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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-20
DIPLOMATIC KAISER'S
NAVAL PLANS MODEST
Special Gable to The Journal.

Special Gable to The Journal.
Berlin, Nov. 20.-The German en-
peror' g new naval program has had a
depressing effect in naval circles, where
much more had been expected. It
is considered evident that the kaiser g
modest proposals are dictated by a de-
sire not to irritate British opinion.
An enlarged tonnage Of .battleships and
cruisers is regarded as Indispensable to
enable Germany to engage in any kind
of an open sea fight with a first rate
power, but the total tonnage will con
tinue to remain behind those of the
Therefore it is generally believed that
the government within a few years,
when foreign hostility to the fatherland
has abated, will present a new and
greater naval program. ...- ID ...
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-20
Black Taffeta

This dependable fabric so de-
sirable as a lining for waists,
skirts or dresses is a first-class
lustrous, guaranteed black taf-
feta, 36 inch width. A 'regu-
lar $1.25 quality. on
Clearance price, <OT
per yard. d.............. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-20
White Habutai

One thousand yards of soft, lus-
trous washable silks of a very SER
viceable texture. Excellent for
waists, dresses, scarfs, etc. Clear
ance sale price, .~ - =>
at, per - /" ma -" NC
ya1u ..'' 'f',...'. : - =,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
ON COOPERATIVE 1oLA-k

cessors since they were such large fac
tors in establishing the business. 1t
is the profit on his present four-fifths
which he will divide in the three ways
indicated. The profit on the remaining
one-ffth will, as before, go directly to
the owners-the employees whose
length of service has enabled them to
acquire it under the system which has
been in effect now for almost twenty
years.
In it's finest sense, it is declared, is
this plan of Mr.. Nelson's practical
philanthropy. There have been in
stances recorded when men, dying,
have left outright to their employees
the business. Under this condition
the operatives are getting something
for nothing, which scientists in char
ity-for it has been reduced to a
science-tell us is all wrong. Under
the method the st. Louisan has in
stituted the employees and customers,
who are we'll able to do so, buy the
concern and have the right to feel
that, since they paid their money for
1t, it is really theirs, which they
worked for and earned. Then, too, the
money from this source will prove a
considerable addition to the sum at Mr.
Nelson's disposal for the public good.
He has as yet failed to indicate what
lines will be pursued in distributing
this fund, but it is considered pretty
sure that he will use 1t in helping
others to help themselves, in promoting
self-help-for he has well defined ideas
on this subject, and ameliorative ideas
except in emergent cases, finds small
favor in his eyes.
1t was in 1872 that Mr.. Nelson found
employment with the firm of Bignau
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

ity--he made them worth what they
earned, and allowed them to earn
what they were really worth.
Cooperation had long been a source
Of deep interest to him. especially un-
der the phase of profit-sharing. and
an opportunity for him to put the the
ory into practice occurred In 1885. That
was the year of a great strike on the
Gould railway system, and on account
of the esteem in which he was held by
both capital and labor Nelson was
called in. as one of the arbitrators.
Face to face with serious problem, he
made an exhaustive study of the ques-
ton, and his readings included ac-
counts of experiments conducted by
Godin and Jean LIE Claire of France.
The latter's plan, with several modifi-
cations, was instituted in his factories
and won success. 1t was in honor OF
LIE Claire that Nelson named the COM
munal town. The idea of Including
the customers in the benefits is wholly
Mr.. Nelson's. 1t is unprecedented, and
it's outcome will be eagerly watched by
economists and other students.
A customer Mr.. Nelson defines as II
man or body of men who purchase the
FIRMS products at varying times ANA
in varying quantities. There is abso-
lutely no restriction as to the amount
of goods to be. bought or the number CT
orders placed before the right to share
in the profits is gained. In his letter to
the trade explaining his intention MIR.
Nelson writes:
This company adopted a profit
sharing system with its employees In
1885, and has paid for the entire nine
teen years dividends ranging from to
10 per cent per year on each ones
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Something About the Postal Card rad

dozen brief kilograms giving the
worlds news.
The barometer post card also had its
origin in this gay city. These cards,
which are now cold extensively, have
the figure Of an old woman with an
umbrella painted black. When the
weather is likely to be fine the umbrella
is blue; when it is going to rain it
turns pink.
From Germany comes the whistling
post card. When spun around in the
fingers II emits a note like the whist
ling OF a bird. Then there is the self
toning post card which halls from Eng
land. These are placed under a mega
tive and the image or picture Is partly
printed out and developed In cold wa
ter no developer or toning bath being
required. The print is then tixed by Inn
rnerslon In dish containing weak So
luton Of hyposulphite Of soda.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

