. The National Civic Federation review . rbearing, mar-tinet foreman. Justice and fair dealingmust be the basis of all Welfare Work. The motive of the employer is onewhich comes before us the economic value of WelfareWork must be admitted, it is pleasantto find that the average employer pro-motes Welfare Work from the humani-tarian standpoint. It is not difficult toprove that it is desirable from a mer-cenary point of view. One may enume-rate such advantages as the attractingof skilled employes who will seek workwhere the conditions are best; good discipline and self-respect,
. The National Civic Federation review . rbearing, mar-tinet foreman. Justice and fair dealingmust be the basis of all Welfare Work. The motive of the employer is onewhich comes before us the economic value of WelfareWork must be admitted, it is pleasantto find that the average employer pro-motes Welfare Work from the humani-tarian standpoint. It is not difficult toprove that it is desirable from a mer-cenary point of view. One may enume-rate such advantages as the attractingof skilled employes who will seek workwhere the conditions are best; good discipline and self-respect, which may be secured through opportunitiesfor cleanliness; a permanent set of employes as againsta constantly changing force which requires effort totrain, and necessitates the loss of much material wasted;and a happy, contented class of workers. May I close by quoting Dr. Eliot, who has stated. Happiness is a state of mind much more than a stateof body, provided that the elementary necessaries forthe well-being of the body are at ROPERTY OUTSIDE COMPANYS CONTROL,LUDLOW, MASS. ;—OCTOKEK. I905. THE CIVIC FEDERATION OF NEW ENGLAND. MANY REPRESENTATIVES OF ITS THREE ELEMENTS EXPRESS THEIR REASONS FORSUPPORTING ITS METHODS OF PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL PEACE. (FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE CIVIC FEDERATION OF NEW ENGLAND.) THE membership rull of the Civic Federation ofNew England, including officers and membersof general committees, now numbers within aery few names of three hundred. New members are>eing steadily added, but it has seemed desirable to>ublish the acceptances received thus far, togethervith as many as possible of the voluntary expressionsiiccompanying such acceptances, both as evidence thathe Civic Federation is not a secret organization,vhose members are taking a position they do not dareeveal, and for the further reason that a list repre-senting, as this does, a large portion of the strongestmd most influential employers and labor interests of^ew Englan
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