The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-17
FINE FURNITURE
MADE BY DUTCH
Laborers Have Profit Shar.
ing Concern Making
Home Furnishings.

Chicago. March IA correspon-
dent OF the Daily News, writing from
the Hague. says: In every town of any
Importance In Holland movements for
the better housing of the work people
are on foot and this year has seen the
homes with goo. solid and graceful
homes with good. solid and graceful
IL has been expressed.
In n beautiful part of the province
OF Utrecht. overlooking undulating for.
est and heathland, a furniture factory
has been opened. The capital for the
MISREPRESENTATION 100000 florins, $50
000-has been subscribed I'm shares of
fifty florins ts2O) and in smaller shar-
% OF only 10 florins ($4 each. so that
no one need be debarred from joining.
Skilled designers, carpenters and fur
niture makers have been engaged and
have all taken shares in the business.
The net profits are to be divided as
follows: Five per cent. to the share.
holders and 40 per cent. TO each work
man. A certain percentage is also re.
served for n sickness and accident
fund. while pension fund is also to
be formed. Each workman who is a
shareholder has the right to supervise
the business books.
All Live on Grounds.
All the employees. from the director
60 the laborer, live on the grounds
owned by the company, each individ-
mi 70 s~Sll s, All, - t.
standing free in It's own garden. and
overlooking a panorama OF as undulat.
ing. well wooded country as can be
found In Holland. $50 that the beauty
OF nature may surround our workers
onr workers on every side" say the
directors.
The houses have large. bright win
dows on all sides, so that air and sun
shine can penetrate everywhere. Ev-
cry room has been designed for the
utmost comfort and practibility. and
the furniture. designed and made by
the possessors OF the homes themselv-
es, under the capable guidance of the
management, has made Of their hum
bic dwellings things of beauty that are
the JOY of their inmates. II Is pleas
ant to sec what pride every one takes
In his home. In It's establishment and
in the cultivation Of his little garden
after business hours.
At present the ten-hour workday OBJ
tains. but II is the aim Of the COM
pany to reduce these house as much
ms shell be proved practicable by en-
perience. IL can be inferred from the
system of profit sharing that in the
course OF time the whole business may
become the property of the men en-
ployed therein.
Cleanliness Demanded.
Several useful rules regarding per.
ronal cleanliness and the cleanliness
OF houses and workshops have been
laid down. The fines imposed for non
compliance go to swell the sick bene.
tit fund. Although a goodly proper
ton Of the furniture il hand made
there Is plenty of machine work as
well. for large quantities Of pieces are
already being turned out and there is
an increasing demand for these arti.
cles. A large house on the road to
Utrecht has been fitted up for show
rooms, where every apartment is filled
with complete sets OF furniture for all
sorts OF houses and for "all sorts and
conditions OF men,"
The factory does not confine itself
exclusively to the less expensive grad
o. Of furniture. Other exquisite arti.
cles are also turned out. for. as the
management remarks: 1T would not
do to be too one-sided. for then the
men would lose their ambition in their