Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-14

.he mine employees has been given
Cite and liberal donation toward the
erection OF a church. The manage
ment encourages religion as the foun-
dation of morality, harmony, industry
| and progress II provides free schools
o. the very best grade and of great
variety. for the same reason. 1t is
said that the employees of the Calumet
| and Hecla Mining company can get
any kind of an education they may
| desire on the ground There is 4
| manual training school and techni-
| cal school at which the company
| trains It's own engineers and mechan-
| les. A fine new building is now being
| erected in the place OF an old one
| which burned down year ago.
| The company furnishes a gymna-
| stun with instructors in physical cul-
ture to promote the muscular devel
opment of its employees, with one OF
| the finest hospitals in existence for
the care of the sick and injured, with
a model equipment and attending sal
aried surgeons from the medical
| schools of Boston. Free lighthouses
stand side by side with a free library
with no aid from Mr.. Carnegie-in
which the employees of the company
can find newspapers and periodicals.
and books from every city in Europe
ia all the languages they speak. Rooms
| are provided for social clubs and anna
teur debating societies. singing So
cieties. dancing clubs. and for every
other form of intellectual and social
amusement. which are encouraged as
Il part of the system. because they
promote contentment among the EN-
ployes.
| The brass band of the Calumet com
pany claims to be the third, If not the
second, in excellence in the United
States. 1t yields supremacy only to
Sousa's and the Marine band at Wash
ington. 1t took the first prize at
an international saengerfest at Mil
waukee two years ago and claims to
have made much improvement since.
The performers wear the costume of
4 miner. with little safety lamps in
their hats. They went to Boston not
long ago for series of concerts and
made IA great hit. The instruments.
the music and the uniforms are pro
vided by the company. and the mem
hers of the band receive their regular
wages while on concert tours or at
rehearsal.
There is a football club. a baseball
team. track team and various other
athletic organizations among the men.
and military battalion, with an ar
mory, drilled by a competent officer
The battalion goes into camp once
every summer and the wages of the
members go OH just the same
The Calumet and Hecla company
does all this for the same reason that
1t has paved every street and alley in
the town and has built model tene-
ments for its employees. with perfect
sanitary arrangements, an abundant
supply of pure water and every other
convenience and comfort that will pro
mote the health and happiness of its
men and their families. The rentals
for these houses are merely nominal
81 month per room-which make
the average expenditure for rental
only 81 or 81 a month per family.
where 1t would be s25 or $50 else
where. Free medical attendance and
medicine are furnished by the com.
pany to the families of its employees
i'll case OF accident or sickness: 1t
gives pensions to the aged and those
who are crippled in its service. and
provides for the widows and the or
phans of the dead.
For these reasons Calumet is de
clared to be an ideal community. the
best mining town in the world, where
the miners are paid the highest wages
are better housed and cared for and
receive better treatment than in any
other mining community in any land
In return for all this the company
demands certain amount of labor
and absolute observance of its rules.
The only penalty, however, is dismis-
sal and Punishment No man can live
in Calumet who does not work for
the mining company or have its per-
mission to stay there. II he gets
drunk or is quarrelsome or wastes his
wages or ill-treats his family or be-
comes insubordinate or is guilty of
any other sin of commission or oms.
sion. he is fired. And there is no
court of appeal.
There are no labor unions. Calu-
met is an open town. There is no
formal prohibition OF unions, and in.
deed the men are encouraged and as
sisted to form mutual benefit and
other benevolent societies. but such
organizations are not permitted to say
anything about wages or hours OF
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