The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-19
Feared Because 1t In
terferes With Person
al Methods, She Says
NOTED WOMAN
is B. OF C. GUEST
Calls European War
Crime of the Gen.
fury


and that the objection to the appli.
cation Of It's principles on the part
Of the general public is based chief
ly on an innate sense OF wrong be
cause OF interference with personal
methods OF work was the keynote
Of an address on The fear of eff.
cheney" delivered by Ida NJ. Tarbell
editor and publicist of national
fame, before the Board OF Com.
inerce, az noon, Tuesday. There
were many ladies' in the audience.
Opposition 10 municipal owner
t hip and other progressive forms of
| city management are based. primar-
iy on the same idea. for the mum.
| ripal conscience differs but slightly
from that OF the individual, accord
| ing 10 the speaker.
| The opposition has come from
gentlemen who did not want TO be
| tolo that railroad. water works and
better than they were doing it," said
Miss Tarbell. The new has al
ways q hard row 10 hoe"
Efficiency as II Is known in the
business world. Is the result of a
long process OF evolution, said the
speaker
MANY people profess 10 believe"
! she said, that every necessary i'm
| provement comes through some new
law or radically changed system.
They are not willing TO admit the
serious fact that betterment Is a re-
suit of evolution instead of revolu.
ton"
Another objection 10 the applica.
tiCn of principles OF personal eff
cheney, according to the speaker.
lies in the fact that a great major
| ity Of workers dislike the discipline
which on proper performance OF
lifes duties demands.
Twothirds OF the result In any
undertaking lies in the cooperation
! OF human agencies, the people who
are employed by any organization.
according to Miss Tarbell. and the
great danger OF the system lies in
/ the disregardng OF the human Gle
ment in the success OF any organiza-
| ton.
The unemployment problem is a
real problem only because men have
| Jailed TO deal with II scientifically,
according 10 the speaker. Develop
ment of men in the ways OF indus
try solves the problem, said Miss
| Tarbell.
1T Is the human being first and
last" she declared. his capacity for
education, his love OF being taken
! into the heart OF things. the salts.
faction that comes from receiving
| fair reward and seeing that the path
! is open to him for better things that
makes the principle of manage
ment." she said
When seen by Times repTesen-
tative in her apartments in Hotel
Statler. Miss Tarbel was busily en-.
gagged in reading and correcting a
number OF proofs forwarded TO
her from her Offices in New York
Clad i'm a dark-hued kimono and
wearing lace cap which empha-
sized rather than concealed the iron
gray OF her hair, Miss Tarbell vel
coined the reporter with unfeigned
| enthusiasm of a fellowworker in a
common cause.
That present peace sentiment in
| this country. while undoubt eddy fool
ish In many respects is merely q
forerunner OF the things which this
nation must accomplish ultimately.
was her emphatic declaration vher
asked about the European war and
The prospects of peace.
"War as We know II now. Is the
greatest crime OF the century" she
said 1T Is the horror OF horrors:
! so terrible that the imagination
balks at accomplishing the depths
| Of civilizations degradation ! would
not hazard an opinion "a to who vs.
right In any event the crime OF
war far outshadows the disputes as
TO which OF the nations occupies the
correct moral position
II cannot SOC the end Some say
that the war will he over in year.
others that IL will take many years
10 decide tho disputes which now
harrow Europe Yet believe that.
when peace does come. IL will come
through the agency OF the right.
thinking people Of the United States.
| There Is lot OF foolish pesce talk
going around now, yct Il must be
remembered that every great rcvo-
luton In the history OF the world
has been prefaced by a great deal
OF foolish talk--designated as fool
ish largely because the people were
not broad.minded enough 10 accept
the principles laid down by the
champions OF any cause"
Miss Tarbell will remain IN De.
trott for several days. visiting sew.
eral OF the larger manufacturing
plants In an effort 10 broaden her
knowledge OF scientific business
management and to obtain material