The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

oucsf fNr IL, you are naturally pleaSeu,
and y.ur loyalty, good will and enthu-
siasm are greatly increased. The size
of the raise makes some difference OF
cour... nut it also pleases you that 1t
CANE uusulicited. You know that your
.ror.. IRE being watched and appre-
cia,cd aud you go back to work with
greater lrdl than ever before.
ON ,4p other hand. when you must
always ask for "a raise in pay II you
are ,p yet it at ALL your feeling is
much Terent even IL your request is
granted. In the latter case you regard
lhe r.. -c as something which belonged
TO vau wen before you dragged 1t from
yoir .uployer. You believe that he
will r.v YOU as little as possible, how
ever good your work Is. His attitude
toward YOU appears very selfish, and in
turn selfish feelings arise in you.
w 1rc a nation OF employees. and
the motives that influence you and me
also .,HucnCe the great mass OF people.
statf. as show that the number Of sep
aratc -tablishments In this country is
cons. ',y decreasing. even as the vol
umc Of business done and the popula-
ton .r. increasing. Many claim that
the uprUrtunties to rise to the top are
ais l,s-cuing
r. .n.tc of what may be said to the
cun'III' 10y those who have profited
by '.. Id order, the incentive to per-
sonh effort which was responsible for
the uurulding Of this country Is de-
creas.'E obviously she concern which
emp,.fs 10000 people and which has
displaced twenty concerns each en-
ploy.r- 500 people cannot offer the man
al The bottom so many chances to rise
20 the top as the twenty smaller ones.
Then 900 in large establishments a
man loses his identity and feels rightly
that his work is not being watched
closely enough to give him credit al
way COR good work. The concentra-
ton ~ Industry cannot he stopped, but
the conditions affecting the human ele-
men'~ u Industry can and must be re-
adjusted before we can have any ap-
preach 20 stable peace in the social and
labor world.
W, may be sure that II will always
he IT,. n the future. as in the past. that
waG,s are governed by the law Of sup
Ply and demand. Still the most sue
oe,,fll employers see that there is a
great deal Of difference in the quality Of
work done by different persons. and
done under different circumstances.
The motives Of increasing property,
Of ambition and Of family love, which
govern the employers conduct. also
govern the conduct OF his humhlest
employees. Fear of starvation. of lack
Of clothing or shelter still forces most
Of us to labor. and we at least go
through the motions OF work in order
10 draw our pay Fear, however. does
not induce the highest grade of work,
and money paid for such labor nearly
always brings poor returns.
Moreover. conditions will develop
from time to time which will make the
supply + labor greater than the de-
ml0d and the economic pressure will
then naturally be toward lower wages.
In other times and in other countries
this has come about without much
trouble hut in the future no drastic
liquidation of labor (Which means a
drastic lowering Of wages) will come
about without strikes and possibly a
revolution.
Rec"rr.zing that quality is worth
payiu- for and that initiative. loyalty,
ambition and enthusiasm are worth
money the keenest business men are
now dryoting more attention to the
human clements in production than tn
the mechanical. They realize that the
creates, chances for saving of waste
are no longer to be found in the opera
ton Nf machinery. but in the mental
and physical actions OF men and
women. Efficiency. pensions, insurance
and profit sharing plans are attempts
by the employer to secure comparative
stability and contentment among his
employees,
He does not, however, Wish to suffer
any loss from these plans and so tries
10 Increase production and improve
quality These plans are not matters
Of charity. hut Of pure business. rhey
are for the employers own protection.
Prof, sharing is a bid for labor. The
Ford Motor Company of Detroit and
the Farr-Alpaca Company Of Holyoke'
Mass. have recently announced plans
which have attracted great attention.
These TWO companies are only in the
van of ether corporations because their
profit have been unusually large and
their head men far sighted Others VIII
follow .~ they see the inevitable trenc
or ar forced To enter the competitive
s'rug- for efficient, high grade labor
Wh,r ahor is a large factor In the
cost w. manufacturing or selling the
suhJ.' # especial Importance. ii
pruh' Scoring becomes general the effort
Of th' ,Wp.oycc will be to get with the
mos -t,,,.sful concerns so that his
share g.. the profits may be the largest
possible,
How aye YOU to view profit sharing?
ms is "ry important, as you and your
fLl'. 10 mill