The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-24
Oils. THURSDAY NOVEMBER "a. 1875
the honor of knigHthood. So that the poor
factory cotton spinner is now

the honor of knighthood. So that the poor
factory cotton spinner is now
SIR TITUS SALT.
of Saltaire, which is the name be has given
to his town. As soon as We arrived at the
railroad station we took cab and road
around the town. We saw shops and stores
of all kinds, but not dram shop in the
place. That plague spot finds no home
there. 1t being near noon, we drove TO the
bridge that overlooks the large gates,
through which the operatives have to pass
to their dinners. After waiting few mo-
mfnts the great bell rang, when such solid
stream OF humanity poured out of those
gates as had never seen before. Men, wo-
men and children, i've thousand souls. all
eager for the dinner that, no doubt, was
waiting for them in their pleasant homes
near by. They seemed like a stream that had
been pent up In a narrow channel, spreading
out, and losing itself in q broad meadow.
AS soon as work commenced i presented
my card at the Office for strangers, and we
were shown into an elegant receiving room.
Mr.. Stead, one of the managers, a very af-
fable, pleasant gentleman, told tne, in an
swer to my request to go over the factory,
that they never admitted strangers without
an Introduction from some responsible per-
son. L told him that having had the con-
troll of a large factory myself, appreciated
their objection to admitting strangers. But
as L was in quite different business,
there was no danger of my stealing any OF
their ideas, facts OF trade, or modes of man
ufacture, whicA no doubt had cost them a
great deal of money to perfect and work
out. / suppose he saw that | understood
these matters, and very kindly showed us
through the vast building. 1t Is impossible
tor me to give anything like a correct idea
of this great hive OF industry. Think of 500
in fnll
that only a small part of one story of the
building. We saw the raw material, just as
IL had come from the back OF the
animal in every stage OF its progress, until
it came out the beautiful fabric which ladies
so delight TO look upon and to wear. What
a long way it had travelled from the place
where it grew to the place where it is worn.
Through what number Of
coMB1NG, cARDING, SHINING, WEAVING
and other machines it had passed before it
received its last finish. Having passed
through several fires, appreciated the pre-
caution used for its prevention in this build
ing. 1t is as nearly fire-proof as possible.
Indeed, 1 do not see how it could burn down.
would insure 1t for q mere tritle. But
where are the large furnaces to make the
steam to run this endless amount of ma
chiDery? They are under the pavement. in
the yard, fifty feet from the buildings. You
would never suppose while crossing the
smooth fiag-stones over which the teams
are constantly passing that immense fur
naces were roaring and burning beneath
your feet. All that you see of them is an
iron railing round an opening by the rail-
road, where the coal brought in by the cars
Is dumped down into the bins close by the
furnace doors. 1 went down and
found the boilers tubular, nine feet in di-
ameter, sixteen feet long. The engineer
told me that they were going to exchange
them for boilers twelve feet in diameter
making larger steam surface and greater
economy of fuel. The smoke passes through
smoke burner and a fiue 100 feet long be-
fore it reaches the chimney, nearly 200 feet
high. This gives splendid draft to the fur
nsces, as the roaring current OF air charged
with oxygen passing over the fiery blsZ9
fully shows. These furnaces have no con-
nection with the building except by the
large supply pire for the engine, and the
steam to heat the building. Their explosion
would do little damage. This vast machin-
cry is carried forward by two pair of upright
reciprocatiDg engines of four feet cylinder
and eight foot stroke, of
BEAUTIFUL WORKMANSHIP
and kept in the most perfect order. /
found this vast establishment working like
a well regulated, well oiled piece of machin-
OiJ' 1fOAy OhO VI buOcC y, OcluHs
had certain duty to perform, and person
to see that it was done. The chill.
dren from ten years and upward
worked in the factory by sections,
one section being at work one half of the
day and ct school the other. The sections
thus alternated with each other keep the
places both in school and factory constantly
tiled. This, however, is not a system of
"all work and no play" The factory was to
be closed the next day in the afternoon, to
give time for recreation and enjoyment.
Prizes were offered for competition in
English games and athletic sports. These
were to take place in the public park, Sir
Titus and his family, who are all in unison
with him in all his plans, were to attend to
see fair play and to distribute the rewards.
How such man as this towers above those
who are selhshly struggling and scrambling
to gather wealth for their own enjoyment
and advantage, and who are entirely re-
gardless OF the bodies and souls of those
who wear themselves out in earning the
money. When will labor and capital learn
that they depend upon each other, that the
interest of the employer and the employe
are one and the same, and that their sy m
pathies ought to be with and for each other.
Such a man as Sir Titus Salt makes me
proud of the race to which belong. Would
TO God that there were more of them!
A satisfactory report of the progress ofth
German works at Olympia has been re-