Evening star., 1926-05-11
ATTITUDE OF LABOR
HELDRESPONS|BLE
FOR U. S. PROGRESS
SoundneSs of Theories Due to
Experience, Barnes Tells
Chamber of Commerce.
SAYS GOVERNMENT AND
RESOURCES HAVE AIDED
Price Control Abroad and Farm
Problems Here Discussed at l4th
Annual Meeting.

The supreme economic poSl'ion o'
The United States was attributed pA
julius II. Barnes of New York, IN al
address opening the fourteenth annua
meeting of the Chamber Of Commerce
of the United States today, to it's pos
session and development OF naturaI
resources, habits of industry ano
stable and sound government, with
the American worker contributing if
large measure to the Soundness oi
American institutions.
american organized labor, he
said, this last year declared the
measure of rightful compensation for
the worker depended upon the produc
ton results of his labor. Thus was
abandoned the old theory of living
wage and the issue was squarely
made with the European labor con
cept that the workers daily perform
ance must be restricted so that more
days wages must be paid to accom-
pliSh a given result.
America assumes no Self-Com
placent attitude when it speaks, with
sober earneStneSS, of the lessons of
its own experience and its own de
VelOpment in this time of economic
criCis in Great Britain. Vast and
powerful trade Unions. inclined TO eli
force the days wage concept Of re
Stricted production. retard social prog
ress in Great Britain along with
national organizations of employers
slow to see the dividend and wage
earnings possibilities of highly modern
equipment
Price Control Attacked.
While Mr. Barnes pointed to the
new concept of American labor and
our naturally advantageous position
as the basis of American living stand
ards and production. scores of the
more than 1000 delegates to the an
uual meeting of the chamber gathered
in group meetings to discuss foreign
commerce, domestic distribution, in
surance regulation and transportation
prohiemS. se-~~e'
Julius Klein, director of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
leveled Il new attack on foreign price
controls Of essential raw materials at
a luncheon meeting at the Maytiower
Hotel, while Frank r. Coates, presi-
dent of the American Electric Rail
way Association, declared that more
street cars, more busses and more pri-
vate automobiles will add to the gray
ity of the problem of congestion in
American cities at another luncheon
meeting at the New Willard Hotel
Mr.. Coates pointed out that the time
is coming when there shall have to be
q separation of the necessary from
tho unnecessary traffic In congested
districts.
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greatest problem confronting the
John w. O'Leary, president of the
chamber. in his annual address.
Directors Nominations Endorsed.
Mr. OLeary's address Immediately
followed action by the national body
nominations for II director
ships and naming Of a, resolutions
committee.
Probably no single subject" Mr..
OIeary said, has had more thought
on the part of your organization than
this all-impOrtant one, and properly
so. For the prosperity of all our peo-
pie is bound up in the success of agr1-
culture.
THE policy which would cripple ag
rtculture cannot fail to exact from
DuSlIl6SS 0AlLCIIC SuL SACoI
markets are the farmers markets.
Our daily food IS the production of
those farmers. It is for the preserva-
ton of these markets, for the preser-
walton OF our food supply, for the
eventual stability and success of ag-
riculture that we turn our backs
squarely against any proposal which
would imperil the future Of agricul-
ture.
I'VE believed several years ago and
we believe now that Government in
reference toward agriculture would
result disaStrously to agriculture and
therefore to all OF our people"
Sees Big Trade Associations.
Mr.. OLeary recalled the recent de-
cision of the Supreme Court and
opinions expressed by the Depart
ment of Justice, and added that
there Is little reason today for
trade association to transgress either
the spirit or the letter of the law
while "on the other hand, the scope
of the trade association has been so
well defined that it makes me believe
the trade association still is in its
infancy and will grow to be one OF
the greatest factors in the Selt-reg-
ulation of business
Mr.. Barnes said that the Govern
ment through the Federal Trade
Commission, should, in cooperation
with business itself, preserve fair
play between industries and in
dividuals. Recent revision Of the
practices of this great commission"
he said, warrant the belief that
Government desires to develop in
dustry fairly and helpfully. aban-
doning the mistaken role of petty
prosecutor.
Government, with business,
should assume the administration Of
credit influence and financial policies
by enlisting administrators selected
for proved ability and for public
service, without the menace of po-
litical color. The evidences of con-
gressional determination not to amend
lightly or alter the great principles
of currency and credit, encourage
the belief that public servants sober
ly realize the responsibility which
rests upon such action
Opposes Glass Benefits.
Government should recognize, as
business already insists, that it is
right that the national treasury,
levied by authority Of Government on
all it's people, cannot rightfully be
appropriated in the interest Of any
single class. The evidence in high
administrative office and in the halls
of Congress that the obligation of
economy is a solemn public trust and
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