The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-27
Famous Soap Manufac-
turer Tells America
How to Live
HELP THE WORKER
/ SAVE HIS MONEY
Millionaire Says He Has
No Fear of Unrest As
Labor is Too Anxious
for Happiness
BIZ AUGUsIIN LARDY.

New York, Nov 2s--John Bull
or al least an exact reproduction in III e
flesh of thar symbolic ngure in the
guise of William Heskith Lever, Lord
Leverhulme, the famous soap manu-
facturer of Port Sunlight. Eng. If
tonight on his way TO Boston m tell
employers there what he told en-
pIoyers In NeY York today-that
they can quiet air Industrial unrest by
making the machine sweat instead Of
the man.
Here hi his work formula emphati-
caiIy announced tonight by the short.
stoclsy, rudy faced old English ger
tlen1an in his suite IN the Plaza, Just
prior to his departure for Boston
Make the machinery sweat. and
no, the worker.
Install system of six hour days
with two different shifts. in industries
where the overhead charges are
equal TO the weekly bills.
Help the worker save his money:
De post his wages in the bank instead
Of raving IL TO him by envelope
Teach labor rather than anita =
! onize.'
SCENE OF DICKENS,
John Bull--Lord Leverhulr7e was
having tifin in his suite when inter
viewed He sat at the head of long
table of polished oak for all the
| world like some Jolly old English
squire from the pages of Dickens or
Troilope. Seven secretaries in cut
awav coats and choker collars were
seated at the table. An eighth was
reading in a very loud voice from
! British newspaper, while Lord Lever
! huln1e listened. In one old Cnarled
i fat he had healthy slice Of bread
and butter. In the other he Erasped
| a big dish Of tea. Every now and
| then hts fordship would drop his eur
or his bread and butter, bend forward
| his big white head. cur one hand he
an ear and calculate:
En- What"
Then the secretary would repeat
/ would nod. his blue eyes would sra p
| comprehension and he would take
another bite or Eulp.
| NO, STR said the old English mas n
who began life a poor boy and TODAY
| is several times millionaire Il do
| not faar all !. this industrial unrest.
Treat the workers like human hatngs
and not like macninss they operate
ard all will be well They have too
much good sense to hunt trouble II
| life rs made livahie for them"
To drive home his point Lord
| ! .everhulme stood M. He scene
almost as broad as he Is tall, resen NIB
ling very much in his facial and Other
characteristics another powerful
re sYa-rsr*er.: S4ng9ses sfssr0ssns-. a.~,
| The Ia boring man in England has
| conducted himself in admir- bic
fashion" went on fhe speaker AT
! ter such upheavals as we have been
Through. disturbances were necessary
Rut they have been very negligible
| True. ! believe labor government Is
sure to come in England. but when
! cannot say. American | cannot talk
about. hut ] favor national liza ton Of
coal mines here and in England. OH
Twill soon be the predominant fuel
] in any case This is true 81 every
where.
| Ts Of Machinery
Il favor the increased use OF ma
| ehinery in our great Industries. BY
/. EN- plcysnE two SAX hour shifts, you
! nav overwork your machinery. but
the machinery can be replaced, When
Iyou ove1woyk the body of man or
woman, there is no forge which eau
replace that body. The two six hour
shifts a day is practicable in the coal
industries OF the United States.
'AOur problems can be sold only by
increasing wealth and leisure, Their