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the permanent control of one man, who, even under the best conditions, mav be prejudiced or autocratic.

This sense of interdependence and of participation is strength- ened in many ways. Every employe is LMYCH the fullest intW-

FIG. 5. THE INSPECTION ROOM

mation of the business of the various departments. This is accomplished by general meetings, meetings of special depart- ments, and by publication. The company has an extensive printing establishment of its own, employing between seventy- five and one hundred men. A large semimonthly is printed for distribution among its employes. There are also weekly publi- cations, one giving the full reports of the meetings of the clubs, of the officers, and of the employes, and also a daily publica- tion, besides various publications advertising the products and for the instruction and information of the selling agents. There are frequent meetings of the entire factory force, in the sum- mer in the grove adjoining the factory, and in the winter in the assembly hall. Hen- suggestions are freely offered and received. The company incurs a great expense in its yearly meeting of all its representatives, home and foreign ; and at least once in this