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PROMOTING THE
HAPPY FAMILY PLAN IN
AMERICAN INDUSTRY
How One Gorparation Works In
Harmony With lis Men.
AN INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
All Grievances Presented by Men
Through Representatives Reach Head
of Company and Are Honestly Inves-
tigated. J
For more than a year a large and
progressive industrial corporation with
plants scattered over a large territory
in several states of the southwest has
been improving its relations with its
employees through the medium of a so
called industrial representation plan
an industrial constitution drawn on a
basis of democracy and mutual gonfi
dence between the head of the com
pany and the workmen who number
from 10,000 to 12,000.
To deal with the diverse interests
of such a vast body of men is a serious
task involving stern ‘responsibilities
Nevertheless the company, through its
representation plan, has not only car-
ried on social and industrial betterment
work on a comprehensive scale but has
succeeded in settling all grievances
without friction and without interfer
ence from the outside. During
year several increases in pay have
been made upon the initiative of the
company. :
Altogether the plan has demonstrat
eg itself to an important forward step
in the establishment of amicable re-
lations between all the factors in in
dustry. A more widespread adoption
of such schemes in plants and fac
tories is heartily recommended by the
broad-minded manufacturers of
country who have started the National
Industrial Conservation Movement for
the purpose of getting employers and
employees together. The supporters
of the conservation movement realize
the
that the captain of industry and the |
workingman must fight
shoulder to protect American industry
against condi that are
prevail after the War.
ions
Workers Elect
The
Was
the directors
a referendum
By secret ballot
compa
ont:
seinta
industrial Representation pi
adopted in ifs 3 form
of the company and Dj
vote of the work:
the workmen in
ployment, Hving I
tions, the adjustment of differences.
and other matters, of mutual concern
and interest. On other hand, the
president +t touch wil
p
the workmen ti
as presidents
tives
Empl
pany
fied with the dec 1
dents’ industrial" represer
appeal to the hi lice f th
pany in consecutive or
president. Then, i
he has not received
carry his t
on Industrial Cooperation and couci
tion, comprised of both employee
resentatives and the companys i
sentations, and finally to the State In
austrial Commission
case to
spe
Confer on Wage Increases.
Inder the indusirial constitution
drawn np matters of wages, hours of
service and other vita] factors in the
company’s relations with its employees *
are settled by a written contract. in-
creases in wages are worked out in
conference between company officials
and the workmen's representatives
In all matters of industrial better
ment the employees’ representatives
play an important part. They are as
signed to joint committees which
they serve with representatives of the
company The names of thes? com
mittees- Safety «nd Accidents, Sanita
tion. Health and Housing. and Recrea
tion and Education—give an adequate
idea of the broad scope of the compa
ol
ny’s interest in its employees. To
carry out the sehemes cidorsed Ly tae
committees the company has spent
money and effort unstintingly, although
it has always avoided any semblance
of paternalism.
Since the inauguration of the plan
the company has enlarged its previous
programme of providing model homes
for its employees who live on company
property. The company is fencing, free
of charge, each employee's home. A
series of prizes is given every year for
the cultivation of lawns and gardens.
Many of the workers own their own
automobiles. At the plants garages
have been provided, with stalls rented
to employees at a moderate rate.—
Industrial Conservation, N. Y
the |
shoulder to |
sure to |
'UNITY NEEDED TO HOLD
| TRADE AFTER THE WAR
| Labor Must Join In Effort to Meet New
Competitive Spirit In Europe.
“Employers and workers must unite
to meet the conditions that the restora:
tion of peace in Europe will bring,”
says Eugene H. Outerbridge, president .
of the New York Chamber of Com-
merce. “I think there is no single ele:
ment in industry before this country
today of such vast importance as the
matter of bringing these two constitu-
ents into mutual confidence and under
standing in a real spirit of co-opera-
tion. 43
“In the world conditions now .pre-. |.
vailing the peoples of the belligerent,
compelling necessity, developed a de-
gree of co-operation and efficiency in
production of which they never be-
fore knew themselves ‘capable and
which has never been approached any-
where else in the world.
“The war has produced many un
precedented conditions. This is only
one of them.
will be many we shall have to meet
and many changes to which we shalli§-
have io adapt ourselves. i
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bs
|
Some cannot |
be foretold or foreseen. but it appears...
to me inevitable that the conscigus;
ness of the efficiency and productive °
power that has been developed in the...
