Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-03
GEN. cRozIER MAKES REPORT
Good Results from Experiment Sta
ton at Watertown.
HUMAN EFFICIENCY INCREASED
Workmen Participate in Rewards
Resulting from Plan.
HIGH WAGES NECESSARY IN PLAN
Crosier Says Average Premium In
Machine shop Ht WATERFOWL HAS
neen TwcntS-EiVc Pcr
Cent of Wages.

WASHINGTON, Nov. scientific
shop management today received the on
dorsement OF the United States govern
ment. Secretary OF War SHmson Is CON
WINGED Of It's desIrabllity and advantages,
hasing his conviction on a report made by
Brlgadier General william Crozlcr. com
mander OF ordnance, which was made
public today. Tho secretary Is satisfied
that It's Introduction into government
workshops would work no hardship TO
labor.
1T means a betterment and IN no wise
an impairment OF the conditions OF labor"
he declared in statement.
The report has been awaited by orga-
nized labor and the employers OF labor
with much interest. II Is generally be-
lieved that the question win be one that
viii figure largely In the coming national
political campaign and for this reason
especially. General Crozlers findings a;s
regarded as being OF unusual import. NJ
are the comments OF Secretary stmso1
Secretary Makes Statement.
The secretary, before entering the cab
met. was in a position TO make a close
study Of the problems involved In the
direction OF large forces OF workmen and
he felt justified in asserting his unseltish
devotion TO all efforts pending TO the bet
terment OF labor, In making public Gen
eral CroEier's report. the secretary says.
"As set forth in detail in the statement
which have made public today the War
department has given considerable atten-
ton TO the utilization OF the methods OF
.,la Fla In,
arsenal shops OF the government. The
watertown arsenal has been used practi
caliy as an experiment station, with
view OF trying out the theory before ap-
plying Il generally. The results thus far
are highly gratifying and full Of promise.
There has been an undoubted increase OF
manufacture at the shop and a material
reduction In the cost of manufacture, but
at the same time. and to my mind even
| OF greater Importance. these results have
been obtained without in any wise en-
dangering the interests OF the workmen.
either by decreasing their pay or requr-
ing unpleasant e1ertion or speeding up
on the contrary, any increase In real
efficiency must insure TO the benefit OF
the workingmen.
"I have been too long and too vitality
interested and active In movements which
make for the advancement OF the condl-
tons OF labor for me now to lend even
the slightest encouragement to any
theories which work counter to the true
interests OF labor
VIII Better Condition.
''To my mind scientific management
can and deserves to prevail only where
increased efficiency means increased hui
man efficiency and the wortingmen's par
otipiaton I'm the rewards resulting from
efficiency. IL means betterment and in
nowlse an impairment OF the conditions
OF labor, A change for making better
ment IS the only kind OF change which
the government will permit through the
installation OF any scientific manage
ment.'
I'VE are stili very much in the expert
mental stage but ! have strong hopes
that by cooperation and a willingness to
sec the facts fairly economies will result
TO the government. betterment TO work
ingmen and more satisfactory and more
human relation between the two in the
future than I'm the past"
In his report General Crozier declares
that the ordnance department has been
experimenting with the Taylor system"
of scientific MANAGEMENT for the last
three years with the result that much
important information has been collected
But even yet the problem has not been
solved. for his conclusion Is thus set out:
The department has not reached a con
clusion as to tha extension TO other
arsenals Of the part OF the Taylor system
OF shop management which affects the
workmen, and It is not intended to do so
In advance OF further trials at the Water
town arsenal but It seems certain that
either by this system or by some other
II ought 20 be possible to secure better
cooperation OF the employees among them
selves and between them and the manage
ment than has been in the past
The report shows that the principles OF
| tho Taylor system" are not new and
! that IN many OF It's details It has been
tried for many years. The basic idea is
tho application of educated and scientific
ally trained intelligence TO those opera
tlons OF manufacture which we're form
erly considered either as being OF too
small Importance TO attract attention or
as belonging entirely to the practice OF a
trade and were therefore left TO the 1udg-