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Show learns that intensive organization of workin-?.rr.eri is not necessarily the stimulation to high wages. A high level of remuneration does j not always tend to lower production. The costs of living can fall I while wages are going up. In short, the experiences of 192 3 knock j the props out from under three of four theories that have been held almost with religious fervor by spokesmen of labor and capital. Toledo, Ohio, Blade. A HARD YEAR UPON THEORIES The membership of tl le American Federation of Labor is abou' one-fourth smaller than it was three years ago. Th? building trades unions have lost 64,000 ' members alone. The year has been one of few strikes, high wag. 3S and increased production.. The prices of commodities have sL owly been falling. From these facts one |