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managers of these corporations. It is part of their business to earn more 

 dividends, and if it can be done by a national federation of the employing 

 class, they will of course resort to that. When such an organization is 

 once formed, it will be managed just as the corporations are now managed, 

 and if there is anything to be gained by the use of unscrupulous methods 

 in the management of the federation, there will be a temptation to use 

 them. 



The same might be said of the unions. Their officers hold their posi- 

 tions by virtue of the skill they show in securing higher wages for their 

 members. The very conditions in which they must work are such that 

 they cannot be expected to discriminate nicely over the ethical aspects of 

 their action in calling a strike at a time when it is most unfair not only 

 to the employer but to the consuming population, as in the case of a strike 

 of the milk-drivers in a large city. 



GAIN THE SOLE OBJECT OF ORGANIZED LABOR AND ORGANIZED CAPITAL 



The managers of corporations think of nothing but how to earn for 

 their companies the highest dividends. The officers of labor unions 

 think of nothing but how to get the highest wages for their members. 

 The stockholders of the corporations and the members of the labor 

 unions think of nothing but what^they will receive. Both are consider- 

 ably removed from the scene of the actual bargaining. The result is 

 that there is a chance for the more unscrupulous manager or officer to 

 do a great deal of work in ways which the members alone would not 

 feel that they could approve. In any case the members of the union 

 or the stockholders of the corporation do not hesitate to receive their 

 share of the profits, be they legitimately or otherwise obtained. It has 

 been shown that the members of the New York unions knew that the 

 methods of Sam Parks were not such as to bear the light of day, yet 

 they would say, "Look at the wages! They were $2.50, now they are 

 $4.50! What if he does take out something for himself ? He deserves 

 it!" 



The members of the trades unions want results, and they want them 

 in the form of higher wages. The stockholders of corporations want 

 results, and they want them in the form of higher dividends. Neither 



