The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1919, Page 7

“CHURCH OPRQSES REDUCING WAGES merase Incomes for Labos and Participation ‘in Management Urged by Catholic Council. Pledging hearty support to all legiti- mate efforts made by. labor to. resist, general wage reductions, Bishop Peter: J.. Muldoon of Rockford, Ill.; Bishop Joseph Schrembs of ‘Toledo, 0.'; Bishop Patrick J. Hayes of ‘New :York City and Bishop William T.’ Russell of Charleston, S: C., representing the hier- archy of the Catholic Church in Amer- \ 1ca in administering the National Cath- olic War Council, have issued the fol- lowing’ as a part ofan official pro- Bouncement on economic. and -sociak re- construction : Wage Rates Should Be Sustained. “The generai level of wages attained during the war should not be lowered. Ip a few industries, especially some di- rectly and peculiarly connected with the carrying on of-war, wages have, reached a plane upon-which they can- not possibly continue for this grade of occupations. But the number of work- ers in this situation is an extremely smell proportion of the entire wage- earning population. The overwhelming majority. shoufd not be, compelled or suffered to undergo any reduetion in their rates ‘of remuneration} ‘for two Teasons—first, because the average rate of pay has not increased /faster than the cost of living; second,, be- cause a considerable majority of the - Wage-earners of the Unit& States, both men and women, weré not receiv- ing living wages when prices, began to rise in 1915, .In that yeaf, according to Lauck and Sydenstricker, whose, work is the most comprehensive on the sub- Ject, four-fifths ‘of the heads gf fami- Nes obtained ‘Yess than ‘800° dollars, while two-thirds of the female wige- earners were paid less than 400 dol- Jars. Even if the pricgs of: goods should-fall to \the level on which they were in 1915—something that cannot be hoped for within five years—the average present rates of wages would not exceed the equivalent of a decent livelihood in the case of the vast ma- jority. The exceptional instances to the contrary are practically all among the skilled workers. Therefore, wages on the whole should not be reduced} even when the cost of living recedes from its present high level. Living Wage Minimum of Justice, “Even if the great majority of work- ets were now in’ recéipt of more than Hving-wages,-there are no good reasons. why rates of pay should. be, lowered,} After all, a living wage is not necessA> rily the full measure of justice. A the: Catholic authorities on the subject explicitly (degare that this isjpnly the minimum of- justice. in x comntry as rich as ours. there are very few cases in which it~fs possible to prove that the worker would be getting’ more than that to which he has a right if‘ he were paid Something in“excess of this,ethical minimum. Why then should we assunté that this is the,normal,share qf almost the whole Jabéring. population? Since, our industrift; resources ‘and ‘instry- mentalities ‘are. sufficient‘ to® provide}. more than a living wage for a very large proportion of the workers why. should we a@quiesce in a theory which denies them ‘this ‘measure of the com: forts of life? Such a policy is not only of ‘Very questionable morality, but ‘Is unsound economically: The largé de- mand for goods which: is:created and; maintained by high rates of wages and high purchasing power by the masses is the surest: guarantee ofa continuous and general operation of industrial es- tablishments. _It--is the most: effective instrument of prosperity for labor and capital alike. “Phe only: ns who would benefit tonsiderably through general reduction of wages are the less efmtient among: the capitalists and the more fortable sections of the con- sgumers. ie wage-earners would lose more in remuneration than they would gain from whatever fall in prices oc-| curred as a direct result of-the fall in wages. On grounds both of justice and sound economics: we should: give our hearty support to all legitimate efforts ‘made by labor to resist general wage reductions. ‘“Turning now from those agencies and laws that have been put’ in opera- tion during the war to the general sub- Ject of labof legislation and problems, we are glad to. note that there is no longer any serious objection urged by impartial_ persons against the legal minimum wage. The several States should enact laws providing for the establishment of wage rates that will be at least sufficient for the decent maintenance of a family in the case of all male adults and adequate to the de- cent individual support of female workers. In the, beginning the