El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-16
FURNISHES
FLOWERSFORILL
Former FL Pasoan Starts
Cooperative Store, Milk
Route and Pensions.

cooperative company store which
sells at cost tennis courts for the work
men, milk route through the shops,
old age pensions. wOrkmen's compensa-
tons and flowers for the sick are some
OFT the industrial innovations which a
former FL PasOan has instituted in the
great plant Of the A o. Smith company
in Milwaukee.
He is B. Rosing. formerly superintend-
ent of the WOman's Charity association
IN Fl Paso, and now superintendent Of
( the safety and welfare department Of
the Milwaukee company which employs
100 men and which makes auto frames.
rear axle housings, drop forgings and
otner steel parts for automobiles Mr..
Rosing, who is visiting here. has been
in charge Of the safety and welfare de-
partment Of the plant for two and one
half years and during that time has in
troduced revolutionary ideas IN the
methods of handling Workmen in a
great Industrial plant
Plant Hospital.
In the safety division OF his de-
partmental work Mr. Rosing has in
stalled a first aid hospital in the Smith
company plant. where the injured are
sent as soon as their injuries are re-
ceived- There they are given emer-
gency treatment and then sent 10 the
hospital or 10 their homes. depending
upon the cases Through the fOremen
of each Of the many departments, Mr..
ROsing has introduced a system Of
safety first rules which has resulted
dents to the minimum in the plant.
Through 4 safety central committee Of
five, including himself, he has worked
out a practical plan for the prevention
of accidents and this committee meets
and considers suggestions from the
foremen and. il worthy, these sugges-
tons are embodied in the safety de-
Finest Plant in State.
"The Smith company plant is the
finest in the state Of Wisconsin and Is
splendidly adapted TO our work" said
Mr.. Rosing. who is here on his way to
The building measures 1850 by 2S7
feet, has no stirs or elevators other
than those going down into the pits in
the engine rooms and has cement
floor throughout Half Of the walls
are Of glass and so percent Of this glass
is on hinges so that it may be opened
for venulating the plant In this plant
we have a store at which working Z
parel. including a 'coverall,' which we
consider more safe than the old style .
overall, and staple fOOdstuffs which I
the men may buy at cost for their Z
overtime.
We sell six checks for % cents and I
each Of these checks may be ex- l
changed for q sack Of tobacco or other ]
five cent goods The men mostly pay Z
cash although We often carry the new ,
men until they draw their first pay
and then deduct IL from their wages. !
In addition We have milk route
the plant which gives the men /
fresh milk daily at actual cost a towel Z
service by which the men are supplied .
with one clean towel each week at a I
dry service for washing their overalls. ?
Tennis and Baseball
Outside of the plant We have tennis
courts. a baseball team which plays
rnfHa hal he sHgrfu
ment features for the men. In my Of
flee I adjust financial and family I
for the men, appear in court
to represent them in garnishment Z
and deposit their savings The work
mems compensation act, under the
Wisconsin law. is paid 70 the men
weekly whenever they are injured and
hey do not have to wait for the COM
Danies to send the checks. thus avoid
ng delays at a time when the money
5 most needed II the men are in the
hospital from injuries or illness we
send them flowers ana visit their fam
lies while they are away to see that
nothing is needed. We also make
;harity donations Of stated sums each
month to the worthy employees or
Ormr employees / have started a plan
II paying old age pensions which ]
lOpe TO extend TO include all aged en-
lOyes Of the company. We also have
n entertainment league and the oene-
its from the first entertainment Will I
o TO form an employees mutual benefit
ssociation.
"The result OF all this effort on the
art OF the company. working through
he safety and welfare department is
o make the men happier. more con-
ented and better citizens and the sue
ess Of the plan has already been
rOved beyond question, / believe
Tuberculosis Exhibit
While in Chicago in social service /
york. before going to milwaukee. Mr.. /
losing arranged one OF the finest
tuberculosis exhibits ever shown in this |
ountry. II consisted OF $50 panels,
pom which were mounted pictures and |
escriptive reading telling how to
revent tuberculosis. This portable |
xhibit was shown in all Of the schools u
nd playground centers Of Chicago 3 4
nd was sent to the Illinois State l
Conference Of Charities before being Il
hown in Chicago. 1t was made two /
ears ago and has been in constant III
Sc since that time and il is estimated N
hat 500, 900 persons have seen the eN- n
ibit which was prepared under the i
rection of the Chicago tuberculosis II
lstitute as a part Of the anti-tubercu-
,gse-