Word: plant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well acquainted with the twin chimneys of the Elevated Power Plant which rise in grandeur, as it were, from the very heart of the Freshman dormitories, and dominate the entire surroundings by their size and height. They serve a utilitarian purpose to be sure but hardly an artistic one. And yet they must needs remain although it is obvious that they detract rather than add to the scenery...
From North Carolina comes the news that this experiment is actually taking place in a large Iron Works and Supply Company. During a meeting called to discuss a disagreement over a twenty percent wage reduction, one of the employes suggested that the plant be managed by the workers and the profits distributed among them. The suggestion was accepted by the company and the experiment has begun...
Field trips are a regular part of the Business School program. Recently the entire industrial management group, which includes 300 men, made a visit to the General Electric Company's plant in Lynn...
...fact that some, if not most, of the foreign groups in a manufacturing city stick very closely together and bring the prejudices of particular communities into the plants suggests the desirability of the manufacturer trying to get into closer touch with the leaders of such districts as well as with the individuals who work in the plant. The influence that could be exerted upon these leaders by the business executives would prove to be a most important factor in the satisfactory adjustment of labor relations...
...least the workingman does not consider that it is so. A 'pair-heater' on a furnace in a rolling mill may get only a little more than his helper but, in the eyes of the workingman, his position is vastly more desirable. Among the workers in a plant there are a thousand variations in pay, skill and privileges, emoluments that represent an almost infinite number of standings. These are vastly more important, in the opinion of the workingman, than the differences in the pay envelope. Few people realize what an enormous amount of trouble is caused by failure...