Evening star., 1901-08-24

but even then 1t was not until several
years later that the c. +. ana I, found IT
self, and its owners realized the destiny
of their property. In the market rumors
of various kinds and changing industrial
conditions have sent the stock up and
down, regardless OF the real condition or
great strength today there Is no vast
financial inuence steadying this company's
securities in the market, and they respond
easily to buoyant or depressing influences.
The affairs of such concern, widespread
and all powerful as it is, are necessarily
woven closely into the social and political
life of the people of the several states and
territories in which it operates. The atti-
tude of the company toward its employ
es has always been more or less paternal.
1t has fought unionism from the start, and
has been able to prevent the unionfzing or
the men in any of its plants in any depart
ment Of the business A great number of
the men have worked for the company
many years, and in it's earlier days when
money was not always forthcoming to pay
the coal miners, the latter have waited
patiently until such time as the company
was able to pay. There is no fear express
ed at the present time that the c. F. and
1, will ever be forced into a general con-
hict with its employees. There Is no or
peculiar feeling of loyalty which comes
from long continued and amicable rela-
tions.
Sociological Department.
One feature of the operation Of this COM
pany is its sociological department"
which is in charge Of DR.. r. w. Corwin.
the chief surgeon of the company. He has
been studying the social conditions of the
employees and has recently organized a
system of kindergartens, night schools and
instruction in domestic science for the
benefit of the miners and mill workers. He
is familiar with the manners and GUS
nafilnalitieS
represented on the pay rool of the COM
pany. He knows that what would be taken
kindly by the Americans, Welsh, English
and Irish at Coal Creek or Crested Butte,
would not do among the negroes at Wal
senburg or among the Chinese and Jap
anese at Gallup, New Mexico. He has
found that certain innovations are a sue
cess where the different nationalities are
almost homogeneous as at Glenwood or
Aspen, but are failure at Gallup, where
there are negroes and Cinnamon, Greeks
and Japs, Mexicans and Russians.
The work of the sociological department
Will not only cover instruction in schooling
and domestic matters, but will include CO.
operation with the public schools, the hold
ing of regular courses of lectures the
founding of libraries, reading rooms and
art exhibits, the organizing of clubs and
assistance in giving entertainments and So
cial gatherings of all kinds.
So far the kindergartens and night
schools have proved Of the most practical
tremendous assistance to the wives of the
miners and millmen, and the night schools
have been very generally taken advantage
of. The company officials believe this work
will repay them handsomely for the con-
siderable amount of capital invested and
it is regarded throughout the state of Col
orado as of immense Importance owing to
the fact that the employees of the C. F.
and l. with their families, represent
community of at least $1,000 people.
1t is customary to look upon the middle
west, especially from the view point of the
easterner, as producer only of raw ma
terial The success of this great coal and
iron industry is due not only to the fact
that the raw material lies ready to their
hand, but to the rapid transition of the
western states from a sparsely settled raw
material country, to one of poplrius cities
and manufacturing industries 1t is but
an indication of what is to come in future
years when no one section will be depend
ent upon another for manufactured articles
and the markets of each will be governed
by the point of least resistance in the
freight rates on connecting railroads. The
country is here; the raw material is here.
all that is needed is more people, and J. J.
Hill predicts that twenty million of these
viii arrive within the next twenty-five
years. j. D. WHELPLEY