Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-04-25 | Page 19 | Just Wage Vital, Says Merchant

JUST WAGE VIT VITAL SAYS MERCHANT Boston Man Ian Declares Pay Euve Envelope op Must l Contain Real Money loney J Br r International TR ewa f Boston Mass April The Tha 24 The American American American Ameri Ameri- can business mon men must sec see to It that the the pa pay envelope contains real ro money It if the tho nations nation's industry la is to be st stabilized stab stab- nn and production Increased ac according ac according IC cording cordin to a n. statement by bJ Edward A. A Boston mer merchant and director ot of the tho chamber of or commerce of or the United States Four years yearN of ot tho greatest destruction destruction tion world has ever seen soon can be made mad good only b by at least four years cars of ot intensive pr production ducton said Sir Mr r. r enc rho The first two years ears of ot this period of or restorative e production will be bo extremely extremely extremely ex ex- dangerous because until there Is food and work enough In every im important important im- im county in In the in-the the world there I Is grave grao danger that a hungry and idle population will become the prey of ot Irrational radicals Increased production In the United I States means eam therefore not only Increased in increased increased In- In creased wealth for us but also a. a method meth meth- od for helping to save Europe from serious social dangers daners which might later Infest Increased production will not come como by merel merely wishing wIshing- for It it If It It comes at all all aU It will come como by reason of or better hetter labor relations brought about notably by shop committees I stock ov ownership by profit sharing good housing and working conditions health protection good recreation re recreation recreation re- re creation facilities and sickness ss and old a ago o insurance I This means that busin business sR men must g- g give ve careful study to making the pa pay envelope contain real wages No Wa wages es are real that will not Inot buy a sufficiency of or food clothing shelter recreation and provision for illness and old a age c. c A Just wa wage o paid pall by hr the tho employer can be made mado unjust b by speculators and profiteers in the necessities of or life If It we wc are aro to have increased wages wo we employers must think not in terms Lerms' alono alone of or dollars but also In terms of or orthe the tho dollars dollar's purchasing power Business must become Interested and must p promote operative co movements move move- I ments operative Co stores cooperative cooperative opera co I tive Uvo housing associations cooperative opera co-opera- tive savings saving's organizations org and the like will help decrease cost to the work work- men Effective interest by business businessmen men In n city politics will improve school conditions and Insure proper health and recreation facilities to citizens and will help solve tho increasing Increasing- complex complex complex com com- plex transportation problems problem But It Is Js not sufficient that we In Inthe inthe the tho United States should alone alono In Increase increase In- In crease production The war destroyed much of or the tho old time peace-time production not only of or this country but of every e civilized country countr It will require in increased increased increased in- in creased production throughout the world to shorten as much as possible the dangerous limo time during which there will be bo an Insufficiency of or food and andra andraw andraw ra raw w material