Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-02
USE TAYLOR SYSTEM ATTORNEY IS Bitter
installation at All Arsenas Is Scores Horsmann and Ben
Decided Upon net in the Kabfus Case.
OF Benefit TO WORKMENI SAYS FORMER RAN AWAY
Smson Latter Accused of Having "Raed
Will Improve Conditions Around Congress-
MAY RESULT IN MORE PAY READY TO CALL WITNESSES
in
Empl to Be Fair
is Intere Parties
IF Benefit TO WORkMEN
Secretary of War Stimson Thinks It
Will Improve Conditions.
MAY RESULT IN MORE PAY
Although 1t Will Save Money to
Government, Employees Will
Make More. It is Said.

aSement probably will be installed in the
government arsenals. Secretary of War
Stimson today expressed the view that
that this system will work TO the well
fare of the government and the work
men, He based his opinion on report
chief of Ordnance Crozier on the War
Department experiments with the system
The Secretary, however. said he would
never approve any system of work which
even approximated sweat shop methods.
He said he was satisfied from thorough
experiment.. with the so-calied Taylor
system at the Watertown arsenal in Mas
s;tchusetts that that system works to the
welfare and interest of both the govern
ment and the workmen.
The department" said Secretary Slim
son. has not Yet reached r conclusion as
to the extension to other arSenais of the
part of the ..Tay.or system of shop
management which affects the workmen
and Ii Is not intended to do so in advance
OF further trial at the Watertown arse
nal but ii seems certain tnat either by
tins system or by some other IL ought to
he possible to seizure better cooperation
of the employees among themselves and
between them and the management than
has been had in the past
Report of Gen. Crozier.
1t is stated in Gen. Croziers report that
the basic idea of the Taylor system is
the application of educated and scientif-
ically trained intelligence to those opera
tons of manufacture which were former
~ considered either as of too small i'm
portance to attract such attention. or as
belonging entirely to the practice of
trade. and We're, therefore, left to the
Judgment or choice of those Immediately
and practically connected with the opera
tions.
The trial of the elementary features
Of the Taylor system, Gen. Crozier
Watertown arsenal for nearly two
years. with the intention of testing
out these features thoroughly and de-
termining their value before proceed
ing further.
"The practical effect Of these methods
at the Watertown arsenal says Gen.
1io%.'.a'. hds neen "a nid.eriai ieIucl.on
in the cost OF general manufacture at
that place.
IN view of the successful results OBJ
tanned. board OF officers assembled at
the Watertown arsenal recommends, The
adoption of those methods for similar
work at other manufacturing atsenas,
with such changes in details as local con-
ditionS seemed to require. In acc )fr:.Ece
with this Recommendation prelim nary
steps toward introducing -he methods. SO
far as they are applicable. have been
taken al several other arsena.s.
Should Await Trial.
The employees have been fully informed
as to the departments intentions in this
matter The explanations given them
should suffice to allay any apprehension
that may have been aroused by a mis-
understanding of the matter, and induce
them to await the result OF the practical
tr,al of the methods III Quest.o on, with
confidence that their proper interests
are not endangered.
The advoca ties of the Taylor system
claim with great positiveness that the
features of tnat system which do affect
the employees pay, if applied. will result
in further very marked economies to the
government, accompanied by Increased
pay and conditions generally satisfactory
to the employees.
Briefly stated these features coEtem-
plate offering additional pay to workmen
for work performed in the manner and
sequence selected from the results OF
careful study and completed WITHIN the
time which ;hat study indicates as sutti-
cient for the purpose. The saving in time
results. aside from any Increased efti-
cheney of machines. chiefly from the ef-
feet of the Instructions given the work
mea. by which their effort is more advan-
tageously applied. and VIII Involve no
eXhausting exertion ON their part, nor
such should bc disagrecable.