INDUSTRY IN AMERICA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19145, 31 October 1927, Page 11

INDUSTRY IN AMERICA.

REASONS FOR PROSPERITY. i AUSTRALIAN MISSION'S REPORT. I ! 1»t cabli-kim AiiocuiKW—eorraiMT.) I AND K.Z. CABM ASSOCIATIOK.) i SYDNEY, October 29. The report of the Australian Industrial Mission to the United States says: "The effort of the employers generally to understand the wants and requiremeats of their employees, and, on the I other hand, the readiness of the em'iployee to grasp the idea of his cmplover that the interests of both aro identical, is very pronounced. Die old system of one pulling one way and tlio other pulling in the opposite direction is apparently disappearing. ' _ The report indicates that, in " laJ1 "" facturing industries, strikes and lockouts are diminishing. Generally it is pointed out that the management »» America aims at collecting a good, force, giving it good opportunity ot earning good wages and keeping it working steadily and continuously, gaining its'confidence and, above all, absolutely keeping faith with it. As a rule the management of open shops, while demanding that it should be unhampered by outside interference, encourages the co-operation of and displays willingness to treat with its employees. "To-day," says the report, "the attitude of Labour toward scientific management seems to be one of openminded enquiry and experiment, with a leaning towards its adoption, promotion, and insistence in many industries. Military domination is being supplanted by constructive activity in the form of union management and co-operation. Wherever this is found in operation there are undoubted proofs of contentment among the workers and the management and prosperity with progress in industry. The American Federation of Labour has modernised its view of the newer ideas that employer and employee are inter-dependent and that cooperation between both for the benefit of industry is essential to efficiency. It is held that strict application to work for a maximum output on both sides is the only way that industry will li© made to provide further remuneration for both."