The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-28
how POOR BOYS RISE.
a,IyryFS SHOWING THE PoSSIBIL-
IfTESTN THIS COUNTRY.
,..ss Of Governor BigeIo~, of Connecticut;
O. r Huntington. Leland stanford,
uar.haii Jewell. James II. Ruttcr.


.. .nuucadon OF The rich, and when
Ic Union square a day or two later
.erlb.c thrOng was told by pericr-
.r.tors that tho influences in this
..r, made 81 impossible for those who
. ia set ahead or obtain any fair
.. .l the increase OF wealth. there
-. almost within gunshot Of these
.... hundreds OF men whose personal
.u.c would have given the lie TO
.... .-,giions. In fact 10 had been esti-
... t.a, the great majority Of MEN who
..n m comfortable circumstances in
N.I> city and very considerable
y Yt... ol those VINO are rlcn gained
t4.ly conditions because OF per
- experience ot their own win idpor
..tl manual labor too, IN nearly
. ...U.
IL. Or two ago some one writing for
.. tAe local newspapers preached
DOB two or three paraSf apis by
t,e stony ~ one VINO had been
-..c tuan Who had met with al OF the
..Dris and had experienced all the
N.ls.l which any body VINO Is en-
I Iu labor ever encounters. and 10y
I- meant here manual, physical.
r labor Tho person OF whom this
l.n4en' wrote was In ~, "A me
... JOB o. machine shop IN New Haven,
.....nelt As lad he bad been
-- a t.c country and, therefore. began
t..... taImer.s boy. lie chose the trade
.hulst rather than the vocation
o.. .wer. and he became an apprentice
r. ...lrNdrd a workiuRman. W hen he
. to receive fair wages he hired a
Ut.. tenement Of three rooms. brought q
r. to H. and hc seemed to have no other
.t.... nef0r. him than that OF daily labor,
..rkly wage and such accumulation as
b. 0uld manage penny 10y my 20 * .ep
rl his livre expenses
trrr the panic of 1871 there came an
-frlal depression such as the country
dlsmauy experiences. Some OF
e, s.rkmen then went on strike. Others
rpwu ont of employment because
w. els DO employment for IN m, and
H...- the case with this young me-
Many OF his associates bemoaned
M luck. and in that way tried 10
..t themselves for their misfortune.
his one began 20 think 20 that in
.. .ly, DE- went 10 his former en-
...- and sud 20 them that he could
.t. II, and that IS they would let him
if. the shops, use the tools and 20
r. making machine lathes, they need not
..r N.r ID cent but they could credit
b.. O.. th. time that he was al work and
- -.t b.. Thought they ought also 20 allow
small percentage when business so
-r..l that a market could be found
t-.-. iathes He had $50 or $500 Of
-r4 and with that ne proposed 20
.r f.a landlord. the grocer and the
l...i.r until be could make fun payments
-.. 9nprvers were pleased at such a
,r.....t ms this. and let the young
a,,lC have his wav. So while his
.. -l0rmdt,s were lettering around ne
..y morning was seen eolnS 20 lhe
n-. t.- tln dinner pail in his hand, and
,.-l 4 IN revllcd him for WORKING on
Wien TIE good times came the athes
that fe bad builJed were sold. De ItcelN-
, cash for his time ana peIten1isel
.. fI.t Ie found himself possessed ~
about I thousand dollars, enough 10 pay
fta r esmen what he owed ana 10 leaNe
I'D j l.
30 tal seen this mechanic going 10 WORK
i. those dismal times. and being hleI-
t.f.I made inquiry about him. ana Wheh
o.. employers told this capitalist ms stO-
-t It sought oUt the mechanic ana OIL
--r.i 10 lend him "a little money 20 80
into the marufaC turing business himScH
Thus Pee became his own employer ana
o.. employer of "A few hands. the number
OF which was Increased from year To year
lltl by and by ne had as many as
thousand working for MN.
THE qualities that bad prevailed IN ms
favor ass q WOrkingman ana as an en-
blower of labor brought 10 him the re-
fU.cf Of the community. so that hF ana
p by De- was named as the candidate or
one 0f the parties for Mayor and was
elected althOuCh the opposing party us
ually prevailed Ia that city by as much
as n majority Of 1900. Then again his
party named him as its candidate for
Governor, and thus twenty-five years
after hc was q mechanic SWinBin2 his
tin dinner pail upon the streets be be
came Governor Of Connecticut That
was the way that the Influences IN THIS
country served one who began as hum
ole wOTkinrmau, the late Governor ho-
bart g. Bi.eloW.
The story of Governor Bieclow suggest
cal DID, glance AT the careers of some of
those who have become conspicuous by
Tee sOu of wealth or as employers OF large
numbers az working people, such lnNeS-
Urtuon as that could not proceed very
t.r without gaking MAGNIFICENT areu-
ri.ut. backed not boy theory but by living
f~rs. 20 show that the tendencies I'm
this country instead OF suppressing'
crushing those who are forced 10 labor,
ar. OF such nature as 10 give abundant
promise TO every W0rkincman who has
Industry. s0tricty. ambition, ana lnttSr-
.y Uf OltaiIiu- for himself independence.
a .HmurtCnCc, ana, perhaps conspicuous
wealth.. AS the recent strikes anu boy
colts have been aimed against those who
direct railway corporations. 10 Dis nat
Ural enough 90 turn for examination TO
The careers OF those who control many.
of these corporations. Perhaps the strike
Was felt with greatest force upon the
southern Pacific Railway system w hat
ever tu" qualities OF mcIhdutes are
which have made that q great railway
system, the flct remains that its present
head aud those no were associated
with Nj Huntington i'm the creation Of
This system and are now dead began
lie ass lahortrs. and as day laborcTs.
Gov rnor Stanford. for instance, spent
Ais carly youth srubbing over not-much-
yielding soil I'm farmers village in
New York Mr. Huntington was born
among the rOck-biasted hills OF West
eu Connecticut. and when he quilted
tae HE Of a farmers boy he began
4.9rIing TO tradition. that of an timer
alt peldler going about from place 10
RI with his wares upon his back
Sur D. unfayorable tendencies for those
r. labor must have had free infiu-
tf.. f.. Dis case if they ever did i'm that
% .s body. But while "A young man me
SASS t.at tfc republic was OppOrt unity
eat .- adapted himself by training so
t-i re might take advantage OF some
Yeas ago. when the Erie Railroad was
i-.- .1uspiCuOus among tho railroad
systems o. the country than II is now.
r man was employed al a way
r really mental capacity But he
."> work well so that he received
tN sa.Ht promotion. lie believed that
M.tl't r his employers was working
and he resisted some ill-ad-
Fi'ei .u.lpts at that time 10 form an
l-'. ..l. associations among the en-
i' ny the railways. lie never com
F-i..i ri hours. never Brumbied about
opted without complaint his
..tll. rate OF wages and n disSatis-
L'i .aH worked the harder so that he
Ii-tt receive prOmOmtiOn and get more.
a 4'.s tfle by little DE was promoted
: W.. De- had some charge Of the local
.ff traffic. lie did not give erudging-
q 'i his time. but even in his leisure
S' .... low 20 improve mat business Tor
benefit OF the company so mat u
ia. turd by and bY that the eyes OF his
..Jyers were fixed with interest upon
gam md he received greater promotion.
u hie new field he ran against COmIno-
1'Ir Vanderbilt, or perhaps the old COM
t''- ran against him, ana IN that way
r4> brought into the service OF the
York Central receiving COnglQ-