The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1917-01-06

overhead expense is to charge direct to eacl
department all items used by that depart
ment and to distribute the office, or genera
overhead expense on the basis of sales IL
each department..
Fourth: Stock handling, storage an'
shipping is kept as separate department
Mr.. J. H. Broad, Advertising Manager ant
Assistant Treasurer of the Cyclone Fence
Company, who was a guest at the dinner
gave an address, in which he declared that
was the service given them by Zion Printing
and Publishing House which had especially
appealed to his firm. He remarked that thu
motto printed on the flap of the envelope
eve Never Disappoint our Customers" hat
struck him forcibly AS an illustration o.
how much his firm had depended upon Thu
promise, he mentioned case in point. Hls
company had recently given Zion Printing
and Publishing House an order for some dis
count sheets. A promise was given they
would be delivered the next day. The Cy
clone Company Immediately sent night let
tiers to all their statesmen throughout the
country-some in Canada, California, Texas
Rhode Island, and other states stating thai
new discount sheets would be sent them the
next day by special delivery, and to walt tol
them.
Had the Printing House failed to keep its
promise, the statesmen would not only nave
been idle, mourning expenses, but would have
missed possible sales, running the loss lntc
hundreds of dollars for the firm.
Deacon w. Hurd Clendinen, General Mana
ger of Zion Institutions and Industries, spoke
of the growth of the Printing and Publish
ing House in the last year, and Of all Zion
Institutions. He praised God for His con-
tinued goodness to us. He impressed upon
each one the privilege they had of working in
Zion Institution, while so many others are
longing to come to Zion City, and looking
forward to the time when they can be one
among us. He said he loved to hear the word
"coworkers" used instead of "employes, as
we are all one in Zion, working together Tor
the extension of Gods Kingdom. Deacon
Clendinen exhorted the younger coWorkers IN
the Printing House to "stick with the job,
and pointed out the advantages and oppor-
tunities to advance which are open to young
men in Zion Institutions.
The General Overseer, in the closing adj
dress, thanked God for His goodness to Zion
TO Zion Institutions and Industries and to
Zion in every department.. He expressed MS
intense interest in the Managers talk on
Cost System, stating that his explanation OF
the illustrated charts had enabled him tc
understand the workings of the institution
better than ever before.
He exhorted each one to take God into
their life, to pray about their work, and te
trust God to help them to perform their tasks
however difficult they might seem from
human standpoint. He exhorted every one
to have high ideal, and be determined te
attain to that ideal He also spoke OF the
importance of concentration: the coworkers
must keep their minds on their work, as nc
one could perform labor in satisfactory
manner with their minds wandering on
! something else. He also spoke of the necess'
ity of holding up the Zion standard. He
said:
'There is nothing would make me sadde1
than for manager or solicitor OF Zion
Institution to misrepresent goods from his
establishment. We want Zion goods to be
the best, and we want the world TO recog-
nize them as the best"
He said he was glad to have people on the
outside wanting Zion people to work for
them. It always pleased him to hear any
one say: eve want Zion men, because they
are honest. truthful, and will do what they
say they will do"
In the course of his talk, the Genera
Overseer said he wanted managers OF Zion
Institutions who would rule with love; who
would command the respect of alb coworkers
and who would exercise discipline, wherever
necessary, in the spirit of love.
He also spoke of the need in Zion for bust,
ness men with the capacity to take hold OF
an institution and make it success.
The General Overseer referred to the way
in which God had blessed and prospered the
Institutions. Just few years before he hac
filed schedule of 80 cents the institutions
had been started with only few coworkers
in each one; now there were over 400 EN-
ployed in the Institutions. He declared that
he looked forward to the establishment OF
other institutions, the purpose and object Of
which would be the upbuilding of Gods