Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

the children OF the employees, produce much
greater results than four times that amount
spent in the old way, and they are now con-
sidering plans for introducing this new
method
The Pope Manufacturing company has
found that a very large element OF its euc-
gess has been the clean and wel-ventilated
buildings, the pleasant place provided for
the employees to spend the noon hour, and
the light and cheerful atmosphere OF the
whole factory and its surroundings. II Is
the intention Of this company to greatly
extend the benefits devised for the people in
it's employ.
Have ruiIt Town.
The Ernst Clothing company OF New
York. which until the present has
paid several millions year to
sweatshop managers for ready-made
clothing, has built the town Of New orange
~ j.. for the express purpose of improving
the condition OF the people who make the
clothes 1t uses. Several large factories and
800 houses have been built on ground ideal
in its location and to this village the tciers
Of the sweatshops are being lured by wages
nearly double what they have received be-
fore The president Of this great concern
has removed with his family into the heart
of this new community, and Is there organ
izing social classes for study, kindergarten,
cooking school, night school and a college,
all of which are free to the employees. The
hours of labor have been reduced from six
teen, now common in the sweatshops to
eight for women and nine fer men. The
pretty homes are rented to the workers for
Sc and 81 month, with the privilege of
applying the rent to the purchase price,
which will allow a man to buy a house in
eight years. Everything is being done to
elevate and humanize a class that hereto
fore has known nothing but unremtting
toll and yet the company removes the work
beyond the cid notion of philanthropy by
figuring profit of 10 per cent on the invest
ment The village has been constructed
under the guidance of a committee ap-
pointed by the American Federation of Labor
and the union label is upon every garment
Typcwritcrs Co-Operntiyely Made.
The makers of the Remington typewriter
about five years ago began to consider the
comfort of their employees in connection with
the development of business. The factory
| was thoroughly cleaned and a perfect sys-
TEN established to keep it so. Relays Of
| men go through the entire plant three times
| a day with brooms, cloths and wet sawdust
and each floor, with its machinery and tools,
! is kept in perfect order. The windows were
enlarged leaving only the smallest possible
portion of the walls remaining, 80 that in the
| summer the factory is as cool and pleasant
| a place as can be found. Modern bathrooms
have been provided and furnished by the
company with a daily supply of soap and
clean towels. Large dining rooms nave been
| equipped with ranges and the necessary
utensils for cooking. The result is felt in
| better labor, better machines and better
moral atmosphere. 1t is the desire of the
| officers of the company to have the factory
! become the center of the movement to re-
! form the entire town Of I1ion The company
has recently entered politics for this pur
| pose and is seeking to gain control of the
! village in order TO beautify the place and
| establish better system of education.
] 1t is not alone in the manufacturing field
| that the new movement is felt 1t has spread
! into every province of endeavor. Bolton
Hall, son of the late DR.. John Hall, and
himself well known lawyer of New York,
has been testing remarkable plan in Brook
| lyn and other cities, whereby every man
| becomes his own landlord. The first step
] is to place a value of ten times the annual
rent on the rented ground and buildings.