The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-26

4 PLACF WHERE LiBoR iED CITITiI
EJSE WTTTOt I ERICTION
The sheffield or America, With Improvement.
Where Men own and appreciate th.,,
Homes -Novei Way OF Paying Pew R.n,

the relation of capital TO labor said THAT " in
Collinsvillc the corporation dcdu 10 ihr BOW
rental from the laborcr paw" The picach,r
commented on this fact. and used it with ,ihors
to illustrate the means that capitalists l,,o To
aggrandi2r themselves At the cNpc's of lnlor
Collinsvillc il little manufacturing village
on the Pennington river. in Hartford countv
II lies in valley. and if so far from city nnn.
onccs being some twenty five mrs lrum Hart.
ford and thirty from New Haven. that IL hls
been peculiar in its customs and hir. Forty
years ago Mr.. Collins started . little aye factory
hero. the first ofthc kind In America II then
employed "A few mon. all Am rricuns, and did
first small business, but the implements that
bore his trade mark became 50 we'll known in
the market that the concern now docs 1ho largest
business Of the kind in the country Some 50
operatives are employed. Americans Gcrnians
Swe,cs. Irish. and French Canadians.
How do the hard timos Affect you moro 2 the
reporter inquired Of an operative.
"Oh, things are driving IN the shops now
The men are having all they can do
DOES the company asscss you men for pow
rcnts -
The man looked Mt the reporter worry sylvia
moment. and then turned his eye toward thu
ttle church that stands on IN, Nihag" srg'h,
lhcn he looked ingn lively al ne I.p9rl.r. Us
much as to say, What do you want to know
y" It's a very singular thing" the reporter con
tinucd. " If they do So. hut a preacher IN New
HaNrn told ny c2ngrcsation mat ,ngy did ,,ho
s,ond H., ugh h Hv hS b,ayr II II thnV
did"
"Bu, thev do John" said the man first ad.
drcssa ain', \ynrki". ih,re NV" he con
tiuund ," Ian, thnt il rnrrr'f 'TnnV don't do il
70 all the hands. hut oniy to those who 20 to tho
DO tie hands object TO it?"
why no; not that know of. Inever heard
| any one speak OF II, The reason i. suppose,
BE-, muse It's been done eyer r nee / knew any
thing about matters here. No. donr think the
inrr 20, Ia ,.,I,,r,. Inf II tnk u.s. 'ut.f the nav OF
| thos,, WHO 70 To- the C0nsrc.ut,nu.I Church
| whatever IT, pew rent IT,
"Y us' ims ti thr s snmr "ouS' rent
Nj S,.yrs thn r,siirnt rntrae .ntntfve Of tls
Collins Cnmtnnv rnnd the r.i,iri ni the NV
| Haven sermon above referred 10. vi ich the re-
h., ,st,i nmJ th,n iid.J ~ he rinmed over
.n p"pen T., se' NM IT, os moi .inte
| ali thn fncts W.. do dr,iti,t ihn uri,., Of new
REM rom .ilr MAJ rhr NM uu{ ~ nn
n' ms itr,, ,.a,s ~, - uisin,u md tha
men I'm, ma d nj Inub VIM, n arise Mr. sears ,"
Vol. aft,r Mr.. Collins had been here some i,,,
w1s stprtnJ un w1s N h1rahmnn IN mscf and
4, ~ 80 ,binS, ~, n r,nt If V,.u,-
w"u'1d tend TO- max" the nrn steady and reliable
so, nrE1N Ds ms rhYIS s9IS MS 1r sb'' ,ys
| hmin AZ th9, linz most ~, the hnn,s vera
| A,ri.ans ard tbn br,.r mat If ,h,. rnn',rn
| cation were thrs,, men and th,sr families The
,,,,r, ~ ,hn ,,b,prrh NM "a T., a,nn from
| =, . -, al ~, a,..t.,ty
II tnck IN" On ,rea,9finmaI farm m" nni
usir ,,os , H., ,,,,,r ~ ia, ,ninis,r
,hn ,,crtiin,y thnt he would .,,t NJ. nav md Mr.
| Cnllins sna,y.sird "a niun Iv v,hi,,h f1ai would
| hc rnrtnin ~ nr"nnsed a. mnt, ihe romunny
r"srnneihio f. ~. .nn,,rrh s.'iv fnr so ,p,,.h
- H., i,,.,,,,,, 90 ea,nn l,r ,i. r.rt ~ nn,ys
KIM iJ ~ az ~ nan, , .p,,i,a"S
~ ht3 ~ han tr7 , WILL. nm ,,i,
noiu n"uh II !, ~ h w So I'm, ,hai
Hasr,"u 70 ords nv IT. n'tH u" u'n ~ VIZ,
| n"y 49, tha MN d,u'i ,,.i i, 49,, am ia ,vhnn
h np',,n Nm IN ,hnf WY Wv" '--' 90 "''-
| rr;a.' ~ 'r,tr ,,,r, ~ ,h ,",v n, li.rs "A
| his rhiircr
| ~ yen III. larger nart But Won must un,icr-
stn,,j thni mr. s ~" ,s-,'.sri,.nt iv th~ .nn-
pnny for any gious purposH whatever"
~ nu ia moi ,,,,uirh th,.r, tr -" IN N. Com
cr,i lu uV a}rri u4'"' !" - 'o"-
80 ~, n' No. ,,,,y 90 tho re mr. onv,vher. slsa
| mr. ,','u'l'rr - ' -
nrice Tor ait,nf,tnee * To- Ice tnk,n iron, thoiY
wages"
| es IL has been go long a custom that they
when the house rent is taken out
On the Day book Of the company. which Mr.
Sears showed 10 the Reporter. are columns
J headed House rent" -" Money advanced,
down this latter column AR" tn Ice found fro
qurnt entries charged against the names aver
| aging from 50 to So, being the quarter r. pow
| rent
The Collinsvrlc Congregational Church has
always been rated high among the preachers Of
| that denomination IN Connecticut he'nusc the
| quarters SALARY is always ready the day 1t IL
due whercns in many ~ thr smaller towns tho
| parson frequently has To- wait Tor slow COLLEGE
| lions Years ago, when Mr.. Collins first logan
this system and Tor some time after. rs all ot his
| workmen were Americans and a. he was "A
strong churrhman. very f,w NJ the men jared
| To keep away from any connection with tho
| church. Tor whil,. he always trrafnd his ON
pIoyeas kindly' t6orr was an impr"ssion hat he
| thought none the less of a man If he bought a
pow in the church. But s.nrc workmrn u
M"roaist' Fpiseopal' and Roman Cnth"Iic
churches have been built only those 70 To the
Congregational Church who wish To, hut tho
o. ISL ntN tHt m an