The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

where iron is tho quest Of capital else.
where in the United States and abroad,
have no counterpart here on the range.
Here there are none Of the evidences
of sordid poverty. Child labor is abso-
lutely unknown. The Steel corporation
makes no pretense at carrying on
moral or educational propaganda. It
interferes not at all with the liberty of
the individual, but it knows that, as
business proposition, the best results
can only be got from a we'll paid, we'll
nourished, clearly people, and it en-
courages its people indirectly in the
cultivation of those virtues which are
not easily practicable when poverty is
the portion Of the man who tolls.
The most elaborate and painstaking
effort is made to house the people, not
only. decently, but comfortably. From
: this the corporation takes no direct
profit. In the increase of self-respect
and the development Of the civic and
social virtues among it's people 1t profits
greatly. ..4
The term "model city, is not calcu-
lated to appeal to the looker-on, who
judges Of the possibilities of the model
city from results obtained in communal
enterprises. The model city Of today
can come only from individual effort
wisely inspired. It can scarcely be re-
allied by the adoption Of the theories
of the public ownership propagandists.
The. public ownership Of utilities does
not mean the model city by any means.
Glasgow, Scotland, which has gone a
= long way on the road to municipal
ownership of the public utilities, is
far from being a. model city, socially,
morally or so far as it appeals to the
eye. The model city is one in which
every family has stake in the soil
as well as in the household gear.
There Is no one element that con-
tributes to the making Of the model
city SO much as self-respecting peo-
ple2 and there is nothing that will
make for the begetting of self-respect
as will the sense of ownership. This
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sidered by the executives Of the Steel
corporation in their latest and most
formal attempt to improve the condi-
ton Of their employees. Out Of the con.
sideration given to the subject grew
the plan Of building Coleraine, new
town on the western Mesaba, in which
there will be no landlords, which will
be wholly self-governing, and which
is laid out upon scale that cannot
but make it at once good to look at
and to live in. And it is simply a
part of development which proves
the general efficiency Of the corpora
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It has been known for years that
there were vast deposits Of ore on the
western Mesaba, but It had been
thought that It was not merchantable
commodity, because of its mixture with
silica. It would require washing to
permit its concentration. Two years
and a half ago the chiefs Of the oper-
ating companies went into the western
range and made close investigation
Of the deposits. They concluded that
the ore, which could not be successfully
handled by individual owners, was mer-
charitable. That decision being ar
rived at, there was no hesitancy about
developing the mines, and the railroad
was at once extended into the new
development and the town Of Coleraine
located at the end Of the extension.
About the new town are located sew
eral mines Of great promise and de-
velopment and which required large
number Of laborers for their operation.
For some time the corporation ex-
ecutives had been contemplating the
establishment Of model mining com
munity, and here was the opportunity.
It was argued that if the wife Of a
miner were given the opportunity to
liveon her own bit Of land, in q house
that might easily be paid For, the miner
would soon be living in just those sur
roundings. Out Of the desire to give