Daily British Whig (1850), 22 Oct 1906, p. 6

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hey _ FULL OF THE VIRTUES OF 'BA y spring water, selected bar- ley malt, and a blend of the { I: choicest growth of hops. No sub- | stitttes for hops or barley: #re used. An aid to diges- tion and a cause of comfort alter meals. 2 (1 RLEY AND HOPS RO A After a year's trial, a co-o conl mining industry, at S Mich., has been declared a sw This mine is owned by the wi who operate it. They establish make contracts, and go down ground to dig out the product hére are no labor trouble strikes, for every mmn is person terested in the welfare of th pany. It-wae on September 1st, 190 coal was first soll from the ne of the Caledonia company. Th been no idleness, since, and th men-owners are preparing to | double shifts to keep pace wil orders When it was orgmnized, the p to have the company consist men, and the capital stock wa at $50,000. After a year of su has been decided to increase t tal to $250,000 and the comp: 500 men. » Sa well, in fact, has this pu operative mine done that tw organimtions have been fort Michigan along similay lines. these new companies/ like t donia, is formed entively of | handlers of the pick and shove The men forming the Caled lected their executive office among themselves. Business company is looked after by a superintendent, who is respor a board of manage At all times the acts oi th are subject to review by a gor sembly of the min who closely in touch with the ¢ the concern as they do w of coal from which ; ma livine. When it came to an allots stock few of the men were ¢ take more than a small holdir were not capitalists. Some, in fact, had little money and arranged to pay t in labor. Last spring the Caladonia fixed upon the 1903 scale of that to be paid in the r mine 5.55 per cent. higher than th the succeeding season, 1904 average pay of the Caledon is now $2.75 a day. So far the workmen-owners frained from declaring a Starting with a small capi have considered it wiser to t into the mine, for the develo the property, all profits abo: ting expenses. 1 , too, the original m only forty acres of coal land, there has been a steady dem the output it was nec sary to the future. Recently the company has r an additional 500 acres adioi mine and is sinking a shaft property. , It was hy »oo@ fortune and cise of shrewdness that the ( people secured their oricing acres, In the midet of land contro combination of existing ¢ was this ttle tract, on wh combination was paying Thinking that it would be save this amdunt, and ' th would be no difficulty in secu trol at any time, the holder ted the lease to lapse. Waiting for just such an ¢ ity, the Caledonia promoter and quickly secured a lease themgel So tly were all the aries 1 on that it was o the work of sinking a shaft gun that the actual existence new workingmen's compan generally known. Success, however, was not without. opposition on the other- companies, The Caled ers, for instance, wished a to their property from a ne road. They offered to grade and furnish the ties. About one thousand feet © necessary to make the spur, this, it.is stated, the railre pany demanded $3,000. The ers are still pegging along their spur. * . The first brash over prices most as soon as Caledonia ¢ placed on the market. O People Eat Too Mu And rest too little. They first thing in the morning last thing belore retiring. Th doesn't get anything but-a these busy days of mod That's why the stomach hur the breath bad and the: ski It's the same with the ric £5 iis Hi gy ot gu - te =D fit

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