Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-28
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- - ~ X - FNN-'S 49,
Presidents Son a Wool Sorter
at SIS a Week. Is,
is the, GOODS, SAY WORKERS
STARTS II en Lowest and Hardsst -
In a Carpet Mill at 1he"spssav'lis,
/ csnn.-Manassr Says He viii Ct
%hs Die Stick IL He osssnt oshavs.
When Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, be-
came 4 wage Garner the other day hs
toiled ten hours and Z half In the
works Of a carpet company situat-
Cd at Thompsonville, Conn, with
600 others. For I'VE hours and
half he wore overalls and Jumpers and
bent his back over piles Of dirty, smelly
wool. ,'.-,<
"Wool sorter" II the name Of his
job-the lowest, hardest and most dis-
agreeable about the works, also the
most poorly paid. Young Teddy earn
ed by his whole day Of labor exactly
SO 1-s cents. He Is on the payroll Of
the corporation at the fabulous salary
Of IS = week. =. .-. .....
'Tired3 Yes, am" he admitted %
he passed out Of the gates at night
when the whistle blew at 6:15. at
caught me in the back" That's what
IN new wool sorters say. '~.~.-
The presidents son reached Thomp-
sonville In the evening and went Tor
dinner to the home Of Alvin III. Zig
gins, general manager Of the company.
After dinner and a chat with Mr.. Zig
gins he went to the small dwelling ad-
joining the latter's home, where he b
to live with a married couple who VIII
act as housekeepers. he turned in
early to bed, for he had to be up be-
times the next morning. The starting
whistle blows at 7 o'clock.
The house where young Roosevelt
will live is owned by Mr.. Higgins and
until Teddy juniors arrival was
known as ''the little white house"
Now it has achieved the new title of
1.-The little White House."
Promptly at 6:45 o'clock In the morn
ing, when the streets were filed with
mill workers starting YEARLY for their
toll, Teddy Joined the throng. He got
into the Office Of the carpet works at
I'VE minutes before Z. MI. Higgins
and other officers made him acquaint-
ed with the clerks and department
heads. At o'clock he met the steno-
graphic staff-twelve typewriter girls,
some pretty, some otherwise, but all
eager to meet the young man. He
bowed and smiled difdently when pre-
sented to them.
During the morning young Roosevelt
was shown the Office system and was
taken through the works. At noon he
was allowed forty-f1ve minutes for a
hurried luncheon at the Higgins home.
he was attired in dark gray, ready
made working suit" which he had
purchased to begin. his career in. At
1915 he returned to the works with
package under his arm, which con-
tanned his overall suit. he put this on
when the whistle blew and got on the
Job of sorting the wool-just as It
comes to the mill. without any cleans
ing or deodorizlng. There he stuck,
without intermission, until 6:16.
Neither he nor Mr.. Higgins would
discuss the first days work. II have
my eye on him." the manager said,
with chuckle, ''and II he doesn't BE-
have I'll use the big stick on him. All
I have to say is that he has splendid
appetite"
It may be stated that the verdict Of
the working population Of Thompson
vile Ia that young Roosevelt is 1.-The
Goods and in no sense an interloper.
Among the various departments
through which the presidents son VIII
pass, provided he likes the work and
decides to stay and become q full
dedged carpet maker, viii be the filing
room, shading room, designing depart
ment and dye house.
He will also undoubtedly study other
lines of mill work, including the vari-
Gus kinds Of carpets and rugs and how
such a large manufacturing plant ID
but this will altogether de-
pend upon himself.
All the town saw Teddy during his
trips to and from the carpet mills. He
saw all the town, too, for there are
few persons in Thompsonville except
mill workers. The only social diver
sions he will have will be the Enfield
Country club and the Calumet club,
which, are patrenized by the not nu-
merous wealthy citizens of the town.
ship. He is to be put up at both.
For theaters, hotels and urban life In
general young Roosevelt Will have to
Journey to Hartford, sixteen miles
south, or Springfield, eight miles north.
II he keeps on sorting wool, however,
be probably won't care for evening d.
versions. Bed will be more agreeable
%1n Raising Almonds In Texas.
In Henderson county, Tex. Cain
Cox, five miles from Athens, has not
only adhered to diversifcation In all Its
forms. raising fruit. tomatoes and the