Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-05
REVOLUT OF THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS
COOPERATION BRINGS SUCCESS

: he so desired. One per cent of the
wage ne received, each pay day,
was put into the fund. This for the
average man meant about So. 90
per year. While this, of course,
was not compulsory, the men gen
orally preferred to have that
amount deducted from their pay
check in order to save time for
them. While the fund thus estab-
lished really belonged to the men,
the company contributes one dollar
tor every three put in by the men,
and also guarantees that the fund
will be sufficient to meet all the
obligations and guarantees of the
department. These guarantees are
that employees when sick will re-
ceive half their regular wages
while disabled, no matter how long
a period. They are also furnished
without expense a staff physician,
whose duty it is to call daily and
render whatever service is necessary
to each member of the benefit de-
partment, furnish medicine when
needed, and if necessary defray all
expenses of nurse, hospital or cost
of operation, all for the one per
cent or $500 per year that the
average employee pays, and in case
of death an immediate funeral ben
eft of 800.
Under such existing conditions
one would have to be mentally cal
loused, to even for a moment link
such golden rule actions" with oft
repeated tastes one hears in the
larger cities of the "hard hearted
corporations. AS we walked
through the Wausau branch,
known as The Curtis & Yale Co.,
we could readily see that co-opera-
ton is the keynote of success for
any firm. 1t means satisfied con-
ditions for the man who tolls,
happier beings who feel that they
have an incentive to do their best,
knowing it will benefit not alone
those for whom they labor, but an
increase in their own pay envelope,
which is one of the most important
items to the man who sells his
brain, Drawn and skill. This eff
cheney system also gives the pur-
Chasers of labor, an opportunity of
procuring men of greater ability,
men of higher standard and also
changes his position from an en-
ployer to friend and co-partner.
In the three years that the Emer-
son efficiency system has been in
force, the Curtis companies have
fully demonstrated that conditions
have not only been bettered for
themselves and their force, but
they have found that it has con-
siderably improved the service to
their customers, proving conclusive
Ily that our friend, farmer Simpkins,
was correct when he stated that,
we never get good milk and cream
from a dissatisfied cow" And as
men, in order to give forth the
cream" of their efforts must also
have satisfactory conditions and
surroundings, so it is easy to see
why there are so many smiling and
contented faces in the Curtis fac
tory. Each man seems to be an
expert in his particular line of
work; one sees the raw material
finished in so many beautiful ways,
and with such skill, that we wonder
how our forefathsfs could have pos
sibly managed to get along without
the present day methods.
One could write columns of the
the new Offices, with it's 80 #. front
age on Clinton street and 48 #.
depth-for it is absolutely modern
and sanitary to the minutest detail,
comfortable and up-to-date office
furniture, all the latest labor saw
ing devices, four private offices and
a separate room for the stenogra-
piers force, indirect lighting sys-
TEN, so that rays of artificial light
are distributed evenly in every por-
ton of the room, glass partitions, so
one can see the busy executive
officers and their staff from any
part of the office; windows every
where, to admit air, daylight and
sunshine; beautiful woodwork of
native Wisconsin birch, exquisitely
finished in various ways, so as to
show the possibilities of this fine
wood for interior finish.
For convenience in handling their
vast amount of business, they have
their own private telephone system
and operator; the young lady in
charge is able to connect any two de-
partments of the Office or factory,
through the use of thirty-fve pri-
vate phones, and to the outside
with three separate trunk lines,
which in itself shows the magnitude
of this wonderful concern, of which
Wausau is justly proud. c. S. Cur
! It's, its president; W. E. Curtis, its
busy secretary and manager; John
E. Curtis, its superintendent, and
all of the Curtis family, who largely
own the stock in the different compa-
mics, should in conjunction with their
splendid force, be given a vote of
thanks for the disqualification of
our city motto, work for Wausau. ."
May what they have succeeded in
doing in the past, be indeed trife
compared to what success awaits
them in the future.