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The Ocala Evening Star
Ocala, Marion County, Florida
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California state commission of immigration and housing illustrates in report that good camp sanitation and housing for 200 workers costing $300/month can save contractors $2,700 monthly by boosting efficiency 25% and curbing turnover, strikes.
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In a report on "Camp Sanitation and Housing" the California state commission of immigration and housing offers this businesslike illustration to large contractors:
"Suppose a camp of 200 men with a pay roll of $400 per day: If living conditions are bad and the sleeping accommodations make a reasonable rest impossible, if the food is fly infested and the toilets are unclean and revolting, the men become disgruntled and dissatisfied and some become sick. Experience has shown that often under such conditions there will be a 25 per cent loss of working efficiency, or a loss a day of-$100, or $3,000 a month.
The sum of $10 a day, or $300 a month, will cover easily the cost of good sanitation. This camp, therefore, can save $2,700 a month by installing model living conditions, and do away with the serious handicap of an ever-quitting force. Few employers of unskilled labor realize their loss through soldering of discontented workers. Petty strikes and a labor force continually quitting, both frequent products of bad camp conditions, often increase the cost of work beyond the profit.
Therefore, it is not only to the interest of humanity but to your own interest to have a sanitary and livable camp."
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can save $2,700 a month by installing model living conditions and do away with the serious handicap of an ever-quitting force
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In a report on "Camp Sanitation and Housing" the California state commission of immigration and housing offers a businesslike illustration to large contractors: Suppose a camp of 200 men with a pay roll of $400 per day: If living conditions are bad and the sleeping accommodations make a reasonable rest impossible, if the food is fly infested and the toilets are unclean and revolting, the men become disgruntled and dissatisfied and some become sick. Experience has shown that often under such conditions there will be a 25 per cent loss of working efficiency, or a loss a day of $100, or $3,000 a month. The sum of $10 a day, or $300 a month, will cover easily the cost of good sanitation. Few employers of unskilled labor realize their loss through soldering of discontented workers. Petty strikes and a labor force continually quitting, both frequent products of bad camp conditions, often increase the cost of work beyond the profit. Therefore, it is not only to the interest of humanity but to your own interest to have a sanitary and livable camp.