Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24

ne department. OF labor has found
that when workmen and industrial
managers are brought together to
discuss war production problems.
Doth are disposed to be reasonable,
| ana that reasonable men can almost
Always agree on some definite plan
or action. The business men have
been brought, TO realize what the
| workmen OF America are actually
1 accomplishing, and to understand
that In n good many cases OF dis
| 1hsteenent the workman is abso-
iutely in the right. That discovery
by the employers OF America has in
iseh been OF vital Importance in
the war program.
one form OF competition de-
Veloped in wartime work, some ex-
perts believe, is harmful--the com
petition that leads TO attempted new
records In workmanship. They say
that a man who consciously speeds
up mis- work at excessive ate, keep
ing MS energies at top pitch for one
full working day, can do tremen-
dous amount OF work in that day
but uses up nervous energy far too
rapidly. The champion workman in
some special line. they say. Is ex-
hausted the day after, and may not
Tor a week or more regain his ordi.
nary precision and strength
Organization and well directed et.
tort have had much to do with the
success OF America in the war The
paciric coast shipyardS have shown
themselves leaders in the race 10
build ships. There was no fevcrish
strain TO turn out ships on n certain
day; the object was to turn out ships
as often as possible, no matter when
they were launched.
In most places employers have
given their best to the nation There
nave been instances Of disagreement
between workmen and factory own
era, and these the government,
through the department OF labor, is
eradicatinR as best II can.
The employer does not realize as
the workman does how cost OF liv.
ing mounts from day to day. The
employe Is none the less patriotic
because he insists upon maintain
ing good living conditions for his
Family; the man who is satisfied
with his job and whose domestic af-
fairs are not continually worrying
him can give the most efficient
service.
Most employers have shown
workmen's problems. Occasionally
there Is an employer OF the old
school, one whose mind has not kent
abreast OF the times and who does
not realize the great demands that
war has made upon the fam
lily income. Such men, who thought
50 a day good pay before the war
can see no reason why 50 is not good
pay now, in spite OF the fact that
have gone up in gem
eral from 60 to rs per cent
The war has been the means OF |
spreading social education to quar-
ters whore otherwise it might never :
have come. The really big men Of |
the employing class now realize thai |
workmen are most efficient and |
loyal when they are well treated |
that II is better for the workman to |
have n fur coat and automobile than |
not. The workman. on the other
hand. has come to realize that mere
possession OF an automobile and q
'ur coat by the boss is no reason for !
he workman's chanting a hymn OF |
late.
That Is the message that the war
$ bringing 10 the employer and the
'mploye who will survive in the new
ime-large production will mean
plenty for all, provided there Is the
Olerance and respect on both sides
hat will lead to Industrial peace
business autocrat and the old-time
business autOcrat an dthe old time
abor demagog are both nonessen-
ial in these times.