Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-09-08
JAY GoULD's LtFB AND PRINCIPLES.
by Telegraph. |

by telegraph
New YORK, September 7th.-The morning
papers give Jay Gould's narrative in full Of
the incidents of his early life as related by
him before the Senate Committee on Labor
and Education. The following excite various
comments My surprise that my first EN-.
ployer could not be trusted by the farmer to
whom 1 applied for my dinner while on this
surveying trip was so great thst it seemed to
me rs If the world had come to an end. I
did not know where l was to get my dinner,
and did not try till long after three o'clock.
After this rebuff l was naturally timid boy.
Only it had great effect on me. l then was
determined upon throwing up the whole en-
gagement, but | went out and had q good
cry, where no one could see me. Then | got
down and prayed, and felt better afterward.
So made up my mind to go ahead. 1 made
up my mird TO die in the last ditch. / was
hungry, and l decided to go into the first
house came to and get something to eat. 1
did SO. The woman treated me kindly, gave
me some bread and milk, and when I went
away told her to enter it down.
referring TO his present enterprises Gould
said: I am Director in several roads,
but put my whole strength into the South
western system. l don't ike TO scatter
around"
What you do, you DO well, or Try to ?"
asked Senator Blair.
Certainly, l try TO do all things well, -
was the answer. think there is no cor.
poration in this country which pays 80 much
attention to its employees ss the Western
Union Telegraph Company. Il has special
committees to look after their intere sss Its
employees are well paid for their services in
comparison with men of similar capacity,
such as railroad employees and clerks in stores
and contingencies. | have been all my
life laborer and an employer of laborers.
Strikes come from various causes, but are
principally brought about by the poorest, and
therefore the dissatisfied element. There is
great field out West for surplus labor in the
Eastern States"
How can the poor laboring man get
West 2" was asked.
easy enough, If he really wants to 90,
but most of The poor laborers here don't want
to go West they prefer 10 remain in New
York and be beggars TO embracing a good
chance of becoming nabobs out West"
but suppose good honest lAhorers wanted
to go West, and had no money y said Blair.
eff he could not make arrangements to
work his passage" said Gould, he would
have to walk"
How is a man with health and strength
and family to get ont Westg'
II think that might be the proper subject
II
Gould, gravely.
Speaking of trades unions, Gould said !:
" think capitalists and laborers, il left alone,
Will naturally right their grievances. Socie-
ties ore going up which magnify these things
and create troubles that ought not to exist
at al" He did not, however disparsge OBJ
jects for which these societies wers created.
Being asked by Senator Call if there was
not danger in exclusive rights being granted
large corporations, Could replied 81 do not
think am in auy danger. l brought moth
ing into the world and don't expect to take
anything cut. don't think, he continued,
that these corporate franchises amount to
much, because they are not excIusive-they
are not monopolies. II exclusive franchises
were given to telegraph company, for in
stance, that would be immensely valuable,
but there is no such franchise" The Times,
in characteristic bitter editorial ON Gould.
calls attention to the total omission from his
minute autobiography yesterday of any ref
erence to his connection with the Erie Herald.