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Show NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES fl SURVIVE fl hi those (layH of Hpcciul fl lows, special regulations, Hpe- B cinl legislation, Hpcciul wage B agreements and special privi- Bj hgos for different interests, in- B (lividuals or industries, we have H ' n queer combination of prob- B lems. B ' The Ami'rican sciuimn who Bl has special laws for his bene- B ' fit above the seamen of all ot- B her nations may find himself fl1 forced to ship on a foreign vus- H fel in order to gut a job, bo- B causo the laws which arc so Hi favorable to him on the ono B hand, might put the American fl ship owner out of business on fl t)io other. fl American trainmen, while K (successful in securing legisla- H tion which would require the H pnymont of wages to them H "which were out of proportion H to the going labor scale, might H find themselves out of a job K ' for lack of business on tho H railroads. H The brick-layers' Union, H that sets a rate of $1.25 an hour B , lias yet failed to find a way B to force a man to build with B brick. B The manufacturer who fl , shoves tho prico up to ubnonn- B ' al figures, suddenly finds Hint B ! people" are going without or B i using substitutes. B I It is a mistaken idea for any fl f trade, industry, individual or fl organization to work on tho B theory that if it can got things B right for itself, that is all that K is necessary. As a matter of fact, no ono fl , group can long prospor at tho B expense of 'its noigbbor. The K; j laws of nature, with their com-K com-K j l.ensating checks and balances B work slowly, lmt always to-B to-B 1 ward a common average. What fl J phould bo bettor recognized is Bj , tho fact that industries, both B large and small, nnd individ- B S uals both rich and jioor, are inter-dependent and cannot maintain special advantages in their own intercst'nt tho expense ex-pense of somo of the others without bringing disaster to I'll. "Wo havo seen it tried and wo havo seen it fail during the I ast year. Tho Manufacturer |
