The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-08
LEAD TO FACTORY RETIREMENT
Interchange of Ideas Worked Out in
Kenosha Plants to Bring Many I'm
provements to Safeguard Lives Big
Crowd of Workmen Attend Session.

Safety first with factory efficiency as
the ultimate goal was the keynote of
a great gathering of the heads of de-
partments of Kenosha manufacturing
plants held at the Elks Club ON Friday
evening, when more chan 120 of the
men in the big industries of the city
met for the organization of the Keno
sha Round Table. -
For years Kenosha manufacturers
have been leaders in the great nation
wide movement to safeguard their fac
tories and to protect the lives Of the
workmen, but this movement has been
unorganized and efforts of the various
factories have been of an individual
nature. The plan of the round table is
to bring the ideas of men Of one plant
TO them laboring in other plants and
to make possible the widest possible use
Eof these suggestions for lettering the
conditions under which the men and
women of Kenosha are called to work.
The enthusiasm shown at this first
01GdUGI
than had been anticipated by the pro-
motors Of the plan. There were rep
Iresentatives from every industrial plant
inthe city and the men showed an in
terest in the movement that was decid-
ediy encouraging. 1t was round table
from every viewpoint. Men who had
been pioneers in the "safetv first''
movement were there to give counsel
and advice and younger men in the
work were ready to receive suggestions
which could be worked out in their own
departments.
The meeting was called to order by
Conrad Shearer, secretary of the Keno
sha Manufacturers association, and an
instructive address on what is being
done in the safety first campaign in the
state and in Che nation was given bv
G. W. Price of the Wisconsin Industrial
Commission. Later there were short
talks by Clark Ne. Judd Of the Ameri-
can Brass force, Otto Rudd of the Sim
mons plant, d. J. Harff of the Balm
Wagon company and Lynn T. Hannahs
of the Hannahs Manufacturing Com
pany. All of the speakers saw great pos
sibilities in the interchange of ideas
along the lines Of the safety first cam
paign.
Many ideas were brought out in these
talks which will be put into service in
Kenosha factories before the end of an.
other week.
The Round Table is to hold meetings
on the first Tuesday of each month and
1t IS expected that these meetings will
be very largely attended by the men
who are in charge of departments
James Ferris of the Simmons Man
ufacturing company was named as
chairman of the Round Table and L. J.
Hammond of the Jeffrey company as
secretary.
The movement is one that is in the
right direction said one Of the lead
efs IN the conference on Friday NIGHT.
Just at present there is an especial
need OF PRONUNCIATION of the Safety
FIRST idea. Kenosha has won A renn-
tatlon as leading in this movement and
many devices for safety have been
made right in our own factories. Fac
tory men are not selfish in the matter
OF protecting lives and we want other
factory men in Kenosha to have the
benefit OF what each individual is doing
along this line. Of course the round
table will ultimately lead into the
wider field of factory efficiency. There
are lot of problems which are com
mon problems to every man who is in
charge OF department. in any of the
kenosha industries These problems can
oe worked out best by careful COM
parlson OF ideas and these round table
meetings will give an opportunity for
an interchange of these ideas monthly
we feel certain that this movement
should be given front rank in move
ments that have been made to br;no
safety and efficiency into the great
manufacturing plants of Kenosha., y
The meetings of the round table ara
TO De held monthly at the Elks Club.