The Washington times., 1916-01-15
Welfare Work IS Good Business, Not Charity;
1t Means Good Home, Good HEALTH Good Labor
Assists Them in Education
of Their Children, and
Toward System That Will
Protect Them From Dis
ease or Accident.

ure. No person is n truly educated
person who is unable to pay his
own way through. The youngsters
at Beverly who wish to become
mechanics and Inventors have an
optimistic future. At present two
rrouDs. each containing thirty
five boys. alternate between the
factory and the Beverly High
school. one week At time
in each place. In school they are
given the regular school training
plus Il knowledge OF the principles
of mechanics which is used In the
week of shop work.
These boys are paid one half the
price paid to men performing the
same work, the other half going
toward the expenses Of the school
These pupils are given work on
different machines. and are allowed
to specialize on machines for
which special aptitude is shown.
Special Attention To Women.
Special attention is paid to the
women workers Man OF them are
wives sisters. or daughters of the
men workCIR, To protect them ir
cVerv possible way. their work is 81
arranged that they are Obliged &c
be thrown with the men nut ltttl".
their directors, whenever possible
being women. They also begin their
work ten minutes later than the
men, and leave ten minutes earlier
Both factory and csfce girls share
together the srecia' rest and recre-
o,ion rooms provided for the female
workers. OF which there ere nearly
two hundred. about equally divided
between shop and office. \ matro;.
las charge OF their restroom. In
II they have a piano, reading mat
ter. comfortable chairs ard coucnes.
Right at hand is q room containing
IL dividual lockers. and across the
hall are the bathrooms, with hot
aud cold water and other neces
saries.
After you had finished visiting
the plant. and had looked at your
watch preparatory to asking when
the mex, Boston train left, some
one would probably ask you, why
not walk over to the cIub?'
This club belongs to all the
workers. and was given by the
company and turned over to the
employees December 30. 1910,
with three hundred acres sur
rounding the factory there is more
land than is needed for the ac-
tuaI needs OF the business and for
the country club. In keeping with
the efficiency policy OF the man
ayers, much OF this land has been
put into service by offering a gar
den plot, free of rent. to all en-
ployes
Have Lovely Homes.
Not far from the factory and
the club house are many beautiful
homes OF factory employees. An
arrangement has existed between
the company and its workers which
permits the latter to gain posses
sion OF his own home with the
least possible financial strain.
"In addition to all these things for
days of health. the employees have a
mutual relief association so we'll es-
tatlished that in the first five years
OF it's existence II paid In sick and
accident benefits s32.499.eS. The fees
are nominal. and are graduated ac-
cording to the earning capacity of
the members. Each member of the
association is given substantial as
sistance when sick or injured. The
salary of the secretary is paid by
the company. For each death $500 is
paid. Every officer. including the
board Of directors. is a worker in the