The Connecticut labor news., 1924-08-23

mere numbers to be counted, but real men to be considered and consulted
 The industrial problem is more than stomach problem It is soul prob
 lem The gnawing stomach may be
 quieted, but the beating heart and the
 anxious head are not content until
 their inherent demands (which are three, liberty, equality, fraternity are
 satisfied
 Wage earners keen1y resent every kind of fraternalism. They regard themselves as responsible members of industry and rightly resent welfare work and 'uplft schemes Wise em- p1oyers today never work for their employees, they work with them. Large hearted and 1arge-minded employers of many, and the number Is rapidly in creasing) recognize that the working man is on his feet, insisting on the right to be heard i'll the determination of those conditions which so intimate " and powerfully affect his own wei fare and the welfare of his family. The
 take 1t or leave it dictum and the
 hire and fire method are unknown in 1 fraterna1 industrialism.
 It is nearly a century since St. Si- mon was dreaming of the time when men would gain the Wisdom to be kind, the wisdom to turn all the ex- plotting instincts away from their fel- low men and direct them against na- ture; exploit not the miner, but the mine, not the machine tender but the machine This dream is being real ized today through fraterna Industrial ism, which aims to put the burden less on the man and more and more on the machine.
 "Fraternal industrialism insists that brotherhood, not wealth, is the true basis of industry; that if you would make industry good you must make men good; that not what man has, but what he is, is the all-important thing. It is still true that "'The rank is but the guinea's stamp;
 The mans the gowd for a that
 The modern world is demanding an industry that will be the organ of brotherhood a brotherhood that will regulate and harmonize all human re- tations, 3 brotherhood that will unite the men of industry, fire them with a common incentive and make them the champions of the rights of all workers in industry, irrespective of their posi- ton or condition.
 "Oliver M. Fisher, one of the leading shoe manufacturers of New England on his election as president of the Boston Boot and Shoe G1ub, said to his fellow manufacturers From my own business experience there Is nothing on earth that business needs so much to- day as religion. By that 1 mean the sense of responsibility to God, to man. and to obligations that go with 1t, Ill order that our relations with each other should be the relations of one brother to another. Obligations may be kept and the covenants we make must be considered sacred and binding. Therefore, I have come to feel after a long business life that some form of Christianity is the heart of the coven- ants of all business life
 "Fraterna1 industrialism rests upon certain definite fundamental principles. Among them are the following:
 I. That God is the Father of all men, and that men as His children are potential members of His kngdom.
 "2. That God has made men mem- bers one of another, bound them to- gether in society, and that therefore this society ought to be brotherhood of love and service.
 B. That God has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Saviour from sin and establish His kingdom among men.
 A. That God Is now and ever at work in the world by His spirit for the accomplishment of His will.
 "Fraterna1 industrialism Is rooted III the solidarity of the human family; the supremacy of the common good, equal rights for all, Cooperation and not sell ! fish competition, as the law ot pro- gress and love, not force, as the bond of union.'
 "Fraterna1 industrialism seeks to re- alize certain definite objectives. Among them we mention the following: con tentnent, cooperation, production.
 First: The factors upon which con- tentment depend are:
 I. Security of employment.
 "2. A voice in fixing conditions of 
 B. Remuneration and fair divi- sion of profits.
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