The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-09


many of whom are child workers in
the country's industries. The govern
ment and the employers and financi-
ers have established countless seem
ingly philanthropic associations, de-
partments, bureaus, clubs, councils
and other organizations whose an
nounced purpose is to care for the
health, morals, education and train
ing of the workers and their children.
Liberal clubs and societies have done
their bit by supporting many of these
employers associations.
A Good investment.
The bosses have learned that the
millions of tons of propaganda their
organizations spread is a good invest
ment to increase the production of
their employees, and consequently
their profits. So we have the United
States Steel corporation investing"
in safety devices; the boys republic
investing" in the child. We have
investments in health week, safety
week, clean up week, education week,
child health week, school week and
parents week.
We have the manufacturers invest
ing in gardens, shower baths, recrea-
ton rooms, safety guards, physical ex-
aminations, insurance, profit sharing
plans, parks and athletic fields.
Safeguarding Profits.
And the canny manufacturers know
that their investments are coming
back to them manifold. The United
States Steel corporation has declared
an extra large dividend this year lin
which President Coolidge, as stock
holder, shared), in spite of the in
vestment in a few safety guards, and
the distribution of tons of safety prop
uganda.
The National Cash Register com
pany of Dayton, Ohio, is still coming
millions of dollars a year net profit
in spite of the investment in a few
acres Of garden land and parks for
their employees. The Curtis Publish
ing company-of Philadelphia still pays
big profits, despite investment in re-
creation rooms for the employees. The
owners of the Pullman Palace Car
company of Chicago are still able to
roll in wealth produced by the Pull
man workers, even tho the Pullman
workers are allowed to play baseball
in the Pullman Park" The Western
Electric company made ten million
dollars net profit last year despite the
hospital maintained for the employees.
To Increase Production.
The hard boiled employers refuse
to invest single dollar in workers
health or anything else, unless they
get their dollar back with high in
terest. The manufacturers invest in
workers lives in order to increase
production, so that the same worker
will produce more wealth for them at
the same wage.
II some naive worker does not be-
lieve this let him look ~ page 13 of
the April 25 issue of the Manufacture
ers' News, published by the Manufac-
turers Association "for the manufac-
turers' officials" The title of the
article on page 13 is, Protecting the
Workers Health-A POLICY WHICH
INCREASES PRODUCTIVE POW
Err"
"Get EN- Back to Job"
In this article we learn that GER
tain National Industrial Conference
Board, promoted by the factory own
ers, has made survey of "health SER
vice in industry" We learn that "In-
dustry values the health of its work
ers." And we learn why! Employ.
ers are concerned over the well being
of their employees" says the article.
Much possible damage to health and
THE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF
BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL WORKER
HIMSELF AND THE PRODUCTIVE
POWER OF THE NATION AT
LARGE is OBVIATED BY PHYSI-
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