| Show successful PROFIT SHARING A recent number of the elkhart truth contains an interesting account of the celebration of the twelfth an anniversary of the and rebuilding of the band instrument factory of congressman C 0 conn of that city the event was rendered auspicious on account of the public distribution among the employed emp loyes of representing the workmen work mens share of last years yeara profit of ohp lost cution mr conn was waa prevented from being present on the occasion but sint 8 ant a letter to his hia appreciative employee in this be explained that although bard times had somewhat diminished the salea and necessitated a lower scale of prices be was in a position to die distribute ri bate abou about 1 t 1000 more than ban the year previous it la is now four years since mr conn adopted the plan of profit sharing with his bla employed emp emO loyes the dividend list liet isa la a roll roil of honor the distribution of the money being a reward far diligent land and faithful services as aa well as for good conduct the money is paid in addi cioll to the regular wages wag as a an encouragement coura gement and an espre ision of the goodwill good will existing between employer and emp employee loyes and so BO successful has baa the plan proven to be that each year has baa witnessed an increase of the profits notwithstanding tie depressed condition ef cf the trade in general mr conn says to the working my sympathies and hopes are always with you and I 1 am entirely satisfied with the results of your labors the prosperity of the factory will remain undisturbed so go long as ae you are faithful to your dutiel be attentive and diligent and at the next annual reunion our dividends will be increased P in a time marked by unrest unreal among the laboring classes when tion preponderates atea ates on account of low wages and the question of a remedy la it forced uppermost in the igind of many it ts is interesting to notice that after years ot of expert trien menta tol prominent employer has baa arrived at the conviction that diligence and faithfulness on the part of laborers are indispensable for the me success of an enterprise ter Ur prise and that these theme good qualities are worth a substantial reward beyond the daily wages it la Is no less interest ing tj observe how the appreciation of the efforts of the wage earners results in mutual benefit because it furnishes furnis bes a motive for faithful service infinitely higher than that based on self interest lone alone probably most labor troubles are due to the total absence of affection between employers and their hands bands the former farmer look upon the latter merely as human mso machines biDes from which bich the utmost amount of work auit be extracted with the least possible expense thereon the seon the other hand band endeavor to obtain the highest possible wages for the least amount of work practicable there to is a constant war each party seeking to gain some advantage over the other both by individual and combined effort this at least seems to be the tendency of the times much of this abate of affairs being due to the fact that the ghe laborer nowadays now days generally rally hills has to deal with large soulless and conscienceless corporations instead of responsible individuals le in ID the operative cooperative co 00 system adopted at F labart elkhart a 8 hint bint to is given as to the true trae diro direction ottO n reform to be sue cebul cess ce ful must take we imagine it would be impossible to induce mr conn conns a ban bands do to join in any movement tr the purpose of ID injuring Juring their employer and still more it if it should hould be necessary for them to take ome part of possible losses the ina institution titu nay may have hav e to bear they would un doubted ly gla gladly adly do so no knowing that their misfortune was n not ot made the means of enriching others better pro pre oared jared to carry the burden when laborers ars are treated its as they deserve and there are many ways waya in which they can be and often are sinned against thor there e is no danger of labor troubles whether the times be prosper ous ons or otherwise local interest in 10 the establishment above referred to and nd the experiment will be increased by the knowledge that bishop frederick kesler keeler of the Sixteen sixteenth tb ward of this city is a per onal acquaintance of mr coon conn the proprietor and received a warm invitation to be present on the AD anniversary nive reary occasion oo aBlon just celebrated he was unable to accept but he convoyed his bis acknowledgements acknowledge ments abd aad sentiment in a letter which with others appears in the issue of the which we have mentioned IPA caper per |