" HOUGH we are continually re-
minded that the post card fad has
made great headway all over the
world It will be a surprise to know that
Iart year no less than 5OO.OOOOOO found
their way through the mails. There is
no limit to the variety in these little
cards, and each day brings new exam
Piles from enterprising inventors of nov
elites.
Perhaps the most marvellous Of these
are those which have been placed on
the market by a French syndicate
They talk. sing and whistle. TO an or
binary pictorial card is affixed thin
transparent gelatine disk on which is
impressed gramophone musical rec
ord. Through the center Is small
hole. enabling the post card TO be
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

placed on an ordinary talking machine
and played in the usual way. What
possibilities this opens! Instead or
wishing a friend "Merry Christmas!
in the usual way one will be able to
send greeting thousands Of miles In
the fervid tones of ones own voice.
Photographs of great singers are ac-
oompanied with extracts from their
great successes. national flags with the
national anthems, and so on. Many OF
the French champagne firms have dis
trlbuted large numbers of these cards
which literally sing the praises OF their
wine.
Another novelty in this line which
also originated in Paris is the Carte
Journal. on one side is the usual space
for name and address, but on the other
is printed reproduction OF photo
graph or sketch illustrating some event
OF the day. accompanied with half a
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

salary or wages. 1t has now decided
10 take the customers also into part
nership.
For the future we shall divide our
rrofits (beyond 6 per cent interest on
capitaD in the proportion of / per cent
on capital, IN per cent on wages and
salaries, and 2 per cent to customers
on the gross profits on their purchases.
A ledger account will be kept with
each customer showing the amount
of his gross profits, and at the end OF
the year footed and figured on in the
same manner as the wages.
Dividing the Profits
I'm addition to this, the entire profit,
without deduction for interest on my
stock, which is about four-fifths of the
whole, will be divided at the rate Of
four-tenths to the customers, three
tenths to the employees, and three
tenths for benevolent and public pur-
poses. to be administered by me. Each
customer will receive the proportion
that his gross profit bears to the total
gross profit. Gross profit is made the
basis of calculation instead of pur-
chases, because some goods bear much
lower profit than others. These divi-
dends will be paid for in my stock OF
the company at a price on which the
average net earnings of the next pre-
ceding three years would yield 6 per
cent net or in per cent preferred
stock.
''I have been the active head of this
business for more than thirty years.
am the owner of as much or more
property than 1 want. 1t has been
made by the cooperation of the em-
ployes and the customers. I now want
them to have the benefit of 1t. AS the
business has been In the past and Is
now, and looks for the future, it should
take only few years to pass 1t en-
tirely into the hands of customers and
employees. 1t can be made more and
more profitable by this mutual inter-
est, and this additional profit goes en-
tlrely to those who make it.
mo customer lS pidSCo uiiHSi "'S
obligation. He need not buy unless
the price and the quality and the
service suit him. No salesman will
ever hold out the dividend as an ex-
Gust for high prices. The managers,
the statesmen, the clerks, the foremen,
the workmen and the customers Will
be mutually interested, and ought each
to be an advantage to all.
There will be no change in the OPP
Grafton and methods of the company
nor in its management. At the end Of
the year the customers will be asked to
appoint an auditor to verify the profit
and dividend statement"
The letter was dated January lS.
1906 AS a New Years gift on Janu-
airy 1 the following letter was sent TO
each man on the company's pay rolls;
"The amount now handed you makes
a continuous dividend Cor nineteen
years of from to 10 per cent annually
on your wages and salaries. On the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

