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MARCH, 1974 All of Us When you hear the word competition, what comes to your mind? Major league baseball, track meets, car races, golf, or some other major sport? P Chances are you think of competition as being a contest between prod ucts, corporations or factories. This is no more accurate than if you think of farming in terms of land, animals or crops. Farmers do the farming; the farmer uses other things to get the farming done. In business, competition is a personal contest between people in one company against the people in all other a companies who are producing the same line of goods. You, the employee, do the competing. Our plants, machines and equipment are only the competitive tools. Profit motivates our private enterprise system; competition makes it work. Competition furnishes the checks and balances which assure that our At i 4 ui nuuunui ctuiiumy uptri cues iui puuiiu good as well as for private gain. As long as we are free to compete, society's interests are well protected. 9 If a man shoots for a higher profit by fjnl Service Aware LS| For February ^ The following employees received < awards during reoruary: Name 5 Years Elizabeth Snelgrove Andre Day Larry W. Hedspeth Willie j. Lieat^e 0 10 Years .eroy J. Calhoun Richard G. Turner George Robert Smith IS Years Rosie W. Scott Marion C. Hiers # > Must Face Con r i h r u a ^ rv i "I enjoy my work every day. My supervision understands my problems * ana co-operaies wnn me in every way. I know how competitive the textile industry is, and everyone should do his part to make quality production." Nathaniel Griffin Bailey Roving Operator Is /^~f\ continuous service / \ Plant y/ ' ^ Bailey I C - Lydia V. .... No. 2 (>s No. 2 X. X I No. 2 ^ OUT j It would be v< to purchase the Lydia under Clinton Mil mnv nnvc a cnKcl 'J k? M i> U k/O I premiums. In add) -T ? life insurance bei No- 2 . ?.01 payment of $21 a Lydia period of total dis 3 ipetition aising his prices, customers can and jsually do go to his competitors. If ie commands a handsome profit by eason of a unique and desirable prodict, others soort will be trying to build ji even better product?at a lower ~ ? ?i i 11IUO, v-uiiipcuuuii LUiuidiuiy duusts the market to society's needs. In benefiting the customer, competiion also helps a company?by stimuating research, improving product deign, sharpening the general conduct ?nd management of the business. Similarly, competition works to stimuate and improve the individual. In short, competition is never a bed )f roses, and it's sometimes pretty -ough; but as long as it is free, it's a jood thing for the individual employee, he company and for the nation. Be a good competitor. Let's work :o win! The teacher had asked the class to list, in their opinion, the nine greatest Americans. After a while, she stopped at one desk and asked, "Have you finished your list yet, Bobby?" "Not yet," he replied. "I can't decide on the shortstop." AA , 1 fTTnr J-J irl r1r>yi Pm mhcnl: JL JL I Li V/ H X. 14 I vy f V ;ry expensive for you as an individual medical expense protection you have lis group insurance program. The comlantial portion of your group insurance ition to the surgical, major medical, and nefits, the plan also provides for the week for up to 13 weeks during the lability.