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U y"" ""-"w""1" one CH ARLOTTE i rt in rMM m ! iiiu'i rflffrf iiir?nrni r lirf-Hiri irr irn ini'ii i ii 5.-. - NEWS PI Premium Offer No. 2 Seven piece Berry Set or Dessert Set valued at $2.50 offered to new and old sub scribeds for 80c cash and an agreement to take THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, Daily and Sunday for 30 weeks paying the regular subscrip tion price. none 115 - 3. WS PLAN QFPHQFtT SHARING W0NEST LABORER TO GET $5 A DAY. . Mich. "The com- X aborer who sweeps, the '? t ie factory shall 'receive or day. Yv'c believe in- -.'t .a.'j'jO men prosperous ented rather than follow 'an e: making a few slave w i: our establishment mul- i'$ 1; " "HENRY FORD." licb. An epoch in the iA us trial history was marked roii recent!. r: : 'r.vrmen lines given out by ? i. bead of the Ford Motor '. bore in concrete fashion the I v its wording 25,000 men in v Detroit's laborers at forge at drill and -press, -will be r r ri o position of wage earn 'hj; of sharers in nrofits of the v. cud $10,000,000 about half arcings of the great concern " fl v; into their pockets in the --ana that every man of the r : organization will find his b. e-taed greatly, in some cas r t-an 100 per cent. The man ' tor.-: the floor will receive not '' a day, and as each round of industry is reached " 'i iliHi round will have their :b'--d to iu proportion. ia ! o;j to this sweeping stride : h !.M.r' equal distribution of ' cen canital and labor, the fmployes "ill be cut from ; "i -ut per day. - e Discussed Quietly. J : ibr; office of James Cous if ; i sident and treasurer of Company, two motor car ' i--rt cnuetly one of the great-n-er taken in industrial his b: ai the details of this step Hie the whole world did not "Hi Mr. Ford announced sim had determined upon an ! r to bhare their prosperity '! pioyes, and that first of '-d the newspaper men to of the plan they had as looking out of the side tbe office when the discus From the window was "a Woodward avenue and a : Manchester avenue to the i'Ktory building. Three or -u'ired nieu were in the streets t "idwalks, some heading - 'i:":ory entrance to ask for u going back. ,r!:s1tle. principal reason for the ir. iora, wavm Co : ar :' r (3 f--iyvx,m ot the crowd. "With -i-Ciiour day and thrPP shifts !1;:-v,e can put on 4,000 more of ; Wa who are anxious to be at tatement r-ad by Mr. Coueens Ford Motor ConiDany, the great est and most successful automobile manufacturing company in the world, wall, on January 12, inaugurate the greatest revolution in the matter of rewards for its workers ever known to the industrial world. Eight-Hour Day Introduced. "At one stroke it will reduce the hours of labor from nine to eight and add to every man's . pay a share of the profits of the house. The smallest amount to be received by any man, twenty-two years old and upward, Tvill be $5 a day. The minimum wage is now 2.34 a day of nine hours. Ninety Per Cent to Benefit. "All but 10 per cent of the employes will at once share in the profits. Only 10 per cent or tne men now empioyea are under 22 years and even every one of these under 22 will have a chance of showing himself entitled to ?5 a day. "Instead of waiting until the end of. the year to make a distribution of prof its among its employes in one lump bonus sum, Mr. Ford and Mr. Couzens have estimated the year's prospective business and have decided upon what they feel will be a safe amount to award the workers. This will be thfi whole vear and T)aid on the regular semi-monthly pay days. "The factory is now working two shifts of nine hours each. This will be changed to three shifts of eight hours each. The number employed is about 15,000 men and this will be increased by four or five thousand. The men who now earn $3.34 a day of nine hours' will get at least $5 a day of eight "hours. "This will apply to every man of 22 years of age or upward, without re gard to the nature of his employment. In order that the young men from 18 to 22 years of age may be entitled to a share of the profits he must show him self sober, saving, steady,-industrious and must satisfy- the superintendent and staff that his money will not be wasted in riotous living. , Dependents are Recognized. "Young men who are supporting fam ilies widowed motehrs, younger broth ers and sisters will be treated like those over 22. "It is estimated that over $10,000,000 will be thus distributed over and above the regular wages of the men." "The".commonest laborer who sweeps the floor shall receive his $5 per day," said Henry Ford. "If we are obliged to lay men off for want of sufficient work at any season we propose that the lay off shall be in the harvest time July, August and September not in the winter. We hope in such case to induce our men to respond to the calls of the farmers for harvest hands and not to lie idle and dissipate their sav ings We shall make it our business to get In touch with the farmers and to induce our employes to answer calls for harvest help. "No man will be discharged if we can help it, except for unfaithfulness or inefficiency: No foreman m the Ford company has the power to dis charge a man. He may send him out or his department if he does not make good The man is then sent to our 'clearing house' covering all the depart ments and is repeatedly tried in other work until wre find the job he is suit ed