonship between Management, and
labor. the conditions affecting the
community which are cstahilHhrd by
this Industrial basil OF relationship.
There IL nothing Fundamentally
now IN the Industrial problem. The
underlying mo lvca influencing mon
have remained the same from tho
beginning. the only change In IN
method. From the time when one
iuau firgt began to work for another
there has been an industrial problem
and as civilization dew, uprd thc
problem became more complex, aud
greater efforts we're made 20 solve
Il. In our own country We have
had this problem iu y M Ire ur less
acute form nom the bcgil ming ana
from tho experiences OF the prW
ent year, Il In evident that 90 a
people wa have ~ yet failed to amply
nnv method of adjusting the human
differences In industry upon largo
and succcssful scale.
a Proposed Remedy
II hope to present for your con-
slderation the most success ful moth
cd which employers and wage earn
ers have pdop ed Tor the adjustment
of their relationships. ana their
terms Of employment. but before at
tempting this l feel II advisable that
your attention should Toe called TO
tho efforts which have been mado
In tho pAst, and which cNpcrlcuce
proved 10 be unsuccessful and i'm
practicable.
Tho first great effort to solve the
problem Ivy English speaking people
was under Edward III who, short y
after the visitation OF tho black
plague In the fourteenth century,
enacted tho statute OF lnpurorH,
which authorized the courts ~
quarter sesSions TO fi& the wage rate
for farm laborers and artisans. and
also TO make II crime for two or
moro workmon tn combine together
FOR the purpose of securing buttrr
terms OF employment than those es.
tabished by the courts. The law did
not operate as intended. The cm.
plOyers Of labor insisted Pt succeed
Ing sssaions OF parliament thai more
teeth should he put into g. ana from
timo TO tipe parliament enacted
statutes Intended to make the law
more effective.
"Rut despite tho law, FnEllsh
vorkmcn organized 10 Improve their
terms OF employment, aud eventual
ly these organizations became 80
powerful and tho public conscience
became 40 thoroughly aroused that
all OF these accumulated laws were
repealed In 1894, Tho compulsory
legislation intended to solve the in
duotr.nl problem had failed because
Il was uneconon!u, and Furthermore
could not be made operative In a
land composed ~ free men to whom
II was intended To apply.
So FAR "a English speaking poo.
pie are concerned. this statute OF
lnborrrs ana the legislation which
was erected upon it. constitute the
greatest effort which any country
has made to solve the human prob
lem in industry by law. Similar cf-
forts were made hy other European
countries but for shorter periods of
time. and nll OF these were also
without success.
some 25 years ago the wage
earners In Australia and New Zca-
land believed that the problem
could be solved through compulsory
arbitration, They attempted 10 cs-
tahlish this method through legis
latlon, ana met with vigorous oppo.
slt!on from the employers. But even
tually "A compulsory arbitration law
was established aud arbitration
courts created, who, acting for the
state, had industrial disputes re-
forrcd 20 them, and handed dcCrocs
establishing wages, hours Of labor,
shop rules ana regulations. Failure
10y employers OF wage earuCra 70
obey the courts decisions was pun.
ishahle by fine end imprisonment.
AFTER many years OF experience
We flud that among other thlnEs this
law failed to establish friendly &c.
lations between mauUVrucut and
labor. u failed TO sal ~ elther
mnnNgem,snt or labor IN the dotcr.
mlnatiuu OF wnEc rates and othol
terms OF employment II utterly
failed 90 prevent strlkcs and lock
outs. The governmental records ot
Australia indicate that from tho bee
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