legal minimum for male workers should suf- fice only for the presént needs of the family, but they-should be gradually raised until théy are adequate to fu- ture needs as well—that is, they shodld be ultimately high enough-to make pos- sidle that amount of saving which is necessary to protect the worker and his family against ‘sickness, accidents, invalidity ard old age. Labor, Participation in Management. “The right of lator to érganize and to deal with eniployers through repre- sentatiyes has been asserted above in connection with the discussion of the “War Labor Board. It is to be-hoped “. ‘that this right wilt never again called in question by. any considerable number of employers. In. addition tp this, labor ought ‘gradwally to receive thet r representation in wl glish group. of Quaker employers |: / have called the ‘todustrial’ part of business management—‘'the control of Processes and machinery; natute of product; efigagement ‘and dismi employees ;. hoyrs Of wosk, ‘rates: of pay, bonuses, etc.; welfare werk; shop t establ nt: of ah mittees, working. Sehoteve Toeceie with: the pay Galonis: is the. Thethodt ‘SQUIRREL FOOD i) ABATTLESH ; 2 for giving the empioyees the proper share of » industrial” managertient. There can be no doubt that a frank adoption of these means and ends by employers would not only promote the welfare of the workers, but vastly im- prove the relations between’ them and their employers, ‘and increase the effi- ciency and productiveness of each es: tablishment. . “There is no need here to emphasize the importance*of Safety and ‘sanita- tion in work places, as this is pretty generally recognized by legislation. What is required is an extension and strengthening of many of the existing | @ statutes and a better administration and enforcement of such laws every: where. Vocational Training. “The need of indystrial, or, as it has come to be'more erierally called, vo- cational, .training-iswnow: sfiniversally: acknowledged..Tn’ thré interestraf:the nation as well ag im that*of-the work- ers themselves this tyaining. should be nade substantially universal: Whe. ‘welcandot now discuss tle subject ff" apysleted, We de-vishsto set down tivar general observations—first, th tional training. shouldbe offered. in such forms and conditions. as otto deprive the children of the working Glasses’ of ‘at Teast the elements’ of. a cultural’ éducation. “'A ‘healthy demoe- racy cannot tolerate a purely indus- trial or stride® education: for any class - fits citizens. We do not want to have the children of the wage-earners put into a special class in which they wre marked ‘as outside the sphere of opportunities for cultire. The second observation is that the system of yoca- tional ‘training “should not operate su az to weaken in any, degree our paro- chial schools or any other class of. pri- vate schools. ‘Indeed, the opportunities of the system should be extended to all qualified private schools on exactly the! same basi#as to public’ schools. We want neither class divisions ‘in’ educa- tion nor a State monopoly of education, Increased Incomes for Labor. “The great evil of insufficient income j . for the majority can be removed only by ‘providing the workers with more income. This means not only univer- sal living wages, but the opportunity of obtaining something more than that amount for all who are willing to work hard apd; faithfully. ~All the other measures for fabor betterment recoy- |, mended in tlie preceding pages would likewise contribute directly or indi- rectly to a more Just’ distribution of wealth in the interest of the laborer.” ASSERTS MUSIC MAY BE SEEN English Violinist Declares Winsome Notes_Can Be Displayed to Eye as Well as be Ear. That music may be transtatea inte color and displayed to the eye as wel! as to the ear is\the new and highly interesting theory developed .by Isa dore Berger, the Inglish violinist, -ac cording to the Viitsburgh Gazette Music and color, ke declares, exprest exactly the same emotions and fccl ings, and therefore an opere or 8 eymphony may actially be turned inte edlor'and seen. By understanding tlie interrelation of cotor_and sound ever the ‘deaf can leara to enjoy music when expressed in color. Mr. Berzes euys: “Color. is not to de ‘an accompant Mment nor a mere. light effect, but .s Clear, logital ‘expression of music. ene synchronism. must be perceived. tionally rather that acientifical instasicé, Fed always’ expresses passion anger, temper. or au Yellow, the-color and ‘Nappiness. Blue is-the: mystic color. Modify the yellow of love awitt| lose in. Phoné 658-Re ee a violet role RE} TT) vate ihe mystic bing aiid Me nBlve, vere Ht the other), FRECKLES AND: HIS FRIENDS AROUND ~ Les BREAK EM ~. ~ THE TRIBUNE'S CLASSIFIED COLUMN | ed Classified Advertising Rates. “Terms Strictly Cash—No Copy Without Remittance Attached | al be Inserted. First insertion, 35 cents; additional insertions without change “| of copy, 15 cents. Advertisements containing more than will be cnarged at the rate of two cents a word for each additional word. AND WHATS THE LITT! ONE IN FRONT, PULLING IT’? WHY, FRECKLES ! WHAT, Do. You. 