The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16
70 FOUND A NINIEL Town
SITE ALREADY SELECTED on THE
RANENS OF THE DELLA
WARE RIVER
PROJECTED BY BUSINESS MEN
OBJECT Is, 10 AmaIgarnate Many
Large misunderstanding Industries
and 10 Encourage Home
Building.


On some desirable site along the Della
ware river a combination of PhiIadeluhia
manufacturers, whose industries afford
employment to large numbers of skilled
11ecaanics, will found in the near future.
what they hope viii prove the model
town, not only in America, but of the
world, says the New York Times. The
1rst steps toward the carrying out of the
important project were taken at a dinner
given "a Philadelphia a few nights ago
by Joseph J. Byers, who is the leading
s-)iIit II the enterprise. Mr.. Byers was
Formerly New Yorker, and is now a
leading .fnancier OF the Quaker City. The
project Which Mr.. Byers is seeking to
promote is, not the OUtgroWtl Of purely
phlanShTopie or altruistic sentiment, but
an evolution from business condition
There are, il seems, several large manu-
1acturers in and around Philadelphia
Tao have recently reached the conclu-
son that a combination OF their indus
tries would be conducive to their mutual
PToGt.
The great obstacle in the way of eff
fecting such a combination was the ques-
ton OF bringing about a physical as we'll
as a legal coalition of these industries.
1t was this problem which suggested to
Mr. Byers the starting of a model town.
When the model idea rad once been turn
cd over in his mind Mr. Byers saw no
reason why The. combination which was
III first contemplated should not be
broa dened so as to include industries
which were not thought Of in the orig
inaI scheme. The outcome of his con-
sideraticn of the subject was the din
ner, TO which d number of employers of
labor on a large scale were invited, and
also several gentlemen whose experience
aft -sfa
wished 20 start would be valuable.
Among those who were present at the
dinner ~aIa- William H.. Armstrong, for
mer United States railroad commissioner;
Howard Butcher, ST the Southern Cotton
Oil. company .Elgin r. L. Gould, presi-
dent ef the City and Suburban Homes
Company or New York; Clarendon l. S.
Gould. of BALTIMORE; Robert Ogden, of
the firm Of John Wanamaker & Co.,
Theodore C. Search, president of the Ma
1ioual Association of Manufacturers;
Spencer Trask. a New York banker, who
is also an officer in the Social Service
league and William DaeWinsor, Of the
Boston and, Philadelphia Steamship
league. 4
Dr. EIgin R. l. Gould. in speaking of
the project ayesteftlay, said:
"a committee to draw. l1p. a plan for
the proposed model town was appointed
and Tztave, nos deubt that t., a practcal re-
in the movement hope to establish an In
dustrial town, which WIFI an advance
upon Anythingsof The kind Vet ATTEMPTED;
They are IMPRESSED with the belief that
out of the tight afforded by Similar ex-
perimeutsA bath in, qAIaerlcas, and in Eu-
rope they Will be able to InauguTlte an
enterprise Which will go turther toward
establishing right, relations between cap
itaL and labor than any tfiiIlg Which has
yet been done. They VIII avoid the; mis-
takes made in the Pullman prG3ectyWhich;
conditions, contained + flaws which pre-
vented q perfect sasuqcess. z sWhlle the
workmen at Pullfadn6 wefeRweI housed
and eniOyed advantages superior to-
those they had ferhaely Known, they
were always confronted by the impossi-
bility of their ever owning their homes
at Pullman, and nnOreSYer,i tFle5f fact that
there was no. Limitation upon. the earn
ings of the, town occasionod dlscontent.
WILL ENCoURAGE TYdRKMEN.
'Tn the new model town which it is
contemplated laSiE5 out on the banks
of the Delaware every workman will be
and the earnings of the town company
will ne limited to peTJs Cent! .2Sll that
is earned above that which rs 40 more
than a reasonable return or the invest
rnent. will be put into fund to be used
for the benefit eff the entire community.
What advantages do the manufactur-
eTS expect to reap from the proJect!
''Their expectation is that by the estab-
lishment of the model town, and the in
tiucements which it offers TO the thrifty
and well fntentioned workman, they VIII
attract to their lndustries the very ,rI Let
end most desirable class of labor. They
are working out an economic problem.
Al the same time they are, OF course
moved to some extent by the altruistic
spirit That spirit Is growing In the
United States rapidly N
Already it has worked some great IL
novatons III Germany and France, ana .
particularly in England, where 1t has APP
EE1[f ., u. c1r(, n &c doc
to be the spirit of the twentieth century.
The notion that an employers duty to
his employees ends when he pays them
their salaries is rapidly going out OF date.
The tendency is to establish closer and
better reia tons between, employer and
employees 1t has been demons trated in
many instances where this has been done ]
that it results in mutual advantage. Of
course, the problem is one which cannot
be worked ont in a year, or in q decade,
but the advance which has been. maize
Rlong the line of mutuality Of interest
has been more than sufficient to raise
Banguine expectations that the day is not
far distant when as perfect an under
staining as is possible to human nature
will exist between skilled labor and the
men who employ 1t.
1T IS curious that the chief directors
to such. schemes as the one NOW being
p objected by Philadelphia Inanufa ctIrers
are the socialists. I have talked with
leading socialists on the subject and thew
would much prefer to have the lnaysss
renters instead of owners of homes. Their
reason. Is this: The man who paws no
taxes, sthey say, is generally in favor of
the municipal or governmental control
oil PUBIC utilities, whereas the man VINO
owns little home is not" To@
The most perfect industrial common
wealth now in existence, Mr.. Could said,
was Port Sunlight a town established near
Liverpool. by William H LeWer.- a Brit
3sheT. who has made millions out of scan.
The Social Service league Of this city has
recently had investigated the conditions
existing in the Port Sunlight colony
Niiliam H. Tolman, the secretafyS Of t6e
league, visited Port Sunlight and reported
ms ~ observations and knowledge gained
centrally situa ted on the -Mersey, is 4
1uHE hedged Industrial village CONSISTING
OF e0e homes for the 1000 EMPLOYEES in
the factory. # has. shops. schools.
Fairgrounds The story of the origin and
growth of Port Sunlight is one of n1,n13
Interest. ~ iiA'ch
MR. LEVERS SUCCESS. .o.a.
[l. 1855 Williarn II. Lever, was a grocer
In Bolton, Eng. In handling soan dafIv
ne became impressed with the belief thai
tne quality sold in England could he i'm
pioxed He started to manufacture soar
IN lS.S. tbs third wear Of his business en-.
terprise. Mr. Levers profits were $3.50 nfs1
IN obtaining information from Mr.
Lever REGARDING the DEVELOPMENT of his
BUSINESS, said Mr.. Tolman, ''T was deem
~. impressed with the sincerity Of his
purpose and the nobility Of his sen+Iz
ments Referring to his profits for 1853
Mr. Lever said: ~ 1000
somehow felt that had not earned
that money: ] had not expected these "a
SUITS gu anu felt that had no right to
The money. j then sat down and triad 10
reason &c whomzthe money belonged AZ
i found this a very difficult nroh,e,,
After reflection, I concluded that I must