Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-07-25

sIsTERsVILLE. W. VA, July Alt
.. extremely refreshing in these days
when strife and contention are ram
pant. that there Is nothing OF the
Kind IN be noticed IN the oil coun-
try. and in fact. it is something tna'
has never been known in the petro-
leurn producing fields Of the United SVates'
and all despite the fact that the majority
OF the territory in the producing fields IS
controlled by the greatest trust IT. these
days of trusts-the Standard OIL CO
This trust has the least troubles with us
emploves of any Of the great corporatlSns
which employ labor, either common or
skilled. In fact a colony Of people who
are in the employ Of this great octopus
which has the reputation Of grinding Ike
the mills Of the gods, exceedingly me.
when an enemy is caught In the grasp OF
any OF the many strong tentacles which
are constantly reaching out. as many
have found out 10 their sOrrow-wiI live
in peace and quietness and it will seem
like the much Wanted Utopia in which
each man is his own master and has Dut
to will it to receive his own remuneration
and reward.
During the thirty odd years which Inc
great Standard has been doing business
there has never even been so much as the
suspicion of a strike or lockout. TIE
whole secret Of the success Of this COM
many in this respect, and a policy which
great many Of the concerns now enjoying
the luxury Of a strike. in other lines II
business. might copy is that the men and
women-for there are a few Of the femi-
nine gender making their living by daily
toll for this gigantic corporations that
they are paid living wages in all branches
of the business and that true worth and
not favoriteism. is the prime cause of adj
vancement.
This great company embraces all
branches OF the oil business in its work.
ings from the location of the spot on
which the we'll is TO be drilled to the re-
hning Of the petroleum after it has been
taken TO the refneries through all the
/ lines of the company, and in all of the
1 branches the highest wages are always
paid. Some OF the men who are now IN
| the employ Of this company as its highest
\ and most trusted officials, commenced at
| the bottom of the ladder and by hard
work. perseverance, and close application
/ TO business. have risen 20 the highest
point or position otlainRble. Among
these may be mentiQped Dam O'Day, who
at this time is a u-Srhber of the\ great COM
mittee of FIVE 9N)n City. wh9 practic-
/ ally has full elkrge Of the affairs of the
! corporation. his man when he entered
/ the emplos Of the Standard was raw
| IrishmaE and commenced at the bottom
and about the first work he did for the
| great corporation OF which he is now a
/ factor, was the laying of a piece Of pipe
line in the early days of the petroleum IN
/ dustry in the Pennsylvania fields in the
/ vicinity OF Oil City and Tidioute.
7 Dan ODay always was hustler and
/ his worth was soon noticed by those who
were then in charge and it was but a
short time until he began to receive pro-
motions and from being common labor
/ er digging bitches at couple Of dollars
| day ne has risen to the dignity of posi-
\ ton Of one Of the persons who direct the
affairs of the greatest monopoly on the
S, face Of the earth Another man who has
| dore practically the same thing is John
d. Archbold. who is first Vice President
of the Standard Oil Co. This man when
ne entered the employ of this company
did so as a guager-one who is employed
10 20 out in the field and measure how
much oil the producer may have In his
| tanks and turn the same into the pipe
lines of the company-and from that he
went steadily forward until he occupies
his present position
Practically the same thing as has been
mentioned of the two men above might
be said Of dozens Of others who have
risen to positions Of prominence in the en-
ploy Of this company.
! The commonest labor performed for the
\ company pays 81 a day or at the very
least twenty-five per cent. more than lab
| orers get at any other kind of business;
\ the men employed IN laying the pipe on
/ line or i'm connecting up on any of the
/ lines in the field receive on an average Of
about 50 a day; guagers receive $50
month and are furnished with horse
/ free; telegraphers get from $50 to 500
month and bookkeePers the same, while
foremen and superintendent run all the
way from $3.50 a year to $4,000. 1t is the
same all along the line of persons en-
ployed in the different callings and there
is not a single instance where the en-
ployes do not get at the very least, twen-
ty-dve per cent. more for THEM labor than
persons of the same ability and in the
same line Of business get when employed
by any other concern in the world. The
ability of a man working for the Stand
ard oil Co. is very rarely questioned for
the simple reason that it is a well known
fact that unless the person employed in
any capacity is not capable of doing the
work properly his lease Of life in the en-
ploy Of the company soon terminates.
In speaking again of the promotion Of
men by the great oil trust, Of course there
are any amount of men in its employ who
have the ability to hold better positions
than they now occupy and yet they have
not been pushed to the front for the SIM
pie reason that all of the higher positions
are occupied and there is no room for
them.
This plan Of promoting employees 10
places Of responsibility by the evidence
displayed of the amount of executive
ability possessed, coupled with the fact
that each man is treated as a human be-
ing and sovereign citizen of the great
United States. and also that they receive
first class remuneration for the labor per-
formed is the whole secret Of the success
Of this great corporation.
Another of the many things which go
TO make 10 pleasure to work for this
concern is the fact that there is not man
i'm an executive position with the company
who is MOI a genial pleasant, whole
'souled gentleman, ever ready TO do all in
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