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PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY
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EVERY EMrLOVE A OTOCKHOLDER
September 18, 1922
WHAT'S BEING DONE AT BUFFALO
Buffalo and high speed service continues te improve. Passengers arc returning te the cars in
steadily increasing numbers.
A great many jitneys continue te operate, despite court injunction. The court-; cein com cem
petcnt and courageous, which means that the return of normal business will largely depend upon
our continuing te effectively operate the machinery necessary te bring the jitneurs te justice.
Court action and cold weather can be counted en te slowly but .surely effect the jitney cure
Niagara Kails and Lockport are both locally without street car service. Lockport is a hotbed
hf radicalism, the local service unprofitable and inconsequent. Niagara Falls is also union-ridden,
and local service there will net pay costs of opening and operation for some -weeks at least after we
commence te operate these cars.
On September 2nd, a letter -was scut te the mayor of Niagara .Falls advising that "international
Railway was ready te resume local service and asking him te mime a date when be would h
prepared te give police protection Xe answer te this letter has yet been received.
P. R. T. vacatienists are nearly all home new. The rear guard trill stay in Buffalo ler -an indefinite
time, as stabilizers te maintain morale, and as missionaries te help teach Mittenism te the new force new
operating the cars. These men, with several hundred O. E.'s (former empleyes of P. R. T- who were led
by the union te desert the street cars in Philadelphia during the war, and having been se burned arc new
rock-ribbed for Mittenism') make up the foundation-force upon which dependence can be placed- As
service is increased following returning patronage, room at the bottom for a limited number of these
formerly in the employ of International, new en strike, can be made it opportunity still offers, but this is
the best that can be new done, which means that upon the union leaders will rc.l responsibility for the suf
fering of tho.-e of the strikers who, with their families, must face the coming winter without money or job.
Mitten UTen and management determined and dependable have set their hand te the wheel, and
will go through te the end. P. R. T. vacatienists held the jobs open nearly two months for returein;
.strikers, and cm be counted en te see that the present adequate and courteous service is made continuous-
Co-eperatian made us capitalists. Our men and our money back our faith in co-operation as the
cure for indu.-tiial ills, and both are ready te go through with this fight te re-establish real Americanism.
The worst fees tn America arc the fees te that orderly Liberty without which our Republic
tn.t.t speedily perish. The reckless labor agile ter who arouses the mob te riot and bloodshed is
in the lust analysis the most dangerous of the working man's enemies. Theodere Roosevelt.
S E R y ICE T A L K S
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Wlu'le trolley men in Philadelphia, under Mitten management, wcie shaping plans for their fourth
annual picnic, trolley men in Buffalo, also under Mitten management, we:c dynamiting car barns and cars,
destroying property, attacking crews and assaulting and grossly in&ulting families of men who remained
loyal in an attempt te win a strike. "
Tn Philadelphia trolley men arc pteud of themselves as the holders of 60.000 shares of Philadelphia
Rapid Tr.inil Company .sleck, representing 0r'n owner-hip of the ptejertv, while in BuffJe the striking
trolley men are trying te destroy the property which furm-hes them llu-ir bread and butter. What is the
answer? Philadelphia is an open-shop town, and operates under the co-operative plan of collective bargain
ing. Buffalo is or was strongly unienised; and the niuen has icsancd te -old .strike methods te try te
retain its pevvcr-
lf the co-operative plan of collective bargaining works out se successfully In Philadelphia, a city
which little mers than ten years age was itself union-burdened and strike and strife-ridden, why will it
net work out in Buffalo? The only apparent answer is that the -union leaders de net want it te work,
because a contented body e? workmen does net need highly paid and well fed union officers or have te paj a
tribute from their wages te cover railroad fares and hotel bills of walking delegates.
The closed shop is the only is-ue at Buffalo. Jt is tied n quc-tien of wages or of working conditions,
but a question of the rirjhl of free American- te work regardless of nnien affiliation. I'he company says
they may- The union i.av s thrv may net. Which should 'win. the -worker or lhe dvnamiter?
Tu the first week of the ,-trikc at Buffalo net a wheel turned. MJtien men at Philadelphia were
nsked te run the cars. Seven hundred answered the caJL Their hacks- wr tip. lheir lighting bleed stirred,
they petrrcd Inte Buffalo, they ran the cars. .Strikers and -ympaihrarrs r.trrw! tlrr tracks with obstacles
of all kinds, they threw missiles and acid, they attacked and beat the workers, they dynamited the Irnrn which
housed the men. bin the cars were kept lunmug and they sire still running. Philadelphia showed Buffalo
thai there arc industrial principle- for which men will lire.
