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Rebuilding Britain

CHAPTER XII
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WAGES[6] _How shall we better distribute the product of industry, and allay the unrest of which we hear so much?
There's only one way--by improving our methods of production.

To effect this the earnest and active co-operation between those engaged in industry must be employed._ _...

No longer must a man be supported by his union when he refuses to mind two lathes because the custom of the factory confines him to one.

No longer must an employer assign as a reason for cutting prices that the man's wages are too high....

Each side must endeavour better to understand the outlook of the other._--SIR HUGH BELL.
The second grievance mentioned in the _Quarterly_ article already referred to is: "The wages are too low." To remedy this grievance, increased productivity, along with greater economy in working, is the first essential in order to obtain the funds out of which higher wages can be paid; the second, to get a fair allocation and distribution of the profit made.


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