Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-06
TRIBUTE
To Colonel Kill
bourne
From a New York
Magazine. (
His Relations to His
Employees
Have ALWAYS Reen Marked bv
Have Always Been Marked by
Generosity and Good Feeling.

magazine published in New York City
1t is devoted to social and industrial
betterment and its columns are open
to the vast army of the employed,
from the president of u railroad to a
day laborer.
1T Is not the organ of any combina.
ton of labor or capital. but seeks to
promote the interests of both capital
and labor and bring them into more
harmonious relations. Its managing
editor is Captain A. II. Mattox, who
being Republican,, cannot be charg.
cd with partiality for any Democrat.
An article on James Kilbourne, pub.
lished in the current number Of So
cial Service, is therefore of special
interest and value. In an Introductory
note to this article, It is remarked that
the high estimation in which Colonel
kilbourne Is held by organized labor
Is shown by his election as honorary
member of the Columbus Trades and
Labor assembly and Columbus Build
ing and Trades council and the pre-
sentation by these bodies jointly, rep.
resentlng organized labor in Columbus
OF an engrossed set of resolutions ten
dering him their heartfelt thanks for
his defense of their rights. The az
ticle in Social Service is in part as
follows: ~
WHAT THEY s1MANUFACTURE.
The KilbournesJacobs company are
the leading manufacturers in this coun.
try Of drag andr waifel road scrapers
and excayatorss their outppb the last
year being not less than 10000 of
these articles. They have been for many
years among the largest builders In
this country of small ears for every
purpose, and ,,thisS department has
developed. wondeEfalfy eiuring the last
few years. It6efhbkaSes every con
ceivable kind OF steel mine, mill and
industrial cars, as well rs a complete
line of railway contractors dumr
carss and this years output has so fan
exceeded previous years that new
building G00X420) became, a necessity
and still another large shop is now be
ing erected to enable the company tc
take care OF its iever-increasing bust
ness in this department. One of theil
leading specialties is wrought stee
kitchen sinks. which. although ON the
market but very few years, has
reached an enormous sale, the demand
increasing yearly and reaching al
high as $4,000 sinks year.
MAMMOTH BUILDINGS AND
SHOPS.
OF trucks, baggage, barrows, etc.
they are the largest makers in til,
United States, and probably In tn,
world. They make every variety ant
kind of railroad, store, warehouse an(
special trucks known to the trade n
this country AS to wheelbarrows
suffice 1t to say that they manufactur,
every description, and their outpu
is over 100000 barrows per year.
The mammoth building and shop
of the company cover over "a acre.
of ground, and have now become
crowded. neCessitatipg further eXpan
sion at an early day. Everything II
connection with this big establishment
! is not only first-class, but strictly up I,
date, and there is no new or valuable
appliance that is not, Installed whel
necessity demands.
| This company have never at an.
time since organization had any trou
bic arise between them and their en-
ployes on the question of wages o
any other, and their works have beel
run constantly day and night, full
force on every turn, for the last tw
years. They are noted for their lib
eral employment OF every element o
progress. and throughout the Who'll
commercial domain of the Unite'
States for their absolute rellabilit,
and as the largest manufacturers Il
their several lines.
FRIEND AND DEFENDER OF
LABOR.
| That there have been no trouble
between employer and employe II
this company Is not strange to thos
who know James Kilbourne. He |
the personification OF justice be
tween man and man, and enforce
the principle az all times.
In answer TO the suggestion tina
capital and labor employer and en-
ploye, were necessarily at war un
der our social and political system
he said in a public address:
NEARLY thirty years experience
has shown me that even under tn
wage system harmonious relations
can exist if both sides desire to d
justice"
FAVORS ORGANIZED LABOR,
That is the Alpha and Omega @
the law and the gospel with Jane
Kilbourne in his relations with hi
employees. That is why there
never any trouble in his vast estal
lishment. That is why he blaze
out In these caustic words two yeai
ago, when the trusts wanted him I
Join in an attempt to destroy org,
nized labor; -
"Mhy should not the employee {
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