With 1 0 stock holdings, trolley men in Philadelphia are ewnei- as well as operators. Thcv plan
te increase thejr .-tuck holdings until they own the preperlv. This has been made possible by a cooperative
wage dividend introduced by Pre-idcnf T. K. Mitten equivalent te 10 f;ri of their annual juy. This is invested'
in the company's steclc Their wages arc based en the average of three trnlen cities. Their working con
ditions are equal te any in the country. ATI this without union coercion.
That is what co-operation did for Philadelphia. That was the message tarried te Buffalo bv 700
industrial soldiers. The seed has germinated. It has taken root. It is .-bowing sijus of sturdy growth.
Unionism as practiced in Buffalo has Tint its course. All labor is net Iwd-jny mere tliau all capital
i j;e0(h There is a middle ground en which capital and labor can stand -ide ,y side in harmony, presperitv
and indu.-trial progress. Th.it ground -win- te have been found in Philadelphia. Men in IhnTale apparently
are about te discover it.
- Festaz. A r.rx Hunan, Sepi'iHbtr 6, 1922
GIRARD'S TALK OF THE DAY
1 )eing things crt bloc is often a. greal advantage,
J f only one or twr of Mr. Mitten's empleyes liatl bought I. K. T. stock, tlic effect would he
nil. But when 1 1.000 of them in a mass buy 50,000 shares it means something.
Xcrw T jscc that ihe-e same Philadelphia empleyes have -voted te buy a million dollar slice of
the Buffalo street railways. .
That is a resolution! Let the millions of workers -avr their pennies and they seen will have
tens of millions of dollars with which te buy auual control of great properties.
P.r.it strikes, lockouts and big losses from idleness pending wage disputes!
Enter, steady work, fair pay. income from dividends en their own prepertiesi
rhiltidclphn Inquirer, September 11. 1922,
SERVICE TALKS
INDUSTRIAL PHYSICIAN
Out of the ruck and muck of our upside-down industrialism, steps a Philadelphia!! with jm
"Abe" Lincoln idea, that is based en common sense, patriotism and fair play. The man is Themas K.
Mitten, and the idea is known as the "Mitten Plan." Jt is the nearest approach ever made te mul
ing an instrument te create social justice, ward off industrial strife and start a basic foundation en
which te build the house of Industrial Progress.
'Hie "Mitten Plan" always takes into consideration the I'ghtt and well-being of three ucters
the empleyes, the public and the management.
The "'Mitten Plan" has turned a nty that was heatcdh juitagetii'tii- u, the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company into a friend of the sv.stcm.
The "Mitten Plan" turned ten theu-uud empleves Tilled with uu.eriis.iii. sentiments and strike
fevers into ten thousand of the me-t faithful workers in the land.
The "Mitten Plan" has developed a traction company that it found bound for the .scrap heap
into the best traction system in the. nation.
Mr. Mitten has taught labor hew te act collectively along the lines laid down by the best
ro-erdinatcd factors of capital. All the purposes for -which labor tiuiens were conceived have been
achieved by the Mitten Plan and then some.
Under unionism the P. R. T. experienced strikes that were costly in life, limb and money.
Under "Mittcnisin" the P. R. T. has risen te be the model street car system of America.
Under unionism the empleyes of the P. R. T. get wages and conditions far under mark; under
"Mittenism" they get splendid wages and ideal working conditions.
Under unionism the entire sy.-tcm was operated along impersonal, haphazard metheds: nndrr
"Mittcnisin" the company is operated in friendly spirit and for consideration of the welfare of the
public and the empleyes.
The "Mitten Plan" is based en the general principle that human nature responds te fair play,
mutual confidence and the ether concepts of the Gelden Rule.
When the spirit of co-operation takes possession of the twin factors of production, capital and
la.ber, human progress will no longer be halted by heavy strike costs, unemployment, slackened
production, periods of depression and all the ether evil manifestations of discordant industrialism.
What "Miltcnism" has done for the ten theu.-aud empleyes of the P. R. T. system, the
principle of "Mittenism" can and will de for all workers rn industry, if 'Mittcnisin" is accepted by
empleyes and employers of America.
And it is patent that once union men in general get te graep the benignant policies and
principles of "Mittenism" the professional labor leadership of the nation will have te hunt for new
jobs at some ether sort of game.
