PREFATORY NOTE. 



E success of the Conference held at Oxford under the auspices 

 of Ruskin College, in July, 1916, and the extensive demand 

 for the published Report of its proceedings, seemed to justify 

 the holding of a second conference at Bradford ; and, as it is hoped 

 to arrange for a number of other conferences from time to time, it has 

 been decided to issue reports in a series entitled " The Reorganisation 

 of Industry," of which this forms the second volume. 



At Oxford the wish was expressed by more than one delegate that 

 Rural Problems might form the subject of discussion on some future 

 occasion, and two of the papers here printed those by Mr. Orwin 

 and Mr. Ashby- with the discussions to which they gave rise, are the 

 outcome of this suggestion. 



The inadequacy of British literature on " Scientific Management " 

 and the growing importance of the subject will justify its inclusion 

 in the programme of the Conference ; and the usefulness of the dis- 

 cussion on Mr. Cole's paper was greatly enhanced owing to the fact 

 that its opener is a well-known employer of labour, as those present 

 were in this way enabled to hear the subject dealt with from the point 

 of view of both employers and employed. 



There is no need to emphasise the importance of the many problems 

 connected with the subject of " Women in Industry," discussed in 

 the paper by Dr. Marion Phillips. 



The four papers, having been circulated beforehand amongst the 

 delegates, were not re&d at tjie' meetin'gs, but the writers introduced 

 their subjects by short speeches which .have been here summarised 



instead of bein^ ,r. ; uted verbatim; m. order to avoid repetition. 



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The College, of course, does not hold itself responsible for all the 

 views expressed, but it publishes this little book in the belief that it 

 will be of service to those whose thoughts are already occupied with 

 industrial reorganisation, and with the hope that it may encourage 

 further study of the problems with which it deals. 



H. SANDERSON FURNISS, 



Principal of Ruskin College. 

 Oxford, April, 1917. 



