The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, June 15, 1981, Page Page 7, Image 7
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Productivity is a word you'll probably be
hearing more and more about in the coming
years. It has a lot to do with other words that
are more familiar to most of us: inflation,
jobs, profit, liberty and security.
But what is productivity? It is illustrated
well in this photo. The hands of Lester Gosselin,
a Geneva 2 Spinning Doffer are a blur
of movement as he rapidly doffs this spinning
frame. His speed?his muscular coordination?is
a part of what productivity is all
about. So are his concentration and his ability
to keep track of all the spinning frames in
his section, knowing when each needs doffing?his
intelligence and mental attitude.
One can increase productivity by physically
working harder or faster. It can be in
creasea Dy tninking things out and making
good decisions. One of the simplest and
most dramatic ways to increase it is through
suggestions of better ways of doing things.
One other very important part of productivity
in this photo is the machinery itself.
Anything that enables you to turn out more
work within the same time period?an improved
machine, a better plant layout?improves
productivity.
The steady increase in the standard of
living in America over the last two centuries
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of its people. Human liberty is one ingredient
underlying U.S. productivity?liberty
to invent, to compete, and to grow. The government
orders no one to produce, yet our
unique formula for productivity under free
enterprise has enabled us to out-perform the
whole world up to now. This productivity has
given us the highest standard of living anywhere.
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growth in the United States has not
kept pace with that of many other industrial
nations, notably Japan, Italy, Germany, and
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of productivity increase and its accompanying
benefits: beating inflation, increasing
wages, and successfully competing in the
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