Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — What Might Be Done. [ARTICLE]

What Might Be Done.

Some months ago the officials of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad company made an appeal to their employees to be more careful in handling freight cars. They had, after careful investigation, determined that the careless handling of these cars was costing them heavily in the way of payments for damaged shipments. The employees responded loyally to the appeal, and in five months they have saved the company >146,000. This country is losing Immensely because employees do not look upon the Interests of their employers as concurrent with their own interests, the Leavenworth Times remarks. So many are careless, never giving a thought to the proposition that as the employer prospers so is he able to pay wages; some are vicious, regarding with envy the prosperity of others and willing to hinder that prosperity, and a great number are indolent, counting it gain if they get good pay for poor service. Employers are sometimes to blame for not recognizing and encouraging good service, but there is recompense for such service in the consciousness of having done well. Th 6 laborer who does the best he can for his employer does the best he can for himself and he is the real freeman.