Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15
rHE LAsoR PROBLEM.
Ono solution of u YcNcd Question: From
Practical Point of View.

only solution lies in the divinely given
golden rule, "As We would that men
should do to you, do ye also unto them"
This has been strikingly illustrated by
the millionaire merchant prince and
evangelist Charles N. Crttcnton, who
has taken into partnership five of the
heads Of departments in his great whole
sale house in New York, pronounced by
the New York Times "probably the
largest in the world" The New York
press is full Of praise for this notable
deed. The New York Herald says
son its face the transaction was simply
the reorganization of the house of
Charles N. Crittenton as an incorpo-
rated company
As matter of fact it was voluntary
surrender by Mr. Crittenton of con
siderable interest in his very prosperous
business to five of his old employees. |
Many employers have adopted sac |
means or another of making their en-
ployes sharers in the profits of their bust |
ness and thereby securing their hearty |
corporation. But the voluntary transfer
by man of large means of large |
interest in his business to his employees
without the payment of a penny, is
| unique.
Edward G. Wells, third vlce-presi-
dent of the company, says: at is cap
| itallzed ut 100000, Mr.. Crittenton hay
| ing turned into it every dollars worth
| Of assets of the house of Charles N.
Crittenton, of which he was the sole
| owner. The stock is all taken being held
by Mr.. Crittcnton, Messrs. Alfred b.
Kennedy, William A. Demarst, Frank
lin B, Waterman, Thomas t. Delano
and myself. Mr.. Crittenton Is president
| of the company.
GAN of the men who have been taken
into the company are old employees, the
youngest of the five in point of service
being myself with record of IL years
in Mr.. Crittenton's employ. Mr.. Ken
nedy, who is the buyer for the house,
has served &c years; Mr.. Dcmarst, the
head Of the retail department, 20 years.
MIR. Delano, the general manager, rs
years, and Mr.. Waterman, who runs our
advertising department, l6years Others
may be taken in.
i 81 presume that we We're selected on
account of our long service and through
familiarity with every detail Of the bust.
ness Of the house, but | should not be
surprised if some other old employees
were taken into the company later"
|
his entire time to evangGlistic work and
his fortune TO founding Florence Crit
tenton Missions for the rescue of erring
girls. The story Of their founding
touches all hearts to tenderness and all
, eyes to tears A few years since his
little 4-year.old Florence, on her dying
bed, pleaded Papa, sing The Sweet
Bye and Byeg'" With choking voice
, and breaking heart her father sang the
i beautiful words and her beloved spirit
: iloated heavenward on the wings of song
Though the "l5ye and Bye" might be
e sweet, the present without his darling
2 seemed SO overwhelmingly dreary, that
c he did not care to live lilIt in his sor-
}, row the Savior who had taken the little
5 child III his bosom, brought comfort to
c his bleeding heart and he found
strangely true the words Of Christ, My
peace | give unto YOU
Then he began TO prove that he was
indeed follower of the lOwly NaZa-
+ rene, who forever digniticd labor by
q being Himself carpenter, who in the
= midst Of his toll uttered these royal
!. words, which would forever settle all
g strife between capital and labor, "By
g this shall all men know that We are my
!, disciples, if We haycloyc one to another"
Mr., CrittentUn was 81 full of love that
T. he went down intothc s.ums and helped
TO uplitt the fallen, and one night when
/. he was pleading with poor erring girl
to leave her Lie Of shame, he said iii lie
r. words of Christ, Neither do condemn
II thee, so and sin no more" Through
Il her tears she said, "Where can % ~
.e Quick as a flash came the thought
~ Where can she goy'' Scarce door
II save Il door Of sin is open to her and
then and there lie determined as d
C. memorial to his own little Florence tC
found home where other fathers
II little girls lost in the whirlpool OF
I, shame might be rescued and restored tC
n a life of virtue. So at 21-23 Blocker
lo street, New York, nine years ago wa
pt opened the first Florence Crittentoi
10 Mission, a large double four-story house
lg where food and shelter and clothing ant
Sc n home are freely given, and under tn
influence Of Mother Prindle, the w. Z
I. U. matron, hundreds become Chris
tian women. Over 800 girls annual,
j. find a home here and three. fourths o
them are redeemed.
r. Mr.. Crittcntun has also establishes
ID Florence CrittentOn Missions in Mex
Brunswick, n. D., San Jose, Sacramento
of Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cali
ed iurnia. The latter was formerly know
nd rs The Pacific Rescue Home" success
el fully carried on by number of phi
Ianthropic people, but since Mr. Crit
o. trnton has become lis president III
~, name Of his darling Child has been give
q 10 it.
m, These missions represent an invcst
ii. ment of nearly Il quarter Of miliio
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