. Railway mechanical engineer . the incentive for production hasl,een removed under present rules. The big problem is torestore the morale. The only salvation is in more production,and conciliation is needed to bring results. C. L. Mcllvaine (Pennsylvania) cited some examples ofhigh production under present conditions, and stated that itis a mistake to condemn men as a whole for the acts of a has suffered because of poor leadership, but the ten-dency now was to break away from the radical clement, andhe thought that a great improvement could be effected if themanagement did not antag
. Railway mechanical engineer . the incentive for production hasl,een removed under present rules. The big problem is torestore the morale. The only salvation is in more production,and conciliation is needed to bring results. C. L. Mcllvaine (Pennsylvania) cited some examples ofhigh production under present conditions, and stated that itis a mistake to condemn men as a whole for the acts of a has suffered because of poor leadership, but the ten-dency now was to break away from the radical clement, andhe thought that a great improvement could be effected if themanagement did not antagonize the men. HOSE STRIPPING MACHINE By R. S. H. \ machine for strippin-; the connections from old or wornout air hose is shown in the drawing. This device is operatedbv compressed air, controlled by a four-way valve, and isbeing used in place of hand methods in the scrap reclaimingplant of a Western railroad. . The construction of this machine is comparatively simpleand it does the work quicklv and efficiently. The hose is. Assembly and Details of the Hose Stripping Machine ganda is heeded it will be impossible to bring the cost ofliving down. Although strikes have recently been called ott,it is doubtful whether the men are now giving fair produc-tion Mr Rossiter believed the remedy lay in the overcomingof tile radicals by the conservatives in the railway labor or-ganizations. ^ . r /• , J-,\L D Gillet (Dominion Railway Commission of Canada)expressed the opinion that in the labor situation at presentbolshevism of the worst type must be contended with, andinwardlv many are viewing the problem with extreme pessim-ism Labor has learned the strength of organization, and thesituation is made worse by the fact that a small number ofmen who have been in the army have become agitators. Oneman of this type can have a bad influence on a hundred wa Buchanan (D. T-. & W.) submitted that if the prin-ciples brought out in the pajier were applied every day a placed on the two blocks A wit
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