Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-07
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or b. Imprisonment o. not more than
ak months. az the discretion a the
court
The house committee on labor held
u hearings on the bill and reported II
favorabiy on sept. 80. 1914. This BIN.
however. did not become a iaw. large
o. FOR the reason u was reported so
late in the life % the SD congress
that % Was impossible 90 get u be-
FORE the house for a vote The bill
Wiu BE- rcintroduoed O. the next con
zress. and % 10 hoped that Il may be
passed
when u vas nscertaincd that g
Euuid be impossible TO obtain the
passage % the Deitrick bill prohibir
ing the use % the stop watch In all
government establishments the friends
% the measure adopted the expedient
% havlrE the provisions heretofore
T mentioned tackled on the army and
navy bills. which will prohibit the use
/ OF the stop watch and the premium or
I bonus features 90 the Taylor system
/ IN the arssnhis and navy yards during
/ the life a. those appropriations.
Wiii quote from the report OF the
[ committee on labor which accompau-
led The Deitrick bill. and which was
submitted 20 tho house by Hon Ed
ward Heating % Colorado.
~Mr. Speaker. believe 7 AN iusti-
fed IN taxing some pride IN this re
port. because II sustains practically
all tbs statements ! have made about
the Taylor system IN the three and
n half years ! have been opposing g.
There are several systems OF shop
management They agree as 20 es-
ssutlais. but differ as 20 details. Prob
ably the best known 81 the so-calied
Taylor system.
This t. the system which has been
partially adopted by the war and navy
departments. which action has led 20
the introduction OF the bill nov IN
der consideration.
The Taylor system may be divided
under three headinEs-standardiz
ton. gys;cmatization. and stimula-
ti0u. The pending legislation does
not seek 90 interfere In any way with
Standardization or systematization.
but - Intended 20 eliminate the more
obnoxious phases % stimulation in
50 FAR as government workshops are
concerned.
The position q. your committee IS I
very accurately stated ia the pream-
Bile % Mr.. Dcitrick's bill,
The tendency OF so-caiied scien- I
tiae management through the timing .
(stop watrhl and bonus features will .
be 20 further aEEravate the accident /
disabilities and mortality among
American workn,cn and reduce the
workman 20 a mere mechanical IN
stead of a social relation 10 hts work.
and. moreover. are unnecessary 20 Sc
cure adequate efficiency OF labor
The Taylor system regards the
workman as a machine 20 be 'speeded
MP 10 It's maximum capacity. When
this human machine fails 20 function
90 the satisfaction OF the arrangement
% 20 90 b. cast aside 20 make room
for a ueW machine fresh workman.
The authors % the system do not ap-
pear 20 have concerned themselves
about the ultimate fate o. the human
dcreiicts Who may be compelled 10
drop out because they can not stand
the pace Mr.. Taylor boasts that
Steel works he purposeiy
made the tasks 80 hard that not more
than ore out % i've iaborcrs perhaps
even a smaller pcrcentage than this)
could keep up
THAT may be the Kind % efficiency
which produces diyidsads for the steel
trust but Il is surely not the system
which a benehcent government should
force upon its employees"