I was just reading the February 1917 issue of The Fra being a monthly publication for philistines and roycrofters edited by Elbert Hubbard, a renaissance man if there ever was one.
Hubbard is waxing poetic about price increases of coal, dry glue, sheet copper and leather. He then presents a list of items that could well be a simple Cowboy Safety manifesto.
In one sense I don't want to list these items because some of them have become politicized and may be construed incorrectly. Please think of them in the classical sense. And please bear in mind that there are 21st century applications of these concepts that reflect the exciting new world that is here right now. If your definition of safety is limited to injuries and fatalities your solution is there.
Hubbard summarizes: "My remedy for present burdensome conditions only applies to the individual. But of each would do his share we all would arrive. Here it is:"
Cut out the extravagance.
Refuse to feed the loafer.
Pay cash as you go.
Eliminate waste.
Produce.
Demand reasonable profits.
Pay only reasonable prices.
Live up to your ideals.
David Sneed
Hubbard is waxing poetic about price increases of coal, dry glue, sheet copper and leather. He then presents a list of items that could well be a simple Cowboy Safety manifesto.
In one sense I don't want to list these items because some of them have become politicized and may be construed incorrectly. Please think of them in the classical sense. And please bear in mind that there are 21st century applications of these concepts that reflect the exciting new world that is here right now. If your definition of safety is limited to injuries and fatalities your solution is there.
Hubbard summarizes: "My remedy for present burdensome conditions only applies to the individual. But of each would do his share we all would arrive. Here it is:"
Cut out the extravagance.
Refuse to feed the loafer.
Pay cash as you go.
Eliminate waste.
Produce.
Demand reasonable profits.
Pay only reasonable prices.
Live up to your ideals.
David Sneed
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