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PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY
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September 9, I9tt
MEN AND MONEY
DUNBAR'S TALK TO THE COMMITTEEMEN
The Annual Ticnic of 1922 was a great success, everybody had ft jroed time and ever $10,000 was
realized as a starter for the Helping Hand Fund. Thi um should be doubled during the remainder e!
the year, by sale of the route maps, supplied gratis by the company for sale en the cars.
The attendance this year was enormous. When the Kilties marched into the music pavilifen And
our 100 piece P. R. T. band, in fresh white uniforms, started up. with Sousa himself in eftmmand, thfey
played te spellbound audience of mothers, wives and friend which filled the great auditorium, ai
never before.
The Chief told the women what their co-operation meant te him and hew much they had done to
ward influencing their menfelk in the matter of wartime savings, and again enlisted their support t6
keep the Ce-Operative Wage Diidend Fund intact, for the combined use of us all in forging forward
toward greater ownership of P R. T.
The second afternoon meeting of mothers, wives and friends in the music pavilion, was a repeti
tion of the first dav experience Farley teemed te lead his pipers with an added air. and when it came
time for our P R T band te perform, they surprised us by the progress they have made, under
Eckenroth's leadership.
The President's dinner was a culmination of things that went before. 250 co-operative commit
teemen, representing the five departments, with the empleye chairman speaking for each, made ft
worthy showing, and such worthwhile things were said as te give new hope te all geed Americans.
The Chief struck a deeper note than ever before. At the afternoon meetings there seemed te be
ftdded inspiration, with almost a religious tone evident when Redeheaver, with Gabriel the song maker,
moved the assemblage by their singing of Gospel songs. The interest evidenced in each of the day
meetings reached its climax in the Chief's talk at the dinner, where the men were made te feel greater
glorification in their accomplishment, while the distinguished visitors get a better understanding of
the kind of Americanism for whiih wr fight.
Reviewing our record since 1910. progress has been rapid, with such real accomplishment as te
give cause for wonder as te whether there is any limit te the possibilities when men and management
strive together, as here.
The Ce-Operatne Plan, based en a square deal, followed the unsettled conditions of the 1910
strike, brought order out of chaos, and started us en our way. This first step gave. us confidence in our
Chief, and gave him an abiding faith in our ability te come through.
The Chief steered the ship safely through the first ten years, during which men, management
and property were rehabilitated and public confidence established. Wages since 1918 have, by agree
ment, been based en the average of certain designated union cities, but since the measure of co-operative
service rendered by P. R. T. emplejes represented millions in salesmanship of rides and added
millions in economies of operation, as compared te the results secured in union cities, the Chief, in
our behalf, made it a condition of his remaining at the head of P. R. T. affairs that we, all of us,
should be given added recognition in the form of a 10 Ce-Operative age Dividend.
SERVICE TLKe
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A MESSAGE TO AMERICA
Tn th rai'ne at Willow Greve last night, addressing a group of workers representing the em-
i-.. f ft,-. Pi,;inrilr,ti;a TInnJH Tmnsit Cemnanv. President Mitten uttered a message se deeply
ri'trViteH uith meanintr for America, present and' future, that the merely local character of the ecca
sien and place was forgotten, and he seemed te be speaking te the Natien.
While the occasion itself was net without its own significance, a reunion of men and manage
ment who have for ten ears maintained unique relations of confidence, co-operation and geed will in
a world shaken with controversy, distrust and violence, the verds that fell from the lips of Mr.
Mitten touched the ital problems for which the world is groping for a solution. And they pointed the
way toward that solution by an exhibition of results that may well command the attention of
emplevers and employed cery where. .,,, , ... . ,
Let the leaders of Laber the Gomper and the Lewises and the Jewells and the masters of
great combinations of Capital the Lerecs and the1 arnners and the Kavanaughs ponder well what
the "Mitten men and management" has meant and means te 10.000 workers and their families and te
this great community which they serve, and contrast the conditions which that "Mitten men and man
agement" has brought about here, with the distress unemployment, warfare and deep despair which
prevail in se manv of the fundamental industries of the country and in se manv communities
At an hour when the whole transportation service of the Natien was suffering under the daily
and hourly menace of suspension, with consequences in less and suffering that stagger the imagina
tion; when the industries of the country and the homes of the people are facing a winter of idleness
and cold without fuel, when these appalling conditions are the direct fruit of a deep-s'ated distrust be
tween capital and labor what a contrasting pictures presented by the results of a different policy
that of the "Mitten men and management"! ... .
