Let's Look at an Owner.
This article takes a look at Leland Stanford. To a normal person he seemed slow to think, he was a deliberate thinker and was characterized by a plodding nature. However he relished public life, this was his best service to the Central Pacific. His campaign was aided by supporters, including Abraham Lincoln. In the end he was named President but bad blood arose between his runner up, Huntington. On January 8, 1863 Governor Stanford he officially started the Central Pacific's construction. However a few bad decisions resulted in his discharge from the Government office. With his release from office he focused solely on the railroads. However his lack of motivation resulted in the force of work upon his Associates. He agreed with Young to provide Mormon laborers when the associates feared they had made a mistake by not keeping a delegate in the camp. Stanford's nature was frustrating to his Associates. He seemed lazy and not open to discussion, they stated most of the work was left to his successors. However when Huntington questioned him and he showed him the progress it was nothing short of impressive. He didn't have good chemistry with his Associates and Huntington viewed him as an insult. These disputes only strengthened when he started dipping into company holdings to fund a private institution. However, Leland Stanford University came to be the most famous of the Big Five Legacy, that long outlasted those of his Associates.
Some Cons of business ownership was the lack of regulations to provide rights to owners. Also there was often disputes over land with the Indians, the workers risked attack and possible death. Pros for one could be regulations but relating to workers. The owners probably didn't have to pay them benefits. And they could pay them little money for the amount of work they were doing. If something went wrong there isn't much the workers could do but quit if they weren't bound by a contract. In addition owners could hire immigrants and pay them less then they would pay a citizen.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/tcrr-stanford/
This is really well written, actually, and the only things that I would change are really very nitpicky things. The abbreviation of "Pros" and "Cons" are sort of unprofessional, and there are some words like "associates" that are capitalised and shouldn't be. Otherwise it's very well written, and pretty darned informative~
ReplyDeleteMuy bueno. I liked how you separated the pros and the cons because it made it easier to pick out information.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like you know your stuff, good job. If i was to change anything i would try to separate the first paragraph because its a lot of information to read with no break between thoughts.
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