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bination of persons to abridge the inalienable right of all man- 

 kind to work for such wages as shall be mutually satisfactory 

 to the individual workman and his employer." 



Legal incorporation is coming to be more generally recog- 

 nized as both fair and wise, and the deliberate assumption of 

 legal responsibility for the acts of the organization is becom- 

 ing more usual. The courts are also forcing this responsi- 

 bility upon all organizations. The administration of organi- 

 zations, both of employees and of employers, must be prob- 

 ably steadily improved by the recognition of the fundamental 

 principles of law, equity, and economics by their members. 

 Mutual agreement, after careful and fair minded deliberation 

 over the respective rights and needs of the parties to indus- 

 trial disputes, must probably supersede, ultimately, all at- 

 tempts at compulsory bargaining, and the absolute contra- 

 diction of these terms will be well understood as soon as both 

 sides begin to deliberate in a friendly spirit. The common 

 interests of both parties in maintaining, uninterruptedly and 

 efficiently, the steady operation of every industry under con- 

 ditions assuring the opportunity to every individual to con- 

 tribute in maximum degree through his individual ability 

 and talent, and giving him every opportunity to advance 

 to the position in which his talents and his character may 

 have full play in promotion of the good of all, is becoming 

 understood and admitted, and the administration of all 

 organizations of whatever kind or character on such princi- 

 ples may be hoped for in the early future. 



The methods of operation must ultimately become those 

 of parliaments seeking the best and most correct, just and 

 efficient ways of promoting common interests and of recon- 

 ciling conflicting claims. The organization of industries and 

 the organizations of employers and of employees will be 

 found to have common and perfectly reconcilable purposes, 

 and the good of the people of all classes and vocations will be 

 found to be subserved by the adoption of legal and equitable 

 systems to procedure. The most intelligent, conservative, 

 wise, and prudent individuals will necessarily ultimately con- 

 trol and lead the organization, and the progress of the indus- 

 tries will be proportional to the spread of intelligence, pa- 



