ing system is also maintained in the dining room, the higher grade
of colonists being served with better food than the lower. Everything
around the buildings is well-kept and orderly, and the general moral
atmosphere of the colony seems to be healthful and up-lifting.

The industrial colony at Ft. Herrick, near Cleveland, Ohio, differs in
many ways from the one at Hadleigh, and doubtless has been instrumental
in aiding a good number of outcast and fallen men, but it has been such
a burden financially, and such an unsolved problem in many ways, that it
may be considered a failure. The reason for its failure is not so much
bad management as lack of foresight on the part of those choosing the
site. The site is in no sense suitable for a colony, the soil being
unfit for intensive farming. Probably the best work done there has been
the reformation of drunkards, a work in which, according to reports, the
colony has been eminently successful.[23]

Coming now to the management of the Industrial Department in the United
States, we find that it is an up-to-date business enterprise. The
department is controlled by a corporation called "The Salvation Army
Industrial Homes Co." already referred to in our introduction.[24] The
management of the company is in the hands of the Army.[25] Under this
central authority, we find the United States divided into three
districts; the eastern district, with headquarters at New York; the
central district with headquarters at Cleveland, and the western
district with headquarters at Chicago. Each one of these districts has
at its head a social secretary, and under him are the different officers
in charge of the respective plants. Generally speaking, each local
officer is supreme in his individual plant. He can adopt methods and
means to suit the environment of his district, provided always that his
methods mean success. There are no iron-clad rules to hold him in check
beyond a system of bookkeeping and of making out detailed reports, which
must be sent to headquarters. When about to engage in some new venture,
however, such as securing a new location for his plant, opening up a
store, or renting or purchasing new property, he must refer the project
to his superior officer, before undertaking it. The local officer in
charge has trusted employees under him, such as a warehouse boss, a
kitchen boss, and stable boss, etc., each of whom is responsible to the
officer for his department.

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