European peoples will lead them nor
to turn to previous methods, or lives ...
of indolence and ease, but that the;
will turn their newly developed pow
ers to production in peaceful pursuits
and that we then shall have to meet
in foreign fields, and perhaps in do-
mestic trade, the force of a competitive
production organized on a degree of
efficiency which we have never before
had to combat.”—Industrial Conserva-
tion, N. Y.
Don’t Rock the Industrial Boat.
After the European war is over the
prosperity of the country will depend
on the willingness of labor to co-oper-
ate with capital in fighting destructive
competition {re abroad. This is the
sensus of opinion among men of
affairs who have made a close study
of conditions in the industrial and eco
| nomic world.
{ During the
that low
the wa hes
reconstruction period
the termination of
say.
must
| capi!
i that tl
readjustment
1. Soon jitter
one way
wages, and the he |
, have, to |
convince our own people of the advan.
| tages of laven scale, economical pro-
| duction, and we have to satisfy our
% BN |
| wage-eurners
that they are In
:
not in resuacting production, but in
increasil production, The; st bh
brought to not only $ Ql
I dependent ) production HE
an, ine 3 C0
forts « 1 1 po
ple is dependent upon it.” —Indusir
Conservation, N.
|
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WilnJuul AGIHLARTUN
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INDUSTRY FLOURISHES
1
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Figures Show Big | e In Wages
and F s
Wi revel ta
da spel
1 + 3
be & i
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N Y ork ty {
i Va 1
| ures 3 yy the Bure
| of Census for tl 114
The figures re decided gain |
only in the » of new facto
capital
and the of mai
| products, but also in the sum total of
| salaries and: wages and the number of
| salaried employes and wag
| since the taking of the last census in }
sted in mwanufactu
ny
vaiue itactured
earuers
,1909. From a percentage standpoint. *
she increase over the several items |
i was as follows:
© Salaried employes, 62.7 per cent; sal
i aries, 50.8 per cent; wages. 55 per cent
! wage earners, 30.7 per cent; caj ital in *
vested, 29 per cent; number of facto
cent; value of products
>
ries. 26.6 per
| 8.8 per cent.
i While complete figures have not lea
| published as vet for all thie cities an
i States still from the figures tha 0
inow avaiable 1 i= evden that th
| Borough of Queens for the sear 101
: exceeded in value of its mantic
nations have, under the stress of a |*
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my day there was born,
appy and. resuec
it in embryonic legislator i
his d + the midst of 4 thu
) z < 4 may or ay un
hoasn pie tic, but in after Hi
leciidied foudness ft
ap
Hees on Ris part. t
1 N 1" named 1s J
for 1 His m erg
th Ving his father, a st
¢ { etait butcher, stood by ®) nut
oi the day when hi
Tn the ®heai
DIURLIOS
up Tho
e elder Miller knew
elivery™b ts heavy
€ igh hi Carrying. any exc
ba of a name Bu
the 1 had decided a
he cut cut for bette: )
yeiation with steal
ini the end she had !
way, tht priving the w d of
other perfectly competent butcher
At the age of eighteen Thomas Jet
ferson Monroe Miller bezan to f
that his aiother’'s confidence !
was more than justified I'he vist
of hig ambition iuciuded a i"
vation of the Presidential chaii
During his college course. the pro
spective statesitan was So busy set
tling the affairs of the pati
torical and deb hat
had no tinw, to spend on the problems
of tris At the eud of
years he had developed a magniticen
rush of words to the face and. aithouch
he was somewhat puny in mathemai
ics, the faculty decided that the best
way to get rid of him was to hand
him his sheepskin
contests 8 1
mometry four
By this tine our. future tegislator
had grown a wonderful crop of back
hair that curipd gracefuily over his
had acquired the habit of
hix photograph with a cor
collar,
I
i ro yroducts many States o. the : :
fun I i 2s i Voruwol.. Dekiwur rugated look about his brow and his
J such as "iol elamw dre s . . 5 3
Union, 5 . right hand in the breast of his coat
Oregon, Florida, aud Wioniing, it ess : s CS pe
Sy + 3 3 By comparison with the most authori
ceeded, also. in this respect every cit * 3 .
i 3 York State. with the tative portraits. fie was every inch 2
1 JeW ork ote . L > eXCepliod .
in Ne if 5 ig In fact. there we ‘eo ve statesman. so he returned to his na
: & ¥ o “ re not . s
jof Buia his services to
i more than fifteen or sixteen cides n
i the United States which produced man
| ifactured products greater in valu
than those made in Queens for the
the year 1914.—Indusirial Conserva
tion, N. Y.
