Recruiting Workers
By: Zachary Z., Justin B., Jacob C.,
and Jeremy M.
If you want steady work and good pay,
Go to Ludlow.
If you want to live with all the conveniences of life,
Go to Ludlow.
If you want to play as well as work,
Go to Ludlow.
If you want to put money in the Savings Bank,
Go to Ludlow.
If you want your family all healthy,
Go to Ludlow.
If you want good education for your children,
Go to Ludlow.
If you want to get the most out of life,
Go to Ludlow.
(Poem found on the inside cover of the pamphlet below)
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates recruiting pamphlet
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates
In the 1900’s, Ludlow Manufacturing Company was mass producing items and needed workers to labor the machines. So pamphlets were produced to be sent to foreign countries to recruit workers. These pamphlets were written in languages such as Polish, German, Italian, and Portuguese. They told of all of the benefits about Ludlow and how great it was to live there by luring families with statements about the cheap prices of housing, a better life, good work, three square meals a day, and other things. In one pamphlet, titled “Souvenir of Ludlow,” it comes out and says directly that it wants 100 families to move to Ludlow for work. Several of these pamphlets had pictures of houses, mills, public places, etc. These pamphlets are also very old, with one in particular that dates back to December, 1906. The pamphlets listed others things such as the pay, which was ranging from $4-$12 weekly. These pamphlets succeeded in attracting people to work in Ludlow and it wouldn’t be the same without them.
Click here to see more of these recruiting pamphlets.
Lastly, on the back of one of the pamphlets, it says “Compare Ludlow with the place you live in.”
Back cover of pamphlet