The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-21

machines. l would have our trade or
CARNATIONS foster the spirit of inven-
tive genius among our workers and
would provide the means to insure
that every worker who by his ingenu-
ity succeeds in eliminating waste, in
creasing output or reducing costs is
enabled to reap the full reward for his
effort
Can Not Be Forced.
L am not one of those who believe
that you can force industrial peace
into being, by legal enactment We
hear much talk nowadays of compul-
sorry arbitration of labor disputes in
one form or another, but the principle
does not appeal to me- 1 have studied
the matter diligently, and the infor-
nation that comes to me shows that
wherever compulsory arbitration has
been tried it has proved a failure.
Strikes and lockouts have been with
us in the past, are with us today. and
will be with ms so long as employers
seek TO impose unbearable conditions
upon workers or workers endeavor to
obtain more from industry than they
are entitled to. The remedy lies not
in governmental interference between
the employer and the employee, but in
direct negotiation and mutual under
standing.
am not one of those who look upon
the government official as a special
pleader for any individual or group. 1
believe that every official of the fed
eral government. by virtue of his oath
Of Office, owes his whole duty to the
whole American people and not to any
class, group or bloc. The department
Of labor, for instance, was organized
to promote the welfare of the wage
Garner, but am firm in the conviction
that the welfare of the wage Garner
can not be promoted unless the well
fare of the wage payer is also ad-
vanced. In industry we can not pro-
mote one side alone.
Let us be slow to use the strike
A Tragedy in Each Strike.
/ know the evils and the misery of
he strike out of my own experience
rs a worker, and through the continu-
)us stream of industrial disputes
which flows through my Office in the
department. of labor. The tragedy of
he strike, it seems TO me- is that III
it is settled by negotiation
)r compromise. After men have been
die for months, after women and chill
lren have been brought down to the
last crust of bread, the representa-
Iives of both sides get together around
The council table and reach a settle
nent. They go right back to where
hey were when the months of misery
began, and in almost every case both
worker and employer have lost by rea-
son of the conflict. Instead of con-
terence after months of industrial bat
lie, I would have counsel before the
strike is called. In my capacity as
secretary of labor / try to discourage
strikes and exert every influence to
get management and men who are in
together on some COM
non ground of compromise. I would
ave these loyal women who in every
workers. home, while the strike is on.
pend days and nights in agony de-
,riving themselves and their little
mes of the necessities of life, that the
,readwinner may be fed. Let us re-
member that the process of evolution
s always going on, and that event
ally the whole loaf will be forthcom-
ng. Seldom, indeed, is the whole loaf
sOn in d strike. It is far better to
each a compromise before a strike is
allied, and eliminate the cost that
aust be paid for every suspension of
Let us remember that the
est way to raise wages is to cut
raste and increase production. When
he employer advances, the workers
dvance. When the company sue
eeds the workers succeed.
Reflected in Wages.
Increased production, better quality
{ work means reduced manufactur-
ig costs, which every wise employer
ill see to it are reflected in higher
ages. Do not wait for times of trou-
lie to get together with your employ
r. When business is prosperous is
ne time for the workers and manage
tent to get together and work out
lans for stabilizing conditions in their
idustry to devise ways and means
f meeting periods of depression which
re bound to come. Men and man
cement in industry working with a
lear understanding of each others
and seated around the coun-
il table can solve their own unem-
loyment problems better than any
overnment agency can solve them
The Man to Support.
It appears to me that the man who
)rges ahead is the man we ought to
upport. The man who. by his ini-
alive, by his enterprise by his cour-
ge, steps out to develop new indus
~, to expand business, to extend the
opportunities for employment, is the