The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-02-13
Social Bettermen Work Among Miners
In Arizona

ilstil. iHe INEVITABLE result Is SuSpl
cion and opposition. on the othe
: hand, it Is easy to make clear to tn
worker that he. as well as the cor
: poration, benefits from persona
! work; thus his support can be won.
7 1t must be kept in mind, as a ma
jor premise of this discussion, tina
] through the rapid increase of invest
| ed capital in recent years and tn
: much slower increase Of labor supply
, most corporations have already pass
ed from the position Of buying labo
to that of selling employment TIL
difference needs no emphasis. TIL,
majority Of the important industrial
: organizations are now In the position
; where they need more capable mel
than they can secure, and it has be
come essential to hold out induce
, ments for capable men to enter theil
: employ and to develop the capabli
ties of those they can get
The industrial leaders have learned
to recognize one of the greatest needs
of the workman, namely, that of q
place for recreational and educationa
purposes-a place to spend the leis
:. ure hour, AS a result, we have the
club and Y. NJ. c. A. organized fol
and run by the Workmen although
the money for the original investment
may have been furnished by the
company. The Ray Consolidated
Copper company has the Ray Con
club at Ray and the Nocyar club at
Hayden; the Magma Copper COM
pany has the Magma club at Super
ior; the Phelps Dodge corporation has
the Morenci club at Morenci the Old
Dominion company has the Q. d. IL
brary and club house at Globe Other
companies have gone in the club
house idea through the Y. M. c. A.
and commodious buildings are to
be found at Bisbee, Douglas, Miami,
Clifton and Hayden A number of
(the mining camps are providing ex-
cellent baseball for their workmen.
Bands have been organized and good
music Is available. Parks are COM
mon, although the maintenance of
parks often proves very expensive
Another phase of welfare work, al
| though it is not often regarded as
SUCH has been the introduction of
physical examination as a method Of
preventing illness and accident
There Is probably no place where 1t
| Is more important to prevent the
spread of contagious diseases than in
| the mine, The physical examination
has two most excellent results: First.
| the correct knowledge on the part of
| the man himself of his physical con-
dition. the knowledge of his capabl-
| tiles, his dangers, and his possibil-
| ties; second, the knowledge of the
! mans physical condition by the COM
pany, enabling them to place him
| where his work will not be injurious
| to himself, and in the case of a man
having a contagious disease, prevent
ing the spread fthat disease among
the other workmen.
The introduction of medical and
physical examinations of new en-
ployes is one of the greatest steps to-
ward placing a premium on health
Take, for instance, college boy pre-
pairing for engineering work; If you
let him know that his whole future
career depends upon his livnga clean
life, it will do more toward raising
the standard of college morality than
many reforms that might otherwise
be instituted. The army and navy re-
quire it, so why should not employ"
ers. especially in view of the liability
of accidents occurring as the result
of physical weakness.
Practically every mining district in
Arizona has a building and loan as
ISOLATION, the object of which is to
enable the workman to own his own
home the money is loaned at low
trct it is 6 per cent.
Splendid welfare work is being done
in this district, in which are three Of |
the largest companies in the state |
the Copper Queen branch of the !
Phelps Dodge corporation, the Calu-
met & Arizona Mining company and |
he Shattuck Arizona Mining COM
Dany. Practically everything along
'ecreational and educational lines has
been provided by these companies,
The Copper Queen has furnished the
with a splendid library
some 5000 volumes, and
has subscribed for 26 daily papers and
a magazines. The company buys all
he books and pays all the expenses !
'he companies contribute generously Il
o the Y. NJ. c. A., one of the most in l
luential organizations in the dis /
riot The occupies two buildilas, q
nd is one of the nest equipped as 4
ociatlon buildings in the country. Di- S
ectly outside of the Y building is a "
winning pool, which has .he great. n
st attraction for young and old alike '
'mong the educational activities of a
his association are the miners edu- $
ational courses which are given with f
view to training men for greater eff t
cheney in their work and to qualify v
hem for better positions. {