The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-13
TRUSTS FEEDING ELE--.yS
WARNING

The 1.se--.s-t 60 tie ar-s..r 80.
9.s as esi.e-ce1 i- the late -...ts-.
returns ,l-r-e15l, the east ~. r..1.
ac.1g % the ,--s,s. a-d the r.. ,1-.
1oraI9ls are engaged I7 general
movement trying % remove t1a seat
/ a1tasgaisms 20 the trusts By ra,...r
wages It illustrates the =xfe1- u.
capitals fear ot labo-s wrati over
the existing condition OF uata.G.-ss.
The NeS YoTk world says
The great Industrial ocrp0lza-as ~
the country needing the omloo 90 S..
ning as reflected IL The eie.'ioa a,c
Issuing orders to increase IL, wages
of their hundreds Of thousands o- en-.
ployes. and 10 other ways are trying
20 plaeste The popular sutayou.s.I -
trusts. Discomfort among the common
people. the increased cost " living
the lowered purchasing powe. ~ zee
dollar. and the disclosures OF prevail.
ing corporate abuses, IL is agreed.
forced the corporations 20 adopt a
more liberal policy toward the work
Ing man Wall street today believes
that the salvation u the moneyed in
terests depends on tho wage caruers.
and that therefore IL Is 70 the interest
~ the capitalists 20 c0Ucil.ate
1T was predicted that the action o.
the Pennsylvania railroad manage
ment in increasing the wages OF the
army Of lG5.OO) men nearly $4,000
would bo followed by all the important
railroad and industrial corporations
Of the United States. The Standard
oil company has decided TO incroafc
the wages Of It's 10000 employees 10
different parts Of the United States.
The increases viii be carried out
through the cnmpany's subsidiary cor.
porstions information also reached
the city from Montana that the Anal
gamated Copper company, generally
known as the copper trust, which ON.
ploys nearly $1,000 men in the mines
Of Montana. has already made pro
p0sal 20 lts employees increasing their
wages about 10 per cent. The United
states Steel corporation, the world
largest trus,. which advanced tho
wages OF It's army OF 10000 employc
In March. 1905. IA also considcrinr
the question Of a wage increase.
The Philadelphia and Reading
company. the New York Central, tho
Lackawanna and other eastern road.
have either been requested to advance
the wages OF the employees or have
taken some steps 10 do 50 The first
public announcement Of the incress,
in Standard on wages was made yes
terday. when II was said that th,
Galona Oh company, a subsidiary coz
Germ manufacturing lubricatlng olls
had increased the wages Of its men
, Practically all the subsidiary c1mpa
nies will make similar announcement
10 NVfNVN AA'A NlNAllA hlI' N...sA ~ "
weeks. The increases will affect NOR,
particularly tho men who receive les.
than Sls5 per month
Railroads which are expected tC
make compromises are the CHICAGO
Milwaukee and S. Paul; the Rock IL
land, tie St. Louis and San Francis
co system and the Northwestern. or
other railroads terminating in ChlcagC
It Is expected that instead of general
advances in wages special depart
ments OF labor will be advanced o.
meet the wages Of other branches II
was said that tho difficulty which
delayed the managemonts oi the scv
eral corporations or the west In 70
creasing wages was the fact thct the
leading officers felt II would rracu
cally be impossible to reduce wages
later in event OF a decline I'm carrircs
and falling OF in business"
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