Show It A Truce I T f t ABOR BO has been asked by President Wilson to maintain a truce truceLL fl LL pending the outcome of the campaign against the high cost oft of oft living living iving Similar thought was expressed a few evenings ago agov w when v en indu industrial trial leaders of Utah met to hear the opinions of officers o off 4 the American Manufacturing association in regard to the industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial situation 1 Jf 4 Lab Labor Labor r. r is advised that to strike now and to bring about the disturbed and disorganized conditions that naturally follow a strike to imperil the welfare of their country Heeding the advice of the president labor generally although there are some exceptions has postponed enforcement of action on its demands i It was noticeable at the gathering here of industrial that chat they realized there was a duty facing the employers as well wella a a as t the It was charged and without contradiction that thatto to top few employers took an active interest in the men and and women lio who work for them They center their desire on a cert certain in output or certain servi service e and there interest ceases no thought or very little being given the welfare of the worker J One speaker very forcibly advised his hearers to become personally personally per per- acquainted with every in his establishment extending extending extending ex ex- tending the acquaintance so that he may call caU every man by name and come to know every mans man's hopes and aspirations It was advised that be encouraged to offer advice in regard conduct of the business and that they be permitted to have an an interest exceeding the mere matter of hours and wages The employer it was said should shou d not expect the to be more interested in the welfare of the business business' than he the employer has in the welfare of the men who work for him These thoughts coming from some of the great industrial industria Ie leaders of the nation are significant as eviden evidencing ing the modern trend of thought of If labor is expected to observe a truce the employers sh should uld be equally considerate It becomes the employers employer's duty to share the profits of h his s business with those who work for him He should do his best to hold down prices so that the consumer will win not be overburdened he should do his best to give every empl em em- pl ye whether he belongs to a labor union or to that still greater cla class ss s of help a living wage and provide him with proper working conditions y The thought of industry as expressed at the local conference w was was s that there should be a truce in which both sides participate ea each h striving to increase production each making a fair division and neither asking undue profits It is a policy policy- that will witt win if the thel l fe few e t hotheads who roar so so loudly are allowed to roar alone in e empty pty halls |