The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-14
Geo. &. Roberts Tells How CO.
operative Character OF Cor
porations Is 0bscured.
RADICAL AGITATION RESULTS
MzIntsnsnee Of Present Industrial sys-
TEN Necessary 10 Maintain Present
Standards Of Comfort for All
the People. 10 Says

DyttDiA " vPFANtff' VI s@Nt@-N *o'f ~
this fact is obscursd by tho complex
ny OF huge enterprises. George Z Rob
srtz. noted authority on business and
finance. declared In a recent speech
before the American Bankers Assocla.
don Convention at Atlantic City. ". J.
The primitive man knew that the
harder he worked the more he would
have" Mr.. Roberts said. When a man
exchanged work with a neighbor he
had tho whole transaction under
his eyes. But when a man works
With thousands OF others for a
great corporation he doesn't see any
donnits relationship between what he
doss and what he gets lie doesn't
know whether he Is getting fair
share OF the Industrial results or not.
and he suspects not.
the modern Industrial system Is
essentially cooperative. but you can
mot have effective cooperation with
out understanding. Because people do
not see the Industrial organization as
. vhols We have tho tendency for so
ctvty 70 break up into groups and
blocs and unions and organizations Of
ons kind and another. many OF whom
are trying to advance their own inter.
ssts At tho expense OF society as .
whole. The population Of this country l
today could not be supported in the
state OF comfort 20 which II Is accus-
toned without the modern. specialized
equalization.
Bolshsvlsn In Russia
Tho extremity OF social disorgan-
iatton has been seen in Russia. where
has bean enacted the greatest tragedy \
m ths history OF tho world. Whstshsp
psnsd there will happen overywhers
unless there IL development OF the
capacity OF people 10 work together
and understand each other.
I'm its nnal form the revolution in \
Russia was against what is called the
cApitxilstic system. or tho private own.
srship OF property and direction OF in
dustry The results Of the revolution
are 90 czlamitous In Russia as TO give
= check to revolutionary tendencies In
other countries. Yet the economic ,
principles OF Bolsheyism are innuenc-
Ing pubic opinion more or less every
where.
The motive behind all this asits-
ton 10 the desire TO establish equality.
The social struggles OF the past have
boon for political equality. Now the
iemsnd la for equality In possessions.
squality ID incomes. equality In the
OF industrial AFFAIRS
There 10 no argument against the as
yirations Of men for better social con
1itions. but radical idsss result from
certain economic fsllacies. One ~.
atss to the employment and service
II private capital Men rsad about
'ast sums Of wealth belonging to indl
fiduais. and think OF these sums az
devoted exclusively 10 the owners. In
'Hot wealth employed in production
or the public market IL rendering
sryics 10 the entire community. no
natter who owns H.
Tho whole radical argument Ia like
'iAiminx that nobody ever got any
'saeat from the development OF the
team engine but the owners OF steam
a gmss OF course. tho theory only
eeds TO be stated for the fAllacy to
. apparent. The man who works for
area 10 benefited By every investment
{ capital which increases and cheap
ne the supply Of the things for which
70 wages are spent
The Service 81 Capital
1T is q fundamental truth that all
roductivs property although privately
~nod. n part Of The equipment Of so +
'~ty. by Witch its wants src supplied
The progress Of the past has been
,cou phi 81 Cd under tho individuslistic
rssem The theory OF this system 10
at every cas shall have for ais own.
nearly as may be. that which rc-
,lts from his own efforts. Il Is sys
m calculated 10 stimulate the militia
W. call out the energies and develop
. ability OF each individual lie 10
- a. TO bis undertakings. there ars
, restrictions except that he must
'ek hls o-n gains BY activities that
. s>rylc~sbie to rhe community as
hole ard he 70 inspired 20 labor. not
NJ ply By the desire Toe personal al
Intsge but ey the desire 70 provide
r loved cues. By the ln yuiss 70 self
preston. 10 realise and develop his
,fur~i abilities. and BY the ambition
achssv-. to win distinction and to
na~r service
II does sot promise equality. Un-
= sh.r- ts equality n preducticn. Ia
rvscs. IA effort. In resolution and In
Il terizl. ~hs should there be equal
m the ttvisico Of r~ultsf
The hsstifcxtion q intividaslisrn.
viewer. IA ace merely tn what 4 al
~ to the superior Individual but n
, r>~uiss that lnure to all Il r. IN
} interest % all 70 secure the most
ec<svs organization. the most errc
= management and the largest rc~'
Ne production. These cannot be had
adopting the Action that all have
aAi ability Tor any position. OF By
y ether system than that which
Tres mca sy tAsir Individual quail
atiosA-