The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
MANAGERS
Waste 5O%
LABOR 25%
30. Says Report Of Ameri
can Engineering coun-
cil's Committee.

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:. ,ou,s. Mo-, June 3.-Re-
.,on,,bility for more than 50 per
:, tho waste in industrial pro-
ss..es 81. a which is causing enormous
annual losses to the nation, can We
si.ssd I At the door Of the manage
.snt % and less than rs per cent at
, n. door Of labor, according 10 q
.aeo,t .ae 40 of the American Engineer
~ councils committee on ellmin-
..s n.,,n of waste in industry. made
n"biic % today at a meeting OF the
rrcnnril rS executive board. The COM
rv m,,tsa was appointed by Herbert
uocver secretary Of commerce.
rbsn he was head of the council.
The report showed that the mar
,in OF unemployment amounted 10
more mo than a million men; that Dill
iions Of dollars were tied up IN
Mle equipment; that high labor
tnrnoyer was a rough index OF one
~ the commonest wastes, and that
waste Of time and energy ana
money through Implications ana
estimates and bids in bulidms
trades ran into millions annually
Both to Blame.
Roth employer and employees re-
rrict output, it was said. Born
rapital and labor are blamed Tor
eIisting abuses, but the annual
loases through waste by conflicts
betveen them is much less than
popularity supposed.
From four to five million work
ers we're idle during January and
| February Of this year. In 1927
half a billion dollars will be lost
M wages in the building trades, il
PvN said.
Outlines Program.
The committee outlined the fol-
lowing proposed program OF gov
srnmental assistance to eliminate
waste: -..e,
Nationwide machinery to obtain
continuous information concerning
unemployment conditions through
out the country is declared neces-
sary by the report. Means for reg
ulating unemployment in the prin.
cipal industries were urged anc
Z nationwide plan Of cooperation
between the government the pub
lie trade associations. the indus.
tries, labor, bankers and engin-
GERS was outlined.
a Seek Industrial Harmony.
The waste inquiry was in charge
of a committee of sixteen headed
BY Parke Hanning Of New Yorl
u chairman, and L. w. Wallace O
Washington, executive secretar,
Of the American Engineering coun
ell Of the Federated American En-
cheering societies, as vice chair
man This was the beginning o
Z movement by the country's en-
Uneers, about 100000 in number
% bring about better industria
conditions and more harmonious
relations between capital and Ia
Dor.
The full report comprises 125,
900 words and deals with the dee
seated causes Of waste, and doe
not consider the present bushes
crisis, due in part to worldwid
waste and extravaganza caused b
the war, as an excuse for transitor
experiments. but as an opportuL
i'y to point out the need for per
manent reform.
" Outlines Program.
| The committee outlined the fol
owing proposed program Of gov
enmental assistance to elimin
0a waste:
National industrial informatio
service should be established t
Mfnlsh more timely. regular an
complete information covering cuI
ent production and consumptio
.M stocks Of commodity; q ma
uonal statistical service should b
a0clished covering employmen
NQeifements; a national policy re
saioing public health should b
.osteied and encouraged; the na
Duai program for industrial re
asolltation should be encourage
sad should offer opportunities fo
ucation and placement to thos
uysical defects as we'll as thos
..aoicapped because of industris
sss'aents; nationwide prograI
" Industrial standard Eat 10
aouio be encouraged in conjunt
~n with Industrial interests; tn
sssernment should recognize th
Secessity for . revision of sue
% ornamental laws as interferin
@ the stabilization Of industry
10y OF principles should be q
ea which could be develope
me adjustment and settlemel
labor disputes"
.e0lic support for the NOV,
a. me report said, should
esnt about through public n
~,on Of a greater stabilisatic
ss.ie U lessen the demoraliziu
OF seasonal fluctuations, 1
49,. more even distribute
49, s.sshout the year Of public d.
2
.derm Need Emphasized.
h~aring that the annual &c
~. loss in the country throue
Sntaole diseases and dea'
.ated -. to $4,000. 900, 900, the r
~ sfSed . more general use
methods already perfects
q ~ asserted that Is Der cel
~ deaths and serious acc:den
ustry could be thus preyeu