Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-12
STEAD and PULLMAN.
WHAT he SAYS IN "P CHRIST CANE TO
CHIOAGO"
"Isaorss Fundamental Principle Of American
Institutions "-a VIA. Account viii Be Give
70 Chris. Of BIS Stewardship"

Christ Came 20 Chicago" 10 his chapter
on the Chicagoan trinity, as he terms
Marshall Field. Philip D. Armour ana
George NJ. Pullman. speaks thus VI the
last named:
"Mr. George NJ. Pullman is an active
Republican politician we'll known In
Washington, and much esteemed oy tue
party treasurers, 10 whose campaign
funds he has been a liberal contributor.
Mr.. George NJ. Pullman Is notable
among the millionalres OF Chicago as
the man who, taking a hint from
Krupp. sndesvOred 70 found town 10
his own image. The town Of Pullman,
which was named after the author OF
its being, Is a remarkable experiment
which has achieved very great sue
cess
unlike Mr.. Field or Mr.. Armour,
Mr.. Pullman has built up his fortune
without resorting TO the more ruthless
methods of modern competition. In
deed. his career Is notable as an instance
Of competition by high prices rather
than by low. Mr. Field wiped out the
retail storemen, and Mr.. Armour the
small butchers by undertaking them.
Mr. Pullman has undersold no one. De
has always succeeded. BOt by producing
a cheaper article but by producing a
dearer, but the higher-priced article
was so much better that Mr. Pullman
succeeded in establishing virtual mon
opOly OF one OF the most highly special
iEed businesses In the world.
THE first Pullman car which be con-
structed and put on the rails cost SlS,-
coo 10 build, as against $4,000, which
was the price OF the ordinary sleeper.
Railway men shrugged their shoulders.
u was magnificent, they said, but II
was not business. A palace sleeping
car at $500 could not possibly pay.
Mr.. Pullman refused 20 be discouraged.
Let the travelling public decide was
all be asked; run your old sleepers and
the new one together; will charge half
y dollar more for berth in the Pull
man, and see which holds the field
The verdict OF the public was instant
aud decisive; everyone preferred the
Pullman at the extra price and the sue
cess Of the inventive car builder was
assured.
The Pullman company was incOrpO-
rated with a capital Of $50, 900, 900, the
quotation for which IN tbs market to-
Gay Is twice that amount. He took up
an estate OF over 5000 acres around
Lake Calumet, which is fourteen miles
from the center OF Chicago, aud which
was al that time far outside the city
limits. There, following the example
Of Messrs. Krupp az Essen, be set 70
work 20 construct 8 model city In his
own image. Mr.. Pullman's ambition
was to make the city which he had
built an ideal community. In order TO
DO so he proceeded 10 entire accord
ancs with the dominant feelings
OF most wealthy Americans by
ignoring absolutely the fundamental
principle Of American institutions. The
autOcrat OF all the Russias could not
more absolutely disbelieve in govern
msnt by the people, for the people,
through the people, than George Pull
man. The-wh city belongs TO him in
fee simple; It's very streets we're the
property OF the Pullman Company. Like
Tammany hall and various other etfec-
tive institutions In America, not from
the broad basis OF the popular will, but
from the apex OF the presiding boss, Mr..
Pullman was bis own boss. He laid out
the city, and made the Pullman Com
pany the terrestrial providence OF all It's
inhabitants.
"Out OF a dreary, watsr-soaked prai-
RE, Mr.. Pullman reared high and dry
foundations, upon which, with the aid
Of his architect and landscape engineer,
he planned one OF the model towns OF
the American continent. Here was q
captain OF industry acting as the city
builder. With his own central thought
dominating everything the city came
into existence as beautiful and har-
moniOus whole. He achieved great re-
suits, no doubt. Before long the lncre-
ment Of the value Of the real estate on
which Pullman is built is expected to
amount 20 as much as the whole capital
Of the Pullman company. Every
house In Pullman is fitted
up with water and gas and
the latest sanitary arrangements.
Grounds have been laid out for rscrea-
tion and athletics; there is public H.
brary, school house and popular saw
ings bank, theatre, and great general
store where the retail distribution is
carried on under the glass roof of a
beautiful arcade building. II Is 4 town
bOrdered with bright beds Of flowers
aud stretches OF lawns watch In sum
mertime, az least, are green and vel
vety. IL has Its parks and It's lakes and
its pleasant vistas Of villas, aud, in
hort, Pullman is a great achievement
of which not only Chicago but America
does well to be proud.
1T was not 4 philanthropic but a
business experiment, aud none the
worse on that account The great prin-
ciDls Of Quid pro quo was carried Out
with undertaking regularity. III every
resident Of Pullman had gas laid TO his
house, he was compelled 20 pay for IL
at the rate OF So 25 per 1000 feet,
although the cost Of its manufacture 90
the Pullman company was only 80 cents
per LOCO feet. Ample water supply was
given with good pressure, but OF this
Necessary Oh lie the Pullman company
was able 20 extract 3 handsome profit.
The city OF Chicago supplied the cor
poratlon with water at 4 cents per 1000
gallOas, which was retailed TO the Pull
NANTES at 10 cents per thousand, max
ing profit large enough 30 enable the
corporation TO have all the water 1t
wanted for It's works for nothing.
Thus did the instinct OF Mr.. Pullman
enable his right hand to wash his left,
aud thereby created at the very .thresh- |
hold OF Chicago object lessons as 20 |
the commercial profits Of municipal So |
cialiSm. But between municipal social |
ism, representing the cooperative effort /
Of a whole community Voluntarily cou,-
bining for the purpose Of making the |
most Of all moDOpoles OF service, and |
the autOeratic exploiting of q whole |
Of city, such ss is to be |
found in Pullman, there is a wide gulf |
fixed.
As a resident OF the model town wrote /
me, Pullman was all very we'll as an /