The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-03
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Whatever his mission, a
ploye Of the company who ~ ~ q
come to the capital wires or v,lSss q
to the club secretary. The safsss 8
tary reserves room for him & ~ q q
club. arranges his appointmasis d
with the desired officials, haa ~ &
automobile ready, to take hin Z. ]
the engagements, and introdpess 4
him to other Doherty men stops1rs
at the club.
Occasionally information deslra
is obtained without q trip Il Nj
simply by wiring to the secretafv 3
the club who handles the maf,e,
and wires his answer. II an -.
ploye does find 1t necessary to coma
to Washington, he can almost q.
ways finish his business in a a..
pie Of days, and very often in /.
afternoon.
Not the least valuable servies
rendered by the club ia that / !
brings together employees from IN ]
over the country, SO that they a.
discuss the firms business ~
compare methods and results, So
companies would not regard thisa
particularly important funuiS
of the club. But the Doherty G. 1
pany has always made q specto1s
of cooperation between its e
ployes and between the emplcyU
and the head Of the firm.
To strengthen this feeling Of ri.
lowship there is a Doherty fratef1-
ity open to all employees who hsvs
been with the company some tina
and take q personal interest in III
affairs. This fraternity now nun.
bers $500, and is growing rapidly.
Membership is entirely voluntary
and no one is urged to Join.
The man at the head of the resi.
men of workers is the explanation
of the unusual projects Of Doherty
& Co. Henry l.. DOherty began his
career az Z newsboy, and from that
traditional starting point Of the
great he has become at so years 4
millionaire, an inventor, a scientist
and We might fittihgly add to these
psychologist, for his constant in
! terest in the human side of the
worker has been one Of the vital
factors of his success.
The Man Behind the Plan.
It has been said of Henry
Doherty that he is known person.
ally to more Of his employees thar
any other head Of a similarly larg,
concern. He likes to feel that he i.
in contact with all the men ant
women who work with him. Be
cause he cannot talk with the ma
jority of, them very often } wa,
was planned at the beginning 0
last year for him to send q mes
sage to every Office every day il
the year. This was arranged in tn
form of large Office calendar witt
one date on each page. Severa
F., sayings Of great men were place.
at the foot of the page, and at tn
! top a message by Mr.. Doherty
Some days this greeting was q
epigram, other days a bit of advice
and again a simple statement q
Mr.. Doherty's beliefs about the hu
man element in business. tn
peculiar Doherty touch was adde
by printing on each sheet the name
of employees whose birthdays fel
on that date. This enabled EN-
ployes to send birthday message
l to friends.
The man who first thought Of th
calendar got 800 kilograms an
letters on his birthday. He an
swered them in q clever way b
! having 800 copies Of a letter print
ed on very cheap paper. 1t was Oh
viously a circular letter, but it sal
that "of all the birthday greeting
that came to me, YOURS was tn
one that meant most, YOURS tn
most Willingly penned and so forth
stressing the idea that this on
f':end was the one that counted.
For the coming year, q new, NOR
attractive calendar is planned, .
that Mr.. Doherty can send IS
more messages to what he call
his happy family"
Here are chance quotations typ
cal of the Doherty philosophy:
| "A real executive is a man VII
never does anythingeth that some on
else can do, and yet who alway
keeps busy"
| las you advance above the ord
nary workman your value depend
upon your thinking and planninl
rather than the work you do Wit
| vour hands foot and mouth 4"