New Britain herald., 1916-05-27
MANUFACTURERS IN COUNTY ASSOCIATION
Seventeen Local Concerns Are
 Elected to Membership
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU HERE
New Department Will Act As Clearing House for All Workmen in New Britain and Adjacent Towns to Bring in Skilled LabOrerS.

At meeting last evening of the board of managers of the Manufac- turers' association of Hartford Coun- ty, seventeen New Britain manufac- turing companies were elected into membership, making the total num-
 Der of local concerns now affiliated With that organization nineteen The list IS as follows:
 Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co.,, The Corbin Screw Corp, P & F. Corbin, Corbin Cabinet Lock Co.,, National Spring Bed Co.,, Landers, Frary & Clark, The Hart & Cooley Co.,. The Fafnir Bearing Co.,, The Traut & E3ine Mfg. Co.,, The Skinner Chuck Co.,, The Hart ta Hutchinson Co.,, Union Mfg. Co.,. North & Judd Mfg. Co.,, The Stanley Rule & Level Co.,, The Stanley Works, Minor & Corbin Box Co.,, American Hosiery Co.,. The New Britain Machine Co.,. Beaton & Caldwell Mfg. Go.
 The action of the New Britain plants in joining the Manufacturers association of Hartford County makes that organization the largest and .one of the most influential of it's kind ! in America, total membership being 101, comprising practically every 1 large ufacturing concern in the county This membership gives em- ployment to approximately 10000 people.
 Clearing House for Workmen. AS a result of the action of last l evening there will be established in New Britain a branch employment bureau in charge of a competent New Britain mechanic, and this bureau will act as a clearing house in dis tributing employees among the factor ies of New Britain and vicinity. It will prove of mutual benefit to both the employer and employee, as those seeking work will be able to ascertain quickly where their services are re- | ouired, and the manufacturers will 1 be enabled to procure such help as l they desire through the bureau. 1 One result of this cooperative step
 will be to bring more mechanics to
 New Britain as the Manufacturers 1 association conducts an extensive ad- | vertising campaign in various states ] in order to supply the demand for 1 skilled help in Hartford county.
 The objects of the association are 1 to assist it's members in securing com | petent and desirable employees, tc 1 serve as a free employment agency
 for all worthy workmen; the de1b' l eration of questions of general in | terest and to foster among it's mem bers, a spirit of friendliness and pro | gress.
 Bureau May Open in Two Weeks. It is expected within two week l the bureau will be opened III NeN
 Britain fully equipped for the wort
 it is designed to carry on. Ihls ou
 reau will also be the clearing mouse
 for the employers of Bristol, South
 ington and Plantsville who are mem
 bers of the Manufacturers assocla
 tion, Hartford taking care ot the | other towns in it's vicinity
 Based on the experience or 'lie
 work done by the employment ou,
 reau in bringing skilled Workers te
 Hartford, the extension of the pol1cS
 to New Britain should result 1n
 higher degree of efficiency m the
 distribution of help, in increasing the
 industrial forces of the town WILL
 high class workmen and indirectly en-
 couraging the business staplhty ano ! town progress.