Show PROFIT the practice of profit sharing which has been adopted by a very few of the largel mercantile and manufacturing concerns of the country lias met with varying success in tomo caos both employers anil employees have been mutually benefited in othero the results while not altogether unsatisfactory leavo detill come far short of the expectation sir experiment in his great philadelphia establishment rather disappointed him but instances have been reported from the west where a most gratifying showing has been made oa alie w hole the idea has found mora to encourage than to retard its adoption on a larger scale in nearly eiery department of trade it is steadily Etea dily prow ing in favor an indication which is fiill of hope for friends 0 the bysted is found in the announcement no eliat some of the large new england mills have given in their allegiance ta it and will put it in operation with tho beginning of the second half year on acly ast 1st on a smaller scale but of equal interest is the fact that there are now several hundred institutions employing from ten to a hundred workmen which have adopted alio practice since january ast 1st statistics hae not been received from but with the which is believed to have attended them there is reason toe a great increase in the popularity of the idea theoretically the plan cannot fail to be of advantage to all concerned good feeling between alio or salesmen sil esmen and alie proprietors is engendered and strikes which area constant menace to both parties are only remotely probable though the workmen receive a share in the profits of their labor the gain is not all on their niile the owners are directly benefited because ai he hands that their profit depends on their skill and faithfulness they na aurally take greater pains and a greater interest in their anellier point of value is that inasmuch as one of the conditions usually requires that the workman shall keep hia situation a specified time lie employers secure steady and reliable celii is a necessity to success in any enterprise practically there should be no obstacles which can render the benefits doubtful to any of the parties concerned in everyday business the scheme bo as perfect as it looks on paper experience will aid in overcoming every difficulty and with the general adoption of the practice will come it is confidently believed a termination mi nation of the perpetual struggle be ancen labor and capital |