New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-09-03
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1919.
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In line with belief WhlGh we nav,
always held, the New Ulm Publishing
Company is this week turning over its
business into the hands of its employees
who have helped to create the structure
that has been built up during the past
seven years. We have always contended
that the worker should control the tools
of production and we have worked to
that end with unfailing interest, hoping
that the time would come when the
employees of the plant would find them
selves sufficiently familiar with the
work to be able to handle the PROPOSE
ton independent Of our active assistance.
The past two years have called for unsual
effort on the part Of everyone in bust
ness and the printing business labored
under the burden of extreme scarcity
of help and Of material together with
rapidly increasing costs and the enlarged
demand caused by war and postwar
conditions There was more work to
be done and fewer people to do it. Only
by the most strenuous efforts could the
task be accomplished and only because
our employees stood valiantly by us
through it all, working often almost
night and day, we're we able to pull
through successfully. They have thus
proved their interest in the work, their
dependability, and during the summer
while we were absent they also proved
their ability to handle the entire business.
We have, therefore, dating from Septem-
Der l, turned over to them as lessees, the
entire business Of the New Ulm Publish
ing Company. The new company will
be known as the United Press and
Publishing Company:
The firm consists Of the following
members: John H. Woebke, Emma
Hellmann, Arthur Rachel and Lawrence
+. Lang. They will retain in their e1rl-
ploy all OF the former help and will
conduct the business in the same loca-
ton. We have every confidence that
these young people will carry on the
policy we have pursued Of giving the
public the best service of which they
are capable at fair return for their
work and also that they willfght the
battles of the common people against
autocracy in every form as we have
done to the best Of our ability.
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Possibly we could have turned over
the plant couple Of years ago and
would have done so, if sinister forces
had not been at work to crush any and
every one who dared oppose them in
their war methods. We felt that we
should stay on the Job and take the
brunt of the fight rather than unload
at such a time. Now that the war for
true democracy has been won, now that
we are convinced that our views on
democracy will finally prevail, we are
perfectly willing to turn over the plant
to our help, knowing that they, too, have
learned the great lesson Of true denc
,cracy and will continue to publish the
New Uhm Review as an independent.
organ and in the interests of the common
people. Isl
We take this opportunity to express
to all our true and tried friends who
stood by US when we fought the battle
for liberty our heartfelt thanks and
to assure them that we are grateful
for the opportunity Of having been able
to be Of assistance to them even though
the work at times became rather siren
uous We hope that they will continue
to give their patronage and support
to our successors even in a more marked
degree than it was accorded to US, be-
cause the young people too will have
many things to contend with that are
calculated to make the most courageous
falter.
Albert steinhauser
Harriet Payne Steinhauser