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 | Object number: Hatheway,WF-CBDOC-16a Gallery: 3 Object Name: advertisement Title: "The Cry of Labor, Canadian Nationality, and other essays" Artist: W. F. Hatheway Dimension: 21.5 x 17 cm Credit Line: Milner Wood Notes: Warren F. Hatheway (1850-1923) began work as a clerk with Small & Hatheway, steamboat owners in Saint John. From 1868 until 1878, he was employed by Turnbull and Company. After 1878, Hatheway started a wholesale grocery business in partnership with James S. Harding. In 1888, Hatheway bought out his partner, becoming the sole owner in the business. Around 1890, he began profit sharing with his employees in addition to their wages. In 1908, Warren F. Hatheway formed the business into a limited liability company and admitted several employees as active partners. W.F. Hatheway served as President of the Saint John Board of Trade in 1894 and 1895 and was also a delegate to the Commercial Congress of the British Empire, and on several occasions to the Trades & Labour Congress of Canada. Active in politics, in 1896, he became chairman of the Independent Party which broke away from the Conservative Party on the issue of fast mail service. In 1908, Warren Hatheway was successful in his bid for election to the provincial Legislature, representing Saint John. He worked toward the adoption of the New Brunswick's original Workmen's Compensation Act. It was one of Canada's earliest Workmen's Compensation Statutes. Hatheway was keenly interested in worker's rights and published several pamphlets on this subject. Warren Hatheway was also very interested in women's suffrage, a radical and unpopular idea at that time. Many of W.F. Hatheway's ideas did not become law before his death in 1923. Back to previous page |