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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
Vol. 8 NO. 4
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
APRIL, 1950.
Business Will Be Better
All indications are that we ivill
^'ave more business starting in
July. We had a very good winter
upholstery season but this will
slow down from now on until new
styles are shown in July. We an-
Poipale a very active upholstery
I’Usiness after the mid-year furni-
hue market in Chicago.
All indications point to the fact
that we had more than our share
pile fabric business from the
^pholstery trade thus far this year.
Ibis is unquestionably due to the
^uct that we have produced the
Uiost attractive designs and colors
*u our upholstery line of Jacquard
h'iezes, and the untiring efforts
*d our Sales Department.
Our cloaking business has been
^uusually quiet, which is typical
*d our operations in this field dur-
“*g the winter months. Also the
■hortage of rayon has hurt our
’operations. Supplies of rayon will
'Uice again be available starting
^hout the middle of April, which
'dll permit us to increase our ac-
I hvity on our rayon qualities. We
; ‘*^e looking forward to a good
: business on cloakings after the
J'^ly holidays.
i The question of having to run
1 plants on short working sched-
is a problem for our company.
(Continued on Page Four)
Company President
Xl Meeting In Brazil
Mr. H. H. Schell, president of
Sidney Blumenthal and Co. Inc.,
left New York on April 6th on
the S.S. Brazil to attend a meeting
of the Inter-American Council of
Commerce and Production at
Santos, Brazil. Mr. Schell is Vice
Chairman of the American Section
and a Trustee of the Council. The
conference will run April 21 to
April 29.
Mrs. Schell is accompanying
Vlr. Schell on this trip. They will
return on the S.S. Brazil to Rio de
Janeiro for a short time and then
^nibark on the S.S. Uruguay for
Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bue-
oos Aires in the Argentine. After
a short stay in these other coun
tries, they will return to New York
‘>11 the S.S. Uruguay, stopping
'nice more at Montevideo, Santos,
JJio de Janeiro, and Trinidad, re
turning to New York on May 29th.
Fight Infection With Fir^ Aid
.Mrs. Mary Tr(‘vathaii, Plant \iitse, is shown j»ivin{> first aid to
J{(*.vnolds Ktninedy who has rcccdvcd a sinal! puncture wound from
a heddle.
No matter how minor the accident Mrs. Trevathan is always
j*lad to render lUtnnpt and efficient first aid.
Kennedy, who has been with the company- for nearly twenty
years has never had ii .serious accident; however, he has made
many trips to the Flisi .\id Room because he knows that a minor
wound can become infected and cause blood-poison in**' or other
serious trouble.
Both Mrs. Tivvathan and Reynolds Kennedy will tell you, “It
Pays To Work Safely.”— But if an accident does oeciir, report it
promiitly.
Working For Nothing
A farmer works hard for his
money—a fact well knowm to
everyone who has ever tried that
dawn-to-dusk job. When a farm
er buys a tractor to make his acres
produce more crops, that tractor
represents hundreds of hours of
toil.
Suppose you farmed the land
next to that of the farmer with
the new^ tractor. And you w'anted
to borrow^ the tractor for several
days. Would you say: “So long as
you have the tractor anyw'ay, why
not let me use it while it’s idle?
It’s just standing there, doing
nothing.”
Or would you say: “I realize
that your tractor represents a lot
of work. I don’t expect vou to
work for me for nothing—so if
you can lend me the tractor, Pll
pay you rental money, or else
I’ll come and work for you in ex
change.”
In industry, the situation is not
as obvious as in the case of the
two farmers, but the situation is
exactly the same. By far the great
er number of those investors who
risk their savings to buy the tools
and equipment we work with,
have worked hard for their money.
When they transferred the earn
ings they had saved into invest
ment in industry, they transfer
red the result of their work and
thrift into our hands and for our
use. They risked part of their pay
on our ability to produce.
People who think that share
holders who have invested and
! risked their savings—the savings
wUich make jobs and production
of goods possible—are not en
titled to be paid for the use of
the tools their own w'ork has
bought, are taking the position
that other people ought to be will
ing to work for them, for nothing.
There is no difference betw^een
working for nothing—which none
of us w'ould dream of doing, unless
forced—and wmrking and saving
and risking that work—produced
money in industry, then being de
nied a profit on that investment.
The shareholder is just as much
a member of the team as the work
ers and management. Each does
his part; each must share in the
rewards.
Caromount Cafeteria
Undergoes Changes
Cecil A. Lewis, President of the
Caromount Athletic Association
which operates the Caromount
Cafeteria, announces that recent
changes have been made in order
to give better service. Counters and
work tables have been rearranged
in order to give more work room
and to provide for better cleaning.
Lewds asked the cooperation of
all employees in clearing the tables
of refuse. Bottle racks and waste
paper containers have been pro
vided and everyone is invited to
use them.
With the wholehearted coopera
tion of everyone better service can
be provided by the cafeteria staff.
Softball Sideligh ts
Softball season is with us and
with the spring w^eather at hand
practice swings are already being
made.
Propects of having a Caromount
L(;ague with five or six teams are
good. Already there is much en
thusiasm in the Shipping Depart
ment, Weaving Department, Ma
chine Shop and Office.
It is hoped that the Dyeing and
Finishing Departments will als»
field teams.
Ilie primary purpose of the
Caromount League is to have a
good time and w^ork off a little
steam. The important thing about
this league is that you don’t have
to be good. The poorer you play
the more exercise you get — Chas
ing balls.
Talk up a team. Come on out to
play!
Safety Scoreboard
The first colum shows the num
ber of accidents requiring medical
care but no loss time. The second
column show's the number of acci
dents requiring loss of time.
Medical Lost Time
Case Case
Warping 0 1
Weaving 1 0
Raw' Good Storage 0 0
Mending 0 0
Engineering 1 0
Office 0 0
Receiving 0 0
Finishing 1 0
(Continued on Page Four)