The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28

entire week are sold on Saturday.
Whether because that Is pay day or
merely because 1t Is a favorlte shop
ping day don't know. but the fact
remains, and we regulate our adver-
Using accordingly; making 1t heaviest
toward the latter part Of the week.
OF course, with magazine published
only once d month"; this would be inn
practicable
The Douglas shoe is sold all over the
United States and also has a large sale
In Canada and Mexico. besides having
created more or less Of a European de-
mand. l employ 1000 persons in making
and selling my shoes, and l own and
operate seventy retail shoe stores in the
large cities The vast area covered by
my dealers renders It all the more nec-
essary for me to use local newspapers
from one end OF the land to the other
to advertise my shoes, and made It the
more needful for me to study out care
fully just what would be the best me-
dun through which / might reach the
people at large"
Concerning those 1000 employees
whom Mr.. Douglas 50 casually mem
toned. an entire article OF more chan
common Interest might be written.
They form sort OF Utoplah community
whereof he Is the head. At his expense
all Of them are provided with medical
care In Illness and they are In other
ways made to feel his personal interest
In them.
The labor question assumes none Of
It's harsher features in the Douglas
plant. BY special agreement between
the proprietor and his worknien; all y
differences, 50 far as possible, are mtI-
tuaEly adjusted. Those which cannot
be thus disposed of will BY common
consent be submitted to the State Board
of Arbitration and Cancellation, that
body's decision to be binding on both
dlsputants.
In this way strikes and lockouts are
unknown among the Douglas workmen.
and the pleasantest feeling has always
existed between employer and em--
ployed.
Since the beginning Of his Arst CAM
paign OF newspaper advertising, In 1883,
Mr.. Douglas has gradually but steadily
become known to nearly every one in
America. The face that looks out from
the acknowledged frame In his adj
refreshments Is famtl IL to all. Yet the
face that accompanies this article gives
a far more accurate idea Of the VIII
liam L. Douglas Of to-day. The char
acter reader may peruse there the rea-
sons why lowly start In life had no
power to check this mans rise.
By judlclous newspaper advertising
Douglas quickly eoutgrew" factory
after factory until, in 'is92, he erected
the huge works now in use at MOatello,
Just out of Boston.
III. Payroll Crews.
Here his payroll grew until 1t nun-
0ered its present 1000 names. Here,
too, grew the facilities for turning out
shoes In unparalleled numbers-about
1880 pairs day being the capacity
now. In the jobblng house alone a half
million pairs Of shoes are carried at ali
times in stock.
The factory-or factories. for there
are two of them practically Joined I'M
der one series OF rooEs-cover as much,
space as the walls Of an ancient clts.
and are arranged lp rectllinear lines,
with wide-reachIug wings, like enalad-
Ing earthworEs.
The man who employed newspaper adj,
yertIslng as the magic wand to raise
this mighty structure from the earth
still works as hard, in his own way. as
did the seven-year-old carrier Of wood
and pegger Of shoes. outside ONCE j.
hours he is Of simple, domestic tastes,
his one ''rlch mans Amusement taking
the form Of frequent cruises on bis big
steam yacht, the Machlgonne.
He has found time, too, as all New Il
England knows, to make a decided Inn
preston In the field OF politics. a
stanch democrat he has served In
both houses Of the State Legislature,
framed the arbitration and weekly pay !.
ment laws. was Mayor OF BrocktOn in
1890. and has four times been chosen
as delegate to the national conventions.
His victorious campaign for the Cow
ernorship Of Massachusetts was such as
to awaken national interest ThrOughs
out his term Of Governor he conducted
his great personal business Interests as
well as those Of the State in such
way that neither suffered from ilatteh-
tons His wide use OF newspaper adj.
yertlsEng during the Gubernatotlal con-
test was one Of the most striking tsat-
ures of the campaign and contributed Ia
no light measure to his triumph.
Why a man like Douglas, having
made such giant strides In the world oe !
business. should have sought the Cow
ernorshIp was a puzzle 20 many, And
not a few wondered that he was not
satisfied with the success he had al 4
ready won.
But the man who Is satisfied with sue. 8
cess would be satisfied with failure,
! do not think William Z. Douglas
would be satisfied with either. lia.