In industrial prosperity when wages were high and the demand for labor exceeded the supply,
the contrasts were no less startling Where men enieving a wartime inflated wage scale were engaged in
an ergv of spending when wasteful 'vtra agan e appeared te be the only outlet for earnings, the em em em
ploves'ef the Philadelphia Rapid Transit r, mpanvwere actuated by a totally differerrt spirit. Instead
of extravagant eut'as for pianos and silk shirts. iewels and luxuries, the P. R. T. men's surplus earn
ings were be'ng inestcd ter the rainy da.s And the community in which they worked and prospered
reaped substantia! benefits as well in an uninterrupted transit service such as no ether large city
enjeved during the period of the war
' Here is what became of the wartime wages P R. T. men are home owners and taxpayers; they
hae a stake net enh in the citv where they live and labor, but in the company which employs them a
nel! They are collects e owners m r)(V0'shares of P. R. T. stock reposing in their beneficial and wel
fare funds! besides nearlv two milbetM in ,v nig fund securities This is an achievement which has no
parallel in American industry, and its derp s gnifirance lies in the attainment of these amazing results
side bv side wth an era of pence and confident r. between the workers and the management of the
cempa'nv which employs them. ... , . . , .
The lessen in tlvs unique exhibit i the implication of the principles of Americanism te the solu
tion of the intricate problems armng out of industral relations, the recognition of the right and duty of
employed and emolecr te met en a common ground of mutual respect and confidence, and the -ur-ther
recognition that their interests are idcntial calling for co-operation and loyalty The strength of
the present position of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company lies net selelv in a strong and far-seeing
and liberal-minded leadership but quite as much in the spirit which has been infused in the mass
of the workers and in the consequent creation of a body of self-respecting thinking men and women
who understand that they tee have a response lity and a duty in assisting te find a sane and just solu
tion for the problems that cemulse and (Initie hc industrial world.
It is because the "Mitten men and management" has progressed se far along the path toward
that solution that the reunion at Willow drove this week assumes an importance and a position before
the Natien that should command universal attention and the grave consideration of the American peo
ple The Mitten svstcm is training men in clean, straightforward thinking, and it is by that means, and
that means alone, that we can leek for the coming of a new era of understanding, mutual confidence
and mutual co-operation in all industrial endeavors. Philadelphia, Public Ledger, Augvrt SI, ld&t
S ERVI 6E TALKS
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heldert' meeting theChlef utlM In fMnf t the t 10 m " w.f .for extf effort itt
eedneftile leedmpHshment w tiriftnimenaly endorsed.
. United we nd, d Wded we Ml,' ii . itffalg significant 7 J we we r e tetatte JJPJJJ
te the fttifgefttlen that the Ce-OperatlVe W.ge dividend Fund be kept JJS
was cheerfully signed ever te the men's own trustees for such use tnd Investment In their judf wn
best advanced the Interests 6f the men and the continuation of the co-operative eauae which J the
cornerstone 6f our success.
. American history was made when our men voluntarily went te B m'2 i tSSS?
cars and ttn tHem for two whole menthi In the hope of saving the jobs for the Mhmted inkers.
Mittenlim ift new securely entrenched and Bolshevism beaten. P. R. T. MM jre nearly aU
home new and Uncle Sam is hunting down the dynamiter. Court action and cold weather Will MM
cure the iltney habit se that's that.
"Mitten men and management can be depended upon te snpply both men and money," ' aald tM
Chief at the Picnic Dinner, and se, with the double purpose In mind of rendering financial aid and re
ceiving therefer the high return otherwise paid te bankers, your "J"2rtB! , J3Sf
purchase from, and future resale te, International Railway trustees of $2,000,000 par value International
Railway 5 bends for $1,000,000.
50,000 shares of P. ft. T. stock, par value $2,500,000, have been PurchdrJ.th' " Jf
the Ce-Operative Wage Dividend Fund trustee s at a price which, with P. R. T. 6 dividend paid,
represents 10 per annum "upon the investment
As new planned, ajl of the men's money in the Ce-Operative Wage Dividend Fund wflllj kept
at work by your trustees, earning high return. The first quarterly dividend check, equalling ZJ47& Of
the amount of each empleye's share in the Ce-Operative Wage Dividend Fund, will be sent with the
Ce-Operative Wage Dividend certificate of ownership, which will be mailed te each empleye at tha
earliest possible date after the close of 1922.
GIRARD'S TALK OF THE DAY
President Mitten y. he hopes te see U dy when our street rttlwky wfll be eirted by the men who
Tt i. ni. .tut- tnr wnrtenir nMtile te ret control of bfiT bmineti the f Httlt bwlueti. little
b usually in the hands of individuals or firms atx! eatfflet be readily benrht ,.
