The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-04

OF America and the American Railway
Union has brought 20 light some lmpor-
tant facts which, however, were not I'M
suspected before. The most important or
these facts Is that the Pullman company
was organized and Is carried On ior me
rtirnose OF making money. This sord d
motive makes the mare 80 IN All couh-
tries and I'm all times M. Pullman has
been proved 20 be doing what every man
who was not born rich, ana some men
who we're born rich, are dong, and n,th-
ing has been disclosed 70 show mat ne
was playing the game Of life unfairly or
in violation of any OF the ruies. Inc
imprcssion that the Pullman Company
was q philantrOpic concern organized -
promote the greatest harp nes- OF the
rreatest number has been proved 10 have
been erroneous. and 70 that extent me
company has suffered by the recent dis
closures. The company hired men Tor
about the market rate: n paid ~ more
wages than IL had 10 when IL was DONG
a profitable business. and u reduced
wages when II found II was doing busi-
ness at loss. and II reduced the wage
of the mechanics because they woul
probably accept the reduction ana ga
not reduce the wages OF the officers, VINO
might have refused and resigned. Al
these things the company did. ana they
are the incidents Of business ways,
everywhere and by everyone They may
be roprehensible. but there Is no record
Of any successful effort TO carry on a
considerable business for COCO while
that was carried on on any difi rent
principles.
Rut the company did some other things
that were partly from intent and paitlV
Involuntary. not 50 sordid. Last year.
when railroad companies BEGAN ~ eceno-
miZe by not buying cars. the builders pi
cars found themselves Obliged 10 strusg o.
with each other for the few orders I nj
were TO he obtained. Mr.. Pullman oifer-
cd 20 build cars at less than cost bTlh1
willing TO lose some money rather than
have hts works closed and his men as
persed. He may have been thorougniy
selfish in this; It probably was better
for him = keep his men together anu
be ready for the Improvement when IL
came But. whatever may have teen the
motive. the act was one OF extreme use
fulnees 10 his men. 10 whom II WIS bet
ter 10 work for reduced wages than u
be without work. and me hiehtst az,
mands Of altruism never went peyoNd
the point Of employing men on WORK
'' Hut II in The tho way Of general Asfu'ness
10 the working classes there Is anoth"r
mig hat the Pullman Company has dohe
that is Of far more moment. In ne
course Of its business career IL has COZ
lected Il hundred and City cr sixty NIL.
lion dollars in sums ~ one ana '..li
and two and five dollars from travellers
and has distributed n6arly the VII le r.
this vast sum among the workmen VINO
buflt It's cars or who prepared the WOOD
and the iron and the wool ana me Sl,N
that enters irto their cons,rucu"n. }
the Pullman Company had 'cver existed
mo well-to-do people who travel N cars
wonld have been richer than they a.
now hy the amount they have PAID Oul TOT
sleeping car and parlor car acc" Inol T.
tons. and the working people Of ms
country would have been poorer nan
they are now by a good deal more than
"A hundred million dollars. The Pullman
Company has made an eNtr'm ~, 40 90
profit out Of IFS enterprise. bur IL mas
made il only because people VINO were
comfortably situated financially We're
willing TO pay extra for special accomWo-
dotious and most OF what was mus
paid went through the Pullman conn ANY
10 people who were IN need Of MOI cy.
So that this corporation has been engaged
i'm the eminenty soclalSl,. or In IAN
thropic. or altruietic, work " tax NJ
money from people who did NOT nee
II and giving II 10 the PEOPLE VINO dld
need It, II Is not certain that t"e cost
Of doing this. that Is the profits made
hv the company. are much IN exc 81 o'
what in would have cost u have the work
done by n municipality or buTea or
the Government fIoDahiy ,h' '.,IIIiit,'
has taken somewhat more than pIhl
bureau would have cost. bui then n
has been managed with very much great
or ability than public bureaus are man
aged and therefore If has heen W.Il
more ,JnOnev to the community. Ana
then too II is 10 be remembered that NJ
rihiic official or board. or bureau. eyer
devised so comfortable and ingen Gus n
wav Of getting money from The well-'o-d"
for distribution among the wortlpg
classes as Mr. Pullman dev sed.
community can afford To nay man wen
Tor inyenting n way Of pucknR tn
goose with which the goose vi lie en-
tirely satisfied. 800.
II is not entirely irrelevant 70 the com.
plants of the Pullman workmen Il't
tbeir wages were insufficient ~ nou e
that ON Thursday the Co-opera'iv" h j.
Ing Mil, of Hubbard, Ohio. dec,ar,e ei.. a.
diyidend of per cent. An me, emnloy,-
except the bookkeeper had holf Of their
dienatcb takes the trouble 10 say Ia
tbey are not Mt all satisfied with N
amount received. Dissatsfao ton WIN
The emalines Of the profits has broken
ND nearly all the cooperative expert
ments in production