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to employees and employers In long
period. 1t shows a serious and intelli-
gent purpose on the part OF the company
| TO work In the ultimate interests OF the
| employees with the realization that in
/ the end this means the best interests OF
the company as well
1t is being generally recognized that
with the decline of the old apprentice
ship and the rapid development OF spc-
| cialiZation in modern industry. which
| the keenness OF competition made un-
aNoidable. the individual workman
became handicapped. The result has
been that our American industries az "A
whole are now feeling the bad effects
OF this. and II is necessary that both en-
/ ployer and employee join hands in APP
| probation of the fact that all industry
! will suffer where the workman does
not know every part OF his job" 1t
| makes him more efficient as "A workman
and more Independent as "A citizen.
In the past much stress has been laid
upon collegiate aud university educa
/ ton This has been effective and has
accomplished excellent results. but the
advantages OF this form of education
We're limited largely to those who could
afford to remain eight years in grammar
school four years In high school and
! -four years in colcge-a total of sixteen
Z years. with little or no earnings until
II or - years of age.
Upward of 90 per cent. Of the people
of this country. however. are unable to
continue with these advantages. and
about sXty-five out OF every hundred
have been leaving public schools through
out the country. in the sixth and in the
seventh grades. IA TO is years OF age. to
enter commercial and industrial pursuits.
| Those men who have come up
! through the ranks know what 1t has
[ meant to learn their work with no in
/ terested instructions. They know what
great sacrifice. expense and loss Of
time was entailed in obtaining their
y training for advancement in the school
. of hard knocks" Many n good man
has not been able to succeed as he
otherwise would with proper encourage
ment.
The Willys-Overland plan. therefore
I is of the greatest Importance both to
the workman and employer. as it
enables employees desiring training for
! advancement TO get 1t with the con-
+zeern while earning virtually as much as
I they would receive at their regular jobs.
| instead of having to leave the employ
! of the company and search for such
! an opportunity in another place at
great personal expense and perhaps
/ sacrifice of health, associations and
| often the family comfort
In adopting this important advanced
step in manufacturing development the
| Willys-Overland Company is one of the
first great industrial organizations of
this country to apply under normal man
. ufdcturing conditions one of the big les
sons learned from the war.
II was found that when factories were
short OF help during the emergencies OF
the war it was possible by applying di-
rect training to develop higher efficiency
[ In employees. whose thorough, all around
knowledge of their work raised their own
earning capacity and resulted in in
creased production.
Based on this experience. the new plan
/ OF the Willys-Overland company is one
/ of unusual foresightedness in its rela-
tions to present national labor conditions,
as it provides virtually an unimpared in
come to men during a period when they
! are learning new work-a period of in
structiou rather than production.
The company is interested in turning
out the best product made. This means
bigger business, more work but the
I company realizes that the best product
, comes from the best workmen. the best
know how" and this new opportunity
for advancement is being offered 10 the
Willys-Overland men solely for the bet
terment Of their own opportunities.