Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-24
BANGl THEY'RE Off
$4,000 FOR Y. M. CA.
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men and a valuation of between
three and a half and four millions
Of dollars in property. He advised
that in the campaign in this city
each worker become imbucJ with
the p. oper spirit and feel that the
responsibility Of raising the desired
amount rested on him.
He claimed one has got to believe
Y. NJ. G. A. work is worth m
thing. 1t is a work for young men
and when completed an interest has
got to be taken in the result. A Y.
M. c. A. must have up to date al
tractiOs to compete with saloons
and places of vice. He claimed the
work of a Y. NJ. c. A. was three
fold, in that it consisted of the
physical, intellectual and spiritual.
The building must have a gymna-
SUM and should have the valuable
asset Of a swimming tank. He said
there were between five and six
thousand young men in evening ed
u~cation classes in the Y. NJ. G.. A,
Of New York, These, he stated, also
took a part in religious work and
were given opportunity to enter In
Bible classes. He gave instances
of the uplift Of manhood through
Y. NJ. G. A. work in New York city
and elsewhere and stated it was up
to the Y. NJ. c. A. to furnish a ser
vice to the community for at least
the reason that its property was
exempt from taxation, if for no
other. He concluded with illustra-
tons of how money had been secur-
ed from some of the richest men in
the world for Y. NJ. c. A. work.
c. r. Towson, of New York, a
member of the international Y. NJ.
c. A. committee, spoke as follows:
In speaking of q new factor, |
may first mention an old fact, one
that Is as old as the wage system,
namely: That whatever affects the
efficiency of the employee affects the
life of the worker himself, 1.-THE uc-
cess OF the industry to which he is
related and the progress of society
of which he is a part. With these
three relationships of the worker
in mind-the following observations
upon the value of a new efficiency
producing force in industry. The
modern Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION may be timely and appro-
pirate.
Production.
"Wherever there is continuous
progress new standards continually
arise. Our industrial progress has
brought such rapidly changing
standards of organization. methods
and machinery, as to make a success.
sion of ~desolying views become a
~veritable moving picture. This rap
id progression of organization
method and machinery, has been di-
rected in the main toward one OBJ
INSTRUMENTATION. This has been
the measure of success The test of
ability Of Manager, Superintendent,
Foreman and workman, has been
the output. 1t is this that enabled
us to produce $500 in industry last
year for every dollar from agricul-
ture.
Efficiency in Production.
"a striking fact of industry today
however, is that it is taking on a
larger objective; it must have not
only production, but efficiency in
production. This, as | understand
it, means the largest possible ut
put with the smallest possible waste
of time, material OF energy. Mr..
Carnegie testified in Washington
early in 1912 that he would not do
business today exactly as he used to.
l believe that the changes he would
make would include less pressure
and greater attention to the avoid
ance of waste-espeCially human
waste.
Saving Material.
ut is not enough today that a
ton Of coal be marketed, but organ
ization. machinery and method must
be adjusted 80 as to market that.
ton Of coal with the least possible
loss of time, material and energy.
1t will not do in the future to de-
stroy a ton of coal for every n
marketed as is being done today in
some fields.
Saving Time.
"And industry Is guarding the
time element more carefully than
ever. Every time consuming feat
ure that can be dispensed with Is
quickly cut off. There must be no
lost motion. Mr.. Frederick w. Tay-
lor illustrated this when he got
men at the Bethlehem Steel Mills to
handled TN tons of pig iron a day,
who had been handling only 12h
tons.
Saving Energy.
Industry has also felt. though
not so keenly, the necessity for
avoiding the waste of energy. How
sktllful we have become in resting
the heat units from escaping smoke,
steam and sawdust. Over in Copper
HUI, Tenn, they are taking the gas
that used to spread owe the hills
and valleys, destroying foliage, and
converting it into sulphurlc acid.
AT times the by-produCt Is more In
demand than the copper metal. Ger
many gets ten million dollars a year
out of waste gases, Gary, Ind,
runs her street cars and lights the
city with what used to be a waste.
The Human Factor.
Great genius is shown In CON
serving material resources, but how
about the human element in indus
try?
The new and larger standard
of efficiency In production applies
with increasing force to the human
factory In industry as well as to the
organization, machinery aid meth
ed. Efficiency in production that
secures the maximum output with
the minimum waste of life, limb or
capacity Is pressing for considera-