Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-22

the Southern cotton manufacturer
has also found that the more he con-
siders the needs of his workers the
mere he encourages proper living and
working conditions and the right sort
of pleasure for his employees, the
more efficient he will get.
Advantages Provided Employees.
The mill owner finds that he can
keep better and more faithful work
men through personai appe0i than
by another method" Mr.. Arnold
continued, $50 he first looks out for
the biggest necessities by providing
cheap coal in winter and cheap Ice
in summer, hospital care for the sick,
wholesome recreation for all.
Ninety per cent Of the cotton mills
in the South have their own villages,
with houses built to suit the individ-
ual needs of the employees. In these
villages are maintained hospitals,
schools, industrial classes, moving
picture theaters and various recrea-
tional devices for the benefit of the
workers. All these are free or given
at nominal cost.
Fifty per cent of the mill viii
lagos have general stores, where ne
cessities many be obtained by the
workers at prices only slightly above
cost.
Sixty per cent of the mill fur
nish gardens to employees and pro-
vide seeds for planting.
In the case Of many mills agri-
cultural experts are employed to in
struct employees in gardening
SIN the matter of housing, care
is taken that the house is sufficient
ly large for the family. A man who
has ten or twelve in his family is
not allowed to crowd into a two-roon
house, and, under ordinary condi
tons, family of two is not allowec
house of six or seven rooms.
4 Months Rent Free
"The mill owner, knowing the
| weakness of his workers for moving
about, and knowing also that thi.
spirit is detrimental to efficiency
| goes to one of his men who is abou
to depart from the village and make
this proposition:
Jim says he, 4 want you t.
stay on in my mill. You're q gooC
fellow and you might get to be SUI
perintendent, or at least a foreman
if you stay. So, I'm going to max
you an offer.
"If you'll stay right here in thi
town in the same house for twelv
consecutive months, I'll give you
months rent free at the end of tina
time"
| Jim, being as his employer ha
suspected "a true sport, decides t
| try it.
! "At the end of the year Jim get
his months rent free and stays o
for another year.
"At the end of twelve years Jill
has earned his right to his home FIRE
of rent for the rest of the time
works for that company. And in les
time than that the company has
valuable man in Jim.
| Few Cfrikee Hara
| ''The result of this close and syn
| pathetic relationship between owne
and operator is that the number O
strikes among Southern mill worker
is almost negligible. Where Their
may be found turmoil and protes
among the operatives in mill district
Of the east, there is earnest endeavc
and cooperation in Southern mi
communities.
II Consequently, Eastern companie
operating branches in the South fin
that the branches are running MOI
smoothly and with more profit tina
the main plants. What more natur;
than that they should enlarge tn
mill giving the best results?
II Representatives of Eastern corr
III orations are travelling all over til