Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 13

MORE PAY REWARD " FOR BETTER WORK Industry Adoptlng “Efficiency Bonus” Plan in Operation With Armour Co. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ¥ORK, August 27.—The work- | man who does good work today gets more than a pat on the back a bulge in the pocketbook. Individual | worker efficiency has become so strong a factor in industrial profits that mod- ern_employers, instead of trying to hold a worker's returns down, ar. anxious to put them up. worker can and docs good: Steel executives throug dle West are frank in exp “deliver the | ing toward He gets | | 1abor, manufacture | joining t the Mid- | brought in. sing their | cash COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY FORT WORTH, August 27—J. A. is city has boug! 0 head of lambs, yearlings and ewes fo shipment to Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Iowa as feeders. Delf sheep will start immediately CHICAGO.—The n and scrap market in this district is hold- ing steady, but with no tendency to- ward higher prices, despite the firm- the Heavy melting steel is bringing from v of the $14 to $14.50. ATLANTA —The Chota Cotton Mills of C: oun, Ga.. a typical small town « i . has declared a 50 per cent dividend. The plant, | which is in the hydroelectric power zone and employs only Anglo-Saxon sheetings only. Executive Roxana Ofl ad- TOPEKA.—The State leased to the « 25 @ in Sumner County, several big wells The terms were $130,000 bonus and a royalty of one- helief that the profits they have piled | eighth on all product up in the last six months h due. in good 1 worker efficienc deavor have made similar dis They are adopting the s by which Willias i ation of the Le: can shipping They do new wage tract period or at least increascd carnings tive at once athan under regulations con- effec Armour Pays Bonuses. Today 7.000 empl of Armour & Co.a reiving e pay or bor Over a half mil- lion dollars was distributed by the Armour company for ‘“‘better-than average work,” and. it is ex . double that sum will be paid out in 1926. The emplo i industry are not payments we mands. Neit of the kindness of heart of the pack- | They represented payment for | value received, which could be ~ompensation in no other way. The company in question is not alone in taking such steps. It is cited merely hecause of the large number skilied workers employed. In most industries executives have =0 lately come up from the ranks that made out they know every detail of the unskilled | lines. man’s work and what constitutes « fair return in labor-for a fair daj pay. For anything above that return, the most aggressive and successfui managers are willing and anxious to pay. Explains the Plan. I". Edson White of Armour & Co. explains it as follows: “Our plan com- bines the two basic methods of wage payment ordinarily adopted by indus- try—hourly work. which heretofore affected 95 per cent of all employes in | the company’s plant which heretofore maining 5 per cent “Hourly work compensates for skill and assures a minimum wage regard- less of plant operations. hut does not take into account better than aver- age productivity. Plece work rewards both skill and productivity, but onl when wage rates are determined entifically and satisfactorily and plant operations are more or less constant. “Some tfme ago the industrial and engineering department determined just how much satisfactory work could be turned out in an hour or a day by an employe of average skill and productivity. This average out- put was adopted as a standard. The new plan combines most of the ad- vantages of both the hourly payment method and the piece-work method. Plan Being Extended. “It allows the same basic hourly rate according to skill and provides an extra earning or bonus for work done in excess of the standard. Gen- erally speaking, the bonus rate Is four-fifths of the hou meining one-fifth bei bonus payments to supervision his incentive payment plan is gradually being extended to include more employes and 18 demonstrating its practical worth by increasing wages and decreasing costs. It re wards the better-thanaverage worker without penalizing those who are be. low average and provides an incentive for both direct and indirect labor. It is expected that the plan will be so extended that at the end of the cur- rent vear extra wages will be doubled the amonnt paid Lm vear." NEW LINE IS 0.X'D. Construction of a 152-mile line from " Aberdeen. Miss., to Kimbrous a. by the St. Louis-San I Railway was authoriz the Interstate It will connect with the Shoals, Birmingham and Pe “risco subsidiary nd piece work, ffected the re ate, the re. aside for indirect labor and afford the Fr GiITt o et Beneicols otion, | Business of the Allis Chalme | facturing Co. | orders on " | quiet on the Bourse today | cent_rentes, Eiven | Was quoted at 34 rmm- of un- | | the New TIGE | improvement has been made. ‘| moist and rosy, | soap and water made her look and co a direct outlet to the | (Signed) | 1228 Alden St., N. E. DETROIT.