The Hershey Press 1910-01-21

              The Hershey Chocolate Com-pany
Pays a Bonus of Twenty
Per Cent To lls
Employees
Nearly. Five Hundre d Persons Help Enjoy
the Company 's Prosperity
. There are a few corporations m this
world of ours who allow their employees
the privilege of purchasing stock in the
concern, and thus enjoy the profits that
ensue, but those who are enabled ~tb
take advantage of this method of profit-sharing
are long and far between. The
Hershey Chocolate Company has a far
more liberal policy, and shows a far more
magnanimous spirit. They share a cer-tain
percentage <of the profits each year
with their 'employees. The amounts
they receive are based entirely upon
the salary they have earned. This
year, as well as last year, a bonus of
twenty per cent, was paid. For ex-ample,
a man who made $600 in the year
was entitled to a bonus of $120, and so
on. ' This is wisely governed, the pro-visions
being that, the beneficiary must
have been continuously employed in the
factory for a period of one year. " No
matter how long he might have been
there before, if he leaves and then re-turns,-
he must work out the year before
sharing in the division of the profits.
This has a tendency to weed out the
rolling stones and gives an" incentive to
the steady by making them realize that
the more" money that they make the
more they will getv-
The letter as received by* each em-,
ployee is as follows: -
Hershey, Pa., Jan. 15.
With the passing of 1909 we extend
greetings to our employees, hoping that
•the New Year may bring to them the
full measure of happiness, contentment
and prosperity, and enclose our check
for $ as your share of our profits
for the year of 1909.
The arrangement as regards to eligi-bility
and time of paying bonus for the
year 1909 will be effective in 1910.
The bonus at this period, to each em-ployee,
being unusually large affords a
most excellent opportunity to every em-ployee
for the saving of, at least part
of their earnings.
It is our hope that each employee will
exert every effort toward giving us
their best services during the coming
year for the general betterment of the
business. ''
With best wishes, we remain,
Very truly yours,
Hershey Chocolate Co.
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Hershey Briefs
A Little About You, About Your Neighbor
and Things in General •
¦ Two residents of Knockersville were
with us on Saturday evening. They had
bought, tickets to "The Masquerader"
and they had come to witness it. When
they had tramped through snow up to
their knees in order to get to the Park
Pavilion and having arrived there found
everything in darkness, they let loose.
They knocked Prof. Lehman and every-body
connected with "The Masque-roder.
" The. last we saw of them was
as they were'making their way to some-where.
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()n Sunday evening, about 8:45 o'clock,
a fire took place in the home of Jacob
Shirk, on Caracas avenue. Wm. Shaff-ner
was the hero. He came into the
room and found a coat ablaze. He did
not run for the Chief, but got busy apd
put out the fire without much ado. The
coat, a chair and a comfort were burned,
and Mr. ShafFner 'thinks he burned his
hands a trifle. Win. now has some
thoughts of joining the Fire Co. ;
Mr. Cyrus.'Lantz, our teamster, in-forms
us that he is going to resign his
position in the Spring and is going
farming. He has taken an 87-acre
farm near Palmyra. We shall certainly
miss him, although the times were num-erous
when he was missed by all, it
seemed as though the earth had swalr
lowed him, mules and all. He promises
to come and see us in the Summer, and
says.that he 'will take a ride On the
hobby horses.
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p Cm Tuesday evening the Hershey Y.
I'M. C. A. was organized. Although it
1 rained and the walking conditions were
J about as fierce as one might well wish
J for, for Old King Slush was out with
I bells on. For all that, the attendance
1 was large and the organization of the
t Y. M. C. A. was perfected amid much
I enthusiasm and its future has a most
rosy aspect. . .
v The meeting was called to order by
|. Rev. Benj. Segelken, who called upon
i Rev. O. G. Romig to offer prayer.
Prof. Stuart made, a motion, seconded
by Mr. Cassady, that Rev. Benj. Segel-
|'ken be elected the permanent chairman,
I which was unanimously carried. ' • '.
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Rev. Segelken appointed E. R. Mays
to take down the minutes of the meet-
„ fog-is
The meeting was then addressed by
1 Rev. Segelken, who explained the possi-f
bilities of a Y: M. C. . A. in Hershey.
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L He also fully explained the offer as
made by Mr. M. S. Hershey to the Y.
M. C. A. Stating that Mr. Hershey
Would turn the present Cocoa House
building oyer to the Y. M. C. A.,
and that, he would erect a large gym-i
nasium and swimming pool, in fact;
iwhen
completed we would have one of
the finest and best equipped Y. M. C.
A.'s in the country. All that Mr'.. Her-shey
requested was that the "people of
Hershey and neighboring towns would
manifest a desire to have a Y. M. C. A..
|in their midst. That he did;: not want
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1 f The Hershey Y, M. C. A.
I Organized on Tuesda y Evening and It Was
| : a Rattlin g Good Meeting
You play a little 'Ping -Pong, .
Have a little chat,
Mafe a little Chocolate Fudge,
Then take your hat,
Hold her hand in yours and say good-night;
Now isn't that a hr - of. a night,
For a great , big,' healthy man.
.. ¦ —Cassady.
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Only a fool will strive for success by
the skyrocket route. ' :i
A Society Evening