. Electric railway journal . hother, and whose pay is settled by the managementafter careful consideration of their individual and per-sonal qualifications, justifies a company in refusing togive out this information in any other form than thenumber of men receiving $150 per month, the numberreceiving $125, and so forth. In fact, it ought to servethe ends of justice in many cases to present a total ofsalaries for a department with the total number of menemployed, enabling the average salary to be determinedby simple division, and if demanded by the tribunalsitting in the case, the maximum and
. Electric railway journal . hother, and whose pay is settled by the managementafter careful consideration of their individual and per-sonal qualifications, justifies a company in refusing togive out this information in any other form than thenumber of men receiving $150 per month, the numberreceiving $125, and so forth. In fact, it ought to servethe ends of justice in many cases to present a total ofsalaries for a department with the total number of menemployed, enabling the average salary to be determinedby simple division, and if demanded by the tribunalsitting in the case, the maximum and the minimumcompensation accorded. Some consideration for thepersonal aspects of employment is still essential, andneedless publicity of the earnings of specific indi-viduals adds nothing to the value of evidence in a ratecase, but tends to create dissatisfaction and possiblyinternal friction in an otherwise harmonious organiza-tion. October 21, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 863 The Newspapers—Your Friends or Your Enemies?. The Public Utility Corporation Is Full of News—LET IT OUT! WHAT would become of the departmentstore that used, misused or didnt useat all the newspapers the way mostutility companies use, misuse or dontuse the press? A public utility is even MORE DEPENDENTthan a department store upon the good-will of thepress and public. But you say you have no lingerie bargains toadvertise. Perhaps not; but you have even more importantthings to gain than 49-cent customers. You have a public service to sell. To sell it in peace and profit you must have publicUNDERSTANDING and GOOD-WILL. You can get both by proper use of the newspapers. The public utility corporation is full of news;LET IT OUT. If you have anything to announce that is not news,pay for its publication in the form of advertising. But your day-by-day affairs; what you are doing;how you are doing it; how that accident happenedand how you purpose to prevent another like it; how your income is spent; why you do
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