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Show THE CITIZEN 6 INDUSTRIAL WASTE Whether merely repeating for the sake of emphasis, or making his own contribution to the subject, M. E. Cooley recently stressed the point that most of the waste in industry is due to lack of care with the management. Mr. Cooley, in addition to being dean of the University of Michigan, is president of the American Federation of Engineering Societies. It is this group which made the study of waste in industry for Secretary Hoover. If may be the time is far too short for those responsible to have shown much progress toward remedying the condition complained of in the Hoover report. It is quite sure that report has made a telling impression upon many industrial chiefs and that steps have been or will be taken to profit by the arraignment of business methods. Mr. Hoovers opinions command such a measure of respect among industrial leaders that action will be that ed. One of the greatest sources of industrial waste is the avoidable and unnecessary strife, strikes and lockouts. These often result from an improper attitude on both sides. Open war results sometimes from trivial causes and could easily be avoided by a little patience, by learning the true facts and by a little application of common sense and a desire to do the right . forthcoming. What is deserving of attention in connection with the attributing of the responsibility much more to the managers than to the men is that it is very likely a great part of the waste could be eliminated by soliciting the of labor. Undoubtedly the largest individual mistake the managers make is in not securing the active association of the men in the processes of which their labor is a part. It is treating the men as adjuncts of machines, as unavoidable appendages of stationary or partly mobile stan capital and as dardized labor power in the manufacture and distribution of goods that is one of the most serious causes of industrial wuste. Practically all improvements in pro cesses have come from some one en gaged therein, not from the idle shareholders or such officers of the concern as were only the financial agents of the owners. If managers encouraged the participation of the workers in the technical conduct of industry, instead of fearing it as a manifestation of industrial interest that might lead to an extension of democracy, every man permanently attached to a trade would take it as his bounden duty to add a little to the sum total of improvements which constitute progress. Scarcely necessary to say, the cooperation of the men cannot be had except on the terms of mutuality. Just as the expansion of business brings a larger return to the owners, whereby nearly all. the increase in wealth has gone to those who control capital, so there must be some amplification of the return to labor, whether in shortened hours, fairer remuneration or improvement in working conditions. Labor will never be gotten to extend itself until it feels that the results are not all going to the other side and that increased production without a just division of the output, serves but to hasten the day when there is a glut of goods on the market and industry slows up or shuts down. In short, the supposition that men can be got to work under compulsion, that the strapping of labor to the task is the sure guarantee of keeping industry going and that, consequently, the more onerous the conditions imposed upon labor the greater will be the productivity is the exact opposite of what is shown by the scientific study of waste in industry. From that there follows, as does day the night, that the great pall of inefficiency hanging over every industry, printing among them, will be lifted only when the relations between management and men are spontaneously cordial, when they share in the responsibility because they share in the part-- , nersliip and the product on just terms. There will be indeed a rich reward for all indispensable to industry when on market-furnishe- d, engineering conclusion is accept- thing by each other. One of the redeeming features of a number of the larger labor organizations is that the parent body exercises a control over local unions that pre- vents hasty and unwise suspension of operations over trivial causes. One such organization has never had a strike since it was organized. This record is unusual, and is seldom approximated by other organizations though many of them have provisions that make it unlikely that there will be interruption of industry except for the most serious causes. One of these practically a pioneer in peaceful and conservative methods is the International Typographical Union which takes every precaution to prevent avoidable trouble, Insisting on conferences, mediation, conciliation and arbitration where such means can be used with the employers. We believe the public approves such methods and will show its approval by giving its patronage to those places of business operating in agreement therewith. Salt Lake Typographical Union 115 311 Scott Bldg. Wasatch 7762 (Advertisement.) LETTER OF THANKS. The Humane Society of Utah desires to express its thanks and appreciation to THE CITIZEN, the churches, schools, Boy Scouts, and all persons who made public addresses, wrote spe in keep cial articles and to ani of Be kind the ing thought mals before the public during the spe cial week set aside for that purpose HUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH Salt Lake City, May 24, 1922. co-operat- ed NEW SWIMMING RESORT OPENS SUNDAY, MAY 28 Hotlake Resort, the new bathing place for the tired business man and soon to become the mecca for all autoists, lies just nineteen miles south of Salt Lake City, as flies the crow. It is reached by a smooth, level concrete road none other than the State Highway leading to Provo and the south. At a point just a trifle up the grade that leads to and swings around Point of Mountain, the road to the new swimming resort, swings sharply to the west and leads down hill to a snug little valley, midway between the turn-of- f place and the Road, also a paved highway and a sector most important in the circle route that completes the ride back to Crystal Read-woo- d the city. May 28. dai f and able 0a danc Crystal Hot Springs, a perennial source of flowing water which enters the big pool at. about 90 degrees F. and passes through the pool, continu ously,'at an approximate flow of three second feet per minute. The water contains no sulphur but is highly min-- .' eralized in other respects. Bathers find it a most refreshing and cleansing substance in .which, to swim and disport like fish, ducks or rocks, according' to the notion or ability of the individual swimmer. It is the hope of the management to make the resort the finest and most inviting place in Utah for autoists as it affords them the combined pleasure of a fine, cool ride together with unexcelled bathing privileges and other wholesome entertainment. 0 P t 01 itiva ope Ifoi reP1 ratic tun ding F it of i ship ontl dive grc (43, let her SALTAIR SUMMER SEASON GRAND OPENING TODAY. wii rea net The regular Saltair summer season opens Saturday, May 27, to continue until Labor day, the traditional closing date. The popular lake resort will throw open its gates this year to its thousands of patrons under conditions most auspicious. In transportation facilities, amusement devices, concessions, music, dancing, boating and bathing, the management has never been better prepared nor the offering more varied and complete. All the rolling stock of the transportation company that plies between Salt Lake City and Saltair is brand new. The coaches are of steel construction, offering all that is modern and safe in railway travel. Twenty-tw- o trains will run each way, daily. The cars are of such ample seating capacity as to insure a journey of relaxation and comfort. The public will hail with delight the announcement that the R. Owen for Sweeten band has been season. Sweeten's Mr; this organization is well prepared to meet the de- re-engag- ed iting oar; havi 'says whi( in I LAGOQ the ledd I tl Coi Swimming, ing for the dancing, fiss grown-u- j in special playground fc children.. Fun for al- c oth ur lday. Round Trip, Trains from .Depot South West Temple. 35c Bamlx mi: Tempi nspi cai SA C. in of rk Mil lip ix 1 es .1 Mi rai Col mt d ( i ti ni on ele : H iai ini thi ir Crystal Hotlake Resort is very much a big, and is 100 feet wide It swimming pool. 240 and feet long and averages from 2 to 8 feet in depth. Numerous fine dressing rooms have been provided, as it is the intention of the promoters of this new place for recreation and health preservation, to carry out the sand beach feature murh as now prevails at seaside and ocean pier resorts. The opening day has been advanced because of the fact that the new. pool has already become very popular among those who love to swim in refreshing hot water, to Sunday, sand-bottome- pavilion and the dining hall, will be finished and ready for the. public by July 4. It is the intention of the. management to feature trout dinners when the dining hall gets going full blast. Crystal lake gets its waters from d sand-beache- d It Is expected that other features contemplated, such as the big dancing y on fh tea Pr of 01 |