Beat Your Own Record. .
Don’t gauge your own efforts by the
| activity or output of your fellow work
ers. Never mind how little the man
pext to you does. That is his own
funeral, and he will be chief mourner
| some day Compete with yourself each
!day. striving to beat your record of
i the day before
tive State ard'offered
the “hors” of the Daity in Power
The hard-hearted political czar
would have necne of him. however. and
Thomas Jefferson came to the conclu
sion that the Partv in Power was cor
rupt. Therefore. be joined the ranks
of the Reform Party and lent the
crushing weight of his oratory in an
effort to convince the ‘‘plain peepui”
that the Predatory Pilferers in office
had stolen everything but the brass
hinges on the Capitol door.
After several] years of incessant ora-
tory, the promising youth was sent to
the legislature on the Reform Ticket.
He won instant recognition by propes-
Si
Fol
orator
VORKED INDU
EAR RS 8 me 2 £m got m=
§ ¥ i Bo BERR Bi
i 9 Em 1 ae
w gE ] 3
Bee. i Eo fer Je 1
tical Ambition,»
revent emi
their emp
A J
of a series
ar 1 which he managed
ed to arb the iniquito
£f Pic Pha
busy
an invol
ena
the |
saw. b
road to run
dustr;
hectic eve.
legi tor co
to the worl
islative b
their record
his active islative
the biggest man-
1ouses in the State were
bankruptey, but the jobless
vees gathered ‘round the remains
gave “Three Cheers” [for the
overall of
veral of
empl
and
“Friend of the Workingman.”
li a few years Thomus
Monroe Miller had “Big
gasping on the mat and pleading
help. There was apparently
left to curb. but by that ti
contracted an insatiable tl
ulating thing
Jefferson
Business”
foi
nothing
‘
1e he
iirst for
50 he turned his atten
reg
, tion to the liberties of the individuai
He made it a cr
his desk
his stenographer
a statute
on haud a stock of Maxim silencers fo
diners whose audiliie fondness for sou
interfered with the orchestra Thanks
ne for a man to pu
while dictating to
Next ne put through
feel on ie
forcing restaurants to hav
re
)
to him. the prourierors in hotels’ must
now furnish their guests with bed
| sheets of statutory lensth or run th
i chance of being fined or imprisoned
i not reduced
the
the
He
Meanwhile Busy Legislator has
height of his youthful
been
ambitions has
around with his bat in his hand, ready | or hackwork
A SS MANN TSA Ui
...CONSERY
QAQTRY
aw LIN
snr
frp
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Sow while
reap wil
to grains o
Never be f{:
is requir
more
pajy
‘the ;jmiil
when §
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| onsthe same old job.
ci
Success In
porations in the U
in magufacturing
100.000,
ness over
Federal Trade
in the
nesses cannot
definitely
Business
manazement:
United
sSuceess
Comn
States
run along at
depends
efficient loyal
on
200
worker
from the head of the firm down to the
messengers;
interference.
Where Do You
Someone has divided
four
do less
classes
than
ana
those
ireedom from out
: Stand?
mankind
who
is expected of them
1M
consistent!
those who do what is expected of ther
but no
more:
without having to be
who do thing
told. and
those
finally
those who have the magnetic power o
inspiring otic
rs to do things.
All the failures in this world an
| recruited from the first class The
|second class comprises those wh
standing | scrape along in some form of drudger
Men of «the third class:
to slip into the first vacant seat in the [are always in great demand in the fac
United States senate, and his constitu- | tory and in the office, but the fourth
ents are convinced that he will not | class represents the highest rung in
the ladder of success.
In the world of industry the fourth
class is attained by the diligent few
have to stand much longer. A commit-
tee of his townsmen recently visited
a sculptor with a view to having their
hero's facial facade perpetuated in the
purest marble. The statue will be
placed in the town square after Miller | men under them.
hag gasped his last speech.
