The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-25


blood from the brain and thus gives
slower and less accurate work. By 3
O'Clock the machine. the whole ounce
force is going at its best again ana
keeps this up till within three-quar'
ters or half an hour of stopping tirue
when things slow up again. The laSt la
half hour In almost my Office. WIZ
generally not yield in results what Ten
minutes win during the best part OF
the day.
Under the present nIne-hour sys-
tenn the workers have less time 10
rest, and especially In winter less
time In the open air and the sun. Al
work ond no play makes JACK duII
boy" the railrond men know all 100
woll, and the nlne-hour day leaves
little time for recreation. The SIX
hour day is supposed tn close AZ
o'clock In tho afternoon, which gives
ample time for rest and personal al
fairs
II the six-hour day is tried out on
a somewhat large scale In actual prac-
tice the results accomplished must at
least equal the present system or II
VIII be considered a failure and VIII
be given up. 1t is claimed for the
slXhour idea that the workers viii
actually accomplish more In six hours
under enc long, steady pull, than they
will IN the whole divided day as at
present So far the matter Is but a
theory. but It has excited much dis
cusslon in Salt Lake railroad Offices
of late.
Odd ns It may seem, many OF the
clerks are quietly opposed TO the Idea
1T sounds all right" said one OF them
recently, but who would expect to
see the Office closed at o'clock when
there was q rush of work on? II
would be on the farmers eight-hour
system-elght hours before dinner and
eight hours after dinner,
Judge Men by Results.
There are many men who never
Judge by results. All they can see
is the effort a man makes. not what
he accomplIshes The man who
makes the hardest work of his Job.
who puts In the longest hours and
gets the least results. this man is all
too often thought TO be doing the hard
est and best work. A man right along
side OF him, by the use OF a little
modern system and gray matter. may
put forth only half the effort in two
thirds OF the tlmo and be thought a
loafer by q poor boss, although he
gets Ear better results.
Those bosses who judge by re-
suits win approve the six-hour day if
II gets more work done. but the other
kind OF boss. and he is in the big
who wants to see everybody
busy for every minute he can get
them to stay In the Office. this kind of
a man would soon try a lunch hour
after ;he days work, and then another
5iY-hour rush
THE Idea IS nil right. but it de.
pends entirely on what kind OF n
man is in charge OF the Office. The
'iX-hour continuous day would GER
alnly weed out the poor men but
{ would not weed out the poor boss
1t would make him worse.
How TO make perfectly fair test
II the new Idea Is hard 20 say. An
,ffce full OF good men under a poor
ooss would Intentionally do poor work
Inder the sI1-hour plan just to get
pack to the present system. SO as 10
protect themselves On the other
hand, good boss with a poor Office
you'd have 10 so back to the present
system So how could any one tell.
inder the circumstances-whIch are
Iecn everywhere in both phases, as
here are as many poor bosses as
here are poor men-whether the six
iour Idea was good one or not?
I would fail In each case from exactly
opposite reasons.