The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-20

Saving Lloyd-Gcorgc only. L"Vcrh"lrh'
is the biggest man IN England. greatest
, single force IN tn" industrial ~Orlu Oh
Grca; Britain. II" was the FIRST man 10
discover tho limit Of mans creative m
dustry and fix II NJ six hours per dH!'
He tested thousands Of men and women
and found that after SIN hours ~ con-
ccntratcd work III" brain began 10 'lr"'
that accidents took plao" whil" Inc
goods made drtCrluratrd IN quality. ne
therefore fixed upon II" SiN hour Gay
one shift starting Al IN IN" morning.
and working until noon; III" other nj
noon and working until AT night. Oc-
! cnslonally h" put on third shit. bul
! tn" astonishing thing was this: IL"
found that whrn mon worked nlnc hours
they pr, duCcd for example. LIMO pieces
when th"y worked eight hours they pro-
tiurcd about l.Gn0 pieces; when th"F
worked seven hours they PRODUCED
about OuN pieces. nut that when they
worked for six hours they still produced
about a thousand pieces. Tho quality
however. Of tho six hour work was Dol
ter than tho quality Of the ninc h"ur
work. Meanwhile III" six hour day mao
saved HIM three hours power with the
wear and tear upon his machinery. IN"
saving on machinery and power ih"re-
fore, during those three hours. rali
good dlv:d,nd and "hanCrd often n nom
having plnur il Ia n r"mun"ratIv" plant.
IIr found also that tn" mon VINO
worked Sin hours in N" morning WORKED
a litiI" IN Their rar'l"nS IN III" afternoon.
saw their families. enjoyed tho air ana
tho SUNSHINE" stored up n big fund "f
nervous energy for tn" n"Xt morning
md soon tho six hour day hccam"
standard until hr absolutely refused IN
70 back L. III" CIEht n0ur day or mn"
hour day Ry working two shirts. max
ing twelve hours for two sets or men
md twelve hours for his machinery.
thus saving each day six hours Of el"c-
trio Dowcr and tho use Of his machinery
over against two shifts Of min" hours
each. he soon found that tho machinery
saving would make his firm rich. From
that day ne began 10 make money ike
water He became tho greatest soap
manufacturer IN tho world. He expand
cd into more than one hundred different
kinds Of business lie finally took over
Lewis Island with ~ square mil"s 81
lind and 10000 population and Is now
covering IT with railroads. warehouses;
factories md stores Having found IN
tho ocrnn an opportunity for his bust
ness genius. he is now sending airplanIr
TO Africa 20 map out the rubber and
ChCOHnul I'I'N'H
He has added enormous wealth to The
working people Of Great Britain. He is
slowly rebuilding the English physique
in his factories. His addresses on tn"
SIX hour day are the most striking con-
trihutiors TO the industrial problem that
have been made. He Ia one Of the mon
who has practically gone over to tho
labor capital parliament idea. He is
telling the business men OF England that
tho wage must not be allowed TO drop
Ry installing two. four and ak t'mrs
the former horse power In his factories
he is producing enough more wealth 7"
Justify tho present high wnge In British
factor!es-a wage that is equal 20 that
now pad In American factories. THIS
new man hns Trough: A now era md
vast hone TO tho English working people.
Tho real reason why England Ia going TO
paw her nnormoua war debt Is that hay
ing strapped her old macl :nery Of iron
and stccl she Is now scrapping her old
ideas about rcstristinE tho output and
holding tho hand" At last better times
have come for the poor. Among the
greatest men that England has produced
We must make q large place for men like
Leverholme, who have studied this labor
question from the viewpoint Of the liinl-
tation Of tho nerves and tho brain.