ceived dividends at the end of each
year. ranging from 5 to II per cent OF
their entire wages. These DIVIDENDS
will now be decidedly increased, since
far greater sum will be available for
distribution, and, In addition, the GUS
toners are added to the recipients OF
the profits Mr.. Nelson's share of the
net gains, which is more than four
fifths of the entire proceeds, will be
divided between these two classes, ex-
cept for three-tenths, which is to be
devoted to public and benevolent pur-
poses.
Not one cent of the profit will be
taken by the philanthropist from now
or after his direct connection with the
firm ceases. He will continue his re-
lations with 1t under ?. salary, scarcely
more than that of we'll paid clerk,
and no larger than several other Off
GERS are drawing. His share OF the
capital stock is to be bought from him
by the accrued profits of both the en-
ployes and customers, the entire busi-
ness eventually passing into their
hands. The money he derives from the
sale of the stock in this manner will
be applied to philanthropic enterprises
he has in hand. When he shall have
lost the control of the company Mr..
Nelson saws it will be optional with
his successors as to whether or not
they shall continue to give him en-
~
value to the firm he expects retirement
as a matter of course.
Nelson is by no means a wealthy
man. His charities have kept him
poor. Certainly he will not be dis
graced by dying rich," which was the
fiat laid down in Andrew Carnegie's
Gospel of wealth. If Nelson were
an ordinary man he would today be
several times a millionaire. He is alto
gether extraordinary, and 1t is this
quality which has caused him to spend
his large annual income for charity
and has prompted him to devote his
present large resources to the same
end, which will at length leave him
poor.
His Early Career
In every sense of the word, he is
self-made man. Denied any extended
educational advantages In early days
he has nevertheless gained name by
his writings on sociological and eco
nomic subjects. He worked his way
through a Missouri district school near
his fathers farm until he was 16 years
old, when he enlisted in the Union
army and saw much active service,
emerging at the close of the war with
lieutenants commission, which he
resigned to enter business. Although
he has lived in this country since he
was 8 years old, Nelson was born in
Norway in a home which his family
had occupied since 1920. His father.
who came OF fine old Viking stock,
was one of colony Of seven which
settled In Buchanan county, Missouri,
In 1S47. He is 81 years old.
When, in 1886. he instituted the profit
sharing system. Mr., Nelson was the
sole owner OF the rapidly growing
business which today Is one of the
largest in the world. Through permit
ting a certain portion OF the em-
ployes dividends to be applied to the
purchase OF stock. one-fifth of the en-
tire capitalization passed from his
hands into theirs. Under the new plan
the other four-fifths win be absorbed
by the employees and the customers.
who. as he says. are his legitimate sue
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
WOlslcNANS Hon
LEG LAIREA.

& Co. of st. Louis. Five years later
he started the business which bears
his name, and, prospering from the
outset, it was only a short time there
after that he bought out the corpora
ton with which he had begun his conf
mercal career. From the first he made
his business philanthropy and his
philanthropy a business. He realized
that his employees were no small fac
tor in making for his success, ana so
he endeavored to have them prosper
with him. But he did so in a manner
which was free from the taint of char
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

