Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-08
TO DO GOOD PAYS.

Victor II Olmstead IN the Bulletin
Of The Department Of Labor, calls at
tenuon TO the workings N the welfare
institutions that have been tried By
employers Of labor. IN the hope that the
experiments may find a more general
application.
one institution commenced by organ
lzlng excursions for the employees ar
ranging meetings and concerts and con-
Quoting ethical classes where social
patriotic questions were discussed Then
they went on 10 organize insurance
funds. instituted vacations and short
ened the worklng-day And all this was
found 10 be a paying investment The
result was better work. better men,
and better citizens" The Improvement
gave returns In dollars and cents.
Nearly an who have engaged in this
kind Of practical philanthropy have
found that money expended in estab-
fishing social, educational and rccrea-
tive clubs. gymnasiums, libraries. and
lecture courses. industrial, manual
training, and cooking schools and in
general in providing for the health OF
employees, and for their entertainment
and instruction during hours Of leisure
has been more than returned IN good
viii and Increased efficiency
Especial attention Il called to the
work done by the Cash Register com
pany Of Dayton. o. This company has
a cottage for its employees, containing a
library and a room FOR clubs, kinder
garten and other classes There are
bathrooms, a dining room and a read
ing room. The company also asks for
suggestions from the working men. pay
Ing cash prizes for new idea that Is
found practical or the result Of ,hese
measures. one Of the officers Of the COM
pany has this to say;
First. the creation Of an esprit de
CORPS among the employees, and the Inn
proyement OF their morals az Well as
that 81 their families and all the neigh
borhOod; second they result In more IN
telligent labor, and enable the company
10 command a higher class OF people
third. having a better class OF people,
the company secures better work and
more Of t. the employees being rendered
more efficient and capable Of performing
much moro and better work than for
merly: fourth, they have created an at
mosphere OF good-fell0wship and warm
family Interest among employees and
their families, and have removed the
barriers that ordinarily exist between
employer and employees fifth. the char
acter Of the workmen has been elevated,
and throughout the entire city love
AZ better homes and n desire 20 do bet
ter work has been brought about sixth
other employers have been led 20 see
the value " these methods and 20 adopt
them In their dealings with their em-
ployes. The principle upon which the
whole system ~ the company IL based
~ simply the showing Of a daily person
al interest IN their employees comfort
and welfare
When attention was first called 10 the
necessity OF lettering the condition OF
the working classes. the experiments
tried were generally denounced as i'm
practicable and visionary, But the rev
olutlon has been brought about gradu-
ally The principle itself has been rec
ognized as correct, and this much has
been gained FOR Il. How TO apply IL
Is the problem OF the future. But there
can be no doubt that IN another hum
dred years the condition Of the labor
Ing classes VIII be as much more inn
proved. as they have been from the time
Robert owen first commenced his work
Tor the betterment Of those dependent
on the enteprslng managers Of the
New Ianark Mills IN Scotland.