St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-06-03
nR. TURNER GAINED.
The nanager of K. and T. Fairbanks
and Company Presented with a Gold
Headed Cane.

The nanager of K. and II. Fairbanks
Headed Cane.
June 1, 1908, will be memorable day
in the annals of the scale works and to
no one will it bring more pleasant memo
ries than to the manager who for the past
Is years has guided the destinies OF the
plant through adversely and prosperity.
1t was the first day of the nine hour sys-
TEN and the workmen decided to recog-
nize their appreciation of Mr.. Turner's
good Offices in securing this boon by pre-
senting him with a gold-headed cane.
As soon as the gong had sounded at S
O'Clock the men gathered around the Of
fee steps and Mr.. Turner was asked to
come out and meet them. Rev. ]. M.
Frost, on behalf of the thousand en-
ployes of the corporation, said:
Before the sun goes down upon this
lovely June day, made memorable in the
history of the scale works by the happy
inauguration of a shorter day of labor,
the employees respectfully request you at
your earliest convenience to present to
to the board of directors the following
communication.
St. Johnsbury, VT, 6-1.'03.
To the President Of E. & 7. Fair
banks & Company.
Mr.. S. N. Brown,
Dear Sir:-On behalf of the employees
of the scale works whose petition for a
nine hours day of labor you so kindly
granted, we hereby tender you and the
| entire board of directors our most hearty
thanks. We believe that the spirit of
cooperation which for seventy years has
reduced friction to a minimum and
avoided all trouble will continue to the
increasing of the business of your honored
board, to our prosperity as workmen,
and to the welfare OF the town.
Yours respectfully.
J. ]. RHODES,
c. B. CARR,
c. M. BoNETT,
| Committee.
Addressing Mr.. Turner Mr.. Frost said
"And to you, sir, your many friends
present this testimonial:
St. Johnsbury, VT, 6 1-'03.
To the Manager of E. & 7. Fairbanks
& Co.,
Mr.. H. N. Turner,
Dear Sir "A few weeks ago, commit
tee with petition of over FIVE hundred
names, representing the employees of the
scale works, waited upon you requesting
nine hours labor day without alter
alton Of present wages.
You received us so courteously, con
suited with US so freely, and have secured
the granting of our desires SO pleasantly
that we hereby tender you our mos
hearty appreciation of your good ser
vices and wise administration in our in
terest.
We are not unmindful of your thought
full generosity in supplying us with Goa
and wood during the recent scarcity o
those articles.
Your former efforts in anticipating ou
desire for fortnightly wage payments
were exceedingly gratifying to us.
We are proud to serve a compan.
which for seventy years has preserved
the good will of its operatives, and neve
more so than during the fifteen years il
which you have been its manager.
We bespeak larger success than eve
for the firm you so ably represent
nothing but increasing harmony can b
the outcome of respecting mutual rights
= and in token of our profound respect, W
beg you to accept this acknowledgment
i. of these and other favors, accompanie
| by this solid gold-headed, ebony cam
!. and we trust the friendship will be perpe
uated and the amicable relations sustain
| ed which have alwaysexisted between u
!. Yours respectfully,
s J.J. RHODES,
v c. B. CARR,
c. M. BoNETT,
Committee.