Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-20

Won are intelligent men. and you can see
some OF these things are on me an the
time. Here is a pressure from the stock
holders OF this company for an increase
OF the dividend on their stock. DO you
know the reply ! gave these stockholders?
A will tell YOU. / said, Gentlemsn, before
OF the return on your stock. | ami going
to pay our men more wages. ,
Nov. that is my position exactly To
nav YOU men the best wages ina any,
mon get in similar employ fnent III the
country, and not stop lnere, efthei: 10
pay you the very besr Wages the COMPANY
can afford TO pay you rlsnr along an tue
tune. We have done il ~ the past. All
tirough the time OF the pane and ue-
pressiUn, when YOU got your twenty cents
an nour, what was hansas city and Mln-
neapohs. ana ali these otner cides around
US paying? Fifteen hUu were getting
twenty. What are they paying To-Day d.
are any of them paying what we are pay
ing? 1 guess YOU nave looked it up, we
any OI them. There is not d city in the
UNION of the size ana importance OF Omaha
mat pays the wages that We pay here.
Mr.. Nelson: w nat ABOUT Denver
AR. .WaJules: Denver. Yes. But those
conditions 40 not prevail IN Denver tndt
prevail mere. A common iaDorer IN DenN er
eets Iour uOnaIs a uay. why: Because
Vyerytnlng ne Gals ana everything lie wears
ana eNerJ Jnnlg ne UuS mas 10, ue shipped
tuere. tUr nuusands VI mnes; and every
tntng costs more, a good ueal more ilNlng
~ a goOu zeal nIstIrr IN Denver IMAM IL
~ mere. ana MabCs. ate nigner there IMAM
tney are mere, out tahIns those things
| mo consideration me Wages We pay alt
uls her IMAM IN Denver.
"NoN. l am not sUlns 10 stop there, ]
have something lurIner to tell you men.
I nave these Problems WorhIng out Tor you
ana / AIn nOrNlus pn mem Jusl as hdru
as. l Can worn ana all the time ms my
policy ~ 90 lne uest Dy Soua ppSslule- Anu
4 dIii .suIns ~ say 70 yuu Juse as soon A.
chs CJmpony can see lts way CtraT t.
80, case > Uht pay you are guns 10 set a.
HCtSas>r NoN, 4 oannut uo Il unuei
pressure. .tt t'.
''Supposlng you men come here from tn,
unISh dafu isby, No are SONS ~ nave d
str'Ar ItAt WOlh a We uo nu, set an m
tttaIe ga pay. n you were IA .uy uout'
"net Nuuiu you sdS: What cuuIu yUl
say . lli,re T. Ont Gang you cVu,u sa,
tidt you cannot 10 IL uluer lnls sort D
taIk,
4 do not go TO Mr. Linahan anu say
Here, unless you 40 80 ana 81 YOU al,
sOihs 10 lOse yvul 700, Uut / 80 40 n,I
nhu - lrlenu, 4 say. lUu ale a SOU man
suu are uUuiS the uCst 500 can, anu 1 al
sums 40 s,"i'u vy you as loi's 40 you are
u Iceni!B l. want ut employees VI TN
vOnIpanJ ~ nav, / wan, ,u,.u 10 know
'ttat lncS nave a ,ian ,,sut nvIe that Wi
pIUtect tneu, am ou tiv gong ~ let al
'tLiSast uI paJ. IOu are mot sJuIs 10 se
- tUUay o. neat VEGA, on, Suu aiv goin,
- srt ~ Just DIS sUOn a. 1 can see III
way Siea'' "lniout puttinS luIs road n
JSoPaluS o. iOsi"s is crtull 10 give 1t v
you. 4ino Nau, 70 81, your iueas, an,
~ nave utaNn ,itCln W, mere luudy, aDuu
ahs QUESTION "a NV Slue you wan, unl
50 ~ 20 ,ot, 1 sec you IeuUWs want. l.
