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 Been Marked by
Generosity and Good Feeling.

N,otidi PCIfitc 10 thC VA
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 a railroad to a
day laborer.
it Is not the organ of any combina-
tion 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. III. Mattox, who
being Republican, cannot be charg.
ed with partiality for any Democrat.
An article on James Kilbourne, pub.
lished In the current number of So
cial Service, il therefore of special
interest and value. In an Introductory
note to this article, 1t 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
resenting organized labor in Columbus
of an engrossed set of resolutions ten
dering him their heartfelt thanks for
his defense of their rights. The ar
ticle in Social Service is in part as
follows:
WHAT THEY MANUFACTURE.
The Kilbourne-Jacobs company are
the leading manufacturers in this coun.
| try of drag and wheel road scrapers
and eXcavators, their output 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 this department has
developed wonderfully during the last
few years. ItIsemhraces every con
ceivable' kind OF steel mine, mill and
industrial cars, as well rs Il complete
line of railway contractors dumT
cars; and this years output has so fan
exceeded previous years that new
building (1O0X420) became necessity
and still another large shop is now be
ing erected to enable the company tc
take care of It's ever-increasing bust
ness in this department. One of thei
leading specialtes Is wrought stee
kitchen sinks, which, ,Ealthough on tn,
market but a very few years, ha;
reached an enormous sale, the demand
increasing yearly and reaching al
high as 10000 sinks Il year.
i MAMMOTH BUILDINGS AND
SHOPS.
1 or trucks, baggage, barrows, etc
they are the largest makers in tn,
United States, and probably In th
world. They make every variety an,
kind of railroad, store, warehouse an,
special trucks known to the trade Il
this country AS to wheelbarrows
suffice it 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 becom
crowded. necessitating further eXpar
sion at an early day. Everything 4
Connection with this big establishment
is not only tirst-class, but strictly up {
. date, and there is no new or valuabl
appliance that is not installed whe
necessity demands.
This company have never at an
time since organization had any tror
BILE arise between them and their en-
ploycs on the question of wages q
any other, and their works have bee
run constantly day and night, fu
: force on every turn, for the last tw
years. They are noted for their Ill
D eral employment OF every element G
progress, and throughout the whol
: commercial domain Of the Unite
J States for their absolute reliabilit
e and as the largest manufacturers
8 their several lines.
FRIEND ANB DEFENDER Of
!. LABOR.
+ That there have been no trouble
= between employer and employe
this company is not strange to thos
!, who know James Kilbourne. He
the personfcatlon OF justice bt
tween man and man, and enforce
> the principle at all times.
!, In answer to the suggestion tha
!, , capital and labor, employer and on
= ploye, were necessarily at war III
der our social and political system
he said in a public address:
"Nearly thirty years experienc
has shown me that even under til
wage system harmonious relation
can exist if both sides desire to d
justice"
FAVORS ORGANIZED LABOR
That is the Alpha and Omega
the law and the gospel with Jam'
Kilbourne in his relations with h
employees. That is why there
never any trouble Ii his vast estal
lishment. That is why he blaze
out in these caustic words two yea
ago. when the trusts wanted him
join in an attempt to destroy org
nized labor:
"Why should not the employees .