Show J The Open Forum L OR on Editor Herald It If ono may ju So tho tue future conditions conditions con con- of or America b by tho the past and present conditions of or Europe It willbe will willbe willbe be but a short time until each of or us will havo have to decide whether we prefer proter to continue continuo to to live lIvo under the present system of oC capitalism with its defects and inequalities trying at as in the past to remedy Its most moat faults by constitutional methods or r to torpedo our ship of or state and of ot It Its IS wrecked fragments together with what green reen timbers limbers we can gather from the sea of ot life lire try tn to fabricate a new now vessel better better bet bet- ter ler suited to humanity as 5 it exists Inthe Inthe in inthe the present a. a age c. c The advocates of or Socialism Communism Communism Com Corn and Bolshevism are rire on the Job day and night ht spreading their an propaganda a among discontented workers workers work work- ers ore and the Idle rich while the representatives of corporate wealth en endeavor en- en deavor or to smother the time In lug ing Clr fires s of dl discontent b by rl rigorous laws But what Is la being heln- done by thereat the tho great reat middle class of or America to save to themselves S and their posterity the tho spiritual educational and material blessings handed down b by their fathers fath fath- ers 13 ha J tho the conservative cOnter press doing Its duty dUly by its readers Aro Arc politicians I preachers publicists and men of or arra af- af ra fars rs Intelligently trying to teach true I political econom economy The Tho writers and speakers who are fire In lii favor of or ripping I apart the wheels of oC government Jo and either cither dumping the whole works In tho thio ash can or at least discarding I the mainspring of oC human endeavor lave lao their ar arguments on tap at all times and In nil all places they are with assumed facts and specious casuistic casuistic casu casu- syllogistic reasoning to picture the woe of or the wage e earner carner and the paradise to be attained b by an equal division of or labor and wealth But tho the great rent middle class a misnomer mis mis- nomer for or them thero has never been in America a or permanent class poor boys bos become the wealthiest of or mankind and rich families drift back to poverty the laborers laborer's boy becomes tho the scientist and statesman of or his own generation consisting of ot over six millions of oC families on the farms arms professional professional pro pro- men and women and millions millions mil mil- lions of or workers who lio own homes or other property and are arc not utterly dependent on days day's wages for tor subsistence subsistence sub sub- are scarcely represented In Inthe inthe the great debate A great reat if Ir not the greatest cause of or trouble between labor and capital I Is tho the indifference of or each to conditions conditions con con- which exist t on tho the other side Nearly Nearh all capital Invested In tho the great Industries of or the tho present da day Is represented b by corporations which invariably maintain tho the utmost secrecy se so- crecy regarding costs of ot production of oC selling and distribution of or overhead overhead overhead over over- head and raw materials of oC every factor factor factor fac fac- tor which ml might ht enable the tho worker to gain an any Idea whatever of or the cost of ot output or the resulting profit or orIf loas If IC becoming dissatisfied the worker work work- er PI r more wages shorter hours or better worl working conditions ho lie Ismet is ismet ismet met b by tho the bald assertion of the su superintendent su- su manager or president of ot the corporation n that the company n cannot cannot cannot can can- not afford atford to grant tho the demand no facts which ma may justify tho refusal aro are placed at tho the disposal of or tho the workers no d detailed statement of or costs expenses or profit and loss los aro are submitted to a competent committee of or tho the workers whereby the they may Rain gain gainan an exact knowledge o of oC tho the condition of or company affairs Conversely cly also an any agent of or the I corporation appearing a aj a meeting of or tho the workers is 19 usually a n spy and If Ir I discovered is likely to regret his te temerity temerity to- to merity each side tries its best to keep t the hc other in ignorance Is of rna matters mat mat- t- t tors which are arc of oC vital Interest st to both Tho The remedy for this condition Is obvious ob simply a representative of or ortho tho the worl workers ers on the board of or directors direct direct- ors whereby the s can learn the true conditions obtaining In Jn the affairs of or the company an through whom hom they can lay before th the hoard board any grievance which ma may arise without without without with with- out having having- to pass It up through the lbs shift shUt boss to the foreman up to the superintendent and on to the tho manager man man- ager ls who may mayor or ma may not consider It of oC sufficient Importance to bo be laid I before tho the board Working orkin men are arC not mat unreasonable I when thc they know the tIme actual condition condition- of or affairs but bul if H Kept in are aro only too apt to JI listen to the radicals ls who by IY discontent among among them Honest Hone t m raw only demand n a square deal but they also aso want an t the tho evidence c on which the tte decision is made placed before beCore that thc they may un understand on whittle hat I decision Is based I Park City 1 J |