The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-09

| but i am here 10 urge tnat as the
laws of nature are utilized by us ali
after keen inquiry into them in the
mechanical and material side of our
work, so the laws of human nature
shall be given at least as keen study
in the living and productive side OF
our work. For, since both the laws
of mechanics and the laws Of human
nature are but partial manifestation
in my thought, of the law Of God,
there can be no harmony and no basis
for permanent peace and for the high
est production until we have read
justed our factories so that they oper'
ate in accordance with the laws o.
human nature. Is a man doing the
best he can for you and me when he
runs his machine tool well? Perhaps
and perhaps not. In large eastern
shop early this month a young me-
chanic at fine turret lathe was pro.
ducing certain work at low cost while
earning high pay. The element OF
labor cost was so small in his prod
uc; that the cost department had 20
use a microscope to find it. This was
good. but was 1t all the good there
wa to be had from the man? AS we
talked with him he spoke with a
smile of having earned $50 extra the
week before because he had thought
of something while his turret lathe
was working, and had reflected upon
1t, and knowing that his employer was
man Of broad and just spirit, he had,
after working his thought out care.
fully as he stood by his machine, gone
to his employer with his idea, ana his
employer had not only thanked him
and given him demonstration of his
good will by liberal wages, but had
landed him $50 besides. Thoughtful
men need not be told that the par
t..piar type Of narrowness and harsh
ness which IL concealed sometimes
behind the words practical and hard
headed would have prevented the
ideas ever being conveyed to the
owner Of shop run on those lines.
II recall one day being asked 10
look at a running machine and hav-
ing the workman say to me, If this
tool can be adjusted in such way !
can do twice as much Does anyone
suppose that stern and narrow disci-
pline would have brought that doub.
ling OF product? In this enlightened
city 1t may perhaps be doubted
whether and to what extent there ex.
lists such shortness Of vision and
narrOwness Of outlook as that OF
which / have spoken, but 1t was a
matter of sworn testimony before me
but few weeks ago that in a large
shop a mechanic whose record was
good was kept at home three days
by the death and funeral Of his son.
When at the end of that time he re-
turned to his work he not only lost
the three days pay, but his absence
was counted against his efficiency
record and was sufficient to so alter
that record for the ensuing six months
as 10 cost him 20 cents a day for
the ! flowing half year, and his ex-
PLANTATION, though admittedly true,
was not received because discipline
had TO b. maintained. And it was
true also in another case, where
man, because of scarlet fever in his
home, was quarantined therein by the
authorities, that when he returned to
work at the end of fortnight he also
lost not only his wages for the time
OF absence, but was denoted on his
efficiency record because of the alb.
sence so that he lost 25 cents daily
for six months to follow, even though
hi3 exploration was admittedly ere.
rect. Vt seems strange that men who
so carefully adjust themselves to one
part OF natures laws in their plants
should he so hopelessly ignorant of
another part of those same laws
when II comes to deal with men Is
there anyone that wonders that the
two cases have mentioned SO ranked
In tho minds of the hundreds of work
men in that factory as ultimately to
cause annoyance and expense to The
management outweighing MANIFOLD
the pitifully small question CT wages
Involved?
Let us look briefly at the situation
IN the textile mills at Lawrence and
get at some facts concealed by the
dust OF conflict there. The mills ha
sometime ago accepted reduction OF