Show 1 tllftOYEb AS SIOLKHULUEIIS lN I I COUlOHAHOSS 7 I Th ohm mhtheliihnols Central i i railroad offlclali lo make the employ 1 i i shareholders In the corporation appear I 1 to be attracting mucb favorable attention t 1 i at-tention from large corporate interests I In dlflireit peel ef the cauntry The i I president of the Illinois Central I Htuyvcsant Fish li I credited with I b originating the Idea of applying Ibis ii cooperative metttod to the road the s primal object being to lolve the strike I problem by making the employe financially n cially Interested with Ihe executive I In operating fie road Under the plan adopted en the first day of each I month tbe railway quotes lo Its emi em-i C 4 ployes through the beads of their de I partmentt a price at which their apt ap-t plication will be accepted for stock I during that month Au employs la I ottered the privilege of suctcriblng for 1 ona share at a time payable by Install I menu lu sum 01 fS or any multiple of I H on the completion of which the I I company will deliver to I hIm a i certificate ot tbe share registered In I his name on the book of the company I 7 com-pany He can then If I be wishes I begin the purchase of another ebare i on the Installment plan The certificate i certifi-cate of Hock U I trtESfsraile on Iho companys books and tntllles tbe I I owner to inch dlvldeuda oa may be 1 declared by the board of directors and t to t a vote In Ibo election of the memo I I Ltn of the board I The far the empioyti have maul I felted a strong disposition to accept I 1i I the companys oOer to become share 1 1 1 boldeii More than onefourth 01 the i employes now hold cluck and II Is h I e lelleved that before long ully one j i 0 i half of tbe 22000 workmen ou Ibo 0 1 road will be In tho position I of burr Holders I Tho iDstallujbot plan of payment pay-ment also li I an eucouraKemeut hoi ho-i economy at II diem an Incentive to I caving which doei not exist wluiu 1 1 large paymouti of money Duly ore b ittectlVD In attaining membership In i I tbe corporation lip toe mu becoming I financially interested lu Ibo road It im I believed tbat hell macrn ira will be I Insured and that the condition of the I men themselves will be greatly en ii hKoed In a few t years by their hold a1li 1 logs in every cue where they show a bO4I dlitoiltlonlo tbrlltlneit I The isuaue of making employes its Ihrohold In btosihri lie bon hld In very many meter and usually with most ssllifsctory reiulla The llllnnl Central Is I the lint qrost railway to Incorporate II Inlo It methods bill there appeari no reason io believe thud I II will be oilier than 500 cceee hut 10 Ills pail of ibm country there he been very many instances I ol Ihli ova eral cooperation Among employee end i with good ellen Thor mlqlit bo a broader application ot the system with profit |