~ARNEGIE has founded libraries,
Peter Cooper and Stephen Girard
devoted their wealth to educa-
tiorlaI purposes, Baron de Hirsch and
George Peabody applied their charities
to mere ameliorative ends, but 1t re-
NAMED for N. o. Nelson of st. Louis
to bring philanthropy into the hard and
supposedly soulless business world
when he announced that henceforth
he would divide the profits of his en-
ormous business between the employees
and the customers, save for certain
portion which is to be diverted to
fund for the public veal.
This unique benefaction is the work
of man who has held many theories
and has practised all of them. Those
that he has found to be worthy he has
continued; the failures he has dis
carded. OF the success of his present
plan he has no doubt, for it is the
natural outgrowth of method he has
employed for many years-profit shar-
ing. Mr.. Nelson is the father of profit
sharing in this country, and during the
entire period in which he has been the
head of the N. o. Nelson Manufactur-
ing company he has not encountered a
single strike or labor disturbance of
any nature. In statement to the
Herald Mr.. Nelson said:
81 do not want a fortune. l want
no money except for use in serviceable
7 fn oil
services along with the money. 1 want
to withdraw my capital from my en-
terprises now that they are we'll estab-
lished for such uses as fast as 1t is re-
placed by the fresh made capital of
my employees and customers.
"These are the legitimate and COM
petent successors to the business. I
also want to set going real co-opera-
tive concern and a possible example
of better or fairer business method
than the prevailing one.
81 am a practitioner Of the Simple
Life as well as believer in it,"
In these few words does Mr.. Nelson
undertake to explain his actuating mo-
tives in putting into effect a philan-
thropy that has aroused the attention
and interest of sociologists the world
over. How keenly alivegthe students
of social and economic conditions are
to the possibilities Of the new depar-
ture may be gauged from the state-
ment to the Herald by Robert Hunter,
an authority on these subjects and
who is enthusiastic over the matter.
Important Benefactions
Apart froI. his present activity Mr..
Nelson has done two things which
might well stand as monuments to him.
One is the Introduction of the practl-
cal profit sharing system in this coun-
try. OF which his company is reflex,
and the other the founding of the
communal town of lie Claire. ILL.,,
where some of his factories are located
and many of his employees live. The
founding of this village is by no means
an isolated philanthropy; 1t came as
an evolution Of Mr.. Nelson's original
inspiration. and is vital and integral
part Of his entire scheme.
Nelson o. Nelson is the head of the
company which bears his name, doing
an annual business approximating
nearly $3.0OO,o0O in plumbing and ma
chinists' supplies. The main office is
IN st. Louis, and he has his factories
In that city, in lie Claire and In Besse-
mer Ala. There are about six hundred
employees, who, since 1886. have re-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-09
MAINE COAST ICE BOUND.

The Conditions up and Down River.
The Eastern bay and Castine harbor are
frozen up although the cutter took IA schoon-
er into Castlne with considerable difficulty
ON Saturday.
An ice jam has formed across the river
from the mouth of the Orland river to Fort
Point Although the Pemaqud came up
through it Saturday night it increased con-
siderably Sunday. Above this jam the
river is clear to Winterport.
Fishermen who arrived at Portland late
Friday night reported saturday that the
Maine coast as far east as Mount Desert
Island is completely ice bound with only an
occasional passageway available only for
steamers. All the principal thoroughfares,
including Fox Island, Deer Is and Mer-
chants Row, were closed. Conditions be-
yond Mt. Desert were slightly better.
RocKLAND, Feb. 4. The revenue cutter
Woodbury. sailed Saturday for Belfast and
on completion of her work there will re-
turn Immediately to this part of Penbbscot
bay where several important tasks await
her One is the removal of the wreck of
the lobster schooner Star of the West, which
founderej at MatincuS in the last storm
and is reported as great menace to ship
ping. The schooner Lizzie May dragged
from her moorings near Matincus and was
reported to have been in collision with a
gasolene sloop and lobster smack, damaging
both seriously. The schooner which is now
wreck on Ten Pound Island is owned by
Capt. Hiram Smith Of Matinicus. The other
damaged craft, both small vessels, are also
owned at Matinicus. The services of the
revenue cutter are also asked to liberate the
schooner Fred B. BalanO at StOningtOn, the
four-masted Boston schooner Orleans which
was launched at Bath Tuesday, and the
schooner Clarence II. Venner at Rock port.
The ice conditions in the bay are steadily
growing worse.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-09
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE,

