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128RATIO:-.lAUZATION.lN lNDIAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
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ptii:gn -of miSTepresent~.tion· 'of .thecouipany·s intentions
was started -among th~ uneducated wor~men. .• , 7 r,
If the directors were nottnlconscious ·of the •• hardships"
associated with. the ,introduction of "efficiency,"
they were no less conscious ofjts nltima!e advantages ana
benefits to the working. ·classes.' The chairman was
emphatic to the effect that inefficiency meant that the
... standard of, the individual.labou.rer and therefore of
la:bour . as 'a whole was being deliberateJ,y depressed with
disastrous -resuhs to the whO'le dass." The other .~
of the ,shield, namely, the positive 'aspect ·of efficiency has
been likewise visualized by the,diredors when -as their
spokesman Ithe chairman declared.:: "We want to-be able
to t'aise :the wages 'Of our workmen andal the same time
to reduce the cost of ·bur labour per ton. That is hyno
means ·an impossible ,ideal. We wish to do it by so
training :andorganiiing lOur Jabour that each manaoes
mare 'Work -and ~oes it m()re .efficieJil:ly, so that though
his 'own ~ages will rise, the labour cost of what he prodaces
'will fall. " 'In the 'same:strain he went on With the
statementbf palicyasfollows : •• We want labour !to
accustom itself 'to payment hy resuhs which is the only
way -in whicht'he 'standard 'of Indian labour can be
improved .....
So with retrenchmenl and unemployment in one
hand 'a:rid'higherwag~' ~d efficiency in the other the
dire