The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-20

it, we realize that with the coming
years such Il document Viii not oulv
he of great moral value to our bust
ness. but viii possess an advertising
advantage which viii he of. inesti
nabIe benefit
Letters OF all kinds were received
in application for this citation. From
the first. the merchant. the manu-
facturer, tho bushes man. the private
! individual All began 10 show the
spirit of AmericaniSu. Thousands of
employers not only assured the gov
eminent that they would gladly re
, employ their former men. but were
willing to take on other honora bly,
discharged service men tn fill prese 1t
day needs. There were all sorts Of
other statements firms wrote telling
how they had paid their smpioyeJ
while they were away: how they had
bought liberty bonds for theii fight e.
Ing men: how they had sci aside a
fund to buy them civilian clothing
again: how they had raised wages
! for their soldiers and sailors To keep
peace with the wages OF those who re-
NAMED at home. row they gave qvaca =
cations with pay to their men on re-
fOt NAft- phNH Atf W vi Is INV iiifN pro-
noted others who had fought well in
France. and in dozens Of other ways
how they had played their part in
Keeping the country's fighting men
from worry about things back home.
one firm wrote that II had kept
positions for its men In the army, out
that all had been kIlied. It received a
citation, Of, course. Another firm, wrote
that it had closed shop for the war.
and every member. from the head OF
the house To the office hoy, had gone
to war. The company received a c;-
tatton with eougf ttulations A cor
posation put itself on record as hay.
ing taken back more U4@n 200o9 EN-
ployes--all that left them 10 serve.
Another man In private life wrote that
he had taken back his chauffeur, his
only maie employc and was duly en-
rolled in the Legion. Farmers wrote
in asking II they were in line IL they
took back their farm hands. Each
one who put himself on record got the
citation
New York leads all the states with
1854 employers to whom citations
have been issued, but Illinois is a
good second. with 9.S32 However.
positions are reversed az regards
these states chief cities, for Chicago
Is we'll in the lead with 1856 citations
teANlhg New oFk NltN IN tH}rd place.
with t.tsS. for Mlnnea nolis is second
with i,2sf. Minneapolis has done 80
well in proportion ~ It's population
that il has moro citations than the
entira> 81 ais. ct of,so. ,vVit}s b42SAs AND
almost as many as The state of ludi-
ana. with 40s.
Indianapolis contributes half OF In
dlana's big score. with T}3: Wiscon-
sin is considered To have done very
well among the states also, with .02 /
members Of the Employers Legion.
However, Danville III. is probab!
tho b9nrer city Of the United States,
with y comparatively small popNia
ton OF $4,000 it has i16 members,
which is larger than Cincinnati. wit
AIS, Milwaukee. with 3S+ Cleveland
with go. Philadelphia with 23i.
Providence with els. or Dayton, with
eos
In Missouri. Kansas City and 81.
Louis have been going along nip ard
tuck for months. but Kansas City.
with 1880 has al last safely passed
At Louis. with 153 Jacksonville
Fla. is the star city OF the South
without a doubt. with 24S, and in
Far West, Fresno. Calf, with zoe is