Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-07-09


At Atlantic City Convention, Amer
ican Federation q Labor adopted 3
wage heIicz demanding that iln-
proved methods rosuIlipe ii Increased
rrod1ef|an n1st be followed By Is
creased Nszes a1d shooter houze
Thus Oresn zkd Labor seeks to de-
flIts itself 81 ths very benefits which
TIE genius q invention nrovised. Pz1-
duatI6n ean he Increased through in
proved methods and By harder work.
Scientist and engineer are providing
short cuts through elimination Of
waste and new machines that do twice
the work Of old machines. But labor.
as represented By Anozi6an edsEa
ton, wants to SLOW down, II thai Waz
defeating increased production.
The ideal in economies would be
system providing maximum produe-
fion IN the shortest time, thereby real
izine the sroaI Of enough for comfort
FOR EVERYBODY While United Stn5e8
4 nearer the goal than any ether na-
ton. there must b no lettine-aoNn
Of production. Whsn tie human
mind works cut iahor-aavins method,
Il is striving 70 release labor from ere
tssk Ia order that labor nast bz 7p
nIled 70 anotht1 Il 4 not working
IS release labor for iaflensss. Wien
IL goal of enough 1cs epm8eFt iet
everybody hes been renehsa fnsre
wilI be tine enough 70 lay OF. But
Il ss vel said that any letting -deNn
before that goal Is feachsd, such q j.
approved BY American FederAtzonf
would Be deprivation affecting the
comfort and weIlzbeing Of those On
the outer frinees who must wait e
the last before they can begin e en-
lev comforts that others have attained
sentimentalists ars apt to assegt
TIE false doctrine that pTodnetlon Il
already sufficient for everybody, ana
that everybody could nov enjoy
afandard of comfort Il there wsrs
proper distribution. But The showing
Is made that il al the goods consumed
bv the few who i've il luxury were
divided up tie division would not ralss
re General standard 1-1o0th ct J
point. Rathsr Wonld It lower tns
skandard 1z tie few than naise tne
standard 81 tl many; end the clf-
ference would b negligible. tps
comfort az tie many cannot pc M
creased bg taking away from the
feW. the onlg way ia ehFnneh M
increase of production. + follows
tkak An.kfieaa fedora tien3a refusal
g uss slI 81 is efforts TO attain the
eRoal 81 conafoTt would cancel 81
tEe improvements that seienta1Ae'
mind could an.ErcnA selvin's BUS
insaa Chronisls.
Theirs Is typical example e nov
the flnaneina press handles economic
osuskions with one hand u the mag
nstss pocket and The other On the type
writer. This Is Sslyin e m best OF
worst. take your choice.
He aavr. eat Atlantic City Con-
vaafios American TdefAEieu of A.a-
hor adopted .waee-po|ieg demana-
ing that Improved methods resulting
rs increased production must De To-
loved 6v Increased wages and shorter
hours. Thus organised labor seeks to
derive itself 81 the very benefits
which the genius of invention pFoyiu-
~ fThe black1face Is ours). Pro-
dnction ean Be increased through .lnne
proved methods and BY hard work
sslvfn lies. and knows that he lies
For Il his statment is true then the
hours If labor and khe al Of the
wroker would increase with the ratio
of increased production High power
I'd machinery which does the work 2.
several skilled craftsmen instead Q.
decreasing the hours Of labor ana
Increasing the total Of production
would tend to lenethen the hours q
labor and add to the burdens Of the
toiIer. Supposing he has his foolish
way. which Of course, is only g pipe
dream, then men would be working
12 hours . day instead Of eight ct
waoes that would leave vast pyra-
mid of under consumed goods glut-
tine the markets bringing down prices,
and automatically putting the manu-
facturer out Of business. Henry Ford
has reversed this process more down
to-the-minute machinery, less hours q
labor. the highest wage scale and e
consequently feeding Ford cars to the
world At the rate we make postage
stamps. II Henry Ford was the only
manufacturer in the United States
that paid high wageB for eight hours
tier who would have the time o. the
price to indulge in Ford Or any other
cheap carl
He says. sBut labor, as represented
by the American Federation, wants TO
slow down, ii that way defeating IN
creased production
He deliberately lies again, as he
generally does, for the Federation
said nothine shout slowing down, they
merely stated that TIE machine must
alleviate the coD&iiion 81 labor II pro-
portion 20 tie Increase Of profits. for
unless It does ihat tie general public
viii not have the price % consume TIE
goods It produces. II we find Mr.
sIesin 81 editor and \ stsnoerapher
th viii turn out the Business ChFan-
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