—The Fisher Body Co. has purchased 60,000 acres of hard- wood timber in Louisiana and Arkan- sas, bringing its holdings up to 1,500,- | 000000 feet. BUSINESS IS GODD NEW YORK, August P).— Manu- s reported at its best level in the last four vears. unfilled August 1 amounting to $£13.400,000. compared with $10,100,000 of this yeur. ‘The previou record oceurred during a busy -month_period in 1923, in which unfinished business jumped $5.000,000. PRICES ON PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, August 27.—Trading was 50 fran London, 169 francs |63 francs, 10 centimes. change on 5 per cent loan, The dollar 88 centimes. PLANS BIG EXPENDITURES NEW YORK, August 27 (P).— About $10,000.000 will be spent by York Central Railroad in improvements of two of its affillated Terminals in the Pittsburgh listrict for the Pittsburgh & Lake ie will take about $5,000,000, and a program for the West Shore Rail- road to expedite heavy traffic through Albany, the other hdlf. ALE! NONE BETTER A. G. HERRMANN Lincoln 1981 750 Tenth St. S.E. Little girl suffers five years from unusual skin trouble Resinol relieves and heals Grand Rapids, Mich,, Jan. 9:— “Sometime ago my little girl’s whole body became dry and scaly. The skin where her shoes were laced and under her toes cracked n, which made it very painful. ‘e were advised to keep her skin soft with a good cold cream or pure lard and for five 3enrs I have spent many houts and used numerous half-pound cans of cold cream, but to no avail. As she grew older the trouble gradually became worse un- til I remembered that when she was a baby I had cured a bad case of. eczema by using Resinol Soap and Ointment. So for three weeks she has had no other soap on her skin and I cannot begin to tell you how m;;ch er feet are almost normal and the rest of her body is better than it has been for years. Up to this time T had never been able to bathe her oftener than was nbsolutely necessa- 1y, but wonder- ful soap actually makes her skin ‘whereas before, feel parched and dry even after a | liberal application of grease.” It Pays to “*Patronize The Parkway” What We Mean by “HONOR SERVICE” Truthful dealing with the Public— conscientious “trade-in” repair work—honest allowances and promises always fulfilled. These are the basic principals upon' which the Parkway Motor Company conducts its business. i ; The Parkway is more than an or- ganization—it honor! an institution of Pre-eminent in our minds at all times is the satisfaction of our patrons, whether they are “new-car prospects’’—*used-car prospects’ or Ford owners desiring service. Paeraq Motor Company, Inc. Sales Service 1065 u)i;fig)nsin Ave. Washington, D. C. Phones West 161-162-163 Under CARTER Management steel | | end of last week. |, recently | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. COTTON ADVANCES INTODAY'S TRADING Firm Cables, Weather and In- sect Damage News Are " Big Factors. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 27.—Cotton futures opened firm: October, 17 December, 17.92; January, 17.94; March, 18.04; May, 18.13. The market opened firm today at an advance of 9 to 18 points. Trad- ing was .active and prices soon showed net gains of 18 to 24 points, October selling up to 18.03 January to 18.01, in response to very firm late cables from Liverpool, ports of continental trade buying here, and rebuying by recent local sellers. Early weather newWs evidently dis- appointed sellers of yesterday as there were reports of further show- ers in Texas and buying was pro- moted by continued complaints of insect activities in various parts of the South. The advance to the 18- cent level again attracted realizing in considerable volume, but the market held steady and about 9 to 13 points net higher at the end of the first hour. Private cables sald Liverpool had been influenced by American buying and reports of a reduction of about 25 per cent in Egyption crop esti- mates, compared with last year. re- | JULY IS GOOD MONTH FOR WESTERN MARYLAND Coal Tax{nnge Continues to Mount. August Earnings Bid Fair to Approach Best Record. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, August 27.