Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-31
|ERN EFFICIENCY
] SYSTEM AlQYHD BY
MACH|N|ST COLLINS
= Void . Moving Onward DO
v;der Thoughts and Higher
ldeals.
M ], J, tOlllao.


of,sn IL demonstrated the wisdom
s",,s nothing uN"tmurh yet how In
ssx more difficult than abstinence IL
G-.,.ncr \ theory or truth good IN
.E NAV be mad. 10 do much harm by
- .ho lack discretion 0t SENSE or pro-
A ruth given undue proportion
s. relatively AN untruth In such =
- lsve the most jealous advocates OF
sney brought their ideals into ques
~ n not jisrsputs vision of perfect
s,ss has of late years been called ef-
C., The term has been popularity
1sx~I 10 every activity under the sun.
AVE been told OF efficiency In dem
-, in memory. In sewing on buttons
Ssus.hold management. In municipa
sststrstion. IN getting labor out Of
S<a,n IN prayer. and In street clean
A, applied to Industrial affairs some
"a. efficiency schemes HAY. been mers
= .,,h dominating modern thought-the
:asie" From this merger comes va
- srh,mes for scientific management
IN Asy. dAzzled the unwary with Seem :
~ .i.usibtlity and sincerity Of purpose
al thee. scientific aids to complete
S~ssey have been disclosed to he either
SS.iiss experiments to discover the
s-ssr.s approach TO perpetual action on
Il AT Of the industrial worker. or just
| - ocre attempt TO exploit labor by \
= iyps Of speeding up"
hind Of efficiency seems particu-
~ ssrnicioue to those who regard tn
Ensl workers as human beings and
-r.s the already tremendous strain of
-, INDUSTRY Progress and improve
~ N Industry haH. been along the line
= ntroduction Of more machinery and
S.Sarrtion of work As the work of
~ Individual has been Increasingly re-
S,rted and specialized. II has become
sr,spondingiy mechanical and monoton-
a &onotony may make highly taxing
r suy organism work which II ordinarily
SraIsr,d light and easy This monotony.
~
ssssiss of a single muscular motion. con
SS-ssa the strain OF modern industry, a
- that wears upon body and soul.
~ ,ehemse Of scientific managers and
Saf,scy engineers would intensity this
- BY eliminating every useless mo-
~ n thought. 80 that every BIT OF ener-
\ az he conserved for production pur-
- and not a motion made but what
IN produce ViSih results There In a
svnIu fascination IN this cOnception-in
- every act IL purposeful. well direct
Il Ming In affeci-but when the intel
~ element l. removed the ideal loses
D Snsrement Then the worker IL re-
~ 10 the plane Of an errorless ma
~ he loses individuality. initiative and
v11Su For 1, must be- remembered that
= vssksr Is "A living thing and that con :
- unremttiRx repetition OF one sing IL
n ~ not permit opportunity for the
Wnustion OF cells. process necessary
= n Life Is a between the tearing
- asd the building up Of the cells
- eenssitute the body. IL there ls no
GD61sn from IN. monotonous activity.
~ b no chance for reRaining the vi
~ lsst In catsholism. the system be =
- elogse.i with dead cells. and the
- q fatigue clogs the organA and
oDees affects the whole body.
d Vsn then to let discretion be our
- I'd 10 temper desire for efficien :
~ sgard for physiological facts and
nn1U. Human beings can not with
~ y treated as machines A review
49, 81 q.
Esnesssey.
~ efficiency Is Incompatible with low
~ I'D long hours OF toll. Ny pleas
. rssardinx the widening of mems
~ and the general recognition Civ
y ~ justice Of labor's ideals. 10 not
- - petty cause that some must lose.
n1AR from the greater Joy that many
~ and profit thereby.
- seeaomists of the classical schools
NJ years sought to explain Queo-
~ value and wages by natural laws.
have worked out theories which
~ raw materials Of life In few
40 then extend upward fearlessly
Dalar expanse. gloriously unhamper-
ID experience In industrial affairs.
. y days when political economy was
- political science. certain the
oaDefting the Iron law of wages,
- that Law as inevitable and i'm
- - the law OF grAvitation. These
Auns from agriculture In connec-
= ~ toward over Formulation make
permanent improvement OF the
- vasp fund theory IL equally dismal
wholesome II IL based upon the
dlisa that the employer sets aside q
Dartion of his capital with which 10
vaess-this IL the wage fund; that
D11at Of capital and the wage fund
- for use al any one time are
mined and fixed. that wages paid
1als are the noti.n, found by d.
~ wage fund by the number OF
0ners The only vay TO affect
seeordine 10 thu theory. IL to
other the wage fund or the mum
Wse earn.rs. Tor since the wage
BOT elastic. any attempt of In
workers. or groups Of workers.
y Mlativs share Of ali the Others.