Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-02-12
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The celebration over, the mill once
more settled. down to that Industrial
peace which is accompanied by the
deafening roar of machinery, the
cIamor of the busy hammer on the.
nail, sinking home in packing boxes
the shouts of workingmen and women
forced to thrust their words above the
strident medley which surrounds them
There was new life in the old mill,
new confidence had taken place Of
fear and fierce antagonism in the
hearts of hundreds, an esprit de corpa
had been born suddenly such as had
not existed in that factory for many
years. In nj happy sentence of his
bashful speech Broadway had struck a
keynote. He had said:
"And-er-noW, you fellows, keen
your braias-er-busy with this stu
alton. 1 have bucked the Trust. I've.
bucked the Trust for you and the old
town. Now if you don't help me beat.
it to the ropes, stagger it, blind it,
pulp it, put it down and out as the all
powerful force in the g~um-industry.
it's going to wipe ne of the map, and
when I'm wiped you're wiped.
tive fought for you, and lots Of
folks will say / am a fool for doing it.
If you start in and fight for me; if
we both fight heart and soul and night
and day to win against the widest
competition that was every known in.
cheWing-gum, we WILL win. Anything,
else means our sponge in the air and a.
call for doctors and an ambulance, or,
more likely, undertaken, for Jones'
Pepsin Gum, its owner and the men
who work for him."
These. words had struck home. The
workmen had all understood their:
truth; furthermore, they fully recog+
nized the justice of the burden Broad
way laid upon them. Workingmen are
fair; they are fairer in old, little towns
like JonesVille than they are in great
industrial centers, where the element,
of personality has passed out of in
dustry and the worker is a cog, while
the owner is an unseen and mysterious.
power. The men had shouted wildly
that they all would help and meant it.
After he had left the shops they had
reiterated among themselves the
pledges of their fealty, and they meant
them then.
S~weethearts, that day in the Jones.
plant, would have scornfully rejected
sweethearts who showed any sign Of
treason to the young proprietor; IA
theirs would have thrashed a son who
sneered at Broadway; mothers would
have chided daughters lmore likely
would have spanked them fercely(
who offered slurs upon what had oc-
CURED. The capacity of mixers, cook
ers. drawers, molders, cutters, stack
ers, wrappers, packers, boxers, ship
pers increased as if by magic. For
their hearts were in their work; they
were hust1ing for the boss who had
declared his firm intention of hustling
for his workers.
Therefore in the works everything.
buzzed and hummed and banged and
clattered with a pIeasurable and con-
tagious enthusiasm. In the Office there
was a warm glow Of satisfaction, but:
Broadway's smile, after the ladies had
departed, Clara and her mother to-
make calls and pass the joyful news
about the town triumphantly, Josie to-
attend to necessary details of her du75
ties, became somewhat weaker than
it had been.
He had gone into the fight, but was.
he going to win the fight? It was fine
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