The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20

selves. the average product is per cent. larger than it was when nine hours made a days work. Overtime, which is always optional is paid for at 25 per cent: (when done at night 50 per cent. and on holidays 100 per cent.) more than the regular rate For regular holidays, and when called from work unavoidably for emergency military service, jury duty Or sickness, workmen are allowef full lasting six weeks, half pay. Six days vacation with full pay is allowed ev- cry year to employees over 20 years old who have been in the establish ment at least a year
 Five to fifteen years service entities workmen to pension for disablement equal to 50 per cent. Of the regular wage received during the last year of work. Additional pension of 1 per cent. is allowed for each additional year of service up to 75 per cent. of this wage. Old age pensions amount ing to 75 per cent. of the last wage may be claimed after thirty years of service by employees over 65 years of age.
 The widow of a workman receives four-tenths of the amount of pension to which he was entitled and each orphan two-tenths. The full wage of any workman is paid to his widow
 
 gardless of the time he may have been with the establishment
 The most unusual provision is one for continuing wages of discharged employees. When it is necessary, be- cause of slack work, to dismiss work men their full wages are continued for period equal to one-sixth of the ceeding six months. There is a sick fund from which employees receive 75 per cent. of their regular wage for period not exceeding year. Free dental, medical and hospital service, and also free burial are provided for workmen and their families For suggested improvements in the establishment and for new inventions by employees money prizes are given from thirty to forty such awards be- ing granted annually.
 The establishment does not build homes for its workpeople That is done by a wholly independent asso- citation, the Jena Cooperative Build ing Society, which thus far has erected 16S homes. But the Zeiss Foundation has donated $3,75O to this society, and has lent it $26,250 at per cent. inter est. Aerated water, milk and rolls are sold within the works at cost. The town of Jena also comes in for share of the profits Two splendid
 
 of the profits of the works. They are the Public Bath and the Volkhaus. In the latter there are reading room and library, a school of arts and crafts, a museum for popular and technical physics, and two assembly halls, one large and one small, open for any kind of popular or political meeting.
 To the old university, this business, founded on a science learned within her walls, pays it's respects. The Zeiss Works have added to it's regular funds and also have made extraordinary inn provements; new buildings for physi- cal, hygienic and mineralogica1 'insti- tutions; an institute for scientific mi croscopy; extensions of the chemical institute, and a seismographic insti- tute for the astronomical observatory. And the entire scale of prOfeSSor1al salaries has been raised.
 From their earnings the works have greatly enlarged the plant and have improved the product in scientific and commercial value. The business is eminently successful from a financial as we'll as from a human point of view In the face of the competition of oth CT purely capitalistic enterprises in the last ten years, under Abbes char ter the number of employees has more than doubled.
 For the administration of this un- usual enterprise there is self-perpet- uating governing board of four mem bers, who must be experts in science or business. In addition there is fifth member who is a commissioner appointed by the grand ducal govern ment through it's department that di- rects the university. This commis-