The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-23
PATTERSON DAY
 CELEBRATION
DAYTON, OHIO, PREPARING Tt
 GIVE UNIQUE WELCOME
To Its Foremost Private Citizen on Ills Return From Trip
 Around the
 World.

l Dayton, O., June 20-The most
 unique celebration ever held In the
 United States is shortly to take place
 in Dayton, when the entire population
 rich and poor. employers and employees men, women and children, will unite to welcome home John Henry Patter- | son after a years absence on a trip l around the world. The unusual fea-
 ture of the occasion Is that MT. Pat
 terson has ne ger held any public office, is not a politician, nor has he ever performed any of those feats for which l Americans are usually given special
 honor. His chief recommendation to his fellow-townsmen is that Is a sfm- | pie, private citizen he has done more
 than any other man to bring prosperity
 to the community and make It's name
 known in every quarter Of the world.
 The man whom Dayton Is planning to honor Is one of the most remarkable | characters of the country. true l captain of industry" he Is the ortgi- | nator of the new policy of welfare l work" which has already made its in- fiuence felt in the betterment of work | ing conditions in factories and stores | everywhere. By many social econo- | mfsts, welfare work is thought to be l a long step toward complete harmony | between capital and labor. This poll ! icy of making work safe, pleasant and healthful, Mir. Patterson has carried l out in the model factory of which he
 Is president.
 1 Welfare Work for EmpIoyes. The welfare work carried on at Day. 1 ton has proved so successful that hum l dreds of students of social conditions, l statesmen and manufacturers the world over have investigated 1t. Last 1 summer, at the invitation of Mir. Pat l terson, Worlds Fair commissioners | fu- nj nf l tions of the world were his guests at Dayton. The methods employed at the | plant have been introduced in various | forms in several hundred factories in | this country. as well as in Europe. | Asia and Australia.
 Through this policy of welfare | work" for employees, MT. Patterson has l secured for Dayton a most desirable | class of workingmen. He has taught l landscape gardening, both by precept
 and example. until the city has become known everywhere as a garden city" | of such magnitude that it's yearly pay l roll in Dayton alone amounts to more than $S.000,000. It is in recognition of 1 what he has done to promote harmony between employer and employees as well as the benefits which his enter
 prise has conferred upon the town and l that Dayton Is to give him a public
 
 l July from circliEg the globe. PIana for Public Welcome. The plans as outlined by the com | mittees are most ambitious. and will | call for the expenditure of thousands | of dollars The chief feature of the l day will be a parade in which repre- sentatives of the leading business and | manufacturing firms. prominent citi- zens military and civic organizations | and school children will participate. The procession will pass through the
 main business streets of the city. In
 one of these an immense arch, span ming the entire street and f1anked by
 rows of columns for a distance of q block, has been erected in his honor This is to be styled the Patterson
 Court of Honor" and will be kept standing for several weeks after his return.
 Before the residence of Mir. Patter- son great platform is to be construct
 ed for the formal welcome home" Here the speeches of greeting will be made, and the Mayor of Dayton will present Mir. Patterson with a beautiful loving cup, as testimonial of the re- gard in which he Is held by his towns men It is possible, also, that Govern or Herrick may be among those who 1 will speak at the return of the trav- eler, while a huge chorus of school | children will chant songs in his honor. |
 Sends EmpiOyes to Worlds Fair.
 Mir. Patterson left Dayton June 20, | 1s04. intending to spend few months in Europe to regain his health which had been Impaired by overwork. His farewell gift to the 4,000 men and wo- men employees in his factory was an educational trip to the Worlds Fair at St. Louis. On this trip the greater part of the expenses was borne by the company.
 has aTv Patterson's hobbies IL Is largely to a desire to preserve the health, there by increasing the efficiency of his workers, that the institution of welfare work at the Dayton factory is due Mir. Patterson has never claimed that his efforts to make work win a factory safe, plea sant and heaithfui were car ried on wholly from phlanthropic mo- lives. Welfare work has been pro- noted, first, because 1t was right. and. second. because it paid.
 The welfare work carried on in the Dayton factory involves three things Ideal working conditions, pleasant and educational opportu- mites. Healthful working conditions include clean, well-lighted, well-v venti- lated workrooms The pleasant sur consist of well-kept lawns, factory buildings and em- ployeB homes made beautiful by simple ;
  embrace schools for em- ployes. lectures by prominent men and women. a well-stocked library, liter ary clubs and trips for employees to places of interest.
 Cleanliness and Health.
 Mfr. Patterson Is great believer in Accordingly bath rooms have been provided in every building. All employees are given time during working house twice a week In sum mer and once a week in winter to bathe, with the privilege of as many additional baths as they desire on their own time. Women employees are provided with aprons and sleeveless, which are laundered in the factory laundry. hot lunch Is furnished daily at a nominal charge to all wom- en employees and to all men in the of- flee departments. The heads of de- partments and their assistants take tleir luncheon at tue onieers clnh1