The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-05
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two was the COMPANY
We are the company While Mr.
Farley Is away were the bosses: wha
we say goes"
AN right" Ludlow went on. That's
a little better But we've got a kIcl
or two comm. Is this half-pay goln
to be in orders on the company'l
store?"
u said cash" said Tom, briefly.
Good enough But l s'pose wee
have to spend It at the company.
store Jest the same. r get fired"
'No!'-emphatically. I'm not ever
sure that we should reopen the store
We shall not reopen It unless you mer
want IT, II you do want IT,, Wen make
Il strictly cooperative, dividing the
profits with every employe according
to his purchases"
We'll, that's white, anyway" COM
mented one Of the coke burners "Be
a mighty col day In July when old man
Farley'd talk as straight as that"
"Agin," said Ludlow, what's this
half-pay to be figured onl-the reg'lal
scale2"
"Of course"
And what security do we have that
tother half II be paid, some timer"
My fathers word, and mine"
Ludlow turned to the miners. What
aye say boys? Fish or cut bait?
Hands up!"
There was a good showing Of hands
among the white miners and the coke
burners, but the negro foundrymen did
not vote. Patty, the mulatto foreman
VINO was Helgerson's second, explain
ed the reason.
YOU amt said unttin bout de foun-
dry Boss Tom. W-w-w- W we all boys
been wukkin' short tl-u-time, and m
m-makin' pig amt gwine give we-all
n-n-nuttin' ter do" Patty had a pain
ful impediment in his speech, and the
strain of the public occasion doubled It.
we are going to run the foundry,
too, Patty, and on full time. There
VIII be work for all of you on the
terms / have named"
Caleb Gordon closed his eyes and put
his face in his hands. For weeks be-
fore the shutdown the foundry had
been run on short time, because there
was no market for its miscellaneous
output Surely Tom must be losing
his mind!
But the negro foundrymen were TAX
Ing his word for it, as the miners had.
Pup -pup-put up yo' hands, boys!"
said Patty and again the ayes had It..
Tom looked vastly relieved.
well, that was short horse soon
curried," he said, bruskly. The power
goes on tomorrow morning, and wen
blow in as soon as the furnaces are
refined. Ludlow, you come to the Of
flee at o'clock and I'll list the shifts
with you. Patty, you report to Mr.
Helgerson, and you and the pattern
maker show up at half-past 8. I want
TO talk over some new work with you
Anybody else got anything to say? If
not Wen adjourn"
Caleb followed his son out and across
the yard to the old log homestead
which served as the superintendents
office and laboratory. When the door
was shut he dropped heavily into a
chair.
Son." he said, brokenly, you're
you're crazy-plum' crazy. Don't you
know you can't do the first one o. these
things you've been promisin'?"
Tom was already busy at the desk,
emptying the pigeonholes one after an
other and rapidly scanning their con-
tents
IF 1 believed that, I'd be taking to
the high grass and the tall timber.
But don't you worry, pappy; we're 60
ing to do them-an Of them"
But, Buddy, you can't sell a found
of foundry product! We may be able
to make pig cheaper than some 9TH
ers, but when 1t comes to the foundry
floor South Tredegar can choke us Off
In less'n a week."
wait" said Tom, still rummaginF
"There is one thing we can make-and
sell"
I'D like tolerable well to know what
It ls," was the hopeless rejoinder
You ought to know, better than any
one else. It's cast-iron pipe-water-
pipe. Where are the plans of that in
vention of yours that Farley wouldn't
let you install?"
Caleb found the blue prints, and his
hands were trembling. The invention
a pit machine process for molding and
casting water and gas pipe at a cost
that would put all other makers OF the
commodity out of the field, had hsen
wrought out and perfected In Toms
second Boston year. 1t waa Caleb's
one eve lamb. and he had nursed It bv
hand through a long preparatory
period.
Tom took the blue-prints and spread
them on the desk, absorbing the details
as his father leaned over him and
pointed them out. He saw clearly that
the invention would revolutlonize pipe
making. The accepted method was TO
cast each piece separately in G floor
flask made in two parts, rammed by
hand, once for the drag and again for
the cope, with reversings. crane hand
lings and all the manipulations neces-
sary for the molding Of any heavy cast
ing. But the new process substituted
machinery A eistern-llke pit: a cir
cular table piVoted over 1t, with a hum
dred or more iron TASKS suspended up
right from its edges; huge crane car
ryng a mechanical ram, these were
the main points of the machine which,
with small gang of men, would do
the work of an entire foundry floor.
It's great!" said Tom, enthusiast
cally Il got your idea pretty well
from your letters. but you've improved
on 1t since them. l wonder Farley
didn't snap at It,"
He was wiIlin' to-" said Caleb, grim
ly only he wanted me to transfer
the patents to the company; in other
words, to make him present Of the
interest. l bucked at that,
and we come near havin' a fall-out. If
there was any market for pipe now
-"
There is a market" said Tom, hope
fully, II got pointer on that before
/ left Boston. Did tell you had
little talk with Mr. Clarkson the day
came away?"