II Upul ment OT Commerce, 1926
The businessman sees Prohibition's results, not in te
issues, but in the dual terms of business: production and
n's results, not in terms of moral
distribution. Especially noteworthy have been the effects upon
production. The efficiency of the average worker was indica
Factories were more nearly able to work up to the reasonable
expectation of their machine power. Instead of dulled m e
unsteady muscles, and jumping nerves
uscles, and jumping nerves after the holiday of
Saturday afternoon and Sunday, the workers began the week on
Monday with full power... These factors in the business.
problemincreased efficiency per worker, continuity of mamme
output due to fewer absences of workers, lowered labor tumore
and fewer accidents, would have been sufficient to change the red
ink [deficit] figures of loss to a substantial profit so far as
production is concerned. In each of these factors, Prohibition
turned the tide.