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mit the present new standards of living to be taken
away from them. Perhaps some of you know I made
experiments in my factories to give to workingmen
their fair share of the profits. There was one experi-
ment which I tried for twenty-five years successfully
and it has been carried out in other factories, and
that is to pension employes.
Alfred Dolge, Before Starting on Trip Around
His Pension System.
"There are 60 years to the average man's life. The
the World, Meets Delegation from Dolge-
first 20 are spent in training. From 20 to 60 is the
ville at Little Falls, N. Y., and De-
time we must use our brains and muscle to produce
livers Instructive Address.
all we can and there is no doubt one produces more
than he gets. Then at 60 we should have something
On his way to New York, where on Oct. 25 he to live on. I worked this system out and the highest
takes steamer for Rotterdam, on his trip around the authorities, statisticians and accountants have not
world, Alfred Dolge stopped at Little Falls, N. Y., to denied that my computations were correct, namely,
live for a few hours once again in the spirit of his that one-fourth of one per cent of the wages any
old-time surroundings. Little Falls is at the foot of employe paid to the national fund would take care
the Adirondack Mountains from whence the railroad of this pension fund. The thing is very clear and I
built by Mr. Dolge winds up the steep ascent to have great satisfaction in the thought that many rail-
Dolgeville at the summit. And at Little Falls it had roads, the steel companies and a great many others
been arranged that the members of the Dolgeville have adopted that pension system. And that, I say
Fire Company should assemble to meet the founder to you, is worth living for.
of this little city it was their duty and pleasure to
"There is just one more thing I wish to say to you
protect. The company still retains the name of the
you v/ill have the proper viewpoint of Alfred
founder of Dolgevile, and every member is a loyal so
when we leave here tonight. I have been a
friend of the man they thus honor. After a "beef- Dolge
in many things. 1 was the first to make felts.
steak dinner," Mr. Dolge addressed his guests I pioneer
started
and built up Dolgeville on a solid founda-
and former townsmen, and what he said has so much tion. I did
same in California on the same solid
of interest and value, aside from the fact that it was foundation. the
I have made millions of dollars, but let
said by a prominent piano man, that liberal excerpts me tell you that
any man is a fool who is trying to
are reproduced in what follows.
make more money than he needs. If a man is the
His Life's Dream.
head of a concern and is creating something he may
"Why I asked you to come to Little Falls tonight have to employ much more money than he needs;
instead of my going to Dolgeville is hard for me to but any one hungry for more money than he needs
explain, but 1 want to tell you the best years of my in his old age is a fool. It is enough to have a com-
petence when we get along into the autumn of our
lives. And, above all, never lose faith in yourself for
a moment, even though the whole world turns
against you. But that is not so. The world does not
turn against you, though we often imagine it does.
But with courage and enthusiasm we may be carried
safely over the most difficult places to the very end
of life."
A Presentation.
At the conclusion of Mr. Dolge's remarks, as a
fitting climax to the event, he was presented with a
handsome ebony cane as a "mark of the esteem and
affection, to be carried by him as long as he lives
and as a reminder of the love and loyalty of the
Dolge Hose Company members." The cane bore the
inscription: "Alfred Dolge, A. D. Hose Company,
9-24, 1920."
PAUSES FIRST IN
FAMILIAR PLACES
BOWLING ORGANIZATION
IN CHICAGO TRADE
life were spent there. My whole heart was upon the
work of making that town one of the most beautiful
spots in the world. It is one of the most beautiful
places, for Nature has been most kind to that section.
"My first going to Dolgeville was an accident. In
1874 I went to what was then Brocketts Bridge and
when I saw that swift flowing stream there I was
impressed with its possibilities for water power de-
velopment. I decided to go up there and locate and
I moved my plant from Brooklyn, tore down the
old tannery, and you know the rest.
"The first years after we moved to Dolgeville we
kept quiet; the world did not know what we were
doing. We gained in business steadily after that be-
cause we made the best goods for the least money.
"I left Dolgeville penniless. I went without any-
thing to be ashamed of. I could face anybody clean-
handed. I went to California, that wonder land
which beggars description, and I hope everyone of
you will sometime go and see it. It was a great
relief for me for a time to be among the trees and
vineyards, but after a while it didn't suit. I had to
have something to do. So I thought 1 would try
making felts in California.
Great California Factory.
