The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Pig Raising Helps Golf
Club to ShOW a Profit
In Return for Fats and Waste Material Organization
Gets Soap and Talcum Powder-Grows Own
Truck and Cuts Own Ice.

filled with IA inch ice at the cost of 1894.
l know as a fact that another metro
politan club situated similar to ours
spent $4,000 for its ice for one year.
At certain times of the year supplies
can be laid in at far less cost than dur
ing the season-supplies which cannot
spoil If proper care is taken of them.
For instance. eggs can be bought from
the farmers at times and water
glassed." which, if properly stored, can
be kept throughout the entire summer
season and used for cooking.
The fats were heretofore waste ma
teriaL'' Disposing of them was always
the prerogative of the chef He gener-
ally sold them to the butchers for his
own benefit We now save and sell
them to the soap manufacturers, who in
return give us soaps and talcum powder.
of which we buy hardly any during the
year.
All of these devices and many similar
ones. large and small. have helped to
pull down that monster, overhead" so
that the result at the end OF the year
has been plus -instead OF minus.
The members of the board instead of
congratuatng me condemn me, for they
now claim that a house" must shoU q
loss and request me to reduce prices!
| have fought them on the basis that
what one man eats he alone shall pay
for" and that it is unfair that an alb
sent member shall participate in the
payment of the always present mem
ber's pleasures.
believe in paying top prices for tip
top help. The result is that all graft is
cut out. All the products bought by our
steward through competitive means"
are at the absolutely lowest prices.
Meats Bought at Wholesale.
Our meats and supplies are bought at
wholesale in quantities large enough to
obtain the lowest wholesale prices, and
our icing facilities are such that they
can be properly taken care of. so that
when ready to be used they are in per-
feet shape.
If properly approached all dealers OF
supplies which are used by a golf club
have a. discount which can be obtained
as credit to the club and which during
the course of the season amounts to
very considerable sums.
The matter of keeping the houses In
repair is one that should not be over
| looked. a coat of paint during the
winter months may mean the saving of
many hundreds OF dollars. All repairs
should be made during the winter
months when labor is not in such a de-
mand and when contracts can be made
more advantageously for the club.
The matter of insurance should be
locked into most thoroughly. We all
know that the insurance rates on coun-
try golf properties are extremely high.
Every fire precaution should be taken,
fire pals and fire extinguishers freely
supplied all open fireplaces screened;
all debris removed daily and burnt in an
incinerator. which is removed from the
house. After the chairman has thor
oughly gone over the houses. the insur-
ance broker should look them over for
further troubles perhaps he can see an
exposed electric wire or something which
has been overlooked. Then the property
should be reexamined and three year
policy taken out covering the entire
properties instead of a year to year
term. ~ q
At the beginning of the year COM
pete inventory of all the clubs property
should be made upon which fair valua-
ton should be placed. AS additions to
the property are made add same TO the
inventory, and as they are used or de-
stroyed deduct from the inventory and
one always knows where one stands.
Books Are Audited Monthly.
I always insist that during the six
(
10. the books of the club shall be
audited monthly by some expert ac-
countant, so that all of the departments
Of the club should know exactly how
they stand at the end of each fiscal
month. BY this means many an error
is corrected before 1t is too late.
Too much cannot be said in favor OF
budget system If properly made up and
properly lived up to. OF course there
are conditions which arise which make
| ii impossible to live up to them, but the
board of directors can always be ap-
pealed to. and they know the progress
of the various departments. Thorough
! auditing of all bills coming through and
their proper application to each depart
ment means much help at the end of the
month.
In conclusion let me say that / think
a successful golf club can only be prop
erly maintained when the heads of all
committees are kindly disposed toward
the heads of all other committees. There
is so much that overlaps-the sports
committee with the green committee, the
green committee with the house COM
mittee. the house committee with the
treasurer. &c.--that ali should be jolly
good friends. always ready to help one
another out.
Bury the hatchet. Have no jealousies
and just root" for the success of your
own club.