Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-03-23
ORGANIZED INDUSTRY
PLACES PROPERTY RIGHTS
ABOVE HUMAN RIGHTS
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The chief difference between organ.
lEed industry and organised laeor les
m the fast that organised industry
places pFoPesty rights above human
rights, Industrial trusts have grown
owt cf the belief that large eesporar
Sons cannot compete without dssspa-
tan ~ noWen That belief may be
vel grounaed IN fact. bat IL ie a
sallacy - assume that Capitalization
ef vast power in the HANDS Of small
gro0ps Is helpful h the welfare q ! he -
ration.
Organised labor understands that
perfect freedom Of competition"
among workers also means loss of
power, or rather that l, means pow
erivssness for the individual. In a
strictly malenalistls sense organised
industry and organized labor lie par
allel. Each seeks What II can get.
Bot the former also at acquisition Of
power and luxury, FAR beyond any
human need. in The hands Of the few.
while the latter has for is object the
rescue Of the many from the verge Of
hardship and actual starvation.
That difference IN objects l. well
established and widely understood. No
economist Of standing would question
the conclusion, but foes af labor raise
many smoke screens 90 confuse or 10
diSlntefesl the public in the struggle
Of labor II Is the duty Of the un.
lonist 60 do his bit In educating the
public 20 clear understanding.
II the rich corporation hnds Il adj
yantagcous In n nasefiallstsc sense 10
analgamale with lta competitors. how
much greater IL the need for indivad-
ual workers 10 do the same.
The individual Workman cannot bar.
gain with al employer lie can only
accept the Job al the wage offered, OF
40 without work and starye. lie Is
untitled for bargaining because he has
no means Of knowing how badly hia
services are needed and because the
nature Of his training and experience
offers mo equipment for bargaining.
which Is the natural gift of the sue
eessful business man against whom
he is pitted. Again the workers need
of employment II nearly always more
vital than the employers need Of help.
A short handed factory may mean
worry and inconvenience for the epi
ployer, bot ipodlesk cupboard means
something far mare grim 10 the work
er. The employers chances In tho
struggle are something like y million
20 Que against the bargaining indisfd.
uai
In organized labor the organised
employer finds a foeman well worthy
Of his steel. The sensible employer
accepts, the situation philoaophieAlly
AS natural development. lie does
not expect the privilege Of riding 10
vast wealth and power on the backs
OF docile waFk<rs over a smeoth. road.
lie understands thai human Easum
will Inevitably raise obstacles In his
path when he seeks gain NJ the ex-
pense of his own allies II Ii the one
idea type of employer entertaining
The insane belief that the world ig his
oyster, 20 be opened and guipad, who
terms labor's demand for the night
To bargain outrageous. afat9t
The man who has no Voice In tho
sale price Of his services Ia at best
a slave. Usually he is worse OF than
slave, for the latter Is property
and his owner Will take measures @
insure his health and well-belng and
must care for him In hiA old age.
The unorRanlzed worker must take
what HIS employer will give In the
years Of his usefulness and that never
has been sufficient 10 permit saying
against old age or disability.
Collective bargaining is natural.
honorable and inevitable In modern
industry.