“Hall of Fame.”—C. A. Rieser, Indus-
trial Conservation. N. Y.
who have caught the spirit of their
task and are able to impart it to the
They are the men
| who, without being slave drivers, are
Moral: They all look good in the lable to increase the output of an in
dustrial
tion, N. Y.
plant. — Industrial Conserva-
. dentrand “old
|: hisdhddbtrial family
od woul: probably tev
MANUFACTURERS
INSURE Mich oY
THE THOUSANDS
—
Some Policies Provide For Pay-
~ment of id Age- Pensions.
———
GROUP PLAN FAVORED".
Part of General. Campaign For Indus<-
trial Betterment — Some Concerns
Adopt Plan to Give Their Employees .
a Share In, Prsperity.
A stfiking evidence of the willingness -
on the-part of manufacturers as a class.
to dn somethiiig material for the bene-
fit of their employeestis to be found in
the growing popularity of the group in-
Strate plan: industrial concerns all
over ile country. sare <inguring their
markers ‘aghingt death, sickngss, acc
e under thé group sys-
tem, and-ifisurafice companies are gar-
C in millidas™ of dollars in pre-
y manifestation of the ems
ongcerp, for: the members of
may not be found-
ployer's
ed. entirely on ‘af
ing workeg: :It.is Petter than ghat how
ever; it is indisputahle-proof of, the em:
T's ngness #o' go more than
! ary distance to meet his
employees on the common ground of
mufuaktielpPulness, a» thnsihalr’ to
wipe out any ‘mistinGocstanwsss ial
. 1
an
J. may have, existed between them
't' _The‘group plan has had 4 remarkable
| ments in all
growth. since ts: inauguration
about
five years ago and has recommended it
| self not only to industrial concerns but
ile establish-
ie country. Many
to banking
and
i of these esta t xd it in-
stdad of bonus at Christmas
| time; both bonuses ang in
| surance.
Policies, Total. Millions. ,
During a few weeks before Christ-
mas the T oler’s Insurance Com
pany wrote 1p insurance poli
ag ating 000. Both the Trav
and the Equitable Life Assur-
i in amounts rat
| ance Society did a larger business in
TOUT .
tad . c eo dunt
—— tse of the wi 3 i
you are young i youl and other concerns 3
r ¢ » employees a share mod r pros
ndnss al 5 > tl Y
ns in 1 wi
Lie q AVE t
i 1 ompany
‘5 - : 3) 1 :
VOL
a Ie \ WO, < Coinba i { 200
vill vd we { 1
| employees! totaling
Sh ance.
: vy James S.
At. ah 'agitator never y Sl.
| ¥5 shirt
» anvel aithoneh he |
: acconr(
keep ny a on nN! risks reabout 0 00
| Benton - Barber. Mas
i { I i}
x forees to run a b LEH 1
' us > X yi
~¢ pitat Hoexs 8
i 0
eer { ¥
|
0 ap
. 1 Y o t
1 it »
vy ( \ Bro
vn, DN Y Lu
| year's salary; iO or $104,000
| I o oasted \ 5 Com
i : ¢ il i
! fo i 1 i
| Son «
‘e
Vritten.
industrial
insured the
Many Other Policies
Ampng many other
the Equitable
con-
fol.
William M. Crane. & Co., New York
S500 to $3,000,
1.000 e
covering
ployed
Company, Paterson.
‘ance to all employees
g from $500 to 1.000
Garner Print Worl
Life insu £ over $1,000,
000, covering.thousands of employees
at the piants at Garnerville and Wap
pinger Falls. N.Y
Qelimor. A
Sodmer «
ap
<i:
Silk
s and Bleachery. -
Piano Manufac
NAP BOA e, Acid
€ Ci ¢oUU [OF each
ures. - Life
employee ¢
Other mat
ufacturers who have adopt-
ed the group system of insurance for
their employees are Montgomery Ward
& Company of Chica; 5.
City; the B. F. Goourich ¢ ompany
Akron, Ohio: the Standard Cloth Com.
pany of New York; Robert Gair Com-
pany of Brooklyn; the Studebaker Cor.
poration of Detroit and South Bend;
Roos Brothers of San Francisco: the
Union Oil Company of California and
the Simmons Company of Kenosha
Wis. :
The group insurance policy as offer
ed
by various companies covers death
disability, ill health and even Superan.
nuation. Each policy
suit the particular
Conservation, N. Y.
is aii aliged Lo
case.—Indusirial
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