Evening journal., 1916-04-06

themselves quietly beside him. Joe
slipped his arm around Uncle Harry's
neck
"You seem happy tonight, Uncle
Harry" he said
And so ! am. boys" replied Uncle
Harry, looking up. "Ive done a good
days work"
Don't you do a good days work
every day?" asked Jimmy.
Usually" said Uncle Harry. smil-
ing. "but | don't always have the Op-
portunity / have had today"
Tell us about it. Would we be
interested?"
Indeed, I think you would. You
are always interested in what is going
on in the world and my little ex-
perence is in keeping with a compare
lively new science which we will call
human engineering.
Human engineering" echoed the
boys
Yes. You know what mechanical
engineering is; it's the science of get
ting results out Of machinery. Human
engineering is the science of getting
results out Of employees and other
human beings engaged in business.
Sometimes it's called welfare work:
sometimes it's called employment.
Whatever it is called. it is the science
of getting workers TO give just as
good service as possible.
How is it done?" asked Joe.
BY getting the employe to be your
friend" answered Uncle Harry.
And how is that done?" persisted
joe
by giving him a square deal -
giving him a work TO do that he likes,
providing him an agreeable place TO
work. paying him fair wages. prescrib-
ing fair number OF hours for him
10 work each week. giving him a
chance to earn more money II he
makes good-Oh, there are many ways
in which present-day employers take
care OF their employees in order that
'he employees will give better service. "
Jimmy looked puzzled.
whats the matter, Jimmy" asked
Uncle Harry.
81 heard a man say in the train
yesterday that he was going to quit his
fob because the boss was slave
driver, worked his men just as lone
as he could and paid them as little as
possible. This man said that the en-
ployer and his men we're always bound
10 have a tug-of-war-t employer
getting as much work for as little
wages as possible. and the employe
working as little as possible and get
ing as much pay as he could.
"That mans idea is old-fashioned
Naturally employers want to get as
much work as possible for the wages
hey pay, but they are coming to see
hat they can do so, not by paying low
wages to disgruntled employees. but by
paying higher wages to employees who
are consequently loyal and enthusias-
ic.
Take James. your fathers gardner
Your father pays him good wages. As
result James is happy and takes
pride in his garden; whenever you sec
him James is hard at work pulling oui
weeds or trimming the bushes or cut
ting the grass. Mr.. CrOssley on the
other hand. pays his gardener very low
wages and as a result, whenever Mr.
Crossley is away, you can see hi'
gardener taking it easy under a tree
smoking his pipe"
more for his money than Mr.. Crosslel
does. and James gets more none!
han Mr.. Crossley's garener-and il
happier. too"
fright you are. That's the hear
of the whole matter, and fathers wa,
of dealing with James is the very wal
hat far-seeing employers are COMING
10 deal with their employees. II save
hem money to work with, not against
heir employees.
ITO this end many Of the leadinI
business houses of the country hav
organized departments to see to
that their employees get a fair deal il
everything"
what did you have in mind, Uncl
Harry. when you said you had done
good days work today?"
"This morning / raised the salar