Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-23
INSURE LIVES
Of W0RKMEN
Blanket Policy Covers All Work
men and Their Families in
Big Plant.

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4 substantial slym upon each one o.
It's employees. This does not include
Office men, but refers only to those ir
the workshops of the different plants
The amount of insurance placed fol
each individual is sufficient to pro
vide for sickness and funeral expens
es, and still leave a comfortable bal
ance for other immediate needs Of the
beEeficiaries. Wv ..-a' .at- 'tralH"'.
The insuring company is the Equit
able Life Assurance Society OF the
United States, the policy being on the
new plan recently inaugurated by this
| risk concern and increases in value
with each manufacturer to afford its
employees this protection. AS the in
| surance will eventually cover from
eight to ten thousand workmen, mean
ing an expenditure of thousands of
dollars for the premium fee, the eX.
tent of the interest taken by the Stud
ebaker Corporation in the welfare of
it's employees car be readily a]ppreciat,
ed.
The arrangement dispenses with
the usual physical examination requir'
ed for life insurance, through accep.
lance of the examination which every
Studebaker workman must undergo
before being given employment. This
is in line with the policy of the insti-
tuition to surround its men with clean,
healthful and sanitary condition. 10
Nor does length Of" employmentfmat-
ter, the only requirement is that the
insured person shall (have been OH the
rolls Of the Corporation when taken
with the fatal %illnessu HNoueXpense
whatever attaches to- theoinsured; all
being borne by the %Studebaker Cor
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boOf recent years there has been a
general tendency on the part of man
ufacturers, and in: particular the larg
cr ones %toTbring about a. closer AND
more intimate relationship between
employer" and employees. 1t was a
movement inspired by humanitarian
ism and given impetus by splendid
results rapidly attained. Safety ap
pliances were installed as swiftly as
they could be DEVISED; more sanitary
conditions were cinaugurated and fac,
tory environments made more pleas
ant. The effect was that the mel
worked in better spirit and without
being driven to it accomplished {
great deal more work in the same
amount of time than under the old or
der Of things.
In time the system was extended sc
as to include the homes of the work
ingmen. In then. was inculcated /;
spirit for better living; with a view
to getting all the enjoyment there is
tot be found in life.
The Studebaker Corporation has
been greatly interested in this prin
ciple for years, due in all probabilit,
to the fact that the founders Of the in.
stitution lived or terms of greatest
intimacy with the men who toiled in
their shops. Until the factories tool
on such magnitude that thousands
were housed within the walls, any OF
the Studebaker brothers could walk
through the different workrooms and
call a majority Of the men by first
name. They took a personal interes
in the efforts OF the men to secure
homes of their own and were not
loath to lend financial assistance in
worthy cases. zj% .g.
The Outgrowth of this has been the
Welfare Department of the Studebak-
er factories, considered as important
and essential as any branch of the
service. In connection with this is
maintained a force of investigators,
whose duty it is to keep i close tuoch
with the home life of employees. Ere
quently cases haze been found where
some very helpful assistance could
worthily be given, and this was per
formed unostentatiously and in a mar
ner that left a deep impress Of graft.
tude with the recipient. In the main
the work of the Welfare Department
has been along educational lines, sc
carefully handled that the men
promptly appreciated the governing
spirit and were drawn into the plans
FOR social betterment by the force c
their own enthusiasm. Where i'm.
provement was especially noticeable
CASOuA d6ClACuL was Sltcu
The general results have been emf
nently satisfactory to both the cor
poration and its employees, each side
holding to. the belief that all endeay
ors have been amply repaid.
Announcement of the Studebake1
Corporation taking out this form Of
insurance on the employees has Great
ed a great deal of talk not only in in
surance circles, but among manufac
t1rers as we'll, for the policies involve
several million Of dollars Of insur
ance.
The corporation is sixty-three years
old, and the plants at South Bend and
Detroit, covering nearly $50 acres,
constitute the largest vehicle business
in the world.
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