Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — THE “MODEL TOWN.” [ARTICLE]

THE “MODEL TOWN.”

Deplorable Condition of Affairs at Pullman, 111. The condition of affairs in Pullman. 111., is calling for investigation in all directions. Four thousand men are idle there, having struck against a reduction of wages t > the starvation point The entire town of Pullman is private property. The Pullman Company owns not only the lots and houses, but the streets and alleys, school-house sites and parks. Not a dollar’s worth of what, in other towns, is public property has ever passed out of the ownership of Mr. Pullman's c irporation. Not an acre in Pullman has been dedicated to the public use. The “model town” is not a town. It has no town organization nor officers. It is managed by the private corporation, and it is taxed as a farm or manufacturing plant is taxed. It is a peculiar institution in this respect. The officers of the private corporation can fence up the streets and alleys and evict the sch ols frc m the school buildings if they shall so determine.