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Show INCREASED WAGES. DECREASED DE-CREASED JPRODUC-TION JPRODUC-TION If a business man makes Improvements Improve-ments to his plan through lucronssd expenditures for Improved equlpmcu he must of necessity do an Increase 1 business to cover this added cott. Dy the same reasoning as his pay roll expense per man rises due tu Increased wages, he should trcu-'- more- efllclent service to offset this added cost of operation. Tho icverse has been clearly dom-onstrnted dom-onstrnted to bo the case, how,v. A hours have been shortened an 1 piy Increased, not only has piodctton fallen off on tho day's output tut hour for hour It la below tho average aver-age which prevailed before present high wages and short hours were In effect. Increased pay nnd shortened hours Instead of acting as nn incentlvo for better work, havo brought tho opposite; oppo-site; result. In high wago mining camps mln nio getting so scarce that mining companies are going to have to run ( schools to teach green hands tho "u-i illmcntn of mining. In lumber camps tho labor tumor-, or Is so heavy that tho labor cost p'.r( thousand feet has moro than doubled, i In both Instances man power production pro-duction has fallen In proportion as hours and wngeg havo Increased. The labor condition In lumber and mining Industtles is typical of many other lines. Just so long as labor continues to shirk responsibility nnd work on tho theory of getting all the traffic will bear for aR little returns as possible. Just so long will living costs Incieas 'and become constantly more burnVn- I some. |