New-York tribune., 1885-07-12
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sumcient TO retire him from public lifeS sss 70 y

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sumcient TO retire him from public lfe." s's 70 =
All over this country In the tarivins mauus..,,..
towns ana cities OF smaller size, miIlionairssare ap,
Ing up Thirty years ago there we're not moro tbs.
or three milionaires In tho STATE Of Ohm No. ~
arc close on to hundred One Of those Ia p. p 49,
OF Springfield, Ohio, who was) hero last vssk u..
small. spare man, with Q long gray beard that 49,.
down to point at his waist He made Lis uon.~ !.
seed drills. wnd-mis, aud improved agrtcultu,., -,
pements Nov he can hardly find rIaces enough tor d.
In California from which he - taking $2OoooI Is
ped that he owned Ave or six mines None Of ts ns re-
operated by companies tho ownership being who,Is %
MSposs County Mr. Mast was = we SeHr 1eass
1900 foot tunnel through the rock to strike the &
by hm in neighborood is rich in pockets sr"
one OF which over $2500o0 was extracted He goes on
there every summer
talking with Mr. Mast about John W. BooS.
walter. another Of the manufacturer mIionaircs a
Springfield. who came into prominence as tho Demo
cratic candidate for Governor OF Ohio In 1891 Mr. Ma
said Mr.. Bookwalter Is In Springfield 80 rarely th,s
scarcely know him. lie Ia abroad now, believe an
an extended tour: His brother. Frank. runs all the
service working on salary He has been seventeen
years In the same position without any interest In the
business John spent great deal OF money In trying Ia
be Governor Men took his money and then sold him
out think his political experience soured him againss
SpriugHcu manufactures large numbers OF mowers
reapers annually The Whiteeys have made miliions
ont Of the Champion machine. asked Mr. Mast about
the binders and he said The cord binder IA now
generally used and successfully operated All the ma.
chimes substantially tho same binder the AIpleby,
Enormous spent In trying to invent some-
thing better different Whiteley spent 100000 in
experiments and then had 10 adopt it. Tie bad trouble
too. with Mccormick, who had been the s get con.
troll OF the Appleby The wire binders went to the wall
rapidly. They had about seasons run. Then tho
mllcrs found bits OF wircn the wheat IN their hoppsrs
The farmers beard OF cattle eating pieces OF wire and
cries. and everybody got to work to Ierfect cord binding
Now nothing else Is thought Of The manufacturers hsd
binders It was necessary tc keep men constantly on
the road to regulate machines. The farmers know
difficulty pretty well obviated The farmer boz;
OF the country growing with good knowledge Of
farms. and when one family DOESN'T know. some neigh.
boris boy be called 10 who does know. so they
change their knowledge OF machinery Just they used
to exchange farm hands at reapins or threshhg tnc
The manufacturing interest has been quicker than any
other to the ground swell Of Jealousy with which
laboring regard capitalists. Mr.. Mast sail 10
rsaw In Pittsburg aud Cincinnati the wing OF
terrible things In the future of this country What
have Just seen In Chicago and Ceyelant is another
hint The fact is that In tho prosperous
our factory towns there feeling OF hostility betweci
labor and capital Why in Springfield, wncrs we paI
such wages that when away from the shops
you cannot distinguish employe from employer, thcro
the same feeling the obi countries where the work
ingman's condition Is really bad Tho attempts that
have made to help my employees have not been salts.
factory They used say they had chance to acquire
property and homes. bought about nfteen acres Of
land platte II In lots streets through IL and offered
II to my at cost monthly payments The lots
all sold but after time four or 6ve mon bought thcm
all n and OF the other original purchasers built up
home, although aDy OF them was able TO do 40. I
must say that do not what coming TO IN the
labor Held. You night make employees tho joint
OF my factories to-day. and In two years time
they would not DE Ia existence. There IA 50 little money
In manufacturing that six per cent interest money
would pay us better. Yet inclined to demand
more and more each year III we shond yield to their
demands II would be 10 shut up shops. for could
not at 10 profit We run many months ia the year
simply to give our men steady employment. and
make large stocks In advance that which
run the risk Of not selling"