The man who ran the New Haven Railroad in 1916 prophesied the doom of good old Yankee work habits and the triumph of Sloth if local folks were not permitted to labor till they drop. Welcome to This Day In The Eight-Hour Work Day History as Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum lend an ear to his polite rant.
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