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motives of patriotism, to subject his family and himself to uncomfortable, unattractive, and often unsanitary living conditions.
And even where a man, usually an unmarried man, does choose war work under these conditions and stays on his job, his efficiency is cut down. Not only is he physically below par through lack of proper cleanliness, rest, and recreation, but his pride, his good nature, his willingness to co-operate, are hurt by the implied slight of being asked to live in such surroundings.
Now, purely as a cold business proposition, from the point of view of the production of goods, these
qualities, of bodily and mental cleanliness and the normal life of the worker, are an essential part of the equipment of an industrial plant. They are in the same category with the tools and the materials with which the goods are made. Proper arrangements to produce and maintain them are a legitimate part of cost of production.
Until a short time ago the private manufacturer has been able to shift this expense item onto the shoulders of the town. The workers were paid, and supposed to be able to get for themselves such living facilities as they needed. But it is very seldom that a working man builds his own house in
REAR VIEW OF ABOVE HOUSES
motives of patriotism, to subject his family and himself to uncomfortable, unattractive, and often unsanitary living conditions.
And even where a man, usually an unmarried man, does choose war work under these conditions and stays on his job, his efficiency is cut down. Not only is he physically below par through lack of proper cleanliness, rest, and recreation, but his pride, his good nature, his willingness to co-operate, are hurt by the implied slight of being asked to live in such surroundings.
Now, purely as a cold business proposition, from the point of view of the production of goods, these
qualities, of bodily and mental cleanliness and the normal life of the worker, are an essential part of the equipment of an industrial plant. They are in the same category with the tools and the materials with which the goods are made. Proper arrangements to produce and maintain them are a legitimate part of cost of production.
Until a short time ago the private manufacturer has been able to shift this expense item onto the shoulders of the town. The workers were paid, and supposed to be able to get for themselves such living facilities as they needed. But it is very seldom that a working man builds his own house in
REAR VIEW OF ABOVE HOUSES