The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-28
Prof. Ander-
son Spoke To
Rotarians
Observations of Causes
And Effects of Econo-
mic Ills Outlined
INTERESTING TALK
Reviewed Labor Diff
culties And Improve
ment In Industry

Attributing the "restlessness" and
chaos, that characterize this age, as
an inevitable" repercussion of the
World War, A. G. Anderson, profess
sor of business administration at
University of Illinois, offered to Ro-
tary Tuesday the long pulp solu-
ton of sound management, educa-
ton, and a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
philosophy to cure our economic ills.
Let us disrobe ourselves of any
idea that our economic troubles are
due to any other cause than the
natural chaos inevitable after a
great war;" he said. He discounted
popular thought wave that eco
nomic ills are the concourse of poll
teal events with. Politicians don't
make prosperity or the lack of it."
Today he pointed out our prob
lem is one of adjustment. Years
ago the radical element in any CIV
en- group had the recourse to move
on to new frontiers. 1t was this
group who pioneered the west. Now
with the escape valve sealed by
varying conditions, the escape for
those is gone.
World unrest, false doctrines and
"narrow-guage management" he
laid at the door of our troubles to-
day. Dwelling on this narrow man.
agement he said, Progressive man.
agement provides for all labor de-
mands in advance-makes it pay.
Backward management is forced in
to line by unions and legislation
Our ills he specified as labor
troubles the country over, billions
of dollars driven out of the coun-
try by "uneconomic" conditions at
home, lending of money and talent
to more backward nations that has
ruined our foreign markets, unem-
ployment.
Defending as sound, the manage
ment in large industries today, Mr..
Anderson pointed out that business
cannot long prosper unless inter-
ests of labor, capital, and consumer
are coordinated." He offered that
such management not only pays
best, industrialists have found, but
in the long run is the solution. He
hit at popular notions that all large
industries exact excessive profits;
that unemployment is the result Of
too many machines.
Unemployment does not result
from chronological Improvement or
the increased use of machines" he
said and pointed as example the
fact that in the manufacture of
steel today less steel is produced
with more men because of such inn
provements.
IT think the solution for better
living for the rank and file Is de-
pendent on the big industries" he
said. 1.-THE way out is to produce
more for less" His perusal was
that big concerns are better able
to do that job than small ones be-
cause their bigness naturally at
tracts more ingenious management,
giving them a preferred position.
Distribution is not the problem
the total national income equally
divided would give each only an an
nual income of from 1900 to 1900"
he said. TITS a problem of produc-
tion."
Speaking of the rapid rise of lab
or troubles, the CIO and its dynam-
ic leader, John L. Lewis, Mr.. Ander-
son said that, "the success of UNI
ions Is not to attain too great sue
cess. When they get everything
they want, where will be their pull
ing power?" But he pointed para
doxically to the fact that in 1928
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