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Cun:aiKK September 14. — James W. KllsvftrtJi, fofiuerly of Chicago, now of New York, ii building In Pennsylvania a modern cnal-OTtntug Intro, Ita place on the map b *«i wmil** erHilheaat of PJuHmrg. on Lhe banka of Pigeon creek, and in a virfio mat region. The actual *■ rk of budding brick and atone hum** for a population of i* now going for wartL The town -it* b on a tract of 4%** • n**. The *trnru w ill all bn narrow and winding. There will be no tenement ruww, and, ultimately, ih» leneluenU oi any kind In fill worth A house will *iii r *(u*rt«*r of an acre of land, n il!, the bmiie set far enough from the Mr*‘i to give mom for slower beda»Hum homes will heenld to miner* on •nrIt ti mn that occupants ran hoy and pay for them KetiUng will not tie en-o.'Hiraged, twit, on the contrary, will be discouraged. Mr. EllswnfUi will e-dab* IWh at lilt* ow n eapeme loth day awl night wdnar.hk also a reading orkiiu, with a god library and elabroortia. and an .illidDe field Three will t*e operated on the Hub plan, with a membership foe not iairdettaonie to the Tiierul*era, giving each a aetiae of proprietary HghLTwo church** and ample slore facilities will be erected. Mr. KlUw«»rth w ill sup ply the capital I**r establishing the tner cantlle side of the town*a need* at a low rate of interest. The atore will be luan 4g*d In lhe iutcreet of the firm’* employ e* and all the profit* will be divided anti n g thsin.Ellsworth will be governed like any other Pennsylvania borough, by it* olli seise. The «alf*n ha* been liar red.'The In lent ion U,** aafcd M r. fill* worth ‘*to provide every benefit with which at employe can be supplied. On the tlbe ftaml. the lt;*«*t of producing eoa! must (m made a* low as it tan be made Irgfti mutely.“1 believe in these combination* of aim liar lolarwtM in what are knowuaatniat* When these omnbinations are made w UtisiueftM principle* and are b«*neatly ad ministered, the rwult i« a great cheapen Ittg i4 the iHvtiiuKxtltj produced.“Sow, if miner*, for example, would organize on the name piinciple that imp! tal doe*—to l»e creative and In 1*6 govern ed by supply and demand, instead of re sorting to coercion and to daatructjon of property » nh torch and dynamite w hen arbitrary demand* are refused—the rela tionsbip Imtweetj theae two lokrwi* would boou l*e adjusted, The miner a di«{m**4l might own hi* own hnine, with iM»ce and contentment at hi* fMdk“Harder IB Second fieerc
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Somerset Herald
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Sep 20, 1899
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