for, provided he is honestly trying to render good service." "We are quite sure," said Mr. Cou zens, "that we shall still pay hand some dividends to our stockholders and will set aside reasonable amounts for additions and improvements and assembling plants in other parts of the world, including Europe, South Amer ica, Australia and China. And after that it is our hope to be able to do still better by our employes. We want them to be In reality partners in our enterprise. Would Make Men Prosperous. "We believe," added Mr. Ford, "in making 25,000 men prosperous and contented rather than follow the sys tem of making a few slave drivers in our establishment millionaires." - Thus the Vnrri Afntnr fnmnaTi v cpte tlie pace for prosperous employers ev erywhere, it snows tne worm a scneme for dividing its profits with its work ers. In the discussion of the scheme Mr. f!nuzpns rpmarkeri! "Rflifivinp- as we do that a division of our earnings be tween capital and labor is unequal, we nave sougnt a system or renei suita ble for our business. We do not feel euro that iJ- ic fhp Kpst hilt. WP. hflVfi felt impelled to make a start and make it now. We do not agree with those WITTER m-etli-t ADO FORDS PLAY GAL,Y TWO FOR SUNDAY employers who declare, as did a recent writer in a magazine in excusing him self for not practicing what he preach ed. that 'the movement toward the bettering of society must be universal We htink that one concern can make n Ktart and create an examnle for other employers. And that is our chief object. "The public need have no fear that this action of ours will result in any increase in prices of our products. On the contrary, we hope to keep up our nast record of reducing prices each year. Women Will Not Share. "Girls and women will not share in the distribution. They are not the same opnniTr.iV factor a as the men are. Thev do not control the standard of living. n nn A AAA T J rriprp. aro zmi or auu women tmuiuiKU in thp Herical denartment The rest that are here do office work. A woman will leave at almost any time tor al most any reason ana wnen sne stays inner enough to De a aepenaaDie worK er she is ant to get married ano nave srmp nnp else sunDort her. However the women employes will not lose, for i i j i j there will De suDSianuai raises oi wag es for them. Both Mr. Ford and Mr. Couzens said that it would be impossible to estimate what nrofits mieht be shared next vsor tiv tho pmnloves. - "Business conditions may change by that time," said Mr. souzens. "Hard times might affect the busi cc. if thoT name. We might have com petition that would reduce our profits, if rtere is nothing changed over present conditions it is possible that the profits to be snare a wiu ue greater next year tnan tnis. l t Mak Improvements Later. "XKTa a rp making a beginning now, onii -nriii make any improvements to lorit that we can later. rrv. Trrrt Motor Comoanv is capital 1UU 4- - - ized at $2,000,000. Its tremendous earn have been the mar vel of the Industrial and financial world UITRY1T PROS PER1TT (Atlanta Journal.) That the United States is enter ing upon what promises to be the most prosperous era in recent years is indicated by the renewal of man ufacturing and commercial activities from one end of the country to the other, by the reopening of great mills, the increased production of coal mines and reports which show the general excellence of crops. Readers of The Journal know how well Georgia and the south have prof ited by the great cotton yield with unusually high prices. Southern mer chants and planters are optimistic. And in other sections, from the far northwest to the sugar plantations of Louisiana, leaders in the business world look upon the future with con fidence of prosperity. Business Has No Fear of Congress. President Wilson's message publish ed Tuesday, laid stress upon the fact that business, properly conducted, has nothing to fear from the administra tion in power, that the government and business men were ready to meet half way; that business had recover ed from its fear of congress, which was rather the timidity of uncertain ty than the fear of injury through defi nite act The Journal, through many corres ponded, has gathered and presents to day the opinions of several of the country's foremost industrial authori ties, Andrew Carnegie, Rudolph Spreckels. Jacob H. Schiff and Wil liam B. Wilson, national secretary of labor. Each predicts an . era of in dustrial progress. From leading news papers of many sections have been gathered expressions of opinion on the outlook for the year. These newspapers say: Chicago Steel Mills Are Busy. Chicago, Jan. 21. More than 3,000 men have just gone back to work in the mills of the Illinois Steel com pany at South Chicago. This announce ment of activity is regarded as proof that the situation in the labor market has changed decidedly for the better. William A. Field, superintendent of the plant, said: "The situation looks mighty bright and there is reason to believe that by the end of January we may be running at our full capac ity. CHICAGO NEWS. The financial statement on September 30, 1912, showed assets of $20,815. 