Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-03-25 | Page 7 | Publicity and Fair Play

1 ti Publicity and air Play 7 I COMMENTING on the successful res r which have attended ZE 3 the British governments government's decision to make public the coal p ii commissions commission's report on th the labor situation the editor of the London Londo 1 Star writes The secret of success was publicity inspired by fair play In those words there exists a mighty truth and the les lesson 5 should be taken to heart by employers and e through ut S' S r the world 2 Publicity and fair play are the remedies for practically all ills of the in industrial world The great majority of employers and nd the IT great majorIty of workers want to be fair The trouble IS that o Otoo too often neither employer nor worker takes the trouble to attempt to prove his fairness There is where publicity should 5 come J come in Jf If a labor union pres presents a demand for higher wages shorter p hours ours or better working conditions it should be prepared to show concretely why the workers are justified in making the demand workers should prove they are asking only what they believe they are fairly entitled to I If If the employer cannot meet the the demand he should Ire be equally as fair in explaining why he cannot do so He should conW consider con con- W L sider the worker a 3 partner in his business open his books to him and say Here is how the business st stands judge for yourself whether hether I can at this time do more than I am doing I Ct I Such publicity of facts will bring harmony while deceit and must inevitably bly bring ruin ruin w