| Show 6 r r THE AMERICAN WORKMAN AN iTHE H of Y Success MH n p 1 I II Il II fl N ri 1 11 fI 1 1 II II I II II N II LI 11 Il un U U U U W U W w America owes OWeN lie Ilo amazing in inho Inho ho Industrial nIcut of vt the irold M f n to thu of ot lt Itt Ill workmen iti vi 11 to 10 IhO resources of it II do dominions minions the London DullY Dally Mall I Th nn mechanic by hll IiI H n antI Industry 1 d atop of or Iho ho world mIL Thin lends special to the study of ot Ain Industrial by M M IC I L v s eur anti and I l In form by Mr SIr r Unwin under the tho Ito 1111 title of ot o The Amer Aloer American Ivan ican ten Workman M ur U Is a n French student who ho spent wine time Jn In the tho United visiting Industrial centers center to 10 l learn arn At fit first hand alIt the act tint truth the life liCe and ant ways OB or ot orthe orthe the transatlantic toller toiler What Whitt Are the of ot the Ameri Amort American can toiler triumph From Irom M Le Ide observations they thuy may Inny bt described no nil his Ills strenuousness his hla hlll l power ower of ot Initiative his hl Independence und iad Id his biB high productive rapacity capacity He lie HeMa Ma Imbued with Intense national neK nelt confidence Wo VB are the tile first nut nation nalon JOt sf f the tho clohe sold olle one Without UM u Europe would be grovelling In the bur bare ot the tho middle ug s lIE JIB IB IS A MACHINE MAN MAR MANThe MARthe The rhe American workman Is l the man mall wilh the machine For many lOany year the steady noy lias as been to Introduce machinery Nothing IN is dono by hand that machinery can cnn do ito Instead and und tho automatic apparatus of ot today loday Is In ousted ly by y a n better tomorrow Machines count up LIP the tin or record tho tim output of ot other machines Tim tact fact that a 11 lius hlll brett been in lit tine IIse tot for u it 1 short tuna time IH Is thought good reason rellOn for tor removing It itt At t Minneapolis tho author visited vl a u sawmill where the great gr at trunks of or trees Welo picked lok d up LII out of ot the water as us though they were match sticks trim trimmed med lawn up and 1111 automatically piled 1111 11 upon Uti ur on land lund Ho fill expressed s his admiration tIon atlan hut lila his guide gul dismissed dl ml etl the Iho work nothing This system Is IH two years old he ho mild I regret Bret that I 1 am un 1111 unable iti able atIe to hov shW you one of ot our out newer nevet mills They Thoy ore are not lot running tonight They rh Y wilt will noon lIoon have to bo ho renon Along with Improved Im roved machinery has hn come an nn enormously Increased output with lens lees labor lubor M gives flame coma striking Instances H of this thill The Tue pin trade trado supplies one When Wilen Adam wrote his book which folios the foun foundation foundation dation of oC modern economies economics ho showed that with tho the machinery then existing one man tuito could make plus a 11 day Today otto ono man mait makes n it 1 million und anti a ahalt halt half A pound of pins then titan cost ro t a n guinea for tor now It cost coMe about a fl shilling Otto Ono manufactory of ot machinery that formerly needed 2115 men now does th the on saute work with GOO COO workmen Machinery dispenses with about 70 TO TOper per Ier PC rent cent of labor lobar III In shoemakIng as nB against the tile old while u uman I man luau with modern plant finished pairs of ot shoes In the time It would have havo required to 10 finish live IIvo by hand AUTOMATIC AUTO PLANT EVERY These ThOlo Illustrations might bo bl multi multiplied plied d American factories use tiso ns automatic plant to an no extent which oven even In lit this country is 19 unknown thomen tim tho men employed have hasp to work mudd murlO harder The rh rate rolo of or labor Is II such as Ihn o to slower II ower pastern eastern ways In th the factory ry theta there Is 19 no talking during working hours hour saso on business Tho Tue and nd go to 10 the tite wall wali willie while tho thu are well scell reward rewarded t ed St 1 I Levasseur might Illustrate his story by b tho the instance of a flatch alch factory rho The chief there re one ftc lay day noticed n a girl worker pausing for tor or a 1 minute over her hel lie machine to 10 her ller fringe Ho inquired and ond fount found that In Jn the hut hot of the tho factory fringes got sot out of ot nun and the tho girls 1118 often oCten quickly twisted them up Thereupon ho Ito Issued an edict that the tho women work worle ers cre should como Come with their hair brush