The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-04-04


AS board of arbitration the bureau
has proved O blessing to both employ
er and employee. The employer who
desires TO DO justice to his operatives
welcomes an investigation of all. com
plants. He cannot give the necessary
time to each employee who seeks a
hearing and so refers rim to the bu-
reau. The employee with a real or
imagined grievance Knows that his
side of the case will be properly pre-
scented to the head of the firm and a
report rendered. In case of an inius-
tice to the operative causing dis
charge he will be reinstated. During
the summer season when all factories
close on Saturday afternoons, the bu-
reau Office is open to give workers an
opportunity Of meeting the manager
and discussing matters connected with
their work. IN
At no period since its organization
in the autumn Of 1907, has the asso-
citation been as prosperous as it is to-
day. It's membership embraces prac-
tically all manufacturing plants large
and small in the city. Complete har-
mony has at all times characterized
the work Of the body and its several
acts have had the hearty support of
every member. Financially the stand
ing of the organization is A / and the
| treasury shows a fair balance on hand.
It's numerous benefits are too evident
to require any special mention It
sufices to say that in no manufacture
ling center in the country where as
sociations have been formed is there
as marked evidence Of the spirit of
friendship and progress as that shown
| in Kenosha. The heads Of all the
large industries as well as those Of
smaller proportion have been brought
in closer touch with each other. The
association has always maintained a
broad and liberal policy toward the
operatives employed in its facf6rses
| Suggestions for shop improvements
which tend to produce more sanitary
or safer conditions have been welcom-
ed at all times. A careful comparison
OF the wage rate Of this and other
cities shows that in this respect the
local factories are the best in the
country. Between employer and en-
lployee there exists better under
standing than ever before in the city's
history. The principle of the associ-
alton to establish working conditions
and wages equivalent to and better
than those of most places has Undue
ed hundreds Of splendid workraen to
locate with the local industries. Let
tiers of application are received daily
from mechanics in various sections of
the country, asking that they be given
the first opportunity Of securing en-
ployment. The future policy Of the
association viii be to give the same at
tention to labor conditions as it has in
the past, believing that by so doing
! it can best insure both the laboring
and manufacturing interets. In view
of the fact that they are and should
be mutual, what helps one is certain
to better the condition of the other
| Apart from the matter of securing the
| best labor the. market affords, the as
ISOLATION will devote attention to hous
ing conditions for workmen, industri-
al education, the city's water supply
health problem, shipping facilities and
other equally important problems af
fecting not only its members, but the
public in general. Tt is more than
probable that the new retailers asso-
citation will cooperate with the manu-
facturers in the effort to better exist
ing conditions in the city.