Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-01 | Page 6 | Must Produce More

MUST PRODUCE MORE. ft is not rlifTifult to undcratnnd tho i nstst men i1 li which British nowHj'ii-j-crs Jim urging Hu campaign for in-f-rcRsfd production, Hih prions and itUtt workmen form I. ho combination j uhich may upset not only industrial En- ffiand but many other European court- ; trb'H, and this at any moment. British ; trades unions h;ivo been ai-cuand of prac- : ticing a policy of k;epiii down tho output out-put so as to providi! work for others. Vet the unions object to allowing par-; (ui'iird craftsmen to enter thoir ; , unions'. dl members, for they foar tho ; standard h( work man ship would bo low- , prod and the scalo of pay reduced. They : also arguo that tho influx of men would Kbit the labor market. Mritish newspapers profess to seo in t his sit nat ion oiv.) of the bars to national prosperity, and t hey are arguing that men and women of all ranks, especially , t rado unionist s, speed up the out put iiq a means for lowering prices of commodities, com-modities, ' while . insuring increased volume' of work at remunerative wages. 1 n the commons t he government leaders lead-ers have placed stress upon this need, doelared to bo vital to British trade stability at home and British hopes in the world markets. Against this it should bo remembered that many British manufacturers have taken great pride in producing a limited lim-ited amount of certain manufactures, a p pea ling to the luxurious tastes. To convert theo manufacturers to tho realization of tho necessity for increased production and lessened profits is a task quite as formidable as that of reconciling tho workmen to the changed order of industrial affairs.