785.63 and surplus of $18,745,095.57. One year later, September 30, 1913, it showed assets of $35,033,919.86 and surplus of $28,124,173.68. The earliest profit sharing experi ment on record was that of Lord Walls court on his Irish estate in 1829, but in the history of the world nothing in the nraix nf Tvrofit chnrinp has pmialled the I mammoth Henry Ford idea. Every I previous attemut iooks, puny in com parison. . ... - Northwest Looks for a Big Year. Seattle, Wash. Jan. 21. While the lumber business, the chief industry of this state, is expected to remain at a standstill until the interstate commerce commission revives the big gest market for lumper products among the railways of the country by allowing them to raise their rates, bankers and big business interests in the Puget sound territory look to a period of prosperity in 1914, for fun damental conditions are regarded as sound. SEATTLE STAR. St. Paul Is On Building Boom. St' Paul, JUinn., Jan. 21. The northwest is in better condition indus trially this winter than it has been for several years. About 2,000 St. Paul laborers are out of work now, says J. H. Wilson, manager of the state free employment bureau. This is half the usual number idle during the winter. Not a tradesman or skilled workman is idle. This is due to an unprece dented building boom encouraged by the warm weather. ST. PAUL NEWS. A SUCCESS IN FORSYTH. (Winston Sentinel.) From all reports tl 3 whole-time health officer plan is already proving decided1 successful in this county and the beneficial results of the new movement will doubtless be even more apparent in the future, when the or ganization of the work is perfected to a greater extent than i-; possible in a few short months. In our opinion, the mer'ic-l inspection of school chil dren is an especially good feature of the work and should in itself bs suffi ciently valuable to justify the adop tion of tne new plan. Adequate med ical inspection in the public schools has proven of much benefit wherever it has been undertaken. The only wonder is that the adoption of the idea has been delayed so long in ta&Af places. DOES THIS SCLVES THE MYSTERY (Creedmoor Times.) It has often been a mystery to u for many years why a lawyer should be allowed to abuse and villify wit nesses under examination in court and the poor "devil" have to submit to such villification wltnout any rei course whatever. Then, if a witness comes back and abuses the lawyer he is liable to-be t.ued for libel. There is a screw loose somewhere, but upon second thought we hal forgotten the fat that the lawyers make the laws presumably for their own ben efit . Texas Happy Over Big Crops. : Dallas, Tex., Jan. 21. The outlook now is for the best crops Texas ever had, and this is encouraging to all lines of industry. The business out look in Dallas is good and has been nicking ud for the past three weeks. Small Texas cities heretofore embar rassed because of diminutive cotton trade and crops are looking forward to better things for. the year. DALLAS DISPATCH. St. Louis Savings Bank Show Trend. St. Louis, Jan. 21. That industrial conditions in St. Louis are improving Is shown by the lessening m the num-i ber of applications at the state em ployment bureau. The statement of the" saving departments of the St. Louis banks, issued today, shows that not for ten years have so many new accounts been opened during the first two weeks of January, nor has the total amount deposited during those two weeks been exceeded. In the boot and shoe business especially the fac tories are running full time. The wholesale houses notice an encourag ing increase in business. St. Louis Star. Farmers' Autos Keep Factory Busy. Cleveland, O., Jan. 21. Cleveland manufacturers say the turning point in the present industrial depression is near at hand.. The steel mills and allied industries are still running slack, at 50 to 60 per cent of capacity, but building activities are unusually brisk and the eall . for structural steel is heavy. The several big auto manu factories and allied industries are rushed, some with three shifts of men. The heavy demand for automo biles because of prosperity among farmers is given as the cause of this rush in the auto trade Cleveland Press. California Expects Business Revival. San Francisco, Jan. 21. Financial stringency is expected to ease up in a week or two, with the spring build ing boom, the harvesting of fruits and the opening of the lumber camp?. These things will give thousands em ployment. San Francisco News. This $1.00 GAME Only 29c Boys ! TheWinter Baseball League Is in Session All over the country boys and grown-ups, too., are playing the great American game ot baseball at home. It's the next best thing to actual play on the diamond this won derfully interesting, thrilling and gripping CHAMPION BASEBALL GAME Get it today. Plya it tonight. You'll vote It the greatest game you ever played. All the folks will enjoy itTyour chums. your brothers and sisters, and your mother and father', too. Nothing mechanical about this newest, simplest, and best of base ball games. You, personally, are responsible for every play made. You are Mathewson in the Lev:, Baker at the bat, Wagner at Bhort you're every player on the team that you choose to represent. Remember! This game regularly sells for $1.00. But. by special arrangement with the man ufactuiers we are enabled to offer i: at the remarkably low price of 29c, with coupon Clip the coupon and get the game NOW. If wanted by mail, send 6c additional for postage. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, Charlotte, N. C.
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