The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-13
Factory Superintendent
Agree To Refuse Hereafter
To Solicit Funds Among
Their WOrkmen.
NOT PEACE Time METHOD
Factory oficials, While Willing TO
Support Worthy Drives, Announce
they Believe Workmen Should Have
full Control Of Pay Checks.

Announcement was made this morn
ing by Secretary Conrad Shearer of
the Manufacturers association that
ten Of the leading industries of Keno
sha had decided that in the future the
doors Of their plants would be closed to
all forms Of solicitation from workers
reached last Friday at meeting of the
League Of Factory superintendent at
the Elks club when seventeen represen-
tatives of these plants voted unani-
mously for a resolution to this effect,
which is published below. The factor
les which have agreed to the plan are
The Nash Motors Company, The Sim
mons Company, The American Brass
Company, N. r. Allen Sons Tannery,
Macomber & Whyte Rope Company,
The Balm Wagon Company, The Coop
er Underwear Company, The Frost
Manufacturing Company, The Back Cat
Textiles Company and the Hannahs
Manufacturing Company. 1t is believ-
ed that other Kenosha factories will
take similar action.
Resolution Explains Itself,
The resolution, which is self explain
ntory, reads as follows:
" Whereas, During the period of the
recent war it became necessary to So
licit funds from employees through
opt the several factories, and owing
TO the success Of said system in sup
porting the Patriots Fund, Liberty
Loans, and the like, there appears to
be tendency to continue such practice
now in times of peace, and
Whereas, Factory managers gave APP
prevail to that method only as war
emergency measure;
Resolved, That we agree to support
our factory operatives in the right to
fully control their pay checks, envel-
opes and salaries, and will afford them
our protection to the fullest possible
extent as a guarantee to the enjoyment
of such right.
Further, BE 1t Resolved, That on and
after the date Of this publication, we
will neither sanction nor grant per-
mission to any person to solicit funds
for any purpose whatsoever from work
ers within the factories''
Is Fair to Men.
In announcing this policy, Secretary
Shearer explained that the factory
superintendent had taken this step be-
cause they believed that it was the only
fair one to the men. He explained that
during the war the custom had arisen
Of carrying on drives for various funds
in the factories by officials of the com
pany going through the ranks of the
workmen and soliciting for help for
this cause and or for that.
"During the war; explained one
of the superintendent, "there was not
a factory that did not feel that this was
right and proper and we were willing
to have any form of pressure brought
to bear on any workmen to make him
do his utmost in the common cause. We
feel now, however, that there must be
a halt called to the practice some time
and that it is only right to get back
on a peace basis on this proposition as
well as on all others.
1t was explained that the policy had
not been adopted Immediately on Fri
Friday and announced then, because
the superintendent did not want to
start in with the new policy on the
Red Cross campaign and each factory
has gone ahead with this drive in its
own ranks of workmen as it saw best.
In several industries the same plan
which was used in war times has been
employed at the factories for this cam
paign. With the Red Cross campaign
closing officially on Armistice Day, the
superintendent believe that they
should announce their new policy before
any other drive is put under way.
Will Sanction Worthy Drives.
The factory representatives are en-
phatic in explaining that the new pol
ley does not mean that the factories
Wall not support worthy drives FOR