White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-27
INDUSTRY FACES
GREAT PROBLEM
Must Study New Science of ''ln-
dustriaI Physiology
HEALTH SERVICE TAKES IT UP
Ask improved Conditions for United
States Factories-keen Competition,
Sure to Come, Makes II Necessary
for Employer to Pay Attention to
the Question Of Maximum Efficiency
Conclusions Arrived at.

REIMBURSEMENT has brought Ameri-
can industry forcibly face to face with
q problem which it long has stunned
and avoided. according TO officials Of
the United States public health serv.
ice. The certain keen competition,
both domestic and foreign. which Is to
follow a settling down of business
after the war. makes 1t necessary for
the American employer 10 pay more
attention to the question Of maximum
efficiency. officials assert.
AS a result of the changes which Of
ficials say are bound TO come, employ
ers OF labor now must give some study
TO the new science of industrial physi-
ology." Frederic :. Lee. consulting
Psychologist to the health service. says
in a statement
Has Two Objects.
Industrial physiology has two OBJ
jects," Lee says. First. the purely
scientific one Of learning how the in
dustrial worker actually performs his
work, and. second. the practical object
Of establishing In the factories the
conditions which conduce at the same
time to the maximum of output and
the maintenance of maximum power
Of the worker"
Pursuing its Investigations ON the
two bases, Lee reports that the health
service has arrived at some valuable
informative conclusions. Among the
conclusions the statement includes
these:
Overtime following O days labor Is
inadvisable, as Is also Sunday work
following a weeks labor. These tend
to destroy the workers strength and
working power.
The introduction Of rest periods in
the working spell is accompanied by
a total increase in the days produc.
ton. especially when the working day
Is long.
Reduction Of excessively long work
ing days can be sure to result In a
maximum increase In the output, and
usually by n total increase for the
days production.
Night Work Less Efficient.
might work. in general. Is less ef-
fcient than day work. It's total out
put is less. and this. with a long work
ing night, falls of enormously In the
early morning hours. Thus. It Is adj
vised: Alternate day and night work
where such is possible and where
night work must be done results will
be more profitable both 70 employer
and employee.
"Women are capable Of performing a
much greater variety Of industrial OPP
erations than has heretofore beer rec
ognized. Statistics show they are alb.
sent from their work more frequently
than men.
Accidents to workers are a grave
source OF inefffciency. They are trace
able to fatigue. inexperience. speed Of
working. improper lighting. high tenn
perature and similar causes. Diminu-
ton Of ~preventable accidents. then.
should be one Of the first steps.
"Food and efficiency are directly
connected with one another. and a
suitable and adequate food supply
probably ran be best insured by indus
trial c~anteens.
"A high labor turnover Is lncom-
patible with the highest degree Of eff
flciency. II is expensive. 10 that 10
imposes upon the employers the me-
cessity Of training new workers"