—Operat- ing revenues of the Western Mary- land Railway for July were $340,100, or slightly more than 20 per cent bet- ter than they were in the correspond- ihg month in 1925. For the seven- month perfod the gain in operating revenues was $1,626,005, or more than 16 per cent. Net income in July was $50,701 larger than it was in July, 1925, and for the period the gain was $568,104. August earnings promise to exceed the July record, which marked one of the best months the system ever realized. Cool tonnage continues to mount. Receipts from that source for the first three weeks in August showed a comparative gain of $348,206.25. or 63 per cent. Losses from other classes of traffic. however, 'reduced the actual increase for the three weeks to $332,133.44, or 27 per cent. From January 1-to August 21 re- ceipts from coal traffic were $7,431,- 344.91, a gain of $2,108,906.78, or 40 per cent. ‘Total receipts for the period were $14,331,041.60, an increase of $1,957,119.08, or 16 per cent. Coal traffic produced more than 50 per cent of the total earnings from Jan- uary 1 to August 21. BA]TK CLEARINGS. NEW YORK, August 27 (Special).— v__York bank clearings, $844,000, w York bank balances, $77.000, rk Federal Reserve Bank C. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET CHICAGO, August 27 (United States Department of Agriculture).—Hogs— Recelpts, 16,000 head: light hogs and | pigs around 25 higher than yesterday's average; medium weight butchers, mostly 10 to 15 up; heavy butchers, slow: asking prices, 15 to 25 higher; few early sales strong to 10 higher; packing sows, 25 to 50 higher than low' time; top 14.35; choice 200-pound averages upward to 14.20; bulk desir- able 210 pounds down, 13.75a14.20; bulk 220 to 250 pounds butchers, 13.00 al3.75; few 280 to 325 pound butchers, 11.25 a12.00: most packing sows, 9.25a 10.00; light weights suitable for ship- ment, upward to 10.55a10.75; heavy- welght hogs, 11.00a13.25; medium, 12.75a14.20; light, 13.15a14.35; light light, 13.00a14, packing sows, 9.00a 10.75; slaughter pigs, 12.25a14.15. (Ta!tle—Re('!u)L!, 2,000 head; meager supply; all classes full steady with week's advance; nothing strictly choice here; best vearlings, 10.50: few loads, 9.25a9.75: grassy and 7.25a8.75: grass cows, 6.50 down; bulls steady; best medium bulls, 6.25a6.35; vealers, 15.00a15.50; few, 16.00. Sheep—Receipts, 17,000 head; slow; fat lambs steady to 15 lower; early bulk Westerns, 15.00a15.10; better grades held above 15.25; bulk natives, 14.75a 15.00; culls weak; bulk, 9.75210.25; fat ewes fully steady; most sales, 5.50a 6.60; feeding lambs indications strong; late yesterday top hreedlng lambs scaling 55 pounds, 14.7 DN short fed steers® FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1926. OILS ARE BOOSTED. NEW YORK, August 27 (@.— ‘“Agriculture is in such a position as ! to foreshadow a rather moderate country demand for goods, imple- ments and fertilizers, on the one hand, and rather moderate prices for raw materials obtained from the farms, on the other,” says Moody's Investors Service. “The effect of this situation upon the national pros- perity may prove to be negligible. The petroleum industry displays such a strong statistical position as to lead many to believe that both oll shares and gasoline prices ought to move sharply upward.” ATCHISON DOES WELL. NEW YORK, August 27 (P).—The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe almost doubled its net operating. income in July, compared with July last year, $8,446,943 against $4,724,336. ross revenues gained about $5,000,000. New operating income for the seven months of 1926 rose to $27,455,020 from $20,109281-a year ago. 'The Baltimore & Ohio also had a good month, net . operating income of $5,609,773, comparing with $4,197,143, and for the seven months, $26,423,356 | against $19.915,555. INCOME SHOWS GAIN. NEW YORK, August 27 (P).—July net operating income of the Northern Pacific rose to $1,895,642 from $1,750,- 817 in July last vear, and for the seven months this year to $9,421,- 093, from $7,092,975 a vear ag: NIAGARA FALLS ORDERS 25 LOCOMOTIVES: BOSTON. August 27 (®).--Orders for 25 new locomotives to cost ap- proximately $2,150.000 were nounced today by the Boston and Al bany Rafliroad. Twenty freight loco- motives of the Berkshire type, con structed by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohfo, are to be de- livered to the road in December and | five heavy Pacific type passenger loco- motives made by the American 1« are scheduled for an- | Question of home sanitation and consequently one of health, and that' what PLUMBING ly involves, it doe: pay to be too econom- ical. Maurice J. 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