Show ELECTRIC WIZARD SEES SOCIALISM dr charles steinmetz thins things corporation forerunner of new order OPERATION cooperation CO OF BUSINESS 1 altas found necessary to reorganize industry in individualistic england under war stress he points out philadelphia A corporation Is a crude form of socialism within the ranks of the corporation anyone of its thousands of employees has more opportunity port unity to develop than he would in the employ ot of a private firm the corporation po ration gives a man a better chance these corporation pro pro socialist statements were made by dr charles proteus steinmetz the greatest electrical genius of the century while he was here attending the recent convention of the illuminating engineering society of which he Is president for 23 years doctor steinmetz has been chief consulting engineer for the general electrical company but theres another side of the electrical wizard in 1887 charles proteus steinmetz a student at breslau and only twenty years old as forced to leave germany on account of his active go socialistic cia listic propaganda now as an 1111 employee ot of a great corporation and as ah an enthusiastic socialist doctor steinmetz sees in organized business the modern corpora corporation tion th the e beginnings of socialism the tendency of business today is toward operation cooperation co doctor steinmetz said operation cooperation co in business means the big corporation competition is dying out through stress of war the nations have been forced to practice operation cooperation co within their own boundary lines the need was imperative the value and benefit of cooper co oper aaion Is evident england forced to operation cooperation co in inah idealistic england there has been a systematic reorganization of her railroads operation cooperation co among her financiers and big business all that the business of war might be carried on more efficiently operation cooperation co the incorporating of units to achieve better results Is one form of socialism A crude one but a beginning contrary holthe general understanding of the crushing despotism of powerful corporations of tales of bustness business men forced out of competition and of young men mulcted mulched of creative ideas and thrown on the ash heap doctor steinmetz believes that within the ranks of the corporation Is given to the young man an opportunity such its as he be can get noN nowhere here else A corporation will pay more with less thought of loss doctor steinmetz said in explanation the private individual must get results and quickly ile he cannot afford to wait one year two perhaps ten or more every employee in the small business means so much money to his firm today the firm cannot afford to wait on the future the employee must show results the corporation on the contrary need not consider a small loss it does not feel it it can raise a finans mans salary carry him on definitely and give him time to develop his own ideas it pays the large corporation to give its employees a chance but the small house cannot invest in the future means equal opportunity equal opportunity has been confused with equality of goods and equality of character he continued socialism Is not communism the roods goods of the world will not be divided equally among tile the people sald said doctor steinmetz only in small lle s such as aa sparta wai was that possible Ceita luly not in this day of complex I 1 life I 1 fe socialism means equal opportunity under socialism there will be no artl arti ecial distinction equal opportunity will help men to become unequal ability abilay and cha character will force men to carding grades of inequality today nen are held at a dead level because Is withheld from them opportunity will be an induce merit to a man to do ax li best it will evoke ills his finest qualities s only under such a condition will men truly be unequal viii there will always be leaders there N will always be men to be led there are men who want to lead who want to be powerful they will find their place it Is natural for some men to want power today in america money Is 13 power to be powerful the american accumulates money not for tile the money itself a man can use so much and no more the rest he works to give away the normal man wants money tor for the power it brings with it only the miser tile the unbalanced man wants money for itself money means power here in other countries russia and germany for instance reputation Is power equally great minds are attracted by the power that f attaches itself to a great scientific reputation or that of a great artist an inventor or a renowned physician in the united states however called by many the land of money money alone Is power here the most frequent way to acquire power Is to acquire money first under socialism the true leader will be in the right place money will not be necessary the man with ability will have power the labor situation was described graphically by doctor industrial reorganization is taking place all forces are working toward it the socialist party represents political power the unions industrial power syndicalism however I 1 consider a symptom of labor unrest totally un american the members ot of the organization are generally foreign pauper labor these afen cannot be reached by political or industrial organization you will never find a strong socialist party or labor union where the industrial workers of the world is flourishing only odly a nation with wide open doors to immigrants would have such stich a problem it exists nowhere else except perhaps in the english colonies in a homogeneous nation the problem of sporadic labor unrest does not exist labor unions grow strong labor unions are growing stronger doctor steinmetz explained the socialist party Is growing stronger but 4 the pressure indirect bro brought aught on the other political parties brings about more socialistic measures than if the socialist party were in iia office under social democracy said doctor steinmetz under the pressure of the socialist party everywhere the parties in opposition and in power have been forced to consider measures that are fundamentally socialistic it Is a sign of the beginning tile the direct pressure behind tile the political parties in power is showing its effect the country Is becoming socialistic no matter what party Is victorious socialism Is copling couil ng so predicts the master mind of electricity tri city the man who stands head and shoulders above his fellow workers the oracle among them |