They are enlightened to such. an. exten.t that they know that to a greater or less extent the. wellbeing of those who work for them is. their wellLbeing.- but I am convinced that if it were possible- to introduce in a majority of the manufacturing establishments of the. Uhited States this. system known as the Taylor efficiency system.. which subordinatesl every consideration to the consideration of making dividends. the condition of the working people of the WnitedStates would be that of virtual slavery. and instead of the whiplash there would be the goad of striving to makemoney enough. to feed and clothe those. dependent upon. the employee. When the Sage Foundation made their investigation: of conditions existing in the city of Pittsburghand I aminot trying to get a rise out of the senior or the junior- Senator from Pennsylvania-. but simply stating a fact with which they are undoubtedly as familiar as I. amthey found. that in that great center* of population. with immigration from all qunarters of the world pouring in. the rate of wages in many lines of industry was based upon the ability of the single ninn in lodgings to support life. It seems to me that: so far as the combination of wages. and effort is concerned. you. do not need any Taylor efficiency system to get any better results from the manufacturers standpoint than. thatthe rate of wages at which. the single man in lodgings was able to support life. The industrial conditions in certain lines in that city were such- that no man dared to get married. that no man was able to support a helpless or aged parent or an. infirm sister or brother.
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