The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13


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their chances or eventually becoming their
own managers s{@f5 Il
II don't think their ambition runs TINT
way, at least not MS a mass Ind ividuals
db rise and 5will always 4rlso rs LONG as
God gives mon different capacities ind
talents, Wo shall have Carnegies and
Schwubs as long as brains married TO
Drawn bring forth great fortune The pc
yculiar brains will come to the TOP how
ever hard you stir the business and labor
Kettle to keep them down.
A Story Of Abram s. Hewitt
I53ssiBut rs to tho masses OF ia boring men
owning and controlling factories them
selves they are afraid of IT. Mr. lowN-
derby continued. "
s5"I remember when was a general mas
teraworltman of tho knights OF Labor,
5Abrum S., Hewitt, Peter e ooper's son--ii,-
Law, who owned some Of tho gleia test
iron works Of the country, offered 70 let
Ills men in the iron works at Trenton
take that plant and run It. Mr.. Hewitt
was noted for his friendship to the labor
ing man. He never had any erious tro-
bic, notwithstanding he employed thou
SaflQS, ana Ill iiG 80 49,
his furnaces at a loss rather than close
them and put his men out. Well, he Of
fered to let the men take the Ternton
works as they stood and run them on the
condition that they were to pay the ex-
pcnses, manage them and have all the
profits. At first thought the men were
very enthusiastic and they brought their
proposition to me- advised them to
think the matter over before they ac-
cepted Ell
| .'NVho among you understands the
business of management? said I. They
had not thought OF that. @ 5
.'$'What do you know OF the markets,
how to advertise, when to buy cheapest
and where to sell best2' All this they
did not know. Well. to make a long
story short, they thanked Mr.. Hewitt but
refused to take the mill.
but III working for wages, Mr.. Pow
DERBY, does labor gets Its share of the
profits?"
WHO can tell?" was the reply Some
times It does, sometimes not. think the
working man should DO we'll paid and that
his life should be made easier in every
possible way. 1t is to the interest of all
that he have good wages. for good wages
means more money. In scrculat ton, great
err consumption of all kinds OF goods and
good times. Again, If the wages be too
high the business cannot pay. and the
reverse Of nll THIS is the case,
Wages Steadily Rising,
"Buttwages are steadily rising the world
over, are they not?"
Eyes, especially In tho United States.
Take this carpet said Mr.. Powderly
as he kicked a Turkish rug ut his feet.
There was nothing like carpet In the
poor mans house whenI was a boy. My
father was rather well off for q lnboring
man, He came TO this country from Ire
land in 1926 and settled in northern Penn
sylvanIa, opening up the first coal mine
in that part OF the State He had twelve
children, and we had mono too much
Still, wo were as well or rs laborlnG
people generally Wo lived In ia cnbir
| with no plaster or paper on tho walls
and no carpets on the floors. ! slept In
the loft and tho snow came through the
roof In DRIFTS upon my bed. often cover.
| Ing the floor. remember now how colo
| 1t wns when stepped out on that snow
| Contrast TINT with the working mans
| home OF to-day. IIe has his carpets, his
comfortable furniture, and often his
piano He lives better, has books. news,
| papers and magazines. and can educate
| HIS Children
Lived Eighteen Years and Never
Saw the Stars.
! 'IIow about your education. Mr.. Pow
! derly2"
/ 81 went to school until was thirteen
! replied Mr. Powderly. "and then stopped
! on account of trouble Wit. my eyes.
| needed glasses. for was born nehr-sight
/ do, but did not know what was thu
matter for years afterward. could se'
/ nothing we'll Mt q distance. Indeed. until
4 was eighteen years Of nge | never say
4 tho stars. had heard OF them, of course
4 hut looked upon them rather as n poet
Fl ical fiction than a $ n visual reality, On
day ! took up a pair OF glasses thai
happened to TT me. and, Ike Columbus
A discovered n new world. ] could Sc
things had never imagined any on
a saw--the leaves on the trees IN the dis
a tancn. faces across the street, indeed
i never really saw. as you sec, until
WAS eighteen
~ don't understand how yon could wor
q with your defective eyesight." Ia,
, ~ can see well enough ut close range,
WAS tho reply. ~ can take red CEN
and by nni.ing 1t Will, brads to n bencl
can tile Off the nose OF tho Indian with
out cutting the edges. Tho Indian's nos
!. Is, you know. u little higher than tn
,, face Of tho cent. II takes good eyesisl
and good nerves TO SO file u off. and tn!
/, we often tried 70 do in the shops | NJ
!. che of the few who can do 1t Wiilou
ttcutting the epges of 80 coin, | also use
,. Ia pick out with my knife tho splinter
! OF steel that flew into the eyes of IN
. fellows. That is also delicate job
!, The Story Of Labor Leader.
o when did sou become Interested In OF
( ganized iabor?"
I ~ Joined the Machinlsts and Eiacl
" III Jr,,inp In tNTn thirtv ,,<t,