| Show philanthropy IN BUSINESS J H patterson Pat tereon president of the national cash register company dayton contributes to one of the departments part ments of public opinion an article on the relations between employers and employee emp loyes he takes th the stand estand that kindness kovs even from a business stan standpoint h ID dollars and cents and his bis views views are entitled to consideration I 1 because they are founded not un on utopian on experiments and cold facts the general opinion is that an em pys poya all he can afford in ID wages and la Is by no consideration bound to give anything for which there is no return the employed in the same way const derro himself justified fied in giving as little as possible in exchange fur the abe waltee at leat lea t in giving no more than the contract calls foi and thus a condition Is developed decidedly detrimental to both sides but the truth to is beginning to dawn upon those interested that whatever benefits one party benefits the other both directly and indirectly the author referred to says the question has been put to a practical test in the factory with which he is con connected necked two years ago they bad an unorganized factory and many employer emp loyes loye who were merely eye servants the old idea of increasing profits was to cut down the payroll and the men mens loss idea of benefiting themselves was to do as little as possible when tt it became clear that this sy system stew did not pay a change was decided upon the author states this as follo follow wf the factory is now in in charge of a committee of five persons each member serving as chairman for a month in rotation we stimulate ambit ambition ioia by promoting from the ranks and by offer ing prizes for suggestions lor for improvements in the work we pay dividends as it were by increasing the payroll as soon as any increase is merged we pay 20 of the officers and principal employed employ emp loyes esin in addition to their salaries monthly dividends in proportion to monthly shipments we have established a library and reading room a club for social purposes and also an advance club so ao called ol 01 of members which meets once a week in the companas company comp anys lis time for the discussion of topics relating to the advancement ot of business the women employed by the company are given a recess twice a day and are provided with a hot lunch at noon free of chargee charged they have a saturday half holiday all the year round one days vacation each month and a weeks vacation in summer and receive full pay for all this time they have restrooms rest rooms fitted up with cots colsa a limited membership in the gymnasium and are given calist henio exercises twice a day the result ift 14 we are told that the employee emp loyes are healthy healt hs ambitious rind and self respecting they are faithful in their burk bome loving sod and and actual experience has proved that the treatment accorded them pays the employers in every sense of the jorj tole toie question has A much wider bearing in this country where abere the great masses have such euch a large share to in the govern government merit it is of the utmost importance ebat in the daily walks of life no condition should be developed in which one class naturally must stand arrayed against another the covered embers are certain to blaze up whenever the wind of political agitation blows and the result is dasas trous arous to the count rys industry and commerce A of the dally daily relations between man and man such eboh as contemplated in all suld a aud religious tes teaching ebing would do more towards bringing hap alness and prosperity to the millions of homes and ana consequently stability to the governmental structure than any ady reform so far proposed i by the leaders of the political pa parties artles any ill ills from which a country may suffer must be remedied by individual application the reform must commence with the procurement of new material and be continued it if necessary with reconstruction but now new material la Is indispensable |
