Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

often taking A hand in the labor him.
self The day before he entered the
feed store his left arm was nearly
broken and il was a fairly well dis
couraged man who appeared for work
with one arm in l. sling Times were
hard then in Michigan and Mr.. Lind
quist was on the lookout for someth ns
better 10 do. He heard Of a business
opening in Grand Rapids. Mich. and
while on his way there found AZ neces-
sary To stop OF over night at Green
Vile 70 make train connections Whila
there he heard Of 4 storekseper who
was anxious to sell his establishments
at low price The future repre-
sentative had Just $4o 10 his name.
but he visited the merchant. The LAT
ter wanted $500. but he finally agreed
to take the $50 cash and a note Need
less to say. Mr.. lindquist didn't go on
to Grand Rapids. but brought his family
TO Greenviile. and with his brothers aid
so successfully established his new husi-
ness that in two years. he says. his clear
profits amounted 10 $500 His plant
now consists Of one factory two mail
order houses and two retail stores.
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Until he was twelve Warren v. Bailey.
new representative from Johnstown, Pa,
did chores on an Illinois prairie farm.
Becoming a cattle herder while still too
young TO mount horse. he overcame this
difficulty by teaching the steed to kneel
When he was fourteen he made his first
big money by peddiing water from his
home well among naighhors whose wells
had gone dry from the great drought OF
that year. At first he carried the water
in pals, by hand. and then in a wheelbar-
row, until the business became so -four
fishing that barrels hauled in wagon had
to be pressed into the service After
having worked during the following
months for a grain dealer. he began -
study biography at fifteen and soon OBJ
tanned employment as an operator in the
Chicago stock yards. Meanwhile his edu-
cation had been limited TO short periods
at the county schools and leisure brows-
ings in the extensive library Of the vii
lage doctor. At twenty he learned the
printing trade in the plant of a paper a
Kansas. H.. and when twenty-one had
the honor of being the youngest editor
owner of daily paper in Indiana, to
which state he moved. While still in his
twenties he went TO Chicago and after
having served on the STATS of the Mail
and News. located in Johnstown. Pa.
where he now owns the Democrat.
As farm boy In Michigan, W. II.
Hinebaugh, new member from Ottawa
H. began making his living When
hardly able to lug such a weight he
trudged great distances to carry pals
Of water to the field hands. Fer this
labor he received - cents day and II
was a proud moment OF his life when
this was raised to - cents. his duties
now being to plant corn. BY attending
ScnOOl between crops ne educated nlfn-
self a country schoolmaster.
1t was not until j taught school at
Grand Bridge. ILL.,. that / really Wore
white collars a matter OF course"
says he. Next he studied law and be-
came. successfully. assistant states at
torney. county judge and representative.
The realities of child labor in the fac
tories are known to John i. Nolan OF
San Francisco. When scarcely more
than a little tot he was put to work in
a bag factory. Later he served as cash
boy and errand boy in a dry goods
store. office boy. ironmolders ap-
prentice, iron molder. member OF San
Francisco's board of supervisors and
secretary Of that city's labor council
laborer in the iron and steel mills
and was afterward a lather in a glass
factory. George j. Kindel OF Denver be-
gan as an apprentice in a mattress fac
tory; Clyde II. Tavenner OF Cordova,
ILL.,. as typesetter in country news
paper office. when thirteen: Robert @.
Bremner of Passaic, y. j., car
penter: James IL. O'Brien OF Brooklyn
as a machnist: Clement Brumbaugh OF
Columbus Ohio, a farm hand. Frank
L. Dersham of Lewisburg. Pa, as clerk
in a country store, and Andrew r. Brod-
beck of Hanover. Pa. errand boy.
Having mother TO support. Edward
X. Heating OF Denver, as a boy worked
in mans furnishing store and then
as a copyholder In a newspaper Office
He was placed in charge of the proof
room when nineteen and thence rose
through the grades of political reporter.
city editor and managing editor. Five
years ago he purchased his own paper
in Pueblo, Col, and made his splash
into politics by advocating free sugar.
Copyright. 1913. By John Elfreth watkinsl