Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-25

tIidU WHO W dS III tiiC 'ioSpANoi aiA
wanted something to eat. They
brought his small portion Of broth.
Then he said, Il want TO read. bring
me postage stamp" This was by
way wit.
This country realized how unpre-
pared it was when it went to war.
We surprised the whole world by
our rapidity of preparation. Our
armies were over there in a short
time Germany cried "kamerad'
when she realized. Don't think it is
different in the industrial world.
Machinery had been made most eff
fcinet but the study Of the individual
has been forgotten. The trade test.
simple and efficient for tn soldier
was used. when the men entered the
service The individual was not lost
in the army, although they all wore
the same kind Of clothes. All soldiers
were rated by the kind Of work that
they could do. But this is not 80 in
our work shops. Men have been Civ
en- a number and they have almost
forgotten their own names. Eff
cheney in work shops must deal more
with the men. Restlessness' in men
is due to their desire to show their
individuality. The men want a voice
in the management.
The hest industries give men a full
expression as possible: they are not
promoted so rapidly or given head
jobs. but given expression in the
way of welfare. Why do people of the
working class go to the moving pic
ture shows? May be TO be amused
and then. again. because they want
to broadened out. They want to see
in pictures the certain episodes Of
foreign life that they could not 9TH
erwise see. When the call Went out
for volunteers in the war the boys
responded and went into it with en-
thusiums. Anything for new taste
Of experience Why do farmers trav-
el in trains? Why do college men go
abroad in cattle ships? Because they
want to broaden out. Why do girls
want to serve as mattresses in sum-
mer hotels? Because they would
have no other way Of getting to those
summer hotels. Efficiency must rec
nize all this. Past methods cannot
avail us. Our lives have been upset;
we went something we have not had.
This is not the "wanderlust." this de-
sire to see more. Every man and wo-
man should have a chance to .ell
what they know about the business
for which they work. At a banquet
Of the employes-of Peabody manu-
featuring plant the master mechanic
, said he got more practical ideas
which would save money enough to
! pay for banquets Of that kind for
the next three or four years. Some
told Of light burning unnecessarily.
Steam escaping and other things.
Men did not hesitate when given a
chance to tell what they knew So
cial atmosphere did more for the
business for efficiency than rules.
The efficiency must come by an in
direct way rather than by a direct
way. The employe must show jnitia-
tive and have reward for his endeav-
ors. The scientific must not be de-
| pended on. give man chance and
perhaps he'll surprise US. We ought
10 seek the same for the foreigner.
Then get the efficiency of spirit
| which is worth more than all machin-
cry made efficiency the brain can
ever devise:
M. Henry Israel Of New York
MIR. Henry Israel Of New York,
editor of Rural Manhood in speak
ing on the Significance of this con-
ference and its opportunity for serv-
ice said in part: He did not pro-
pose to give any great treat in his
talk but just to give the greetings of
the International Committee. This
is the day of rural domain here and
abroad. The inside movements in
this country and in other countries
is in rural communities. Men from
all over the world have come to the
New York Office to discuss rural do
mains. War has made revelations
Of the inefficiency of rural affairs.
Canada is to allow her soldiers to fit
themselves into new community life
by setting off land. by appropriations
and by putting to work q corps Of
efficient men on the subject at hand.
1t will not be paternalisted. No
league OF nations can be possible UNI
less first is established a league Of
neighborlys. In speaking Of the