Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-13
Fair Plav for the Dead

De Pauw, after fa.;c:.ing beyond all rea-
sonable dimensions on tari6 plumber, at
TEMPTED to make his peace with society by
donating million dollars to Asbury Univer-
sity in Indiana, on condition that it take his
name. And 50 the good bishops honored
name was thrown overheard, and the big en-
dowment conferred by the glass consumer
of the United States stands, by mistake. to
the credit of De Paw.
Mr.. De PAW. being philanthropist, is
merely pleading for the protection of
American labor" These fat and oily barons
are always exuding sympathy with the work
ingmen. 1t just rolls out their pores And
yet this same De Paw Cor his father, we be-
lieve) grew tired Of supporting American
laborers few years ago, and got an agent
in Bohemia to send over a cargo of SO called
''pauper7 mechanics with whom he contrac-
ted At sixty cents day That's the way tariff
protects American labor.
OF course, Mr.. DE PAW wants the steal
ing to 60 on but let him apply to Congress
in behalf Of the De Paw bank account, and
not in the name of the American public
which he has heeced or the American labor
er he has debased.-Th he Telegram.
The Press can hardly believe that the Tele-
gram desires to perpetrste . cruel injustice
upon the memory If one of the most public
spirited men the country ever produced. Mr..
De PAW is dead. During his life he spent
. large portion of his fortune (Which was not
made in the manufacture of glass; in chari-
table and benevolent deeds, and at his death
he left million or more for charitable and
educational purposes.
Mr.. DE Paw started the manufacture of
glass in this country because he felt We
ought to be able to develop this important
industry here. He never made anything out
Of the business. Up to January /. 1879. he
had over 81, 300, 900 invested. That year he
took an inventory and learned that the total
losses in the business had been $500 900.
From that year to 1882 he made = small pro-
1T, but it never reached eight per cent. per
year. From 1882 to the present time the
profits of the factory carried on by his son,
Mr.. n. T. De Paw, have never reached
more than ten per cent.
The Press knows these to be absolute facts,
and, if necessary, can produce sworn state
ments as to their accuracy. 1t moreover in
vites the Telegram to contradict the follow
ing statements:
First-That all money put into plate glass
works in America prior to 1879 had been a
total loss.
Second-that some of the shrewdest, most
energetic and successful business men in
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, Detroit,
Chicago, st. Louis, Louisville, had in the
aggregate invested millions in plate glass
enterprises and lost the whole of it.
Third-That no plate glass had been made
in America without loss to the maker prior to
1879.
Fourth-That after long struggle and the
sinking of $500, 900 the De Pauws have sue
ceeded in making glass at a small profit.
Fifth That Americans are now paying less
than half what they paid for plate glass prior
to the time plate glass was made in the United
States at the works of Mr.. De PAW
Sixth-That Mr.. De Paw never employed
a man at such rate as sixty cents per day in
his works. And that the only importation of
foreign labor he ever made was that of
skilled men whose knowledge was necessary
to start the new industry in this country.
The Press feels this coarse, this cruel. this
unwarranted attack upon the character of a
man now dead whose noble deeds are known
throughout this country. 1t challenges the
Telegram to print these facts and deny one
Of them. 1t appeals to every fair minded
free trader and asks of them what they can
expect to gain for cause, no matter how
good by such an attack as the one quoted
above.
And it will not ask in vain. Fair play, at
least for the dead. even if he was an Ameri-
can manufacturer and a Democrat, as Mr.
De Paw was, ought net to be asked in vain.
" Y. Press.