The following transfers in real estate
were recorded in Waldo County Registry of
Deeds for the week ending Feb. Z, 1906 ::
Hannah 7. Pendleton, Searsport, to George
DelanO, do. 4; land in Searsport. Alfred B.
Pendleton, Searsport, to George Delano,
do; land in Searsport. John Pilote ct al,
Waterville, to George o. Danforth, Free
dom; land in Freedom. W. R. Butterfield,
Somerville, to F. A. Dickey, Northport,
land in Northport. Joseph Burrows, ct al,
Quincy, to F. 0. Smith, Belfast, land in
Northport, Rufus N. Colson, Monroe, to
Herbert L. Smith, do. land and buildings
in Monroe. David Sears, Boston, to Ban
gOr Investment Co.; land in Searsport.
Austin Woodbury., ct al, Knox, to Vevie L.
Rowe, Morrill,, land in Morrill,. Alexander
WOodman, Auburn, to Joseph E. Kendall,
Searsmont; land in Searsmont B. F.
Simpson, Brooks, to Llewellyn Simpson,
do. land and buildings in Brooks. William
K. Burgess, Monroe, to George NJ. New
comb, do. land in Monroe VIM. T. Haines,
Waterville, to George O. Danforth, Free
dom, land in Freedom. Albert W. and
Mary "A. Iray, Orlanu, 20 Lizzie j. curtis,
Searsport; land in Stockton Springs Ar
thur Boyd, Stockton Springs, to Irwin p.
Harris, do; land in Prospect. Nehemiah
D. Quigg, Liberty, to Isaac n. Quigg, Pa
lermo land in Palermo. Silas A. Hannah,
Palermo, to Isaac N. Quigg, do; land in
Palermo. William a. Mason, Belfast, to
Charles A. Philips, Palermo; land in Lib
erty. Dolly e. Black, ct ais, Stockton
Springs, to Emery d. BickmOre, do; land
in Stockton Springs. Fred W. Brown, Jr.
Brooks, to Charles E. Lane, do; land in
Monroe. Joseph II. Trussell, Belfast, tt
George C. Trussell, Belfast land and build
| ings in Belfast. John NJ. Crosby, Belfast
to Lottie A. Crosby, Belfast; land in Bel
| fast
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-09
RAZORS IN THEIR CELLS.
What Warden Norton Found at Thomasto
State Prison,

" "Hdl ware at
State Prison.
THoMAsroN, Feb. 9. The information
has just leaked out from the State prison
that when Warden Bernes 0. Norton took
possession in December and made an in
spection Of the cells, every prisoner was
found supplied with amore or less effective
weapon.
Some Of them had knives, some had
razors, while othors had clubs of wood.
Drawshaves, monkey wrenches, gimlets,
avis, files, everything short of firearms were
found in the possession of the prisoners.
1t is said y razors were found.
Prisoners have been allowed to make
cnrios and souvenirs for gift or sale.
Finally one or two were permitted to take
knives and pieces of wood to their cells.
Others were accorded the same privilege,
and without realizing the danger that was
growing up, the practice increased, till it
reached the dimensions which were found.
There were no firearms in the collection,
and it is probable that the guards armed
with revolvers and repeating rifles, could
have quelled any outbreak that might have
arisen.
Warden Norton has established system
of inspection and search of every cell and
prisoner each week, and any prisoner with
contraband articles will be disciplined.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-09
NORTHERN MAINE SEAPORT R. R.
Present Status of the Road. No Contracts
Made Yet,

Made Yet.
There have been rumOrs to the effect that
contracts for certain parts of the cOnstruc-
tion of the road have been let, but Feb. lst
port railroad stated that these rumors were
without foundation. j. F. Spellman of
Bangor is at Stockton with small crew of
men making preparations to rush the work
of building 200 feet of wharf there as
base for the assembling of material in case
spring. A. E. Trites, who has done a great
deal of construction of work for the Bangor
& ArOOStook railroad, will build camps
along the proposed route SO as to be able to
begin work at once in case he is given the
| contract. James b. Mullen of }. b. Mullen
Il Co., contractors, has looked over the
| proposed route and plans with view to
| bidding for the masonry work to be done
on the road, and as Mr. Mullen has had
| much experience in such matters he is in a
position to know what the work will call
| for j. E. Littlefield of Brewer would like
to get out the ties for the new road and has
been looking over the ground with Il view
to furnishing them.
| All this work is being done as trained
general would muster his forces for battle
1t is not definitely decided that the con-
| structiOn of the road will begin, but if the
and the railroad commissioners and if the
rights of way can be obtained where de-
! sired, work will begin on the road at the
earliest possible time. When work is once
begun it will be pushed with rapidity
which will eclipse anything in the way of
railroad construction ever attempted in the
State. The rOadbed will be the best that
can be constructed, and the rails used will
be 10 pounds heavier to the yard than those
now in use on the Bangor & Aroostoek rail
road, or an 8O-pOund rail instead of 65-
pound. The grade of the proposed route is
Slight and with such roadbed and such
heavy iron, travelling on the road should be
both safe and pleasant.
This is the status of the new road at pres
ent. Everything is ready for immediate
action as soon as the necessary prelimi-
naries have been gone through, and if they
are arranged satisfactorily the new road is
assured.-BangOr Commercial.