The proof is in the fact that at leu-t ninety per cent of the Mitten rueti of today were ardent
strike-maddened under Pratt and Mahen in the periods when Philadelphia v as the trolley-strike
center of the country.
The fealty they confusedly at t" "Bill" Mahen they new give with open minds and honest
hearts te "Tem" Mitten, the greatest ph -ician of industrialism in America.
Xatienal Industrial Re: iVcr, September 13, 1922.
The American Federation of Laber may condemn "company unions." But the proof
of the pudding is in the eating, and members of the company unien.5, like the Mitten
worker, seem te be thoroughly enjoying it and thriving en it te the envy of the le.s
fortunate.
Philadelphia Li ening Bulletin, September 12, 1922.
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SERVICE T A L K ?
AS THE WOMEN SEE IT
Te the Wife or Mether of Every P. R. T. Empleye:
Have you ever stepped te think what Mitten Men' and Management means te you?
De you realize, as the wife or mother of a P. R. T. empleye, what your responsibility is te Mr,
Mitten and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Cemnany?
What Pre-idcut Mitten drc- for th- ev.v'ee is a diiea benefit te the home. In the briefest
pe--ihle way let uie call your attention te the h-sru 'pets:
Mr. Mitten pay the lughc-t pe.-s.h'e w.v;cs tj our hu-bai d-
He organized the Ce-Operative "Welfare A -sneiatieu with :t committeemen te adjust any
didcrcnces between employer and cmplev e.
We have sick benefits and in-.urar.ee.
We have the Saving Eund, with Mr Mittcu constantly uriu our hu-lmuls te ave 50 thar money
U put aside for real needs of the future.
Then he made the men stockholder.
The bij;e?t th"-g of all the be:"i e the entplevc. P,y vreati-.g that bonus Mr. Mitten made
each empleye his partner and re-pen-rble- i, t'.e succe-s of the P. R. t
'I hen he adv-ed them te arcc 1.0: "e d .,w their betui-. but te le: .: ai.. uiiiulate te buv mere stock,
muking cadi empleve gradually own mete :! mere of the -cry toad he works ier
And who benelits met? The nn.-e ; e-i-":ou- a man is the mere p.u-puuu? his faumy !?. 'Hut
bonus is our combined contribution, through wlrVlt w: may co-operative! v own the company for which wt
work, and se becomes available u, help i-tr'd up lb.- tn which nuke- : a!! capitali-t--, who get ou--living
new from wages, but later ev. !.c:; v e c'.t'er grew, thing- mH he nude ea-:er lirc.ue 0: the
earnings irem our savings and the d.v dcu-1'- .ion tJirr ownership of P. K. 1
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.Vew. as wives or mother- of P. R. T. emye
lOpjJ Transit Cemjjauy and our htisb.i..ds w lathe:
Weman forms the backbone of t'-.e h.in.e. -e e'j- re-pe: -ihilnv 1- te be ab-eluie . !e...! te the P. R. T.
Ku: that isn't enough. When we hear a reighbe-. ftieud or amour criticize the P. R. T. or its servicr, if
we can't properly answer the criticism tell them that veu knew someone better ver-ed could cct them .straight.
Any company that lias done as much :is the P. R. T. stul us Pie-idnu have derr, for veut -amily. eti knew
must hive the right feeling toward the p:-V 1
The I . S. cen.-i:. I believe, show tin- the a .-ic i.iimlv mri--'- of n uuiuj te th- p ci.ic
some P. R. T. families hav a great nianv mi-re than iive mcmlx-i-. 'I-1- P R. T i-u ten theu-uud emnle- c
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Ten thousand faiuil::-. or at lea.-t liftv tlrer: an I pee '- 111
1. R. T.
''hi'adr'ph - and -u'.iii-t? leunccted with t'
50,000 teril boe.-tris ceniinuallv c;ui ui-fyraium ( m cfietts .,ie hoi. ,u u '...vr rMd etrra with
the people, and the morale of P. R. T. emnle; es will be -0 -treng they cm accomplish unlimited Reed, .s?
tand back of veur husband or father every ininmr ,ind he proud that lie has a tun in this giea movement.
Yours truly.
Eobem Divi.ien, Septembct 9, 1922. OI.l'E K. LARK1X
Wifcei.il'. R.T.limplu e.
.'( glurietiA cpinpan, the (loner of f.rn.
Te save as iiwdcl v.r the micihty weild.
And be the jjir brgivr.iny of a timt.
Tennyson.
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