The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

management Sou,UUu,Uuu OF tildL NdSL ouLi
might be saved. The statement aroused
great interest among railroad men. but
very little hope in the breast Of the man
IN the street.
This was natural Obviously the man IN
the street is less interested in learning
how the railroads may save s50000,000
year on their coal bills than he Is in being
shown how he can save SIS year on his
OVID.
Nevertheless. there Is closer connec-
ton between the two propositions than
may at first appear. for tho same prlnci-
pies which would enable railroad COM
pany to save its million might bo applied
By the twenty-dollar-e-w clerk to save
his dollar. In both cases the desired result
ts TO be brought about by greater eff
cheney.
This matter OF efficiency offers the most
direct solution Of the high cost Of living
problem. We may or may net be able TO
effect reduction Of the high prices now
prevailing, but by increasing our efficiency
we can at any rate render ourselves the
better able to meet them.
Between what we do and what we are
capable of doing there is difference Of
100 per cent I do not say this applies to
every individual. but it certainly does ap-
ply 10 the vast majority OF us. This is
lack OF efficiency, and 1t ia practically uni
versal. 1t ia TO be found not only in busl.
ness, but In the home. How 10 1t TO be
elinairated2
In big business the cost OF 1neffclency
Is now thoroughly recognized, and the big
Industries arc falling over each other In
their eagerness to enlist the services Of
efficiency engineers"
How these efficiency engineers" bring
order out OF chaos and profit out Of waste
f5 of he Tnonorfa In
diViduaI for the clerk or the small shop
keeper who has to be his own deficiency
engineer" mas much to learn from thsss
experts
Fred W. Taylor, formerly president OF
the American Society OF Mechanical En-
gineers and one OF Americas great men.
was attracted once by the simple occupa-
ton or handling pig iron. 1t occurred to
him that there was lot of waste in con-
nection with the work. that all the labor
os which the men were capable was not
got out OF them, and that under scientific
methods a great deal more labor could be
secured without any additional discomfort
to the men, but In reality to their distinct
advantage.
He put series OF scientific observers
at work, who noted the distance that
gang OF laborers had to walk IN carrying
pig iron from the siding to g car, observed
the motion they went through In lifting up
the iron from the siding to car, observed
the motion they went through ia lifting up
the iron in putting it aboard the car and
in returning TO the pile again. They OBJ
served the slant of the platform up which
The men had to walk to reach the level of
the car, and in general they noted the
thousand and one little things not percept-
ible to the average mar, but significant to
q trained observer.
AS result oi ali these observations the
discovery was r,ade that whereas that
gang OF laborcrs was able under the old
conditions to carry only twelve tons Of
pig iron each per day, under the improved
conditions each of them carried forty
seven tons, and none OF them was any
more tired at the close OF the day than he
had been when he carried only twelve tons,
In fact, their physical condition was i'm
proved, because under the scientific method
they were permitted TO take a brief rest
after each nine pigs had been carried, and
they manifested spirit OF rivalry In their
work which redounded to the distinct ben
eft os the operation.
Efficiency in the Home.
The came principle was applied 80 SHOW
e!llng. The result Of the experiment was
TO double the capacity Of gang OF labor
Ing them more than under the old con-
ditions.
These principles are applicable not only
IN business and IN every business, but in
the home.
II isn't practicable for me TO point out
how the busy housewife may save steps
in the course Of her work TO conserve her
energy. l can only recommend to every
woman who works the great value OF sys-
tematizing her work TO the end that one
step may be made to do the work of two.
just as the application OF the principles
OF efficiency increased the output and at
the same time reduced the costs Of opera
tion in big mercantile and Industrial estab-
iishnents. SO they would indirectly have
the same effect IN the household The con-
servation of the housewives energy is
money in the husbands pocketbook- The
overworked wife invites doctors bills. The
efficient wife retains her health
The efficient wife ia economical There
are many kids Of economy. There is the
economy which Is In the end the most
reckless extravaganza. and there Is the
economy which really saves. The el,rni-
nation OF waste in the home would do
rs3:e 70 solve the high cost Of living prob
lem than the doubling OF wages
The business nan Gays &c Is easier TO
make dollar than &c kosp it, but to me
~ seems that 1t is easier 20 make q dollar
than TO spend Improperly. II Is In the
proper spending OF the dollar that both
men and women can best show their eff.
cheney.
The efficient housewife exercises the