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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SECTION OF INDUSTRY. 



March 12th, 1917. 



Mr. Loxley Meggitt in the Otiair. 



Mr. T. L. G. Law, of Messrs. Pearson, Law and Co., 

 Melbourne, read an instructive paper upon Industrial 

 Efficiency. A comprehensive report will be found in the 

 "Australian Manufacturer," for March 24th, 1917. The 

 writer showed that lack of efficient management was at the 

 root of the continual trouble between employer and em- 

 ployee, and, if the co-operation of the worker was desired, 

 more good feeling between the two would be necessary. 

 Improvement of methods must start from the management, 

 and when, as a result, the output is increased, the worker 

 should benefit. Strikes generally start in badly managed 

 establishments, where force is used instead of knowledge. 

 The only way to ensure permanent industrial peace is to 

 investigate every trade scientifically, and find out how 

 much work can be done by the average man without injury 

 to health. Then the wages and conditions which will 

 induce him to do a full day's work should be determined 

 and adopted. It is necessary to offer inducements to bring 

 out the worker's best constructive ability. Costing systems 

 are essential to discover where waste is occurring. Mr. 

 Law proceeded to explain the methods he had successfully 

 adopted in his factory, by which he had increased the 

 average output per man, the wages of the workers, and the 

 profits of the firm. 



