Prevebtion of Waste in industry

Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1921, Page 3

Prevebtion of Waste in industry

(o.\*GI.|.RATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ME \SUBES. i ('eitl rihiued by the N./. Weitaiv League). In an article appearing in this mopi li’s issue of ihe “N.Z. Employers’ Eederalioii 1 111 il■ “t rial lHilletin” .we ar,. jpfonued t-luil a ('oimnil tee pn I*7l ini ilia. lion of Waste in 1 lidustry of tlie Abies rii-an Engineering Coimril has issued a report lit which il i- stated that responsibility for more than 50 lor rent, nt waste in, industrial process is attrilull --I to tic managemi ill . and less than °5 per "i,i. to labour. Til,. ,c|ori urges that .-am-ed D* nor -bold.l develop a policy for ill cn-a-- ill * - dll Mill . apt that the attitude 111 M||| os 11 101 lor iC'llll'erelli e of proper si a i id: ', I s lor i'll, illl't 101 l shoo'd be ele'p -e ' to a frank and i"':'r'"'Ov

sisteii-e on si tell st aml c rf's ' t'at I here (dno II be seieiitilie evamina* i"n of tiebasis for wir-i-s and that rerlain onion i should lie mndifieil ill regard to machine nerntbm. apprentices and craft workers, and distinctions which result In ro-'triot inn oi output. Referring to the was'a-o- do:- t ’ dhealth and disregard of safety snri s. the renovt declares t'-at the null 11 a I economic lias ill the coiiittrt llir-00-li ri-e-. ,-ot:-b'e disease tind death amount to thro" billion dollars. Il G ;.5.,0-ied that by a more "oiieral use of s.fclc . etlo-ds already perfected 75 Per colli. ~f the deaths ami serious aeej. ,leu's b, bolus' rv - ioili| 1 e i reveuted. To regard to tic- M"nd--r of days lost, ihe r-pm i t lob !•-» millbm persons lo e **sit million d- vs timioallv fi-oni ill-

-nil ’i«*nse. :v’d non-indlistnal ae- ( , -Mill (lint n<"' ' "ill. of tlio ' v.-n-'o fi- in i 1!-1 1" '> 1 1 'i ii ii. i'vi'iitnMo. I n 101!) i lo'iv wi'i'o tluvo milli' n intln - j ti inl a oidonis result in** in :in economic II w- to I ll<* oO'Mlt t V of !’ I *01! t so.'l IK iII ion dill 1:1 l*i. ! !’ K('()A1 M Kv l>ATl<f\W. Tin' (T •inii i i 11' o outli'ii's tlio fill low in ;i proposed 7>rn«/r:n»inio of (Jovornment fis_ <i<tjiiico to eliminate A national industrisil informs*!i >n e sl*** uI < 1 l»o osta MMiod to furnish inoro timely. n»o'iilar and rnmnlol o information covorino eii'Tont product ion Hid consumption •• n<| <topl.- of ooinmorlity : a national '•t a* i*d i« :d serv'd* doiiild bo ;>l»]i<lt* '! en’Ordm ontuMv. >eont rooniromonts : n national noliov "ojf’i*■(Jipir j m!>|i • l' >:tlMi Jm”ld I'.. fusion'd and ciieourniiod: tin* national- • roeramme for industrial roll aliilita! fon duMild l*o ononurnL'od and should olfor 111 fiort unit ins for ducat ion and placetiont to lliiwi* physical d<*fi*ots as wolf js tlmso handicapped because of iudus-

gramme ol industrial stHildardi«mtion should h,. encouraged in conjunction with in 1 1 list ria I interests: the Hovorilluent should recognise the necessity for a revision of siteb laws as interfere with Hu' stabilisation of indiistiy: a body of principles should he accepted which could he developed for the adjustment and settlement of labour disputes. LEAD EE’S COMMENTS. We pm this forward so that matter of such educational value may have a larger eireiilalion than probably 1 lie " | lulletin" referred to has; at the same time we wish to say that' it is I"

the credit of the Employers I'Vderalion .1(1 publish such matter, which plainly efiteises the emjd ivers in attributing so great a proportion (it! the waste, as being due to faulty ma.liagea en! . Too often tile Employers lllli--11 -1 iiis (online themselves to pointing out the sins id Labour and the Labour '.papers I'eeiproeate by utterly condemning the employers. When each side gives full attention to their own sins of omission and commission it, will he a decided advance for the general welfare. In this instance the employers set a good example.