The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-24

PROPOSE AN INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL TO TRAIN DIPLOMATS
Continued From Page One.

employees.
| TEMPORARY EXPEDIESTS
Boards Of arbitration Temporary eSpefI
| ents, and the results q their work are seldom
better than a sort Of Missouri comproHise. Il
he fought out later. for although they be coru.
| posed q men Of the highest intelligence AnC
Of the greatest integrity. the conditions und-i
which they ar organized and TIE means al
iheiF disposal never enable them 20 &c: NOR.
;han a Superficial knowledge Of the subject.
| The Information such board gets is all i-
| the fern Of testimony. which, although u rnay
| De honestly given. can never produce a com.
| p!ete understanding Il the subject. for a. a
| rule. neither employer nor eEnploye knows *
| actly in c-tau the best way OF doing e. piece
| OF work. and, far the writer's experi-
enee goes. they never know exactly how lons
| Il should take good man ftied for the work
| and provided With proper implements. Before
| Intelligent action can L. taken In any case
these facts must be known.
IN oTce= to s-t general idea OF the condi-
| hons that exist In the u.ass II our rnaEufac-
| turing Industries. II IS necessary 90 review
briefly the manner Of their development
| The expert mechanic. who. with 4 business
| growing TO larrsr uTo.,ortiors than he could
'ake care q. hired few men 20 hel3 him
and directed them all hv his personal example
and Skill first gave place TO THE snail fac
'ofE. which he could run on the same Inns
To-day. however. even the smaller factories
have grown beyond the point where they can
DC directed or controlled Nv one man. and
methods which were successful on the sruaI.s.
sac fAl now TO apply on the larger.
The factory IS divided into departments. each
directed bv a foreman. who in many cases
i;.-s rad No training in rnanage-n-nt and often
'4iirs mss no capacity for IL He is Invariably
o'ef"o!ked II he attempts to do his duty. and
1s fnansfer seldom has time TO inquire into
- uOInirs- but frequently tries 20 remedy
making matters worse.
Seems impossible To NEE; cSrI;,etitioo ,ss.a -
selcorn any serious effort -rlsGe 10 md GU; why
the way out Of The ifhcul,v Is To Ina! ma
az ~ SELDOM hppears 10 occur 10 a man
eaDehse NAV Rot lie with the wo-knnan I'm.
y, SitI me nlaiiaSeTneat- Manager. rarely seer,
tseAisenily directed. the output Der man nilsh,
Increase IN expense.
EMPLOYEES SHARE IN BENEFIT
nose VINO have given even superficial study
10 Tie subject are beginning 20 reallz. n.
enormous gain that can bs made In IN. 81,
nc'ehey OF "orkrnen IL theT are properly d.
FsWd b and sr0Tiest with PROPER appliances
pef raa PG'l tss ,nasy that g maintain
oenehi derived from IT. LAC
etilSiency. however, the same careful scientific
ANALYSIS and Investigation must be applied 10
appIie, a 70 ee,si as he eheini., or biOloss;
cone. IL has been found possible 10 reduc. sx-
wages. produ e. me same s,., time 70 increase
DON efnpioyer and empioye-
The great difficulty in institu.inx this method
Of dealing 18th labor questions IL TIA; usuaiiy
kaoWsdss y s. nor ,lspiCys has sufficient
s.the. The amount OF detail w5fE necesss.y. o.
me extent Of the benefits to Be- derived from n
ial-lnl-IS Visn which fleg familiar md
S'strust all others. even though their methods
solution Of eft rs d ss Il. newer
methods have proeuced result. far more sas,s
sciehiine inss. sr a9p int, g. detail,
condition that has grown Up unassi.ted by
economies and irnpr6vements ar. tess:sI. ina
benefit both partie. to an extent unusupecsed
The scientific laboratory FOR III. study O.
materials materials ana forces. originally considered as
our large indus,Eiss: and 70 i, principsliy the
,: 4. YET; hs.sTsr: IN bs. Few cases has any
tic he es, efss TO study f sfsn
the human labor; OF how much work OF vari,
many record but af how much nas aGa Fan we s saI
" suited TO any class OF work car. do :. have ,
sn1' On no ,s si Enoagh sIdy hiss been
that men specially suited TO any particular Kind
and inieisentiy directed can % on IT, ayap
age at least three times much as the aver |
physical eIer,iSn and assii ,as;9T
compensation. will do so day after day.
SCIENTIFIC PLANNING.
done f. ave even 81 sha, San ,r cone 70 What
requiring skin and planning Neutrality-suspicious. /
so;nr WorS pS 1 Py complete INSTRUCTIONS 70,
produce an increase OF more than IoS per cen; i
work. which should be planned mos, caretaiiy. |
is often not planned At all. but left TO the I
Of what is to be done reaches hin, VIII With tie
order TO do 1t In such case It Is the ex- /
at least four times wha, i, should. and this
with no fault Of the foreman or WORKMAN
GU, cases OF ordinary labor. in doing machine
shop work. in building engines. and in the erec-
possibilities have been Indicated wherever tie
slightest Effort has been made 70 study or TO /
ion Of sfars Exists Which, fi IS rot Snly wae
ful to the owners. but discouraginE and unjust /
70 the workm~n. most Of whom would be will
ing to do more work 10 earn increased pay IL |
only the opportunity 10 do SO we're offered. and
they were guaranteed that they would not ul.i
maiely lose by doing So
Mr.. E + na Brul. Until lately the commits
sioner OF the National Metal Trades Association.
an organization OF employers formed TO protect
them selves from the unjust demands q tho la
majority OF strike. We're prodaesd by uil-nisn-
seenaen' Mr.; Du Rrai has. perhaps. bad more
hi, conclusion Is that The beyt INSURANCE. arsins;
strikes Is good management He Therefore.
strongly advises managers 10 study the sub
iect-
MANAGERS Do NOT AGREE.
The necessity fof this advice will become
evident when we realize that hardly any two
unless they have been trained under
e easr Mh sny 9; ~, iS ies Sn
that are constantly arising between employer
amy general SE rrne ei Of manaseasns, "
There have been IN the past and are today;
Drin:ipIes y which they either consciously or
IN, o,Eo ,bara |
principles: applicable at least. 70 large nun;
Der Of cases aScSIdiss to which ygs,an,s,
arnploye. and higher degree Of efficiency
r.a,ized from their hsrnon;ous co-opeTat.on?
general laws has been tina: OF scientific !nvss-
aa human ana abd the enough Sa e. one In
show that the same method is applIcable 10 a;
,bers T. sns reason 4, 9 salsavs .a, r. ~ I5i
rersally applicable
Labor unions Demanding all they car get.
pose the demands of the unions. can never
,er. sl,housb each In its waT man he and
undoubtedly is often beneficial to it, members.
both formed with the idea NJ using force
'nlv. which can never be substitute FOR
Although board O, arbitration may BE use
'ul IN avertins a crisis. the decision Of such
!, board. founded on such facts as are avail
TO be revised later according 20 the
ter in dispute. TO be undertaken at the eariies;
LABOR PROBLEM Is THREEFOr.D
This problem consists of three uarts: First |
10 find out the proper DAYS task for man !
suited 10 the work: second to find GU; the |
needed to Undue. such men 10 |
10 a full davis work: third. To plan 50 that |
,ientIy. |
The first part OF the problem is the difficult |
part. for a suited to the work must b. |
found and induced TO work AZ HE fun capacity |
TIE details Of the work must be arranged 81 |
that he can work most efficiently. and the time |
to do each detail must be carefully studied with
a stop-watch