Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-22
millionaire, but not a word is said
obort on advance in tha condition

of those without whose labor such
vast wealth could not lie accumu-
lated. y g All experience shows
that there can be no hope of in
Producing more harmonious rela-
tions, unless employers and ems
ployed are both made to feel that
they have an Immediate and sdl~
rect interest in the success OF the
work in which they are engaged"
A letter received from one of
'England's largest manufacturers,
have these words: 81 think when
the time comes for cooperative
production, 1T will solve many
questions, destroy large manufacs
turing monopolies, and raise the
laboring slave to an independent
position III his W and our
opinion. 1 am sure there is a
strong feeling in the mind at least
of the intelligent employer of Ia
bor. that he owes his work people
something"
Of course, it is objected that
such broad partnership destroys
somewhat the privacy of business
that workmen are unwilling 10
share losses, and that wages T
better in America than elsewhere,
therefore labor should be satisfied.
The recent great strike in our own
country, saying nothing OF the
| 1859 in Europe since 1870, shows
that there is still dissatisfaction,
both with length of hours and wa
ees. Doubtless we shall have to
save u Sabbath by the adoption
of the English half-holiday on
| Saturdays. The man who works
from sunrise till sunset, scarcely
knowing that the flowers are grow
ling about him, or that the sky Is
blue above him, must have some
time fresh air and sunshine. Shall
we not also help to solve the labor
question by understandings
A hopeful sign of that future
| when. as the lamented w. Stanley
Jevons said, "the workman's IN
terests shall be bound up with
those of his employer, rather than
workmen banded together, and
employers together" is the fact
that never before we're employers
building so many tasteful homes
or the employ ed as now.
In Sweden model dwellings are
erected with the intention that
the workmen, by annual pay
ments. shall become the owners.
They are usually designed for
two families, three rooms for each,
the rent about sixteen dollars a
year, paid for by their vegetable
y .- sa --srr . H
gardens. a e.
Mr.. Krupp, at his steel works at
Essen, Prussia, where 1900 men
are employed, has already built
about 5000 houses for them. he
has also established schools and
reading-rooms. When ill, they
receive half-pay, and are cared
for in the hospital without cost.
Satire, built by Sir Titus Salt
for his 1000 workmen, is clean
and attractive with its twe-story
houses of light stone, its flower
bedsi in every front yard, its hand
semb hall used as a library. mu-
scum, and for class-rooms, its park
of fourteen acres with cricket
grounds and lake for boating, and
without a single saloon in the
town.
The GA building associations III
England and Wales, with a share
capital of s9o,Oo0,O0O, are making
many waste places comfortable
and healthful.
Peabody, with his S2,500,0oO, set
an example that the world will
more and more emulate. Fifteen
of the worst localities in London
have immense brick or stone
blocks, with clean rooms and hap
pv children. While each OF the
nearly 5000 rooms pays only
about so cents a week for rent,
the net profit on capital is from
81 to 81 per cent.
Two other London societies
have each spent $1,5OO,OO0 for a
similar purpose. Some towns in
France are thus using their sur
plus capital, believing it to be a
paying investment as well as a HIT
mdnlUdTldu " -
The work of Miss -Octavia Hill,
of London, one feature of which is
that wealthy ladies Shall look af-
ter three or -four homes, collecting
rents and giving helpful SUCCESS
lions as to health and cleanliness,
deserves careful study. Neat,
skilled, and able-bodied workmen
cannot come from squalid homes,
where food is poorly cooked and
ventilation and drainage I'M
known. A pot of flowers in the
window Of shop or horne, or a
picture on the wall, are wonder
full educators. All through Sean
dinavia one sees flowers III every
window, be the house ever so mod
est. What wonder that the peo>
pie are honest, the doors of the
Norwegian never being locked,
and that they are most tender
alike to children and animals?
Whatever may be thought. of
proft-sharing and home-building,