Show THE LABOR PROBLEM FOLLOWING i its extracted from ft a cor of M 0 C edholm an officer of the worlds W C T D U the carnegie troubles with the laboring men have brought the labor problem to the front the only to solution lution lies in the divinely given golden rule As ye would that men should do to you do ye also unto them thein this has been strikingly illustrated by the millionaire merchant prince and evangelist mr charles N crittenton who has taken into partner ship five of the heads of departments in his great wholesale house in new york an by the new york times the largest in the world the new york press is full of praise for this notable deed the new york herald says conits on its face the transaction was simply the reorganization organization re of the house of charles N crittenton as an incorporated company As a matter of fact it was wag a voluntary surrender by mr crittenton of a considerable interest in his very prosperous business to five of his old employed emp loyes many employers have adopted one deais means or another of making basking their em aloyes sharers in the profits of their business and thereby securing scouring their hearty operation cooperation co but the voluntary transfer by a man of large means of a large interest in his business to his amplo aloyes yes without the payment of a penny I 1 is unique edward dward G dwells GW wells ells third vice president of the company says it is capitalized at mr crittenton having turned into it every dollars worth of assets of the house of charles H crittenton of which he was wan the sole owner the stock is all taken being held by Crittenton Mr alfred B kennedy william A Den Deni farst arst franklin B Waterman Thomas E delano and myself mr Crit crittenton is president of the gom company pany all of the men who have been taken into the company are old employed emp loyes the youngest of the five in point ot of service being my myself elf with a record of thirteen years in tr mr Critten tons tonlis employ mr kennedy who is the buyer buver for the house has served twenty six years mr demarast De marst the head of the retail department twenty years mr delano the general manager awen ty eight years and mr waterman Wai erman who runs our advertising department sixteen years others may be taken in I 1 presume that we were selected on account of our long service and thorough familiarity with every detail ot of the business of the house but I 1 should not be surprised if some other old employee emp loyes were taken into the company later I 1 I 1 I 1 |