Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-15
VI. Godin's Home for workm-n and Their
Families Advantages OF Co-OperatiOn
Secured without the Loss Of Ind-pend-
-nCe-sChOOls and stores.


than sheet-irOn. A. soon ~ ne found
that his discovery was bringing Inn in a
good many orders he camr /" GuiSe and
built small workshop in one of the sub
urbS. This was upward, Of forty wears
ago. but the enterprise prospercd so much
that VI. Godin soon found himself rich
man, and might. had he cared for the
money alone, have retired from business
while i'll the prime of life
NJ. GoDIN's IDEA CARRIED OFT
But he had been from his youth an
ardent student of Fourier and had EN-
nracrd the doctrines of Pere Eufantin
Rejecting much that was Visionary in
heir ideas, VI. Godin, whort fund of com
m"n SENSE served to keep him clear Of the
Illusions which Crazed 50 many apostles
Df ST. Sjmoni>m. determined to see if he
could not create a PhalanStery which
would work and pay its way. and, what
ever may be the fate of the establishment
It GulSe when the master mind which
brought II INTO beng Is no longer there to
iIreCt. there can be no doubt that So far
VI. Godin has sue eeded. perhaps beyond
lis own eXpeCtatit ms His main idea was
o assemble all those who worked with
him IN one building. which he prefers TO
all the PaiaIS Social rather than the
r'amiliStere. by which latter name ii is
yeners,iv known and tu l.t ,arI, work
nan have a share in the profits Of capital
,ropnrtionare to the vaIur of the work
hat is tu say. proportionate To he yaIue
IF his uart in the Drnductinu ,f those
profits" The idea has been To- some tx
ent altered in carving il out. hut ONLY in
iegree. and he result is that those " no
work in conjunction with NJ Gudtn are
ar better Off than a great majority OF
hose who have to get their living by man
Ial labor.
The first thing to do WAS Ia erect a
lome in which the workm-n and their
antilles could live. and when the central
,orriou of the large building which now
7as a frontspe of snmethiuy like 80 feet
vas completed. NJ tiodln had great diff
,ulty 10 induce his men tn come and live
n il They dreaded what would they
huught. he the loss of their independence.
and with the suspicion So general
tmonC men Of their class. fauCied
hat VI. Godin was going in some
vay to get the best of them. This feeling.
however. soon passed of. for il WAS easy
q see that the apartments in the building
were so arranged that each family would
De AS much at home and free from inrrl-
ZION as if il we're residing IN a house of its
,wn. The additional adyau!ages which
% operation brings were soon perceived.
90. and the central pavilion. which is 2l6
'e4t long by 1873 feet deep has now two
wings of almost equal size. the whole
puilding containing rooms enough to &C
in comfort upward uf 4oO fami-
les The rooms are lofty, being about ten
'rrt high on all the four floors and they
Nuuld, if built in a town, form a street
more than mile in length
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matte performances are given once or
vice week by the troupe from the
leighborlng town OF ST. Quenteu, Is not
rec, the charge for seats ranging from
'ranCs 10 the eighth OF that modest sum.
The library and reading room are well
stocked with books and periodicals, relat-
NJ chiefly 10 questions OF social economy;
Dut the two most IMPORTANT features out