[Mary Minds Her Business by George Weston]@TWC D-Link bookMary Minds Her Business CHAPTER XXX 6/6
"But I know you are going to do it, if you've made up your mind to do it." "I'm not so sure it's foolish," said the judge.
"It seems to me it's going to bring us a lot of new business." "Got all we can handle now, haven't we ?" "Well, we can expand! It wouldn't be the first time in Spencer & Son's history that the factory has been doubled, and, by Jingo, I believe Mary's going to do it, too!" Mary said nothing, but a few mornings later when the advertisement appeared in the leading newspapers throughout the country, she made a remark which showed that her co-directors had failed to see at least two of the birds at which she was throwing her stone....
She had the newspapers brought to her room that morning, and was soon reading the following quarter page announcement: THE FRUITS OF HER LABOUR For the past six months, Spencer bearings have been made exclusively by women. The first result of this is a finer degree of accuracy than had ever been attained before. The second result is a reduction in the cost of manufacture, this notwithstanding the fact that every woman on our payroll has always received man's wages, and we have never worked more than eight hours a day. To those who watched the work done by women in the war, neither of the above results will be surprising. Because of the accuracy of her work, Spencer bearings are giving better satisfaction than ever before. Because of her dexterity and quickness, we are able to make the following public announcement: We are raising the wages of every woman in our factory one dollar a day; and we are reducing the price of our bearings ten per cent. These changes go into effect immediately. JOSIAH SPENCER & SON, INC. MARY SPENCER, President. "There!" said Mary, sitting up in bed and making a gesture to the world outside.
"That's what women can do! ...
Are you going to boycott us now ?".
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|