Show DIN t A IN MACHINERY RARE PARE MEN NEW NE LABOR E AXIOM AXIOMa cl d Tries a n Experiment Among mong Workers I I By Associated Press Til Nov 26 Sweating g na not the than man Is the eco eco- on which Lord Lever V r. r eithe e the o Great Britain the hour sla-hour hour day fo lorm for lor r m h hand and th the twelve hour hout day fo for r This s schedule his fir firm m rm to introduce In their ri ries s' s in Great Britain the tho United Unite q Canada and elsewhere hoping by to byi-to to profit their workmen as asa asas a as e themselves es d who arrived ton ton to- to n he t 1 Mauritania on orio one of his lie Ilc visits to 16 the tho United States the he said to conduct ct a little mis- mis ry work In n favor of ot the Intro Intro- fl m in In this country of ot th the plan Glared It will vIII prove rov economical economical- lJ Slid MId profitable in m any try tr In which the overhead e es for tor pt plant nt and equipment equal the wage bill the md tad n features of ot tho the thol l welI as aiS of ot the tha long establishes established est n unwell of at or profit 11 g in his several soap factories pointed out that the tor hours must not be con con- with a flat six-hour six day but butted butted butted ted In employing his working nien en and women In two shifts shUts I working on a thirty six I basis while the machinery is going the full tull twelve hours a a. aEN aI J 1 I IEN EN ON MACHINE idea ho ha declared was to get I I possible production out I I J I I of ot the machinery the expensive e element element ele ele- ment in soap production while grantIng grantIng granting grant- grant I Ing the tho working forces a shorter day and greater opportunity for tor recreation recreation recreation tion and self Improvement We Wa want ho he declared to to wear out our machinery as rapidly as as possible possible possible pos pos- sible but to conserve our human ma- ma ma-I ma It is an economic benefit If It d machine wears out under extreme production an economic disadvantage If JC men and women are worn out bj by long hours hourI Under the scheme the I bY-I morning shifts In the factories fac tac- tories would work from 7 to 1 I six sit days a week the afternoon shift working slightly longer hours in order order order or or- der to gain the time for the cusI customary customary cus cus- tomary British Saturday half holiday II's hopes of at Introducing the plan last summer in his English factories had been Men defeated by the attitude of ot some labor unions which feared the effects of ot Increased d production and by existing factory laws in England but he was confident that the plan would soon be in effect and would justify Itself as much as ns his earlier venture Into had hadd done d sy MEN COPARTNERS Under this latter scheme which has been In effect since 1909 1309 every em em- 21 years old or over who has been in the employ of the firm for a a. year Is eligible to become a copartner ner in the firm finn his interest being represented by special shares of at stock In proportion to the amount of at his wages on which regular dividends slightly less than the ordinary share representing invested cl capital are paid In order to encourage efficiency are divided Into four classes according to the Interest they display in their work and receive varying amounts of stock Payments to workmen partners under this I plan last year ear amounted to pounds sterling or approximately a million dollars Lord said I I I I I |