ABSTRACT
We are, as a matter of policy, against hard work — we will not put on the back of a man what we can put on the back of a machine. There is a difference in a man work ing hard and hard work. A man working hard will produce some thing, whereas hard work is the least productive sort of labour. It is not possible, except in crafts which approach the arts, for a man to earn a really good living with his hands. It is management which has so to arrange work that it can be productive of high wages. But the starting point of high wages is the willingness to work. Without that willingness, management is powerless.
