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Golden Rule Jones

Season 30

The Gilded Age entrepreneur offered a workplace that was guided by the golden rule.

When Samuel Milton Jones set up a factory in Toledo, Ohio to manufacture his oil pump, the was determined to treat his employees fairly. He offered them benefits that were nearly unheard of in many other Gilded Age workplaces.

AIR DATE 2/6/18

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