The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-01-06

A 10 per cent raise in wages and
a 40-hour week were proposed to his
employees Monday by Arthur Nash,
president of the Nash Clothing Co.,
of Cincinnati, which is conducted on
the golden rule.
And here are Nash's reasons for
increasing wages when elsewhere
wages are being reduced and for re-
ducing hours when elsewhere work
days are increasing in length:
L. Many Of the 600 women who
work for the Nash Co. have children.
These children are not in school on
Saturday. They should have a moth
er's care on that day, says Nash He
offers all his employees a five-day
week, SO that the mothers may pass
Saturday with their children. That
is the way he would want one Of his
family treated, and that is the way
he proposes to tSeat others. The
golden rule!
Saving on operations
| 2. After next month, when it
moves into its new plant, the firm
will save thousands of dollars in the
cost of operation.
"The workers-not I~-are entitled
to the money that will thus be saved"
explains Nash. "By their loyalty and
faithful work they made our new
plant and the consequent saving pos
sible. In other words, they have pro-
duced the saving and it belongs to
them. So we divide it among them
in the form of an increase in wages.
1t is practical application of the
golden rule"
Before Nash's proposal can go into
effect his employes--he calls them his
fellow workers-must vote on it..
That's the way business is conducted
in the golden rule factory The work
ers vote on every matter of business
policies. Nash's proposal was made
to them at their annual meeting.
The 10 per cent raise in wages
and the 40-hour week were Nash's
New Year gift to his fellow workers
But it is more than that.
Message to Others
Through this gift he wishes to con-
vey to all the workers and employers
of the United States his message:
That the golden rule pays, with the
result that in time when in other fac
tories wages are cut, in his factory
wages are raised and hours reduced.
That the time is at hand for "The
Emancipation of Woman in Industry"
and that it is his hope that other
employers will follow his lead in es-
tablishing the 40-hour week for wo-
men.
Primarily, he establishes the 40-hour
week for the benefit Of the women
workers, who number about IS per
cent Of his 1000 employees. But since
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of the men are interdependent he has
extended the 40-hour week as well as
the 10 per cent raise to all the work
ers.
The annual meeting of Nash and
his employees took place Monday
afternoon in the old Moerlein Brew
ing Co. plant on Elm street, which
Nash bought and is enlarging for
factory purposes.
Necessary to Enlarge
J. Nash planned to tell his employees
how the business has prospered under
the golden rule during the past year;
how it's output has increased to more
than $2,0O0,000 year, even in time
when the industry in general was in
a state of slump; how it has become
necessary greatly to enlarge the plant
when others are retrenching.
Then he planned to offer them the
increase in wages and the 40-hour
week in the form of resolution.
4 In that resolution he speaks Of him
self as "your co-worker and presi-
dent" He submits the resolution to
/ the workers for consideration and
debate"
l He regards the establishing Of the