Year: 1875




THE PLACE TO GET WORK.


There is an association of young per-
sons at Springfield. Vt, known as the
Industrial Works, that furnish all its
members with constant work at fair wa
ges and a pleasant home at small cost,
which is meeting with success so
marked as to attract the attention of all
thinking people who arc willing to rid
themselves of all bad habits, work stead
lily, dress economically and save por-
tiOn of their wages. no others are taken.
All the men who join are required to
furnish a small amount of capital, and
to save one fourth of their wages which
must be invested in the capital stock of
the association. Women are not re-
quired to furnish any capital in the out
set but must save one sixth of their wa
ges and invest it in the business. Those
who do not comply with the require.
ments of the association are expelled,
and those who wish to leave can do so
at any time, and can withdraw their
capital by giving six months notice.
The wages paid to each member is fixed
by board of directors and proportioned
to their skill and ability. They have
large dwelling or home where the mem
bers live and enjoy many privileges and
comforts not usually found in families
or boarding houses. All pay moder-
ate price for their board from their wa
ges. They have two new factory build
ings, a good water privilege and consid-
erable machinery and are engaged in the
manufacture of toy and house furnishing
goods for which they find a ready sale.
They commenced year ago with five
hands and are now working forty-fve
their sales for the last month were over
three thousand dollars, their pay roll
for the month was over twelve hundred
dollars and the saving of wages which
was added to the capital of the company
was more than three hundred dollars.
The average amount saved from the wa
| ges of each man in a year is one humid
red and fifty dollars and of each woman
fifty dollars. Many of the members
have saved much more than this during
the past year but this is all that Is re-
quired of them. The aggregate amount
saved by the present company in year
will be nearly five thousand dollars. BY
continuing in this course few years the
capital of the company must become
very large and the savings of each mem
Der respectable competency. The ad
vantage of belonging to such an organ
ization as this to young persons just
starting in life are numerous and valua-
Bile and are appreciated by those who
enjoy them. 1t is the purpose Of those
engaged in the enterprise to increase
their number and business as rapidly as
their accommodating capital will permit
with safety, and they expect to be able
to employ a hundred hands by the close
of another year, and to grow up an in
stitution where every intelligent young
person of good habits who wishes TO find
constant work at good wages, a comfort
able home, good associates and place
where they cannot fail to save money,
and where they will learn to live in ac-
cordance with the laws Of health and
nature and thus secure permanent hap
piness and contentment When every
town in the country has an establish
ment like this, much will be done to-
wards solving the problem Of how shall
pauics, prostration in business and pow
erty among the working classes be avoid
ed Woodstock Standard.