South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-15
Germany ReUiUeS Her old
Efficiency Program.

T-HFTtE l. "a tendency OF late lean some subtle
German propaganda be work again?)
admire the Germans as we used TO do. We
know well into what German efficiency Leland
yet. somehow again dazzIed by
Those who urge Americans to stop fuSsing and go
work undoubtedly right. More work and less
talk VIII straishten out many present difficulties
hut when they add Look at the Germans: See how
they have gone work! Why they actually
working 10 and IL hours day" in tones OF adj
miraton and inVidious comparison they are merely
insulting American intelligence.
Our workers may anaIyze the matter. but
their instinct TO resent the comparison is sound.
There is no merit a 1O-hOur day. IL has been
proved over and again that the working
eight hours produces more, and is and remains
better workman. than the who habtually
works 10 hours
The bit of leisure at the end of the eight hour
day has been n large factor development
along mechanical lines. Is the who comes
o work. and who leaves before his mental
power Is totally exhausted. who can think inteII-
gently constructivcly about improving his work
and its processes.
The Germans have turned work without
period secthing simply because they are
phIegmatic object Our workers. keencr men
tally. have sensed the fact that in the worlds
changing period they have a wonderful opportunity
public mind
Once it is made quite plain To the American
worker that his country actually needs his labor
he will go to work with a VIM just as he went to
for his country with vim, and ne will pro-
duce more i'm his eight-hour day than the German
worker ever did or could in IL hours
Meanwhile insulting him by odious comparisons
is neither just nseful
il
IUSI the same. right now when the subject OF coal
j mines is OF unwonted interest, it is fitting i'm a
way invite attention the task undertaken by
the Germans i'm northern France The French coal
mines. all the world knows, wrecked by
Germans before the latter retrcated from French
territory. They have been almost wholly useless
since. The peace treaty obgates Germany to re-
them \ German commission has just reported
the extent OF the damage.
According the German newspaper VOrwaerts.
this damage is incredibly great. In several coal
regions IL is described terrible" Most of the
mines have been drowned" Hundreds of new
shafts will have be sunk ordinary mining
difficulties will added that OF resisting inward
pressure of this The mines viii have be
rebuilt from the bottom"
Vorwaerts declares the task is so great that lit
is sufficient furnish work for every idle in
Europe and for everyone else engaged in superflu-
labor"
This task the Germans alone must perform,
act of stern justice. They onciIed going
ahead with It, and find a certain satisfaction
in il. Thus Vorwaerts i'm peculiarly German
of thinking, practically cOngratuates the Ger
people what they are up against. because
the restoration of those French mines twill provide
work for all the unemployed in Germany for the
eight years" and will make unnecessary
for several millions of Germans to emigrate In
der find work.
II is fitting employment for the Germans
them enjoy IL i'm their way. And after those
eight of penal service they will hesitate long
before they again about destroying another
nations property.