"I began to work things up and started the factory
and I presume it is today one of the largest single
felt factories in the United States. I then quit the
factory, but I had to have something to do. I couldn't
sleep nights without working days. Finally, I bought
an orange grove. An orange grove is the most al-
luring thing in the world to accumulate ennui. The
first year I studied the chemistry of the soil and had
something to do. The second year I found the same
old tree in the same old spot. I said I must have
something to do. A friend made a suggestion, which
I accepted. It was that I take a position selling
pianos. I attained success, so much so that I can
stand before you tonight, not as a millionaire, but
equal to it.
"As many of you know, I came to the place that
is now Dolgeville forty years ago. At that time I
was led to the conviction that there was something
wrong in the relation between employer and em-
ploye. Working men today are getting better wages
and are in higher standing politically and socially
than they ever were before and they will never per-
J. P. McGrath, of Lyon & Healy's, Heads New Bowl-
ing Associaton.
There is no cleaner or healthier sport than bowling
—so think the bowlers of a new Chicago organization
in the piano trade, and the doctors all agree with
them. Among the enthusiasts of this organization
are Mr. Peterson, of the Gulbransen-Dickinson Com-
pany, and Ed. Hemingway, of the M. Schulz Com-
pany.
The houses that are represented among the players
of this noble game are the W. W. Kimball Company,
Lyon & Healy, Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Company,
the M. Schulz Company, the Werner Piano Com-
pany, the Piano & Organ Supply Company, and last,
but not least, the Gulbransen-Dickinson Company.
A league of bowling teams has been formed, and
the players hold weekly local contests at Bensinger's
Monroe Alleys, Monroe street, east of Clark street,
every Tuesday evening at 6:15 o'clock. The eve-
nings were chosen as the time for bowling because
many of the players are employes who can not go
out in office hours as employers can to play golf.
The officers of the league are John P. McGrath, of
Lyon & Healy, president; A. Haferkorn, of the Wer-
ner Piano Company, vice-president; Charles Gard-
ner, of the W. W. Kimball Company, treasurer, and
G. Hemingway, of the M. Schulz Company, secre-
tary.
SALESMAN IS HELD,.
After complaint had been made by the Bruce Piano
Company, Springfield, 111., W. F. Jarrett was ar-
rested in Chicago last week and was returned to
Springfield by Deputy Dickerson of the sheriff's de-
partment. According to the complaint, Jarret is
alleged to have sold a piano while in the employ of
the company and to have failed to turn in the money.
He will be given a hearing in the court of Justice of
the Peace James Reilly.
October 16, 1920.
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
WAS AND NOW.
You notice, when you walk along
The busy city street,
Some things that used to seem so wrong
No more your optics greet;
And one that used to meet your eyes
In windows, you'll allow
Was one that once would advertise
The prices "Was and Now."
The Was was something nearly right,
The Now was much too small,
And both together made a sight
That didn't gee at all!
For Was was made to help a lie,
And Now was trimmed to fit
Until all common sense would shy
At just the sight of it.
For Was had never been before,
The Now was not sincere,
So Was and Now, rank to the core,
Were actors somewhat queer;
They didn't work together well,
They had a fakish look,
And so, a pleasure 'tis to tell,
They got bad-actors' hook!
NEW LYON & HEALY SALESMAN.
Herbert J. Skidmore began work on Wednesday
of this week as a floor salesman at Lyon & Healy's
store. He will be in the playerpiano department.
Mr. Skidmore worked for a year selling goods for
the Aeolian Company at its Indianapolis store, but
more recently he has been selling for the Goodyear
Tire Company at Indianapolis. Selling tires has
slackened up with the approach of winter, so Mr.
Skidmore has re-engaged in his former line—musical
instruments. He is a bright young man and ought
to make good in his new connection.
INTERNATIONAL
CREDIT
SYSTEM.
The international financial conference, sitting in
Brussels, Belgium, has adopted unanimously the re-
port on public finance, which contains the results
of the work of the last two weeks by the conference.
A first step toward the organization of an interna-
tional credit system and an international clearing
house and a permanent organization for collecting
and distributing information about the financial sit-
uations of the different countries are the tangible
results of the conference.
AEOLIAN COMPANY BUYS.
Louis Schlesinger, Inc., New York, sold to the
Aeolian Company the five-story reinforced concrete
factory of the Advance Novelty Candy Company, at
the southeast corner of Willow avenue and East
138th street, 225x100.
The Byron Mauzy branch in Oakland, Calif., has
added the Aeolian Vocalian machines and records
to the already well established Pathe and Columbia
lines. The main store of the company is in San
Francisco.
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