But anybody it any minute of the day can buy a part of Mr. Mitten'i tetnpany, t Jadf t Gitft VtStM
States Steel, or any railroad.
Ne man or small group of men has a mortgage en our banks. Control of very tew is owned by tM
president and directors. A bank messenger boy can buy stock as well is the chairmiB of the beard.
Here is a redo for the miners : Step assessing yeursehres te much for strike benefit, but instead put ywr
cash in a fund and buy the mines.
Anthracite strikers have lest in wages this year, by their telf-infllcted kfleneat, far mere than the Re4iag
Company, which owns the largest coal fields, paid for them.
Had strikers of the ceuhtrv 6n April Foel Day voted te peel their wigea Instead of vettitsr W wft work,
by new the fund would equal the total capital stock of the New Yerk Central and Pennsylvania Railroad.
In the meantime they would have lived just as well.
But President Mitten can tell hi empleyes that no man evtr yet bought any property with a strike.
PMledttphia Inquirer, Stptemher 1, 1911.
SERVICE TALKS
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INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY
r n. LAW AND ORDEK LEAGUE
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r th MAYOR Of BUFFALO
American Itwi maka of America the land of greateit opportunity for tfee ordinary man, bt
American inttltntiasM cannot eentinne U axltt nnle-ta American-made law are reipeeted and
enforced.
Unionism cannot continue, as a part of legitimate American Indettry, long It neither
recegnises the right of property nor the right of ovary man te eleclde for himself which cenne of
action, er employment, will afford te him and hl the greatest measnre ef happiness and prosperity.
Unionism, of the hind that dynamited International street ears, Is by s condemned Beyond
the power of resurrection by arbitration or otherwise, and these se short-sighted as te lend their
name te sneh endeavor sorely mUapprehend the enormity of this offense against the law and against
hnmanlty.
UNIONISM, AS PRACTICED VERSUS MITTENI9M, AS PROVEN
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Unionism ran rampant, dictating te men and management alike, paralysed Buffalo by striWaff
during the war, and destroyed millions of International property veins. Buffalo carmen, milled by
arrogance, ere facing the coming winter with neither money nor Jeb.
Mtttenlsm men and management foarsqqare far Americanism, aappllad Philadelphia
wnlntemrptci service daring the war. P. R. T. men and management, co-operating for efficiency,
have earned the respect of Phlladelphlans, saved P. R. T. from threatened receivership and
rehabilitated It for Its owner. P. R. T. empleyes snyed their wartime wages, secured participation In
the rerelt of their eatraerdinary economic accompli ihment and are today the proud possessor of nearly
$8,000,000 in saving fund lecurltie and la the par value, 66,000 hare, of the property which they
are helping te economically operate.
September 4, 192S.
T. E. MITTEN, Chairman.
SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JUDGES' CHAMBKft
My Dear Mr. Mitten: , .,,. . ,
funnet rejran from ttprttsmg M you my thought that n jour speech at Willow Greve yen render
PRESIDENT HARDING'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
' AUQU8T 18, 1d2t
"H h fmJamtntei te our frttdem thmt mil mn net anenffene right i fe trust nl pen-awJN,
te work rnnd r (fee mf cAeese fieir eum ItneftA wmyt re happinni.
"In trtae atWfce thui righte nave been dmntei by attirat mnd efefence, by mrmtd faaifessiioea
In mrnny eownwiiWea iht municipal uuthiHtiet h tcinktd at thetu eVefateiM, enff! libtrty h m moenory
mnd thu fe motto f community certrermst.
"It ft doplerablo thmt therm arm mr tun be American cemrnantie wherm oten rJUre
net te rpeefc of" publle mlHtialt, une beliere mob mart arm le mdnuniblm te euro emu eitumthn.
W mmttur what olmmle may gmthur, no metfter tehat oturme may min, m metler what hard,
ihime may rtteW or what maerttlee may be necessary, tAe law mart and will be ouetainod.
-Whmrufar I am raomhed f rut oil puwur at the muumrnmunt te maintain tranepurtatimm mnd
euitmin thm tight t man te work."
FEDERAL OFFICERS ARE AFTER THE DYNAMITERS
AND
INTERNATIONAL IS OFFERING $100,000 REWARD
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H w the vett thoughtful, best balanced and mart timely uittranti rvhiek hat been delwtred hi this tim of
Hw real eriHs. It ought te be fiamphletted and placed before every young America te that Itt may realist that this
HRL the real land of opportunity, and his business te keep it nth.
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