The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-03
TIGHTENING LABOR.

One Of the most prosperous and
profitable concerns in Utah. is the
: mammoth boot and shoe factory OF
! z. C. M l., Immediately west OF the
Eagle Emporium. 1t is not only
beneficial in its financial results
but goes long way in the direction
3 of tightening labor and bringing
workers into perfect concord one
with another. Two hundred people
! guiding and controlling the i'm
mense and intricate machinery by
means of which the principal part
of the mechanical work is done, is
no small matter; and when one
views the perfect discipline, the I'M
usual regularity, the quiet perse-
Yerance and the steady industry
lpervading the entire establishment,
land recognizable at a glance, he is
lied to believe that surely the golden
mean adjusting the relations OF
capital and labor, has been reached
and made subservient to the best
interests of mankind. 1t is
not merely that the business
is well managed and properly con-
trolled; that the laborers' hire is
paid to the last farthing before Sat-
lurday's sun has gone greatly beyond
the meridian; nor0that good treat
ment is exercised towards the work
ers-these are excellent conditions,
but they do not explain the case
fully, because they are found else
where, in places where rancor, dis
content and disturbance prevail.
The true secret is that those who
toll are not treated like slaves, be-
cause they toll: that the independ-
ence of manhood and the delicacy
of WOmanhood are respected even
if circumstances require them for
the present to earn their bread by
the sweat of their brow; that there
are no practices by means of which
humiliation like dark cloud shall
rest upon the mind Of any one be-
cause his or her position in life is
not that of royalty or wealth.
To further the best interests of the
itself and all the employees,
it was deemed best to organize
the latter a mutual aid
society, so that by limited contrlbu-
ions from time to time fund
night be created and maintained
rom which those who became sick {
II were unfortunate from any 6
;ause might receive assistance; this {
tself was a stride in the direction s
# uniting the workers in common :
purpose and placing them upon !
erms Of fraternal accord, since they !
to feel that they were s
not merely for themselves
)ut for society in which each and /
IL held an interest, knowing that i
Yhen misfortune came, no matter 6
rom what source, they would not S
'e utterly unprovided for. In addi- t
ion to this, Col Rowe, the superin- |
and Mr.. McAllister, the {
htef accountant, conceived the 8
1ea of blending pastime with work /
nd out of the host whose names t
ppear Oh. the pay roll, a kind of glee 7
lub or choir, was organized, t
nd entertainments arranged for +
aturday evenings, in a large room b
4 the building, where seats, a plat O
orm, an organ and other conYen- t
9nces are provided. Here singing, C
music, Rotations, r
9ctures, etc., are presented and the il
Employees, while enjoying them t,
elves, are gaining knowledge and a
those arts and customs 81
'hich are indispensable acquire il
tents in ladies and gentlemen; and II
len it costs nothing; all are made $,
Apply; the week ends as it should. NJ
oT in the gloomy reflections pro ST
iced by aches and ailments m
trough overwork and Indifferent m
eatment, but in innocent profit P
lie pastime. A HERALD represent m
i've witnessed a portion of their ri
yesterday evening, and u
und it not inferior to many which pr
st high prices to hear. TO
If Col. Rowe and his co-workers OF
We not placed capital and labor ia
ION terms of perfect comfy, they th
We come as near to it as any
IMAM being ever will; and as it is
re, why should it not be every tn