Show 5 IS H. H C. C L. L ANSWER pl BUSINESS TOLD 1 1 Ar Arthur lur W Woods Appeals t to Manufacturers l toto to Train EmP to yes As a 1 permanent basic solution for fore fore he e e high cost of oC living living- Col Arthur roods assistant to the secretary of oC Lr ar Is s enlisting tho ho aid of Ut Utah h in Increasing ed A copy COP of or the bulletin Issued bY bV bYc He ie war ar department was Deceived In rait It Lako yesterday Through h the de- de Colonel Woods Is working n p an m apprenticeship plan whereby he e manufacturers manufacturers' of the the state will operate D with with their in wising tho the standard of or efficiency nd thus increasing the th output of or in- in plants and factories H fi J Efficiency n T Held field Lon ow r Investigation allon b by Colonel Woods Woods' trice shows sho that American factories ire e c running at a er very low level le of ef cf- cf says SI the bulletin In In New land England for example experts state hat haf the factories rles arc not more than thano fo o 0 per cent efficient It Jt is estimated hat six million men arc being used sed lay sy 3 to II do Flo 1 the work that four our 1 and anU m. m nan lIau halt on III men could do If 11 H they ine Iley ere rere rc proper properly trained The average erle according to these figures over ever attains an output of more than 5 S per cent of oC his best efficiency Imp Imply because ho he has never been rained to do his work properly Even l. l slight increase in this level of at cf- cf will mean a Jr great t Increase ri n n the national production and a cor- cor decrease in vin the cost of oC ring iving In J Those employers who have ha already wen en n approached with this project and particularly those who have ha already TIed led the scheme arc con con- Ident of Its ils feasibility and dous ous possibilities It is found that sot ot of only Is the productive pow power r of hese these men Increased but that they actually pa pay for Cor themselves es at the themo I Rime mo time that thc they arc learn learning in and hat by the Increase In their In- In efficiency a fund o of labor Is Created from which experts In al ral and managerial capacities can b be Some factories report a of the mens men's output as a re re- re mit uit of industrial training One shoe sho In Brooklyn n report reports that a umber lumber of ot apprentices recently taken n at al 15 per week to learn the work re ire now now after three to six weeks of oC reful training earning as high Sh as 70 per week The plan appeals equally to the bar ibor leaders leader before beCore whom it has been Hid Id and who have seen It tried out t means that the individual laborer eed no longer upon his work or feel that he ha has no op- op for escape or advancement rom his own particular ta task k B R his system of oC training men can be put t n n that work for which the they arc are bc best st and each man benefits by In the o of hI his own individual for fr Increasing his skill nd Improving his condition by an in- in rease in his earning power po The office of oC the assistant t to the of oC war is 15 now noV in with some of the leading in- in and nd manufacturing concerns concern n the he United States and ur urges es all 1111 manufacturer who wish to learn leRn furher furher furher fur- fur her about this plan to communicate to 3 iO 3 0 Madison avenue the few ew ew York office |