War And Other Essays
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the first incidental question will be: How do you know that you want to put down strikes?
There are only two ways in which strikes can be put down. The first is to make it a crime to strike and to punish it with pains and penalties. That way has been tried and is effete. That way was addressed to the employees. The other way must be addressed to the employers, and will consist in compelling them to pay what the employed ask for. At present, wages are fixed by a contract between two consenting p...arties. If either party wants to revise the contract — that is to say, to make a new one — they must both consent again, else there is a strike or a lock-out. How can this be prevented except by forcing that one to consent who is holding back? Then, however, his will is coerced, his interests are sacrificed, and his civil or social freedom is violated.
Hence the obvious fallacy of arbitration. There is no time when a man is more supremely sovereign and inde- pendent than when he is making a contract, for then he is freely subjecting himself to conditions which he con- DO WE WANT INDUSTRIAL PEACE?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
the first incidental question will be: How do you know that you want to put down strikes?
There are only two ways in which strikes can be put down. The first is to make it a crime to strike and to punish it with pains and penalties. That way has been tried and is effete. That way was addressed to the employees. The other way must be addressed to the employers, and will consist in compelling them to pay what the employed ask for. At present, wages are fixed by a contract between two consenting p...arties. If either party wants to revise the contract — that is to say, to make a new one — they must both consent again, else there is a strike or a lock-out. How can this be prevented except by forcing that one to consent who is holding back? Then, however, his will is coerced, his interests are sacrificed, and his civil or social freedom is violated.
Hence the obvious fallacy of arbitration. There is no time when a man is more supremely sovereign and inde- pendent than when he is making a contract, for then he is freely subjecting himself to conditions which he con- DO WE WANT INDUSTRIAL PEACE?
What to read after War And Other Essays?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Graham Sumner to read onlineMoreLess
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