St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-31

A Workman is Known by His Chips.
The Union Signal, Vermont's unior
Labor organ at Rutland, is still calling
for the ounce OF flesh nearest the heart
OF Fletcher D. Proctor, first because be is
the arch enemy Of the laboring man, and
second because he is a candidate for
governor. The CALIFORNIAN recently
said that the Union Signals attack on
Col. Proctor, would be boomerang
which would fly back to the pit of it's
own stomach" So i seems. n the
midst OF this ytuperatiye shower from
the Signals storm center Fletcher D.
Proctor and the Vermont Marble Co.,
with its two or three thousand laboring
men, have not even hoisted an umbrella
or shield for shelter, nor do they seem to
be soiled or ruffled by the shower.
CHAPTER j.
The Vermont Marble Company,
Fletcher D. Proctor, president, has three
large corporation stores at which their
employees do their trading az Proctor,
West Rutland and Center Rutland. For
the past three years the Yermont Marble
Company have, after deducting run
ming expenses at their stores, divided
the profits among its employees who
trade with them, each one share being
based on the amount of bis trade. The
annual division OF profits for the year
1906 has just, been made. Each store
has a committee Of employees who take
charge OF this disbursement.
CHAPTER IL.
The statements ust issued contain
some interesting historical and financial
data. At the Proctor store, sales for the
year amount to $235.416.44; sales to
employees, SIT ,960.25; profits, $780,
444., 81. The employees received divi-
dend Of eleven per cent on their pur-
chases, the profit being computed, not
exclusively on their own purchases, but
on all sales made at the store. which 10.
cluded sales amounting to $57 ,456.19
made to non.employees.
At the West Rutland store the sales
amounted to $133 354, 95 sales to EN-.
ployees, $10G. 1882 to non.employees,
$27 ,041.23, with a total profit on all
sales of $11 ,413.15. The dividend Of
ten per cent was computed on the sales
to non-employees as well as to en-
ployees, the same as al the Proctor store.
The Center Rutland store statement
shows total sales Of $40, 144 o.; sales to
employees S48. 1854, SO; to non-employees,
$30,779 6S; total profit, 81 OIL 81. Up.
on this basis dividend of eight per cent
was declared and like the Proctor and
West Rutland store employees, the Cen.
ter Rutland contingent enjoy the profit
on $30,779.68 worth Of trading done by
non.employees. In addition 10 these
proht-sharing dividends, an aggregate OF
something over seventeen hundred dol
lars was carrled'to general store &C.
count, almost $4,000 IN store profits
divided among the employees of the Yer
mont Marble Company And that, too,
in cash.
CHAPTER Y.
The CALIFORNIAN can now understand
better than ever before why the barking
Of Uncle lothian How's little dog didn't
disturb the moon why the coaxing and
threatening OF the Labor Union meeting
at Rutland didn't bulge the "sers' o
the Vermont Marble Co.. why the alleged
terrible arraigument OF Col. Proctor by
the Union Signal, is and will be a boom
erang; why Pletch D. Proctor, presiden
of the Vermont Marble Co., and caudi
date for governor need not seek shelte
when the Union Signal belehes thunde
and vomits lightning; why content
meut, thrift, good homes and high OF
der OF citizenship reigns at Proctor an
West Rutland and Center Rutland; why
when the largest employer Of labor il
Vermont stands thus entrenched, tn
poison.dipped arrows of enemies polit
cal, personal and in general, fall sha
tered on the outer walls,
CHAPTER Z.
The CrRnoNthg believes a ,yoYh,,.
IS known by his chips