The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-12-29

hat manufacturer.
We'll. we have a few" remarked
gentleman who had kept quiet until
this time. Il chance to represent
Chicago firm that does business Of
forty to fifty million dollars year.
The head OF that establishment Is still
living. Nearly so years ago. he too.
was man who worked for his daily
wage as a steam filter. You never
heard Of a strike in his estab-
lishment. His men love him as the
Essen workmen loved Krupp. Why.
last Christmas he didn't send to each
Of his workmen razor breasted tur-
key-not much! He distributed among
them quarter Of million dollars in
cash!
1T 50 happened that /. myself. was
the one first called upon. many years
ago, to pass around the checks when
the head Of this plant first concluded
10 make this distribution of a share
Of his profits. When l handed the
checks to the first few they wanted to
know what they were for. said,
Well. boys. it's just present from
the old gentleman. You've been good
and faithful during the last year and
he appreciates 1t and wishes you to
have this for Christmas present
''Do you know couldn't go down the
line very far. simply had to quit.
Why. that whole factory force sudden
ly became as solemn as II attending a
funeral. want to tell you that when
men weep there is something doing.
Yes. sir: there we're scores OF men. that
day, who actually cried when they re-
ceived those checks and knew they
were free gifts. You can bet thel !
isn't any strike in that establishment
because every man feels like the estab-
lishment is his own"
you bet he pursues the proper pol
Icy" spoke up a man travelling for a
Boston extract house. "There's Tom
Walsh out in Colorado-you've all
heard of him-he's living down in
Washington now in the finest residence
In the city and entertaining all the
cream of aristocracy that drifts over
this way. Why. that fellow is one of
the biggest hearted men In the world
and one of the broadest gauged.
Stood by Old Acquaintance.
why, do you know, one day the po-
lice arrested an old man in Denver
who was drunk and half deIirious.
When they put him in the jug. he kept
saying to the jailer. Just tell Tom
Walsh that Dime in here and TomII
get me out all right The jailer
thought his prisoner was only pipe
dreaming, but as the old man insisted
on it 50 strongly, he took his name and
sent telegram down to Mr.. Walsh in
Washington. Back came a reply at
once and one of Walsh's friends in
Denver went down to ths ealaboose
and got the old man out.
And the funny thing about this, too,
was that the old man had trunk
away down in Texas somewhere that
contained lot Of ore samples. He
had worked for Walsh 20 years be-
fore. The ore was rich, and If mis-
take not. Walsh is developing one OF
those mines right now and will make
the old man rich again before he dies.
But that's not what was going to
say. Walsh treats his miners better
than any man in the world. When all
of this strike trouble was going on in
Colorado year or two ago, you didn't
hear of the men at the Camp Bird go
ing out. did you? Camp Bird, you
know, is the Walsh property.
Il happened to be up at the Camp
Bird one day and the foreman told me
how the men acted when the question
was up as to whether or not they
should go cut on a strike. Every
mothers son Of them went down si1
miles to 0uray where the meeting was
to be held. One or two agitators hat
it up their sleeve to get the men out
but they themselves took hold of tbs
meeting and decided that they woult
not 60 out on Tom
Mems Comforts Considered.
You just ought to go into the store
room Of that boarding house up at this
mine. There you would see stacks ant
stacks of the very best food that can bs
bought. The kitchen is kept as clear
as a new tin pan. The miners dom
sleep in dirty hunks but they hav,
comfortable beds. In the boarding
houses there are plenty Of bath rooms
and when the men come out OF th'
mines. Walsh has other men take theil
old wet clothes and hand them theil
dry ones. once heard him say, Why
when my men come from their vol
and go to dinner. want them to g
feeling like gentlemen"
That sounds all very NICE" hal
sneered the maker OF shoddy cloth
but l don't believe 1t will work.
don't see how one can AFFORD to lool
after his workmen and pay them thes'
high wages you're talking about That
ali visionary" This manufacturer wa
almost making himself an unwelcoml
guest In this little party and the ha
manufacturer blurted out to him, "Ah
your views are entirely too narrow.