Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-10-05
Il Word to The Democrat.

The Democrat in its last issue pub
fishes reply to our article on the pay
ment of wages by the Sheridan Lumber
Co., and on its face they appear to have
made good case. But again they have
committed the error OF obtaining their
information from one side only, and as a
lawyer takes it for granted that his
client can not lie so the Democrat evil
IDENTIFY believed their informant was in
fallible and that full investigation was
not necessary The facts are; the
sawyer, MI. Stafford, was discharged
because Underwood was dissatisfied
with the amount of work turned out by
him. The new sawyer is saving sever
al thousand feet more lumber per day
than Mr.. Stafford did and doing it quite
as well, fully justifying the course pur-
sued.
The Democrat asks us for ''some
tangible proof of the truthfulness' OF
the statement made by us in the former
article that ''the company has fully
secured the payment by Mr.. Underwood
of all sums due their employees for
wages" In reply we would say that
we have examined the contract by
which Mr. Underwood assumes and
binds himself to pay all sums due Tor
wages. and that if the Democrat vii
cali on Mr., Aldrich they can have OPP
portunity of seeing it.
Two other points made in that article
appear worthy of notice. 1t is stated
that there is within reach labor claim
Of $l46 90 payment of which is refused,
No names appear but as there is only
one item in that Co.'S liabilities OF that
amount we presume that is the one
r5ant. This is a note held by Chas.
Moore given him for money loaned the
company It may have been money he
had received from them in payment OF
WAGES earned, but it had ceased to have
the nature of q wages claim and as Mr.
Underwood assumed only claims for
wages he would not be justified IN pay
ing this.
It is further stated that there is with :
in reach another labor claim OF over
5000 90 which is offered for collection
This is evidently one held by Louis
Krom. It is admitted to be a labor
claim and will be paid in full. Before
the publication of that article arrange
ments for it's payment satisfactory TO
Mr.. Krom, had been made with him by
Mr.. Aldrich, Mr.. Underwood's agent
here. Mr.. Krom informs us that the
Democrat has no authority to offer 1t
for collection. Doubling the ability OF
the Democrat to make the presentation
Of $3.50. 90 in CASH we most humbly de-
| cline to be made the medium OF collect
ion.
1t Is unfortunate that the Sheridan
Lumber Company are unable to prompt
" pav all their debts in full, and no
one feels keener sense OF this mis-
fortune than do the officers OF that
company They are not the only ones
placed in this deplorable situation by
these glorious democratic times ana we
submit that it is not justice to single
them out for wrath and heap it on them
without a full investigation before hold
| inc them up to the public for condmen-
alton.
We have fully answered all OF the
points made by the Democrat and hope
this will end the controversy. 1t has
not been one of our seeking and we
we're only drawn into it by the feeling
that an injustice had been done Mr..
Underwood and the Sheridan Lumber
Co.. and this ends it as far as we are
/ concerned.