The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-13

pay his Pullman rent II they have To
sell his house for him: But. this IL the
land OF the brave and the home OF the
tree, with Car Pullman at the head of
Mr.; Pullman is great man for bust
ness" spoke up another. He had Il
contract for water at four cents thou
SAND and he charged his workmen over
/, cents thousand. The money We pay
as water tan pays the tax for all the
water MIR. Pullman uses in his shops
ana gives him a surplus But he Will
make less on the water hereafter. His
water contract has recently expired, and
Pullman and knows every wrong we
suffer, could not compel Pullman to re-
uuce his water tax on us, so h. raised
1t on Inn. and he now pays eight cents
where formerly he paid four. Still. at
that Mr. Pullman makes money from
u.s. We are taxed our 10 cents
SAMPLE PROFITS.
"rhe Duke" snecrngly spoke another,
has a good profit on steam and gas.
He charges SOS n thousand for the gas
and IS a month for steam"
Yes and he charges 30 cents for every
nail we drive in the house." added an
while you are about IT, don't forget to
tell about the shutters" laughed a jolly
man with an honest face.
-, oh; yes began the one reminded,
ne charges tax OF 80 cents month
on houses with shutters. shutters are
taxed just the same as water. one man
didn't want TO pay the tax, and had
Them hersoT remove hnr the T., shutters but they
shutters had been OH the house"
And If you break a pane of glass or
any one does it for you, the company
won't let you repair II yourself, but
they do it and charge double what we
could have II done for elsewhere. When
l moved into my house the front door
would not lock and the company fixed
It, and when my rent was paid l found
% cents added for rcpairS -
And Mr.. Pullman is so religious" In
terrupted another that he built one
we call i, because it is built of green
stone. The highest bidder of any de-
domination gets the church. The Pres
nyterians IN have it nov They Ply 500
ters."
surely this man has some kind feel
ing" ! protested. ut cant be all the
almighty dollar. with him. unjust as he
is Doesn't he do something for his sick
employees or their widows and or
phans"'
NO POOR IN PULLMAN.
oo ION, yes yes: he is chari!able at per
what he does for his sick employees. An
OLD lady in the town started "A relief So
ciety among the working people. You
know men will get sick, and II they are
sick long. no difference how saving they
have been. rent will pile up and want
will come. Besides these are the labor
ers Poor fellows! They never seem
to be able to more than keel, their heads
above water. Naturally, their pay is
small at all times, and their families are
always large, so when sickness or slack
times comes among them they are the
the old lady started the relief. The
members in organizing were at a loss
for name. SO at last they decided to
call 1t the Pullman Relief Society. Mr..
Pullman hpa rd nf II Did n spnI than,
a check? Not he. He sent them an i'm
peratiye command not to dare to use the
name Pullman. He said there were no
poor in Pullman and no need of charl-
table societies."
and you ask what lie does for the
WIDOWS VIII 81, and orphans Of employees?
There is Woman in this town whose
husband was killed in the works. for
get Just how now; something fell on
him, ] think 1t vas an elevator. The
widow bore the entire expense of tho
funeral, and, being left without money.
she went to work washing to keep her
self and her orphaned children. But
times are so bad for everybody that
| washings were done at home. and the
poor woman got back in her rent. and
neighbors had to give her food. Did Mr..
to pay her any damages for the loss of
| her husband? Oh, no: lie sent his agent
| to tell her he would set her out of her
house and the town limits If she did no,
!
PHILANTHROPY AT 6 PER CENT
| IN every ilttle tnlng ne Is me
generous per cent. duke, said another
When the Pullman Band wanted to
buy uniforms they went to Mr.. Pullman
| 10 ASK MN 10 lehu thefn some money
| 10 help mem out lie had never gwen
! penny toMarus inc pahd hIthouGl II
was organized Tor the beneht ana pleas
| ure OF inc Wnolc toWn. inc men
| thpusht nd turai!E MI fniitnah "ouid
heip' put Wren me! aSkeu nun ne said
~, o'e tnii,s w hal security can you
! siNe 50 tne lneh were iorcen 10 iur-
nisil spou secu,ltE. ana 10 aIcepi a loah
| MIil.n' nam nan. ntaN'u: - a. pau JAN
| ose.ner Ml'h rnons p't VI w LtF ceIa
! m,.crUst Nv 'I,a Essu ~; w al hloE
Mt W man as we p"4'dh'hrop's' at
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n,ahus o''e 49,, .'sm,"'n,,. ~
h,omS ~ po,a'o WIZ a' W. nav W
bha a,.,s ' H.; n',, ,o, Sn,a ia - 49,
| , ~ ~, - ~, 81. ~ W. nnI"n
rent was siiI mad a wife and -four
children whom IL would be necessary to
| keep in food until tn" next pay day.
| two weeks longer. ] begged To be al
| lowed to keep half of my wages, but
| they wouldn't let me and ] was given
| check for - cents. ! asked how
| WAS to live, but they said they didn't
| care how. the rent was the first con
| sideration."
Are you sure Mr.. Pullman knows all
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