The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-09-11
AdyertisingERateS:
A Co.OPERATIVE EXPERIMENT,


journal of the publishers and booksellers
Of the United States, i'll its current
uumbor gives an account OF an expert
mcnt in cooperation, or profit sharing, \
begun by u Kansas publishing and I
printing firm. AS there are lessons III
the experiment for all classes Of bust
ness where labor is largel y employed, We
give the leading points Of the story. In
prehcing its account the trade Joarnal
truthfuliy says there are few who un-
derstand- and perhaps it Is least otall
understood by the labor interest Itself
how very much indirect, as well us
direct, loss of business has resulted from
the "labLr troubles" Of the current
wear 1t is, in fact, almost incalcnlable
Men whe were proposing to bulId new
houses, or extend their factories, or de
velop their business in new directions
or 90 into business, have been Tighten
ed off; and 50 carpenters aud m ,sonS
and iron workers and all other mocha
MICS have lost work, and traders have
lost profits, and there is less money to
be spent accordingly in buying food
from farmers clothes from tulors, fur
nture from cabinet makers, and books
and newspapers from their publishers,
and they and those they employ suffer
in turn. There is hardly place in this
country or classof business that is not
in one way or another feeling the mJ"-
aious effect oithe great disturbance, and
as natterof coursethe pressure comes
IN the end upon labor Of all kind. all
tnongh the cNu4e OF that disturbance
,,,s an eudyavor to benefit labor Il is
thr evil results of that attic npt to ben
tht labor bv the strike m3thaa whc
ewes keen interest To experiments II
the opposite direction of settling ii
-cu,ies in advance by arbitration, co
operation, orpr'fitaharm5,
The publishing a"l priAtin5 fir'n .
George ". Crane & Ca, Of Topeka, h''s
employs sixty hands. Ia the sumner o
l3s5 Mr. Crane addressed a circular t.
each, stating in substance that bushes
was not rendering satisfactoryamour
.of profit Whether it resulted from hls
wares or not Mr.. Crane could not tel
!,ut he asked each one to try and max
his work count for as mUeh us possible
in the hope OF proving that the usu
way of "cutting down wages" was Nc
ALWAYS necessary An immediate IN
movement followed the ISSUE Of the CT
.tuar The men were more cheerful AZ
appeared to take greater interest IN II
welfare Of the business. There was lie
waste of material, Gas WAS turne {
more promptly when not needed. Wo
did not quit 50 suddenly at the souna
the whistle The hands AL ce lfu'
worked overtime without pay or ex
rates, and whcn&ketr al sheet was col
ploted on April l, 1885, there was
great improvement shown IN 1he resi-
of the business. Whilst the impro'
ment WAS not wholly due to the han
trade having generally become bett
it was evidently due in part to them
The cooperative spirit having tt
been manifested by the workmen to
benefit of their employers, the latter
once reciprocatod A second crcu
was issued, setting forth the results
onnomciny the Intention Of the ii
The wares of the foremen and oil
not working stated hours were ra>
70 all others the wages renamed
before, but the hours were reduced II
ten to nine, being equivalent to
of 10 per cent in pay for the s.
amount of work. Until further no
the time of actual work would cont
ut ten hours, the extra hour being
for at the regular rate. Extra WORK
You'd that time would only be c'''1'
in extreme cases aud would De pal(
at special and satisfactory rate lA'
cular said the now rule will IN Ike
sclco- WAGES considerably ldgl'erm