Show I Cooperation Increasing I IA S PREVIOUSLY noted there is is' is a a gradual arid and consistent get get- A together tendency on the part of c capital pital and labor in the e United States and which is working to the benefit not only of the interests n directly involved but to the public in in n general J f In n this connection x jt it t is interesting to tb t note that the Standard Oil company which often has lS been classed among the soulless soulles s topi has adopted the cooperative plan and which according to all allie ie reports orts is proving m most st satisfactory to both employers and andi workers ork rs i 1 r f At a recent conference between representatives of the emr em em- IP oy s and the officials of of- the Standard Oil company of Ne New 1 Jersey generally regarded ded as the pa parent ent of all Standard Oil com com- more than were represented In a speech at t this conference President W. W C. C Teagle said in part K i it ir The The problem of ot the tho future will be properly to apportion our 1 wealth on equitable terms It follows that in so far as American this situation and understands wealth labor generally generall appreciates that is not the product of ot labor or capital alone but that the more labor I 1 the tho more wealth labor will wOl cooperate with the management In the ii i production of profits In the experience of the past year the industrial indus indus- I x f trial worker in this company has shown himself to be as sane and reasonable as the management has tried to be provident and coni con con- i Out of such cooperation coope atlon and with a a. proper understanding L of the relation of the community and of ot capital to the labor of If l i hand and brain there is no problem of ot industry which may not be i S successfully C solved f I These views are in direct line with the arguments made on a aj j number of occasions in this column in favor of a closer understanding understanding under under- standing between capital and labor and for the complete raj ra j of lion of the thought that there exists a natural enmity between 1 1 these thesel thes two great interests j and it is confidently predicted that as a aH H j i result of the broadening of the American mind there will come comet a iJ 1 t t time when strikes will be unknown 1 0 |