. The National Civic Federation review . prises in the townwere obliged to follow their standard. Speaking of the homes rented and sold to employesand of the willingness to take advantage of the oppor-tunities offered for better living conditions, the speakersaid: Rents for unskilled laborers in. several mill towns,from $7 50 to $10 a month, including bath and furnace,are within the reach of wages of the tenants, and yetgive a return upon the investment. Very fine tenementshave been provided for skilled laborers at from $16to $22. Cash prizes are offered for the best kept premisesand for the b
. The National Civic Federation review . prises in the townwere obliged to follow their standard. Speaking of the homes rented and sold to employesand of the willingness to take advantage of the oppor-tunities offered for better living conditions, the speakersaid: Rents for unskilled laborers in. several mill towns,from $7 50 to $10 a month, including bath and furnace,are within the reach of wages of the tenants, and yetgive a return upon the investment. Very fine tenementshave been provided for skilled laborers at from $16to $22. Cash prizes are offered for the best kept premisesand for the best gardens. This has had a salutary ef-fect upon the tenants. When one man received recogni-tion in the form of a prize, his neighbor, who had notpreviously thought of improving his place, was stimu-lated to do so, not only because of the desire for aprize, but because he took pride in having his premiseslook as well as the neighbors. Miss Beeks did not confine herself to the working-mans conditions wdiile he is in his prime of useful-. HON. JOSEPH WEEKS BABCOCK. ness. She exhibited the portrait of a man eighty yearsof age at work in a shop, and asked the question: Is itbetter to pension or give him light work? Many employers have inaugurated systems for sup-plying funds for employes in illness and old age. Theadvantage of relief systems for employes was stated tobe the assurance of prompt relief in case of illnessor accident. The old plan of passing around the hatwas apt to work hardship on the employes contributingand did not always reach those in distress. {Continued on pa%e 16) March —April, 190 THE FACTS OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. ANALYSIS OF THE PLAN AND SCOPE OF THE WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMMISSIO] ON INVESTIGATION. By Edward A. Moffett, Secretary Public Ownership Commission. AS has been pointed out in previous issues of theReview the great work to be accomplished by theCommission on Public Ownership and Operationwhich was called together under the auspices of The Na-tiona
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