New-York tribune., 1910-11-24
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reads have not introduced such scien-
tific methods, and he believed that he
tad produced evidence to show that they
| the recent wage increases as an excuse
for rate increases pointed to an in
crease Of the burdens of the American
public He called attention to what he
described as a prediction of the heads
of great trunk lines that the pending
increases were only an earnest Of what
is to come. that the public is to expect
and become accustomed to a progressive
rise in rates throughout the country.
Mr.. Brandeis assumed that the bur
den of proof was on the railroads to
show whether they have put into opera
ton economies which he did not be-
lieve existed, and that those economies
should first be practised before resort
ing to advances.
Charles B. Going, managing editor of
THE Engineering Magazine told of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroads s
effecting a net saving of 5000, 900 in
five years in its repair and machine
shops through functional organization.
an analytical study. Standardization of
instructions. etc.
Mr.. Emerson's Testimony.
Mr.. Emerson described the applica-
tion Of scientific management TO the
railroads He testified that it was by
TO means settled that larger locomotives
meant diminished cost, while on the
other hand it was probable that the
railroads could not haul as much busi-
ness as they do now with the smaller
engines ami other equipment of twenty
years ago. He did not think much of the
railroads that had done nothing in the
way Of scientific method
He referred-to- tiie Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific several times in reply
to questions by Commissioner Prouty
who asked him how It was that those
two enterprfsing roads had not seen fit
to adopt these principles. if they had
not done so. He said he talked with
James J. Hill and that he knew that
Mr.. Hills road moves more power for
a less amount and hauIs larger tonnage
to the locomotive than the Union Pa
cific.
Mr.. Emerson believed that \ railroad
mana ger must be horn again. He said
that all railroads We're efficient in some
directions, and particularly cited the
Chica go, Milwaukee & ST. Paul as one
that has q remarkably good record for
fuel efficiency. He contended that rail-
road efficiency would be Impossible
without some scientific management, but
he knew of no road that had adopted
scientific management as whole
At the outset Mr.. Brandeis read a tele-
gram from John Linton. secretary of the
National Furniture Manufacturing AS
sociation. dated at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Nh Linton telegrs phed because of re
ports Of the testimony yesterday by
parties claiming to represent the position
Of the furniture manufacturers of Grand
Rapids" what the action of the Ma
tional Association of Furniture Manu-
facturers of America at their annual
meeting last May. confirmed at their re
cent meeting at ST. Louis on November
l6 really was. The action he quoted as
follows:
We the furniture manufacturers Of
America. are unalterably opposed to any
general advance in present freight rates
as contemplated by the railroads, be-
lieI1ng any such advance unnecessary
and wholly inequita BILE and without JUS
tification. Practically all Grand Rapids
factories approve"