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Show NO TWO ALIKE, A shirtwaist manufacturer iir the New York wholesale market surprised the employes a few days ago by announcing that he intends to retire from . active business in their favor. His plan is to turn the plant over-to "tried and true" subordinates, with the stipulation that in case the business should prosper they are to pay for the property on the installment basis. In the event of time demonstrating demon-strating that these "trusties'' cannot make a "go" of the enterprise, the "boss" is to take charge of' I affairs, assuming all liabilities, and begin anew to j build up trade. Here is another chance to demonstrate the beneficence of the doctrine advocated by socialists, social-ists, that the products of labor belong entirely to the producers of the products. Incidentally it is a test of auother socialistic idea of the equality of labor. Watch for results. Not long before it is seen that one man in the crowd has a better knowledge knowl-edge of tho business that made the boss manufacturer manufac-turer rich enough to give up the plant to his men, as a father would present a toy to his sen. Such man will be selected to manage the business as the . old boss managed it. Again, it will be apparent that an overseer is needed, a foreman is handy, and so on, until down at the end there is not a semblance of social equality left, and the law of the survival of the fittest obtains, as it did under the generous old capitalistic boss. And then the uncertainty of the new boss of . their selection coming around with the wages on Saturday night, as the old capitalistic bo.-'s invariably did, will not fill the measure of rejoicing re-joicing over the emancipation of labor from the tyranny of capital. Perhaps we speed too fast in our predictions. Wo only hope, the experiment will turn out different.' dif-ferent.' It has been tried before and, if our memory mem-ory is not at fault, the old man came around and took back the plant. The old employes were glad he did 'so. The chances arc these others will be glad to sec him again. - Nature never made two men alike. Something's we do better than others. In many things a fool does better. . -x |