brushed cd ed straight and aud what that Is more he got cot ot Ills Itle order obeyed The Tue extra exertion Is la by no means beans al ways willingly given ghen The tur rs work tho the men like horses or slaVes one ono grumbled crumbled They pay you welt well here hee but yiu Iu have to 10 work wild said an Immigrant Before an Indus trial commission one man mati complained that the American bricklayer was much worse off ott than the English because us though he lie was wall pull more Inore lie he had to lay Jay bricks a 11 day more WAGES S AND LOW LO PRICES It Is title this fact 1 which ex explains Ph how Willie higher wages than their rivula the American manufacturers can cnn undersell them Thus the 1111 of lit the tite back I works ac tic cording to 10 M 1 a n fourteen hour tin day curtis and tur lurus o out OUI t the Pittsburg l tutu man works a 1 day of ot ten tell hours earns ear a 0 guinea and turns lurns out two tons tona and anI a 0 half halt Hut But the tho authors figures on VII this point are aro not borne out ou I It Is fair Calr to wy say by bv tho returns of ot either cither England or America SI Al Levasseur Will was much Impressed by b the orderliness and excellence of the conditions of work Till This silence In 10 the Ih factories seemed Deemed to him specially strange In many mony works he found antI toilet rooms for tho the own men In III Olle there was a II locker for fOI each uh man mall In which to tv keep his outdoor clothes while working tho the Inserting of the key ke In Sn the tho lock of ot a IL machine automatically registered the hour of ot the muns moire In some eume works m men nien n who USe UI obscene or profane or who quarrel and tIght fight nr are Immediately Discipline Is strict defective products being charged to the laborers clean clenn Is III enforced and In many cases smoking nt ot work Is forbidden Tho The author with special care the ev everyday v life of or the tho ics Statistics show that the th nominal of ot the tho American workman are ore much higher than thun of oC his hili I tors tore Hut wages inges W ReH after all only went sent their actual purchasing pu power and M 10 n cur set et himself lt to find If the American toller really lives 11 better than others WITH l lIta Ho ITo found that he his doen does Hn lIo lb lives dresses dr ee antI and Indulges In luxuries which surprised the Frendl critic u It Is very ver common In the this veIt WI nod and not rare rill in the wat M States for work to keep their own 0 carriages nut lUit by b carriages carriage he hI means insane not the Ih ham of rich city lv livers rs but the Ih little trap or buss buggy familiar in the country They travel Irael much for and anil un largely go In for s The prominence of or religion In their M i anti the amount they contribute to somewhat thi th writer Hut nUl strangely enough he lie h falls fa II II to emphasize this Important point in n social life lire the American workman Is i g nind hl hi lila temperance Is I one of ot the olot a tt factors n a his hlA prosperity The wire wife Is III not lot overburdened deneti with household hou duties She Blip reads u II good deal and It Is II not an nn unheard fir of f went for her to take lessons le evns In drawing or music As AI a n rule ruin rul th III the American workman gives Jilles his hll wife about JSn 21 a 11 week IHk to keep house on and perhaps Sa Os or lII a n week more morp for her own personal expenses The standard of living Is ts high The life of the Amer American Scan Iran workman Is III broad brond and Mi blu com coin comforts forts forte are more numerous than thou thee of ot fell bAa European rivals rival r I twenty or If thirty years ahead M believes In the lilt continued triumph ot or till the American Machinery and combination ion tion i of th lines ii nil on ill which the t It e battle are to b lie ought promise e well Hut Hilt t there ther are III a re di ahead lAbor will titi the this regulations of ot labor will private Industry In lii time M 11 slur eur believes belll wages must till full aunt In their tall fall will coin come Brettt reut conflIcts be between tween capital anti and Ills III hook book lies liaR ms at ut once the th merits and shortcomings comings of or an nit outsiders He Us has many valuable ble Ide fuels facts but Jut he often orten tills falls to get flet In touch with tho the inner life of tf f the people lie he d en Vet et at a t thin I ii Is time line t when I t lie Amerian workmans wares tire lire II I log our on r ii the ati work w well ll rOIl ration |
