The Work of the Manager.
The fatigue study and the installation which must follow it to be done by the manager have been outlined in this book. The manager who has put his own plant at such a stage of improvement that unnecessary fatigue is cut out to a great extent, and that recovery from necessary fatigue is provided for, has contributed greatly to the cause, but his work should not end here. He should educate those with whom he comes in contact on the subject of fatigue elimination. He should co-operate with those in his own neighbourhood, and also with those in his own trade towards solving the fatigue problem peculiar to the locality or the trade.
The Home Reading Box has been successfully installed by a group of manufacturers engaged in the same trade. This particular work furnishes an admirable starting point, and is a great help in arousing local interest. If even a few interested in the same trade in various parts of the country will co-operate, it will soon be possible, through trade journals, and through a general demand for equipment designed from the fatigue standpoint, to revolutionize fatigue conditions in that industry. Editors and writers of papers of all types have been quick to see the benefits of fatigue elimination, and to offer to co-operate in a campaign for education. Manufacturers have been equally eager to satisfy any demands which may be made. The managers can have a large share in making such demands, and in encouraging the support of publications in which they are interested.