INDUSTRIAL
DEMOCRACY
IN PLANTS
NEW YORK, June 13 (by Associated
Press).—Manufacturers and union
labor leaders all over the United
States are said to be watching with
Interest and sympathy the experiment
in industrial democracy which is now
being conducted in five cities—Fort
Wayne, Ind., Shelton, Conn., Cleve
land, O., Paterson, N. J., and Brooklyn,
N. Y., and which, it is believed by
some of them will scotch if it does not
prevent Bolshevism in industrial cen
ters where it is put into effect.
The originator of the plan John
Leitch, an efficient engineer, started
it among 300 employes of a Fort
Wayne piano factory. Its basis was
the constitution of the United States.
The factory was administered by a
senate, a house of representatives and
a cabinet corresponding to the aids
and advisors of the president. Its suc
cess is said to have been immediate
and permanent. Yale University, the
National Council of Defense and the
National Association of Manuftcurers
are said to be a few of the bodies
that are investigating the merits of
the plan.
B. Edmund David, head of a silk
manufacturing corporation in Pater
son, N. J„ who was instrumental in
introducing the system in his factory
in that city about a year ago, express
ed today the keenest satisfaction at
the results attained and said he hoped,
ultimately, to establish similar work
ing conditions in four other of his
mills in York, Reading, Scranton and
Beavertown, Pa. The Paterson manu
facturer, however, said the new sys
tem should not be considered a “pan
acea” or adaptable to all kinds and
sizes of industrial establishments.
“Its outstanding feature,” said Mr.
David, “is the ungruding recognition,
on the part of the employer, of the
worker’s right to a voice in the deter
mination of matters which are of vital
interest to him which lends the addi
tional dignity to his position which
self-government invariable carries
with it.”
“Industrial democracy or, constitu
tionalism in industry,” he said, “was
first explained to the workers. A
broad and fundamental set of rules
adopted which was to guide manage
ment and workers. The four corner
stones of this business edifice were
justice, co-operation, economy and
energy. Its capstone was service. This
policy, as the supreme law of the
establishment, has never failed to sug
gest a solution when troublesome ques
tions arise.”
In proof of the system’s practicabil
ity Mr. David pointed out that last
winter, when almost every other silk
mill in Paterson was closed as the re
sult of a strike, the David mill was not
affected but maintained full production
and was kept in continuous operation
as by members of one contended and
harmonious family.
Explaining the' operation of the plan
Mr. David said the cabinet consists
of the executive officers of the com
pany chosen by directors of the cor
poration. It has the power of veto
and may initiate “legislation” as well
as make suggestions to the senate and
house.
Neither the senate or house are ob
ligated to adopt the cabinet’s recom
mendations and when they do they
have the power to amend them. The
cabinet, therefore, instead of issuing
orders, is merely a part of the demo
cratic control of the whole plant.
“The senate,” explained Mr. David,
“is composed of the foreman and de
partment heads. It may initiate legis
lation which, before going to the
cabinet for approval, must be accepted
by the house.
“The house is elected by a secret
vote, all the workers in the mill, one
representative for every twenty work
ers. The house meets weekly on com
pany time. Much of the legislative
work is done by committees appointed
by the presidents of the senate and
house.
"There is a review board to which
a discharged worker may appeal his
case, and a board of appeals giving
each worker an opportunity for the
redress of grievances, real or fancied,
at the hands of a department head.”
Every two weeks a “dividend” is paid
to each worker who has scored a cer
tain number of points in efficiency,
economy, punctuality and regularity of
work.
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FARMERS MEET
TO ORGANIZE
NATIONALLY
SALT LAKE CITY, June 13 (by As
sociated Press).—The first of a series
of meetings of farmers’ organizations
to be held in western states for the
purpose of accomplishing a fusion of
all economic, agricultural, horticul
ture and dairying organizations in the
United States, opened here today
under the auspices of the Intermoun
tain Farmers’ Association, formerly
known as the Intermountain Asso
ciation of Sugar Beet Growers.
Among the speakers scheduled to
address today’s gathering are United
States Senator Thomas P. Gore, Gif
ford Pinchot, Dr. W. J. Spillman, edi
tor of the Farm Journal of Pennsyl
vania; J. A. McSparran, master of the
Pennsylvania state grange; Charles S.
Barrett, national president of the
farmers’ union; Milo D. Campbell,
president of the National Federation
of Milk Producers, and Morris Mc
Auliff, president of the farmers’ union
of Kansas.
According to A. A. Elmore of Spo
kane, president of the Washington
State Farmers’ Union, who is chair
man of the organization committee of
the National Board of Farm Organi
zations, it is hoped through the series
of meetings to be held in western
states this month, to federate the
farming organizations of the sections
represented.
In a recent interview outlining the
purpose of the meeting, Mr. Elmore
said that besides the purpose of
forming a national organization of
farmers, a second purpose is to secure
support of the farmers for the pro
posed plan to erect a national temple
of agriculture in Washington, D. C.j
in which would be housed the various
national farmers’ organizations, and a
third purpose, to bind together all
farmers organizations of the nation
into one body, which can make its in
fluence felt in the affairs of the
country.
Besides the meeting to be held here
today and tomorrow, meetings are
scheduled for Modesto, Cal., San Jose,
Cal., Spokane, Bozeman, Mont., Bis
marck, N. D., Fargo, N. D. and Mit
chell, S. D.
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