"£2,000 MEN."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1360, 10 February 1912, Page 3

"£2,000 MEN."

A.VEMCAX CO.MPLAIXT OF TJTEIB SCARCITY. In a remarkable interview Mr. George W. IVrkins, who recently resigned bin partnership in order Hint ho mipht devote his (imo to studying problems of capital nnd labour, declares tlv.it the American business world is sull'oring from a dearth of men capable of earning salaries of i>2ooo and mow. Sir. Perkins recalls a statement recently mads by Mr. Edison, the inventor, that "a Xew York man was looking for a couple of JJ2OOO a year men tho other, day and he could not find them. Them were plenty of .I'GOfl men, but no .£2OOO men.]' The explanation offered by Mr.. Perkins of tho scarcity of men armed with Hie knowledge and ability demanded by ,£2OOO a year "job-;" is that tho machinery of business and industry invented by man has developed at a pace which has out-distanced the abilities of man to handle it. "Inventions," he rays, "hnvo so crowded the commercial arena, that man has not been able to cope with them as fast as they appeal'." Hi? remedy for this anomalous stale of affairs is in conferences. .Men in business, ho says, should meet in groups more frequently for the prime of iiiscussing nnd suggesting ways and means. In this w:iy (he opinions of one man. would suggest a eouife of action to nnothe.r. The time offers unrivalled opportunities for veiling men, us ability nowadays is tho --010 passport to success. The (hiys are past when great lmsiiiew positions could descend from father to son