. The literary digest. it can be easily remedied, as higherstandards are being planned Avhich are working out means more production, higher wages, better living condi-tions, and a better world. Training-schools for women should be established by all well-organized plants, the A\Titer asserts; and the work should be a partof the production. Under a competent-instructor, with patience,an agreeable disposition, and a mind for system, little work isrejected from such a school; in fact, the school can be made self- sustaining by the work it turns out, thus relieving the plant ofan
. The literary digest. it can be easily remedied, as higherstandards are being planned Avhich are working out means more production, higher wages, better living condi-tions, and a better world. Training-schools for women should be established by all well-organized plants, the A\Titer asserts; and the work should be a partof the production. Under a competent-instructor, with patience,an agreeable disposition, and a mind for system, little work isrejected from such a school; in fact, the school can be made self- sustaining by the work it turns out, thus relieving the plant ofany expenses in its upkeep. To quote further: The girls in a school hke to choose their own machines, andthey should be given this privilege, as it means added , it may be necessary in some cases to decide for them,as, for instance, when a short girl wants to operate a planingmachine. All students are enthusiastic over the school-training, as itgives them confidence and a chance to prove whether they are. fitted for machine-work. When they learn to operate a machinethey become so interested that they invariably want to learnmore, such as setting up machines for turning a tapered tool, ordetermining the different dimensions of a gear, etc. Some men think (or is it lack of thought?) that fiu-therknowledge for Avomen in the mechanical hue other than machine-operating is superfluous or beyond the scope of a womans brains;but the woman who is really interested feels that this indifferenceor unaw^akened understanding on the part of the men is a hin-drance to her progress. It is, however, gratifying to know thatthe majority of men imderstand and haAe exprest the value ofthe inteUigent girl in machine-production. The greatest asset of a modern factory is a capable employ-nient manager who understands not only shop problems andconditions, but also human nature, and the success or failiu-e ofshop conditions and production in a measure falls at his also with women wo
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