Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-16
VISIT or GEORGE W. CnILps.

| Thottoh oniv N urivate citikpn of tht
g,e.t p.,nhl,c ga, m. bouors u.,aII,
Maid IN kings. potentstrs. and prlnce-
mr., b.lny accorded In him I'm bis tou,
throuyb IN. country. Sine, he LEFT
bis nom. in pb,ladelph,a ON Monday,
IN. enJ inst. he has travelled owe,
. 700 mil.s and baa yisited In. yarlou,
large c,tIc. east OF us. receiving every.
where pronounced marks OF the esteem,
and regard in which he ia mi versslly
held by the A American people.
Mr.. Chllds was born 10 Baltimore on
NAV ~. 1929. At fourteen he moved
10 Philadelphia, where lie obtained
employment In a ook.selIer,s shop.
by tbrin, economy and industry
he soon became sole owner Of a book
establishment, which was located IN IN,
building Of the Pubic Ledger, then one
OF the most influential papers In Phil.
adelphIa. II IL said thst about this
time he conceived the thought OF be.
coming some day owner aud editor OF
tho Ledger. Tho idea grew into a firm
resolve, aud never Tor a moment did he
lose n yht Of the goal set for hi. ambi.
tion. From bookseller, he soon be.
came publisher, aud with his partner,
the firm Of Chllds d Peterson achieved
a reputation second to no other In the
Eut.
In 1864, tho Public Ledger, owing to
Encouragement OF some kind, fell a
little from its usually fiourishing con-
dition. Mfr. Guilds then bought It, and
In short time made II more popular
than II ever was before In lite history.
IA early NJ 1867, three years after
he assumed editorial control OF the
Ledger, his reputation as Just
anu liberal employer was established.
In that year no was made an honorary
member OF the Philadelphia Typo
graphical Society, and In 1888 present.
cd II with valuable tract OF land In
woodlands, near the city, for Print
ers' Cemetery. This has been beauti.
fed and ornamenied, aud the ex.
penses attending It's proper mainton-
Ahoo WIS pa'u ny MI 'niiu 'o' over
'"on'y YEAR,
IN "' p"o''c en'e'pri'eS ne mas hheh
p'o,''hen' part ihe Guy OF ihi'a'
ueipn'a oeafs many monuments OF ms
gehetos''y' Paramount rAfk, 'ho
Aooios'eAi earuohs' 'ho FehhsyiVahia
s'useu'h anu 'he Sonooi OF ihuus'tiai
h'e are more or Tess 'no 'fui'ioh OF MS
oeneVo'eh' anu pn'ish'ntop'c spirit
But II Is In his relations Ms n capital
lat and employer that tho character OF
Geo. w. Childs shines most conspicu-
ously. And what Is more remark.
ably, bis business prosperity seems
IA no way impaired ny MS
hoefhii'y 10 MS empioyes' on
elch ohfis'hN eve every WORK
man receives pfesen. IN money 'he
aggregate amount oeins many
'"ousAnos Oh uo"Ais' ms IN wha' ne
moues'iy Gals pfont ahaiinB' ne aso
pensions OH MS o'u nno ihhfm en-
pioSes'
In 1879 a delegation OF his employees
came to him with the announcement
that they were willing TO have theiI
wages reduced nom 70 cents thous'
and ems To 10 cents, which then had
become the Printers Union rate. In
reply Mr.. Childs said he received the
same from the Public Ledger, and fol
the Advertisements in II as formerly
His business was In no way impaired
and the result was that he declined tc
accede to the reduction asked for by
the printers, and he Is still paying five
cents thousand more than the Unior
rate.
In 1850 thu International Typo
| graphical Union held its annuaI
session nj Plttsburg. On this occasion
both Mr.. Drexel and Mr.. Child,
each presented the Union with
u check for 5000, without
any conditions attached. The
Union decided that these donations
he made the basis OF fund for 4
Printers Home. The birthday ami
versary OF Mr.. Childs is May l2, aud
that Of Mr.. Drexei September Is. On
the former day every union printel
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