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Show INDUSTRIAL INEFFICIENCY Br new. JOHN A. R VAN, D. D, Prafv.w Inrfydplal tthlc. Cth. I Uxlvctity f Anwica, Wathma. on, 0. C. Thfr la a vaal Inz-rri'-trnrf whlrh la runnanifnial In nur prvan Imlua-irial Imlua-irial ralailnnn. II nrlar from lha Uct thai lha workara lira nnt aiirflrl-nlly lnirrtad In thalr work. Thla rrf'r I both th proraawa nl th product prod-uct a. Th main ourra nf Indualrlal In-larval In-larval a ra th rraatlta Inallnrt. th dnminallv Inallnrt. lha tanp nr In-drrtnlt In-drrtnlt aaln. and th hop or pro-duniva pro-duniva prnpriaterahlp. N'nn or lhaa la adrqualal)' aalla-nd aalla-nd or atlmulatrd In th ffraat ma-Sniiiy ma-Sniiiy of waa rarnera: for, up lo tha pranl at laat, marhlna proraaa and irraaiv anarlallaatlnn hav ftfrmril n tm InfninratlM with Ih aarrla nf th rrattv rarulty. Th rank and fit nf Ih wnrkr hav no ahar In Ih control nf pro-durtlva pro-durtlva npratlnna, balnf mr!y x cutrra nf ordara. Karapima piaaawnrk arrang rmrnla. waaa ara rirtarminrd wlthnut anv t'lna tlancndrnr upon Ih amount of product to h turned out. and th arrat majority hav nn practical hni nf liacimilns oarnara and mannaera of prnductiv propnrty. Th conannnra for Indualrlal r lationa arr that Ih difrcrani-a of In-lrta In-lrta halwaan canllal and labor ara conatantly ampbftaised, their rormaiu nlty of Intrrcaia conatantly mlnlmlaoU. Tha wnrkora art almoat antlrely concerned con-cerned with tho dlvlaloa nf tha product, prod-uct, almoat not at all with tho alia i of tha product. Therefore, their at i tltudr Motnea ezeaMlvaly mlhtMnt, I Inauff telent ly cooperutlva. They muat fight for high wagaa and other dealr able working condtltona. tin all-theaa grounda tho In (areata of tha rnipbiyrr lead him to fight bck. Moreovfr. he la vttully and Immediately Immedi-ately tntereated In getting nut tha maximum product. Id thia matter tha employea hava only ft romnto and feeble fee-ble Inlereal. Tha ultimata and natural nat-ural roeolt la production ronaldemhly tielow tho capuclty of our HidaatrUl , reaourcaa and equipment, Krom naithor aide la thia fundaman-tal fundaman-tal ami nhtruatvo avll receiving even a mouVraia ajagroo of cunaidvratlon. Tha gr ftl majority of the trade unlpna are atlU axrlualvoly abaorted In their militant program. Tho "bill of rtghia recently promulgated pro-mulgated by the aupremo offtciafa nf lha American rVderutlon of labor rontaina no hint of ft conatrurtlv aug-geatlon aug-geatlon for greater Industrial o-(Iteration o-(Iteration nd efficiency. Indeed, the very pbraa "bill of right a." which thi-y nave applied lo their pronouncement., pronounce-ment., ta eloquent o( their ailltud and Ila limltailona. On the other hand, tha treat maa. tara or Induatry who ara now art-lliif art-lliif the par for the employing rUaa, ara entirely concerned with arhemr. for crippling th union and reducing th wax earner, to a condition of helptraa and docile dependence. They aecm tn think that labor ran tie mad efficient through th Inatru- I mentality of fear tha fear of loams tho job. They forget that thla motive la only moderatlvely effective, and effective to that exten only In tunea of Induatnal depreaaton tloth nartlea hava adopted a fighting fight-ing policy, which nutkea directly for kndueirtal depreaalon. Ilrtpplly. there W a aaving remnant of both wage earnara and employera who have ft wider vlalon. There in u growing number of both who realize .that Indualrlal effwiency and Indualrlal Indua-lrlal peace cannot be baaed upon either aolftah militancy or aalflah autocracy. au-tocracy. Theae gtxida can ba aerured only through auch ft change In the worker's atatua aa will aaitnfy hla fundamental inatlnrda, neada and , hope. "Not by bread alone doth man live." i The worker muat ba enabled to par tlripato In fnduatr;Ml management, to 1 share In th aurplua profit a of lndua-1 lndua-1 try, and to ej.erctae innii degree of . proprietorship la) fcft Inatrumi-nlg of . productioBv |