The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-19

PHILANTHROPY NOT INTENT.
comioh and Contentment OF Tho
Workors Considered Paramount.

llnndlvda Of nlIlioua of dollars hn1
beon oflpnaed during the panl deehd'
hy Alsmgena manufacturers FOR thoHe
'olma st lnduslrlal hetiefmenl, Ia he
half ofItmployeeA, that are generally
uhlnnlhropie or beyond tlir
mola lalullpmanta of laws end oel'
tracts,
Decent manufacturers aud they are
Ia The yanl majority - are the decent
leonla. .nfloiher elnasea are opposed 10
arhul ttxohlld labor, and they etflve To
pay a lgvtng wage ta all OF their em'
nloyepa They 20 much farther thhh
that. az a study Of American Industry
vii show. They devote time, money
aud effort 10 provide every possible
supplementary means for promoting
tho ennvenlenee, tho comfort, the
heaith, le'altoninonl and hnnl ness or
ltpr wlklala aud Of the fepllieh or
eln. loSpsA, veY few menu ae'uiefs
con ia. sues work or expenditure ~
ha pldhuthropy, but, rather, u neeea'
snrf Nl4u'p 90 ihel business, While
thel h,NtAhr WHy 10 IA nlirulHtio ~
tinaa a. talp average of mankind, they
Ind titt 4 IA good, from tho hualneHa
polnt ~ Siew. o. promote M far ~
posNIl1s Nc welfare OF their employees
mulu1blw sellerment pays,
- s~fF' haltnrment meala anhat-
teunt ~ proglde the heet Kind OF wotk'
lng nnl lyhv conditions. nud II In
plies the cooae4,ve responsibility OF
tho wage Garner AAd the employer In
bringing those conditions about nnd III
improving them from time 90 time. 1t
IN not u dole 90 be- handed 90 the wage
Garner, but In n token of that spirit os
mutualIty which. under right eondl'
tIons, should permeate induatfy.
A thorough description of industrial
betterment activities In the United
Stntes would require more uaec Than
In contained IN The most tolumin h
encyclopedia 90 bc found In I" /
hrarles. Indeed. yolpnca might ~
written about the welfare wo'k 81 A
single corporation alone The AetoNl'
Cash Rogiater C1nnn. > ,ns,ancf
or the Inienat anal Harvester Com
pany, the I'm Stries S.ecl 'orpori
ton, Cheney Brothers, t'be Curtis pub
fishing Comrmpy, the Bethlehem Stcc
Company, the American Telephone ans
Telegraph Company, the EaNman ko
dak Company, my one of The leadNs
railroad companies, the principal banks
Wanamaker'T. az any of host q shei
concerns which las DEVELOPED activlt'ei
~ tho sort Therc ~ hatdiy u ,oucer
In the country dag buslnc a. Il r1lr
ly extensive scaic tAsd has not initiated
some form OF Industrial betterment 20
its employees. The honors de not 20 Il
the larger companies exclusively either
for many OF the smaller business unit
have developed this side Of their &C
tivities TO remarkable extent Natu
rally IL In easier for the larger corpora
tlons 10 put highly trained specialist
in charge Of the various branches o
Industrial bettermcnt work.
The fundamentals OF Industrial bet
terment are observed In furnishin
pleasant, sanitary. safe working cond
tions. Educational and entertainment
features, facilities for study and recre
ation, special opportunities for the es
ercise OF thrift and provisions tendin
TO remove the dread OF and TO mitigat
the sufferings occasioned by sickness
disability or invalidity are matter
which next receive attention. We
lighted, well ventilated and otherwis
pleasant and safe working places, re!
taurantS, reading rooms and libraries
rest rooms, emergency kits and hosp
tails. club rooms. assembly rooms, gym
nasiums. lockers and bathing facilitie
recreation grounds. bonus and prot
sharing plans. srecial housing accon
moda;ions. facilities Cor the purchas
OF homes on oa-y payments. discouni
In the purchase of goods. industrii
and other educational classes, lectur,
for entertainment or instruction. mo-
ing pictures. excursions, field day
medical attendance. safety committee
for accident and fire prevention. sic
ness. disability ana invalidity f'r
insurance or benefit associate
pensions are some of the g.
features OF Industrial 10 c,le Woe
, the variety OF whlca hes "a = l.
Tens OF thousands of ives are say,
; each year and hundreds Of thousands
lesser accidents are prevented annual
through the accident prevention cat
paign and feature of industrial bette
mt