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Show Srtrn Employed by Champagne Manufacturers Aveits Wage Troubles. The manufacturers of champagne In franco have adopted a pallcy which Is an etrectlvo prpventlvo of strikes among their workmen. Thousands of men ere employed in tho great cham-pagno cham-pagno industry, but In recent years strikes among them 'havo been unknown. un-known. Tho employers havo discovered discov-ered "5 preventive, aid demonstrated its practicability. This" is a bonus system, sys-tem, which, to a great extent, irfakcs tho intcicsts of tho employer those o his men, inspires tho workmen with a feeling of personal interest In the business busi-ness and which prevents them from taking nny step which might ondanger its prosperity Every employe who morlts it Is paid anually n bonus In addition to his wages. The bonus is not mado part of tho contract between employer and employe em-ploye but it is well unilerstod that employes em-ployes who make eooU records vfftt ro-ceivo ro-ceivo ic No cmployo knows what his standing with tho dim Is until tho day for paying the bonuses nrrives. Each employe has his record carefully kept, and upon It 1.1s bonus depends. In addition ad-dition to tho bonus, tho workers In tho champagne Industry are provided, so far r.s jHjsslblo, against tho ordinary ills of the worklngman, due to a tack of funds at times ot emergency. They have an organization, to which tholr employers contribute llborally and otherwise oth-erwise encourage Tho object of tho society is to provide mutual help In case of sickness or misfortune. Every member's wife to whom a child is bom has her doctor's bill paid and, in addition, addi-tion, receives 20 francs (four dollars) with which" to purchase tho infant's first detains. |