Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-11-02

PROSPERITY CT T7E Modern CITY
DEPENDENT CN THEM.

Growth OF the Community Keeps
Pace villa That OF MaaafacturiaE.
Reputation of n rswa Depends On
Tts WorE.
That a great modern city can grow
only as It's factories grow and tLat the
growth of these factories Is now iade-
peuJleur of local water power or water
transportation. these were among the
sacacious. practical suggestions made
By Emerson ". Peet before a meeting
Of the Northwestern Manufacturers
association.
The growth Of a city nowadays said
Mr Peet. means chiefly additional pop
u.a-.ou attracted by opportunities for
profitable employment .1 additional or
expanding manufacturers New York.
Or Instance. exceeds all other Ameri-
can cities iu the amount Of capital and
tlle number 1f employees Interested in
It's factories Philadelphia has grown
bgrul~- Its factories have gown.
Rochester, Buffalo as we'll Il Mime
1naIIs werp % lose all IT'S mills and a.
lied factories. IT'S population would fall
iIr below St PaIIs. Although the
symmetrical growth Of a city Includes
the growth of all interests. tile maaC-
featuring interest is most Important.
And factories now DO not need water
power nc hand. The electric current
VIII souu surrender c1 St Paul The
combined water power Of the Apple
river and rhe 81 Mississippi. Nor Is wafer
transportation So Important to a manu-
featuring center u this railway agr.
Relative ,o the strike. JuJt manu-
faeturprS nightmare. Mr. Peer Urged
liberal common sense communion be-
tween employer ami employee as the
wei tested preventive OF labor 1rou-
hles. The employer must get IN CLOSE
touch with his employees and must
uever forget that they ara men like
himself, with equal common sense and
egIal honesty Of purpose. In rhis con-
nprriuu Mr r-pr read the following
Iprtrr frum New York famous arHiter
OF lalor disputes, Bishop Henry c.
Potter:
In the marter 20 which vou refer
caEnut say thar there was any formal
method Np have indeed committee
Of mediation in this city made up 0f ai
citizens nor in business. (Al employers
to- w0rkiugmen. which has. thiuk
helped 10 bridge the chasm between
classvs But In the eases IN which
have Seftle,l strikes the w0rkingmen
have come to NE lnj asket! me ta ar
bitrata. and nave communicated with
their employers. Each side has rhru
named arbiJrat0rs, and | have acted as
umpire.
'But the success Of such things con.
sists rather in the temper and tone
with which they are undertaken than
in anything else. First. end some Que
whom both sides trust and who has
no interests either way aud then let
him treat both sides with equal and
serupulous courtesy and get them To-
getllpr rs his guests to talk the whole
thing out for the clearing away OF mu.
tual misunderstanding. Just here is
the blunder Of the employer who usu-
ally says. Take my terms or get out"
Il is a foolish attitude, for if persisted
in. it VIII ultimately develop organiza-
tons Of labor that viii crush all appo.
sitt0n by their force Of numbers. La.
Dor is an ignorant giant as yet. but
more defiance Of it viii teach il to
think. And then-stand from under."
A. r. Slaight manufacturer OF
Rochester who first saw Il smaller St
Pau! in 1854. argued cogently that the
city. having the advantage in railway
rates over eastern cities. should
promptly establish itself ION the
ground door" of the oriental trade and
thus secure u. permanent advantage.