The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 31, Saturday, August 18, 1894 Page: 5
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THE TEXAS MINER.
FACTS ABOUT PULLMAN.
^INCE the great Pullman strike of 1H94 has directed public
attention generally to the birthplace of the modern palace
car, THE MiNKK has taken pains to gather together the following
information concerning the once thriving town of Pullman, 111.:
1 his city and all that it contains in the way of houses and im-
provements is the property of the Pullman company. It is laid
out in streets and blocks according to the most modern and ap-
proved ideas, regardless of cost. The dwelling houses are hand-
some brick structures, fitted with all modern improvements, hav-
ing hot and cold water, gas, perfect sewerage, absolutely clean
streets, and each house has its own lawn fenced in. There are
numerous public parks and play grounds for children, adorned
with flower beds and other beautifying devices. The dirt and
garbage of each house is removed daily by the company.
1 here is a fine athletic ground and gymnasium for the boys
and young men to play and exercise in. Splendid schools and
school buildings, a public library of 10 000 volumes, reading
rooms and other places of amusement, with an entire absence of
saloons and other degrading influences. All of these public in-
stitutions are kept up at a great expense by the Pullman company,
and cost the mechanics and laboring men, who enjoy them,
nothing.
Mr. Pullman, in erecting and maintaining this little city with
its public advantages, schools, etc.. was under the impression
that a better class of workmen, from whom the company could
derive better results, would be attracted to his works. He be-
lieved that all these advantages could be offered the men without
increased cost to them, and so far he has been able to carry out
the idea, and the rents received, having been properly and provi-
dently expended, have maintained the city, paying in addition
thereto 4 per cent, per annum on the capital invested. The rents
in Pullman are exceedingly low, suites in Oat or apartment build-
ings costing from $5 to $8.50 per month for from two to four
rooms. Single or seperate houses of six or eight rooms rent for
from $!2 to $18 per month. These rates are lower than the
same space can be rented for in the poorest quarters of Chicago.
Living costs less there than in Springiield, 111. Provisions of all
kinds are lower—clothing costs less than in any nearby citv.
The employes are not required to live in the company houses
unless they choose. In fact, one-half of them do not. preferring
to live outside the limits,* where their - liberties" are not curtailed,
which consists in living where they can be as disorderly as they
choose, keep a cow and pigs in the front yard and chickens in
the cellar, which things are forbidden m the Pullman territorv.
It is evident from the recent strike that Mr. Pullman erred
when he believed his workmen wanted this improved style of liv-
ing, and yet this is the state of affairs to which reformers are urg-
ing all to turn—to make our Government a big Pullman com-
pany, which shall own everything and hire its subjects to follow
their respective callings, renting and buying everything of the
Government. That is the Populist theory exactly.
AMERtCAN LABOR UN!ON.
A NEW labor organization has been set on foot at Chicago.
YY This is to be known as the American Labor Union and is
intended to take the place of such organizations as the Knights
of Labor, and to gather under one head the whole army of what
are ordinarily called the laboring classes. The new organization
takes for one of its leading principles the doctrine that the cause
of one is the cause of all," and that the grievance of any one
member will be the concern of the whole organization. In a
declaration of principles just put forth it is set forth that trades
and classes have frequently been fighting corporations single-
handed. to be overwhelmingly defeated in nearly every instance,
and that "the late struggle of labor has clearly convinced the
most skeptical that united action must be used, and this action
shall be left to the power of the rank and file. We have been
for years liberally contributing a share of our hard-earned wages
in support of so-called labor leaders, whose aspirations have been
in many cases to become pohticians." The new organization
will, among other things, address itself to the arduous and suffi-
ciently novel task of convincing the masses that the so-catied
labor leaders are too numerous, and are thrivmg on the hard-
earned wages of the toiling masses, and that the time has arrived
when only one organization of labor is sufficient. Among the
features of the new organization will be one general head, snorn
of all power to precipitate the order into any conflict or strike.—
[Bradstreet's.
Yes, this is another set of men who want to organize the labor-
ing classes, so that they can live in clover by assessing labor to
support them. So we go. Down Debs, Sovereign, McKnight
and all that ilk and let another set of leeches get on top. How
long will laboring men be fooled by these worthless "labor organ-
izers," as they call themselves?
FALSE AND FOOUSH LEO!SLAT!ON.
]"\UN'S REVIEW says: " All the year it has been argued that
-Ly gold exports have practically ended, but the outgo this
week has been $5,300,000, making the net outgo tor the month
about $to 000,000. Of all explanations given only one fits
facts. With wheat at the lowest point ever known and moving
from the farms very freely, while imports are still restricted by
doubts about future duties, gold ccutd not go out if there were
the ordinary confidence in the futufe of enterprises here. But
much was done to prevent that confidence by legislation hostile
to lenders in Western and Southern states, and many millions
have doubtless been called in by foreign loan companies and
taken away. Still more has been done by the strikes, the de-
pression of manufactures, the loss of railroad earnings, and the
rapid decrease of treasury balances, which are reduced to about
$50,000,000, the lowest ever known since prepatations for re-
sumption began. Customs receipts this month are less than
$8,000,000, against $16,000,000 last year."
This is the result more of false and foolish legislation, making
tariffs to gladden the hearts and fill the pockets of foreigners at
our expense, demonetizing silver to enrich the creditor classes, to
the detriment of the debtor classes. It can have but one effect—
doubt, sorrow and gloom will prevail. The laboring man has no
heart in his work, the farmer sees no profit in raising crops, the
merchant cannot see how he can realize payment for his goods if
he sells on credit, and his customers have no ready money to buy
with. The progressive man will not invest, because he sees noth-
ing but a steady decline in all kinds of property. Stagnation is
the result, but the money classes rejoice. They can buy more
days' work, more property for their gold dollars; they can extract
more blood money from the debtors. That is the effect of the
legislation by our Democratic Administration. Citizens, friends,
we don't like it—do you?
AN !NTERE5T!NG LETTER FROM "OBSERVER."
Editor of THE TEXAS MlNER:
HAILEY, IDAHO, Aug. 9, 1894.
I have just returned from a trip to a state having the smallest
population of any state in the Union, and yet is known all over
the world for !ts wonderful mines of precious metals. Nevada
to-day does not contain a population of over 35.000 to 38.000
people, and I am told that they are steadily decreasing in num-
ber. The great mining interests, that only a few years ago gave
occupation to miners so that they supported 60.000 to 65,000
people, one after another have been closed, and now there are
only comparatively few mines being worked, profitable produc-
tion of silver having ceased to a great extent in this state.
It has been many years since I traveled through Nevada on
the Central Pacific railroad. I started from Ogden, Utah, west-
ward, the great Salt Lake on our right and the nearby mountains
on our left, the narrow valley sliced into small farms, irrigated by
the water from the sparkling brooks rushing down nearly everv
canyon, which have made the Salt Lake valley a marvel of
beauty, as well as of wealth to the people'who have settled there.
Whatever we may think of the Mormons as a society, they were
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McAdams, Walter B. The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 31, Saturday, August 18, 1894, newspaper, August 18, 1894; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200478/m1/5/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.