New-York tribune., 1919-08-11
Industrial Trainino
M z
Plan Is Proposed
To Solve Unrest
Col. Woods Launches Movo
to Have 10000 Factor;s.
Adopt Method to Raise
Workers Earning Power

A 4 means or solving tho neess..
unrest, Colonel Arthur Woods ssens 49,.
ant to the Secretary Of War. anno,,Ta,,
yesterday tnat efforts were being - ~
to have 10000 OF the largest fac.or.as ,,,a1e
aud industrial plants adoot s,.e4ass e.ass
Of industrial training o. emnlo.an
This, he says, VIII result in iaroely -
creased efficiency, and benefit the wo,,'
crs not on J by assuring satisfac.or.,
wages during the period Of aDpren+ica'
snip, but greatly increased earn;,.
power afterward
Colonel Woods believes incress..
production VIII reduce the cos of H..
ing. and is conhdent that the adon+;n.,
Of the War Departments pan Of ,.-" CO..
cral elcioncv training ,vIl have ,b.,
result WIS
He s7v- an investigat on has show,
ifaU -tae can factories are runninr
now q iow level of eaiciencr -
New Ln~,ani, for example exner.s
state tna- tte factories are not mara
than 60 per cert efficient. Il i os.:
mated that 100000 men are he;n.
used to-day 10 do The york that zoo
600 men could do = they we're nron.
erly trained.
Only IS Per Cent Efficient
he average worker. according ~
those figures, never at+ains an ontnn.
OF more thaE 30 per cent of his beat
eitlclency, simply because he has ncye-
been trained 70 do his work pronerl,,
Even slight increase In this level a.
efHclehcN NH mean a great Increase IN
the national production and a corre.
spending decrease IN the cost Of livinr
hose employers VINO already havs
been approached" said Colonel Woods
n ut. ON .,af-
have tried the scheme. are thorouqhly
confident OF its feasibility and ire.
mcndous possibilities. 1t IS found tha,
not only is the productive power ~
these men increased, but that they act.
ually pay for themselves al the same
time that they are learning. and that
by the increase in their individual e.
ticlency fund OF labor is created from
which experts in technical and mana.
geral capacities can De recruited. Some
factories report a doubling o. the mems
output a result Of industrial trajn.
ing. One shoe factory IN BROOKLYN re-
ports that number o. apprentices re.
Gently taken in az SIS week 20 earn
the WORK are now. after -hfoe % six
weeks O careful training. aarn.ng as
h igh as so week
Benefits Men and Employers
"Tae plan apnea's e,laiiy 10 tn.
labor leaders before whom i has been
laid and who have scen ID tr'ed ont. Il
means that the individual lahorer need
no longer enter upon his work hap
hazard OF feel thar he has 20 onpor.
tunity for escape or advancement from
his own particular task. By his sys-
ten Of training a,en csn be ut or that
wor'l for which tnev are best lifted.
and each nan benefits ny ne conscious-
ness OF his own indiviGul y opportunity
for increasing his sA.ll and laproving
his condition BY ~ Increase in his
earning power.
The oaice o. tie assist raAt TO tn.
Secretary Of War j. row in communi
cation with some cf the lad ing indus
trial and manufacturing concerns II
the United States. and ufeos all manu-
facturers Who wish 10 carn further
about this pan 70 c5inmunicate direct
y With $50 Madison Avenue the New
Yori, Office"