Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1918 — WILL GIVE EXTRA COMPENSATION TO TEN THOUSAND [ARTICLE]

WILL GIVE EXTRA COMPENSATION TO TEN THOUSAND

Approximately 10,000 employes of Marshall Field & Co. will participate in a distribution of nearly $1,500,000 which the firm has announced at would, dispense as extra compensation because of the increased cost of living. Wholesale and retail employes receiving up to $2,500 a year and employed by the firm prior to July 1, 1918, are included in the distribution. Those receiving more than $2,500 a year will receive individual treataccording fbo the anonuncement.