The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

Ohio eleven years ago. lie invented
some appliances for use in the business
and when the big concerns spurned
them he started factory in Toledo about
five years ago. 1t is run by the Acme
Sucker Rod company. He had lived and
and worked in the country and was as
founded to learn men were working in
the cities for less than a dollar a day.
He said his men should be paid enough to
live decently, regardless Of the ruling
rate of wages, and he determined that
with the use of modern machinery men
should not work more than eight hours
day. Going into another factory he
noticed q string of rules yard long, and
each one of them had threat of dismiss
sal in it's tail. He said to his wife: II
am going to have rule too. :" He dust
ed off the family Bible, copied the golden
rule had it printed and hung up in the
factory. Since then that shop has been
running by the rule laid down by the
lowly Nazarine.
Then Mr.. Jones had piece of land next
the factory laid out as a park and called
it Golden Rule Park. 1t has magnificent
trees and beautiful lawn. Sunday af-
ternoon meetings are held in this park
during mild weather. and the attendance
during the past season is said to have ex-
ceeded twenty thousand. There is no
fixed minister and no set of religious ex-
ercises. The meetings are animated by
the spirit of the common brotherhood of
man and any man who believes in put
ting that theory into actual parctice in
everyday life is welcome to preach or
talk.
Mr. Jones believes every man willing
to work ought to have chance. He rea-
sons that by reducing the working day to
eight hours 1t will result in giving more
men employment. He has written song
entitled ''Divide the Day." and his wife,
Mrs. Helen Beach Jones, has composed
the music for it. This song Is always
used at the Sunday meetings, and is sup
plemented by patriotic airs. Here is a
simple stapza:
hours for play,
With eight hours for rest, make the true
eight-hour day.
Twas our Father above that gave us this
plan,
Then let us beIfair with our brother man.
Don't make him q pauper, tramp, or a
shirk.
IN give him chance at part Of your
- ork,
No question of wages will stand in the
way;
He'll be saved from his fate if we split
up the day.
Mr. Jones is only nominally Repub-
lican, but was delegate to the RepubIi-
can city convention last spring. He was
not a candidate for the nomination, but
was sprung by friends to break dead
lock. and was nominated His platform
was the golden rule and the eight hour
dny. and he won against bitter opposi-
tion by the saloons and an aristocratic
ale1nent that called him dangerous
man" The saloons were against him
because he was running what they called
a "church.
on going into office Mayor Jones put
his golden rule into effect by announcing
there would be no wholesale choppine
off of official heads. All worthy CITY en-
nIoves were retained. One of the first
,paforms effected under the new admins
tration was the reduction of the hours of
noIicemen from twelve hours to eight
When the late campaign began and Sena-
tor Mark A. Hanna became an issue
MAYOR Jones, instead of STOPPING to Sc.
orat treacherY, went to the Republican
oono~mittee and frankly notified it he
oo,,Id not support the candidates friendly
~ the Senator. Then he felt free to Join
t W imposition, and the fight was SO hard
the Republicans lost their county as we'll
os their legislative ticket.