. Joseph Schaffner, 1848-1918 : recollections and impressions of his associates. Words-worth. Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, PercyBysshe Shelley to John Keats, Thomas Carlyleto Benjamin Disraeli, Thomas Macaulay tohis father, Abraham Lincoln to Horace Gree-ley, Charlotte Bronte to Robert Southey,John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, James 182 1 Russell Lowell to Ralph Waldo Emerson,Thomas Bailey Aldrich to William DeanHowells, all of them famous, and the list con^eluded with a letter from Hart Schaffner 6PMarx to one of its customers. The letter wasone that had been prepared by a member ofthe staf
. Joseph Schaffner, 1848-1918 : recollections and impressions of his associates. Words-worth. Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, PercyBysshe Shelley to John Keats, Thomas Carlyleto Benjamin Disraeli, Thomas Macaulay tohis father, Abraham Lincoln to Horace Gree-ley, Charlotte Bronte to Robert Southey,John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, James 182 1 Russell Lowell to Ralph Waldo Emerson,Thomas Bailey Aldrich to William DeanHowells, all of them famous, and the list con^eluded with a letter from Hart Schaffner 6PMarx to one of its customers. The letter wasone that had been prepared by a member ofthe staff in the usual course of business and thefact that the publishers thought it worthy toappear in such association gave Mr. Schaffnera great deal of pleasure. In all his letters, the fine spirit of optimism,of friendliness, of good will, appeared in agenerous degree. The sound business judgment of the man, his unselfish desire to helpthe other fellow/ his faithful readiness tocriticise and admonish, all these were stronglycharacteristic of him. He simply expressedhimself. I83I. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS |NE of the most enduring and constructive acts of Mr. Schaffnerslife is the part he played in establishing better relations betweenemployer and employe. The problem of industrial relations confronted his company suddenly in the last decade of his life; the field was one absolutelynew to him but his mind was prepared tograsp it. He had read freely the writings ofmen who took a broad view of labor problems and his own natural desire to applyjustice to every problem gave him a fine preparation for the task. He looked quickly intothe real situation and his wisdom in the solution is a striking confirmation of the idea thata broad and liberal culture coupled with apractical grasp of the great principle of justiceand right is really superior to any amount ofspecial training. I85I His partners and he had established anacknowledged leadership in the clothing in^dustry which was tangibly evident
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