. Little journeys to the homes of the great . ait »m. ®. «8!tee & Co.^Uto Ifarfe & Chicago Ki^\>fc^y>vw Library of The Chwch College of> Hawaii Copyright, 1916,By The Roycrofters CONTENTS ROBERT OWEN 9 JAMES OLIVER 51 STEPHEN GIRARD 91 MAYER A. ROTHSCHILD .... 125 PHILIP D. ARMOUR 165 JOHN J. ASTOR 201 PETER COOPER ....... 231 ANDREW CARNEGIE 261 GEORGE PEABODY 301 A. 333 H. H. ROGERS .357 JAMES J. HILL 399 255 if] of ROBERT OWEN I have always expended to the last shilling my surpluswealth in promoting this great and good cause of indus-trial betterment. The right-reverend p
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . ait »m. ®. «8!tee & Co.^Uto Ifarfe & Chicago Ki^\>fc^y>vw Library of The Chwch College of> Hawaii Copyright, 1916,By The Roycrofters CONTENTS ROBERT OWEN 9 JAMES OLIVER 51 STEPHEN GIRARD 91 MAYER A. ROTHSCHILD .... 125 PHILIP D. ARMOUR 165 JOHN J. ASTOR 201 PETER COOPER ....... 231 ANDREW CARNEGIE 261 GEORGE PEABODY 301 A. 333 H. H. ROGERS .357 JAMES J. HILL 399 255 if] of ROBERT OWEN I have always expended to the last shilling my surpluswealth in promoting this great and good cause of indus-trial betterment. The right-reverend prelate is greatlydeceived when he says that I have squandered my wealthin profligacy and luxury. I have never expended a poundin either; all my habits are habits of temperance in allthings, and I challenge the right-reverend prelate andall his abettors to prove the contrary, and I will givehim and them the means of following me through everystage and month of my life. —Robert Owen, in Speech before the House of Lords ROBERT OWEN. N Germany, the land of philosophy,when the savants sail into a sea ofdoubt, some one sets up the cry, Back to Kant! In America, when professed democ-racy grows ambitious and evolvesa lust for power, men say, Back toJefferson! M In business, when employer forgets employee and bothforget their better manhood, we say, Back to RobertOwen! S&S& We will not go back to Robert Owen: we will go on toRobert Owen, for his philosophy is still in the vanguard.^ Robert Owen was a businessman. His first intent wasto attain a practical success. He produced the article,and sold it at a profit. In this operation of taking raw material and manufac-turing it into forms of use and beauty—from the timethe seed was planted in the ground on up to the con-sumer who purchased the finished fabric and wove it—Owen believed that all should profit—all should bemade happier by every is to say, Robert Owen believed that a businesstransaction where both sid
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