Indiana daily times., 1921-06-03
BIG INDUSTRIAL
WASTE Barred;
WILLCURBLOSS
Engineers Appointed by
Herbert Hoover Report Re
suits of Thorough Search.

LOFTS. No, June 3.-Startling fig
,,-asr,n waste in Industrial processes and
varommendations for curbing the enor-
mons annual losses were made public
hero today in the report Of the American
Engineering Councils committee on
ILLUMINATION of Waste in Industry.
more than 90 per cent Of the respon-
sibility for these wastes" the report said,
acan be placed at the door of manage
nent and less than % per cent at the
door Of labor"
The report urged the installation Of
nation wide machinery to obtain con-
tfnuous reports on employment condi-
tons; the finding of ways to regulate
employment and suggest plan for CO.
operation between the Government, the
public, trade associations, industries, Ia
Dor. bankers and engineers to eliminate
waste.
The report was made public by the
executive board Of the Council of Fed
Grated Engineering Societies. 1t was
compiled by a committee of sixteen engt-
neers, appointed last January by Herbert
Hoover, president Of the organization.
The findings were based on the inves-
legations Of a large force of field work
ers in New York, New England and
Pennsylvania, and were declared typical
of conditions throughout the country.
The engineers found that the margin
of unemployment in the country amounts
to more than a million men, that bill
lions of dollars are tied up in idle equip
ment, that high labor turnover is
rough index of one Of the commonest
wastes and that the waste Of energy and
money through Implications in estimates
and bids in the building trades runs into
millions annually.
Both capital and labor are blamed for
the abuses found, but the report declared
that annual losses through conflicts be-
tween the two is much less than pop
ularly supposed.
BUILDING TRADES LOSE
$500, ,0O0, 900 IN 1921.
Between four and five million work
ers were idle the first two months Of
this year, the report said. It predicted
that $500 100000 will be lost in the build
ing trades in 1921.
Waste. the report said, came from an
interruption Of production. low produc-
ton, restriction Of production and lost
production
s4The average method of management is
far behind standards which have demon
strated their practical value" it said
Billions of dollars are tied up in idle
equipment; manipulations in raw ma
terial result In serious losses; present
sales policies are a contributing cause
of irregular production: an evil in some
cases is the practice of cancellations and
returns: high labor turnover is a rough
index Of one Of the commonest wastes:
the waste of time and energy and money
through duplication of estimates and
bids in the building trade runs into mil
lions every year.
Maintenance Of high prices on the
part Of the owners influence the stu
alton; collusion in bidding as frequently
practiced in the building trades is a re-
striction."
Unions were criticized for restricting
output by limiting the number Of ma
chimes one can attend and forbidding
one class Of workmen from encrOaching
on another's duties
The complaint placed the economic loss
through preventable disease each year
at $1,000. 100000. Deaths and serious ac-
cidents in industry can be reduced at
least 20 per cent, it said.
PROPOSE NATIONAL
INDUSTRIAL SERVICE.
Recommendations for elimination Of
waste Included:
Formation of a national industrial in
formation service; statistical bureau to
report on employment conditions, a ma
tional health policy including plans for
the employment of detectives, revision
Of Federal laws interfering with sta5ih-
cation IN ,industry. a program for the
adjustment and settlement OF labor dis
putes.
Organized labor should develop a pol
icy for increasing output, the committee
declared.
Intermittent employment is the result
of lack of stabiization in industry.
Among causes are seasonal irregularities
In demand, lack of coordination between
related industries, managements failures
TO link up sales and production policies,
speculative purchasing of raw material,
shut-downs for annual inventories and
other wasteful practices.