dded to
it.

The "Syndicate" introduced scientific management and, from a business
point of view, considered men first and profits second. It knew that
better working conditions resulted in easier and more profitable work.
It considered the conditions of labor by grading employees. It studied
their equipment and noted if tools, benches or machines were best fitted
for the people who used them. It saw that a "five-foot" man was not
given a "six-foot" shovel, or that a short girl-worker was not sitting
on a seat that would be more comfortable for a tall girl. It fitted the
equipment to the worker just as a shoe is fitted to the foot.

It studied the work as well as the equipment. Each part of the work was
specially arranged to eliminate unnecessary movements until it became so
standardised as to give the worker the easiest way of doing it properly.
Working hours were shortened; yet more work was done. Each worker did
what he could do best. Profit-sharing was introduced in all ventures,
but it was based upon individual effort; in fact, the "Syndicate"
combine was a system of organisation and profitable co-operation, a
system that put the Socialist out of business.

Organisation and co-operation stopped the mad war upon private
enterprise and industry. It found the value of men lay in their ability
to think individually and act collectively. Trade Unionism did not do
that. It is true it helped the workman to secure higher wages, better
working conditions and shorter hours, but it was not satisfied with
that. It sought absolute ownership of factories and all means of
production, with evasion of responsibilities and no provision made
against deficits.

The Trade Unionist called for opportunity for all, but denied it to
those workers who could not afford to pay the entrance fee to the union.

Whilst the Trade Unionist, on the one hand, was getting highest wages
from private enterprise, on the other hand, he demanded from the State
cheap house rentals--as at Daceyville and other State-controlled
suburbs.

The Australian worker, therefore, practically lived upon Government
charity, until the Government was beggared and the capitalist
"Syndicate" providentially stepped in and saved the country.

It was well for Australia that the capitalists considered the
individual, and that it was just as good business to have efficient
machinists as well as efficient machines.

It was well for Australia that the capitalists knew the