New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
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The Norwich Bulletin.

= o,ce on n time fifty young started out in life
,ber They all had III ir fortunes 10 make and moth.
os more f3r capital at hrtlng Than the labor of hcr
", some time learning cir duties Then they ent.c
pon the regular routine OF daily labor 70; weekly
or eight OF the fifty at their tasks with moth
ing her minds Iy9na an S ,Sa q those
TSey became good workmcn ard most OF them are
SUI t got Of the fifty this They
persisted in finding OUT not only what was set for
u u, TO be done in the way directed. Furthermore
hey were not satisfied with doing the allotted task
y, snect6n They tried find make ways Of doing
more than required and of doing better work than
"e The forty eight took what leisure time belonged to
them for personal enjoyment a and pleasure these
sbS,t the business than comprised in their
narrow round of duties.
surplus wages In excursions and dances. and other
more or less costly amusemens these two used some
ay rs' and put most of the rest in the savings bank
By-and.by something happened to a couple OF
SsS Watched their iy new men and naturally chose
out these because these two could fll the posi-
Of wages. They able to invest still larger sums
and save more each year. They kept on i'm.
he business. They soon became known as valuable
mem IN They Ge @ 9 sy as Ss1G to 1So,
saving and productperfectng deviccs-the fruits Of
their reading and Invention. They made more money
By5and-by reorganization became necessary In
the mill company. New blood and new capital were
called for. These two men had some capital They
had also reputation, not only in that mill, but at
the banks, and wherever they had invested their
savings and wherever their characters were known.
They invited TO Join the company There was
no difficulty in finding men willing TO lend them the
became part owners and employers. AS time went
other changes came to pass; Older men dropped out
ard by by they became the sole owners and the
sole employers Of help in that mill.
proved thrifty enough buy themselves little homes
With gardens which they had paid for out Of their
houses; spending what spare money they could get
over absolutely necessary expenses on merely passing
entirely out Of the race and were working at other
OCCUPATIONS. and SONS had fallen by the way In a
natural course OF life and death.
Then came to this mill village apostle OF the
"new social doctrines" and called the mill employees
"robber barons' and pirates attenpg plumber. '
and aoI pol is and so on He declared that i
and had made its products and had made the money
which these two "plutocmts" had put into fine
and fine clothes for themselves And he called on
the workmen to JON him In abuse Of the owners sc the
which should shut the employers Of their mill uns
they had agreed 70 manage the property under rules
agreed upon by the work1ron employed In It,
Thereupon arose one Of the original fifty. one Of
the men who had bought house and n garden and
story aSoVe Of how hey ali Started at f the beginning
together. how some had used their money in way
had become such by virtue Of hard I'd work hard study
SGnt Ge1t amSon hacked by un
concluded his brief talk by asserting that to his mind
the mill owners tenure OF their property exactly
the his tenure Of his property that they had
exactly the same right to use their property in nc
cordance with their own IDEAS under the law. rs he
had to use his; and that he had no more right TO
dictate to them how they should use their mill or to
forbid their using IT, than they had 10 dictate to him
or forbid him enjoying the house and garden paid for
out ~ his savings.
What better Hight have we" he asked, to take
Of their watches or their pocketbooks7 What better
right have we to do either than they have 70 take
fOrcible possession Of homes our furniture 20
The question was not answered in words but the
meeting broke up and the apostle OF the new social
theory that what Is yours Is ndnr II want It and
take IT, left Factoryvle next dav and went down
INTO PENNSYLVANIA. who're he hoped people might have
different ideas Of stealing