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D. . y 2 20 1, wk .~ WORK WANTED WANTED=By_ discharged soldier ant and married pain, job'to run a tractor; eight year's experience ‘in auto and tractor work was ayiation mechan- Address Dove, Mila > 2-21-1lw Minn, 5 pod : WANTED; TO: RENT TO RENT-Haye <a large ‘list at | sh to rent‘ furnished /,oF untarnished.rooms, Turn the extra roont{nto’cash. Le ley, Phone 888: AGEN AGENT- ALESMAN-—Guarantee Fund Life Association offers exceptional »{iiducements. to men of women. wha ‘are experienced* fh or- who would . like to entér the business of life in- "surance. .1,:hf “Langley,:8t4 Broad- way. 2-3-tf < Krall, I, Tailor. 1 wk 01 SIX” “ROOM MODERN douse for sale, Well located. Will take auto as. part payment: “Write 589, "Trib- prune. 2 ohe ‘4:toom hotide:’: partly: ‘motietn ;_ 2-02-4 VANTED -Man with family, just re- turned. from the front, warts placel on farm or wh. Care for ewe on shares—will, alse farm on Tribune. 217 2 wk: SALE—A- piece of Jaxgl in’ Kill Mountains. 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Price reason able. 311 4th street. “Phone 627R. 2 22 1 wk SALE—Two new Little Devil Hart-Parr Tractors at a bargain fof cash, ~E. A. Thotberg, Bismarck, G ‘1 Phone..781k no and two violins. Aw ‘able _ offices with steam heat, “janitor, “electric light and. elevator — servic Bismarck OR SALE—P eB Realty Co.*Bistharck Bank Bldg: 2 19.¢f A man thinks his wife should WEL-LON - OW HELEN! Hume § GUESS No ONE 1S Home “be at home when he. gets there, POSTPION WANTED” bya butcher, Address Box NLD. ROOMS FOR RENT all around) ht, Aw Dated this 13th day of February, 1919. ‘A GREYERBIEHE, Executrix. ion on the 19th day of LEN Vir: Februa 2-19 publi 1 FOR RENT Parlor Legroom. at particulars phone Z75R. BUSINESS CHANCES. PROSTATE. announcement under drugs. The EI pany, S21-A Har ville, Ohio. WANTED— Man witl dred dollars to wot in western North Personal. A legitimate in money-making pos ly 500 stockholder kota. We want.a 1 ’ other and cooperate with our salesmen. 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HUSTON BACK IN U.S, A. Part.Owner of Yankees Says Wounded Players Should Be Cared for on ‘Their Return, Licut. Col. 'T. L. Huston, half owner -of the New York American league baseball club, has arrived in New York after 16 months’ ‘service. Ii France 4 Jo- Lieut. Col. T. L. Huston. | with the Fifteenth regiment of engi- neers. Huston, who also is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, was one of the first men from the big leagues to enter the army, offering his services to the war department on the day the United States entered the war. Colonel Huston urged that organized Daseball come to the aid of former | pyers who were wounded in the war, asserting that “wd cannot do too much | for them.” He said he approved all the steps taken by his partner, Colonel Ruppert, to strengthen the New York Aner ns and predicted a prosperous season in 1919. oR REGRETTAELE MISTAKE MADE Somebody Slipped ‘in Rating Bruno Haas as “Ineligible’—Is. Now... a an Ensign. de- in’ of ith of stake seems to have somebody in rating among the Chicago ibles” in the *Ameri- t. The facts are ed in the naval avia- November 1, 1917, finished the ground course at*the school in Bos- ton, was advanced to active flying and made sug@i progress that he was com- inissioned an ensign in the navy’s avia- tion force last summer, after which he was given a important post as in- structor i ng at the Pensacola fly- ing field. 3 evident from this rec- ord that in no sense a slacker and the Ar in league list will be corrected accordingly, with due apglo- gies made AEN Haas. 3 SOOCCIO YOO ¢ JOKE ON TY COBB: Lots of prot ebsidial baseball Players pride theniselves” on their gift of repartee, but out on the road even the smartest of them are beaten at WEE sort of game. ert Ccbb, king of playees in the business, smart as he is, was tripped | up. by an ordinary waiter. ° “Ip a simall New York hotel’ one 1. day Ty loudly called the atten- A regrettable n been mitde by Bruno H White So; can Teague re +e igezens x ‘ Hy : ‘ bo F soup. “Very. i my ‘a oe ea