The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-10

wise decisions are to be made. They must come where the work is, where the prob lens are, where the difficulties are, where the difficulties lie. Industry is an or 1 ganic unity Dissection and plastering | from without by the metaphysicians of politics is at best mere tinkering and ex- perimenting. At its worst it is destruc- 1 tive
 | But, as Labor has pointed out, indus | try cannot govern itself without having /; machinery for that purpose Freight can not be shipped unless there are transpor- tation lines. Electricity cannot be sent from place to place unless there is a means of conducting the current. There cannot be government without the pur- l pose to govern and the machinery by which to carry that purpose into effect. It is toward that end that industry must move, not by accident, but by design. The elements and factors within industry must organize thoroughly. There must be federations of organizations. Grad l ua1ly, out of experience, functions must he developed and rules laid down. That is how intelligent rulership within in dustry must be created. And 1t IS either that or the deluge of political interfer- ence and bungling, of which we have had sufficient example.
 Let us examine further. A recent re- port of special committee of the liar yard Board of Overseers, made after long study, contained the following illu- minating bit of wisdom:
 "As competition increases the success ful man will, more and more, be the man who allows nothing to be wasted, but adopts the most efficient processes and devices ones still more efficient; who works up his by-products into more useful and further valuable substances; who economies energy whether this en- ergy comes from coal or water power Or human labor"
 In the scientific and technical worlds great things are being done. Develop lnents are i'll the making ng-developments that mean constant change in industry. Processes of manufacture are being changed almost daily Machinery that was modern and efficient yesterday is thrown aside today Rates of production that were marvels yesterday are obsolete today. Economics that were the last word yesterday are reckless waste today Forces that were unknown yesterday are in harness today
 So it is going, in chemistry, in cleo tricity, in steel, in every branch of en- gineering, in management, and even ill 1 finance.
 In Pennsylvania great super-power project is being developed. The results will be manifold. Power will be trans ported over wires where coal now goes ill cars Thousands of men will find their places of employment moved. They will move with the employment, or they will have to find other work Much re- adjustment will be necessary. But the ] final net result will be economy-more production for less human effort. That is the trend everywhere. More produc- i ton for less human effort.
 Finance would send all of this great accommodating excess into profits. But | humanity is entitled to better distri button of this new found production. The race as a whole has a stake III what the race achieves. Better methods, greater production, must mean more things for the working masses in the first places It must then mean more freedom from toll. And these things must be arranged with citizenship There can be no such ad- justments unless there IS within indus try the machinery for running the af fairs of industry. It is more than col lective bargaining that IS required. And Labor has vastly more to give to indus try than it can give through collective bargaining. In sending up it's voice for a great constructive characterization of in dustry Labor IS not asking for a chance to get Labor is asking for a chance to give There will be enough for all when it comes to getting. The productive pos abilities of our American industry are beyond computation. It is the ordering of things that is going to count most of all in the future The great complexity that we call industry cannot continue on any basis that has not justice as its foun- dation and its guiding policy. Only on that basis will there be the greatest out pouring of human effort and intelligence. Only thus can every element within in dustry give freely and continuously We cannot know what colossal gifts of skill and knowledge and inspiration are held back from industry today because of the