Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

age of the profit allotted to each
group being in proportion to the inn
portance Of that group.
OF the share devoted to the en-
ployes. IL per cent goes to a group
Of executives upon whose efficiency,
skill and knowledge depends in the
greatest measure the success of the
company. The next group. made up
of men who are qualifying for inclu-
sion in the first group and which in
cMdes about 100 people. get per
cent of the profits The third group
is composed of 400 or more job fore
men and others holding like posi-
tions, and they receive s per cent
of the allotment. The fourth group
numbering 5000 or more employees
who have been in the employ of the
company for six months or longer.
receive Is per cent of the profits. The
asst group is made up of those who
have been In the employ of the COM
pany less than 80 days and who re-
eeive no share OF the allotment.
Remarkable Results
The results of this plan have been
more than definite For 10 years
there has not been a strike at the
plant: the employees are counted
among the most efficient aggregation
of workers in the United States, and
their interest in the plant grows con-
tinually as they recognize more and
more the place that each individual
has in its success.
Concretely, the Patterson plan has
achieved the following results. and
achieved in such a manner as to be
an unqualified endorsement of the
plan; it has reduced the labor turn
Ha alr
alton; it has increased efficiency;
it has stimulated the desire for pro-
motion; it has made every employ
recognize that he is a partner in the
business: it has promoted thrift: it
has increased production and has de-
creased costs; it has made better
living conditions: it has reduced the
waste Of material, time and labor,
and it has increased the profits.
In connection with the profit shar-
ing system at the National Cash Reg
lister company the corporation has in
augurated an educational system for
the children of employees; it has set
aside time for the development of the
minds of the 5000 people in the plant.
and 1t has put in operation a system,
Of medical supervision with oppor-
tunities for the obtaining of needed
medical information through lectures
which has reduced the individual loss
of time from the general average
throughout the United States of IA
days in the year to less than IL hours.
Another feature of the company's
interest in its employees is its per-
sonnel department, in which five per-
sons are concerned with the personal
attributes and characterizations of
all the people concerned in the plant.
They conduct all kinds OF mental
tests watch the employees at their
work, fit the squae pegs into square
holes, have charge of the promotions,
and, generally, serve to advance the
interest of the company by develop
ing and building the best that is in
each employe.
Civic Interest. Too
Allied with the work of the COM
pany for those in its employ has been
and is its interest in Dayton. THE
City Of Precision" as it is being
called by those who see in ii the
chief location of those industries in
which accuracy and painstaking care
is essential Not only does the COM
pany take an active interest in the
city itself, in the furtherance of well
fare work in it, the development of
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having for its end the max
ing of Dayton a better place in which
to live. but it stimulates interest in
the city among its employees by cre-
ating in them an interest in their
community and, in a more definite
manner by helping in financial way
the efforts of others to increase the
advantages Of the city.
In discussing this phase of the
company's activities Mr.. Patterson
declared yesterday that every man
should give part Of his time and en-
ergy to his community, and that as
ones time and ability increased. his
obligation in this respect is height
ened.
Immediate interest attaches to Mr..
Patterson's visit to Phoenix in that
he contemplates spending two or
three months ont of every year here
after in the West. and that he has
found a resting place in Phoenix and
a climate. as ne said yesterday, which
is unsurpassed in his experience.
Mr. Patterson was a guest yester-
day in Phoenix of Fred Webber. local
representative of the National Cash
Register company. who took Mr. Pat
terson and his secretary. Mr.. Roberts
on an automobile trip through the
valley during the afternoon.
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