THE PULLMAN EXPERIMENT IN "PATERNALISM."

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6059, 19 September 1894, Page 4

THE PULLMAN EXPERIMENT IN "P ATERNALISM."

The experiment of tbe Pullman Oar Company m building up the town of Pullman a few miles out of Ohiosgo is sometimes spoken of as if it were a philanthropic enterprise. It was rather an experiment m corporate paternalism wbioh would not stand the test of adverse timet. Doubtless the works were established there as a matter of economy and of convenience of management. Tbe Oompany bought the land, built the houses and stores,as well as the oar shops, and virtually ownrd and managed tbe entire community. Tbis worked well for tbe employe's, as well as the oompany, so long as times were favourable, beoause they were well paid, comfortably housed, and fully protected m their interests, and did not feel their dependence opon the corporation. When hard times oi.me for the Pullman Company, it had to abandon its paternal relation, or lose money, and the men claimed tbat the relation should be kept up, with the implied obligation to lose money if necessary. They realised how far they had become depenient opon the Oompany, they felt that they had made its great profits m prosperous days, and they claimed the right to use them up m times of depression. 'Ihe expriment m corporate paternalism can hardly be said to be a success, on the whole.— New York Times,