n"ltyw ~ W, 1t Nas not my Iues. soy
IA wa t6il &Uu uunesuy, men. tnaL that /
hiUt ypp luta. ~ tne aduIv Iine, / ain, al
Ways dpuu ~ cuIN lcuuu, 1 AN away
UpvH 40 dISudIelit. 4 auI gVInK 40 see
! Hl,vge Iut-ul -Uur men ouIuuS. tie lteNt u
eitSsv Nul"Ss aiols-apd LoU spueu N
thy +" hSIi ~ can Inine. 1 su sOinh ~ -
- "iioie iUA "a tJUu auu- see Nydot sou a
l ~ithR aUVut vnaI dpu- a al su4us 10 ~
a-iu suIAe an a'pfaSe AM at 40 maj
: "a ~ az itYaf iisas as 4 CdIt. NOW, ni
! 'uHa 10 Inls. a. taCCS IA hUt any no,
""Neu ioi a man, Why, ~ IS a pretIy ~,
"oIiu. A ne Can see lnat HeNt Year n
: as sVuig AZ 40 a NIUE DiL Decor ',uat .,
. - u0rns uns yeat, sUins 10 50 siuug "a
CSntiNe 20 Uv a gOoo Wurktaau, ana
I oUn 4 DeiieNe tnat a man one MS "a
1 ,lat nV sues tu,u. lHe euiplUN aIeut uI a..
: H~o.tpan5 Guu latu IUr tu.s LuAluauN A.,
snti's hAv tuc stnOuut uv ca cain Al,
. ot' ,-Npvrrynrv hhe Sou mon nv Z nave ma,
"nS BtCausv ne Canuut &C. ia. Iat,
I "a "e 10 " ~cvhuuetoI a. uVn , Get luei
: t1v loses stsut .ul a ~, "a tHtu. an,
e 80 aNsy Itvlu nlu. IA tue neNL place
e nu IL a mutprnIaui &c Canuut ayuiu acc
n uents iNv you mva uu. wnS, We nave
e 49, uay We paS tUtty 80 mt, InuI
sG"u uVnars, Sothr'unes 40 uiEn A. sax
,upusanu ootials d A,dr lOr uantase sun
= ''-"Hsn ute uarelvssnuss oi .ue0 riyw m
e eual Ne nave 20 isAeron ner,. ~ c DO,
y pay ~ as q rue rOr uhv uIu men. n
a AZ, Lear: "Inere Is a yoiul n on
e Ar. wsIues. we don't pa, II Tor II
ono 'n1eh. Ine recOrQs VII. ur:u. me a.
nn Wnat / aaS, -r
e al. Lnanan: What reply will
= Ar. Wattlesg - am say ng thugs
FSOu now aId II you Win IIs,ru you "A
e hear someIulug. 4 say Jnat tnt new, nm,
10 nave more a.cidenls, uney nave no
g. uuuDlei ,neS ate uot as ,Usal az me COZ
y pahSi ,neS are ItOt as guUu e,upIUyes.
'-NuW,t me question mas uevn rals
mere. AZ As no. reaiIy rune mere, b
III A put "a IN mere because Il mas 'Useu sl
mere that the ulcer iuen ~, 9 Ueen q
~ cnaTgSu Tor utvlu causes ana dtscrlmIn
~ tvu asainst sometimes. why, there a
Il" oi our empioyes To-Day VINO are ORA
4 ms tOp Wages. Ana 40 YOU KNOW I'M
m Lvt me tell you "A taCt. 4 nave given ,
"a ders 10 the supertutvuutnt never 10 d
70 enalge an ola niau NI,uuut consulting
q aUuut a. .NUN. turn, tue old men are ii
discharged. NnE. Because We 10 n
- want 10 lose tuem. we MIII uNetiuuk
I'd Nnole lot OF Things from an ola Iuau tu
In We cOutu not aIiOrd TO uNrrtOuk from
or new man al au; aud a uuHt maze a
tx adherence 10 me Wuetner tue OId iuan Is
D. union man OF whether ne lo no.. ne Is .
re ing 10 stay an the viuptus OF ans uumpa
n 4 can linu a possl0tt excuse COR ne,
IS ing him thete, asu a. ~ not tup desire
We tnIs company 40 get uu oI'itS Old mon
OF cause q mas 40 pay Inem more vases.
lr4 is the desire OF tue COMPANY 10 kr-p 1
= oAd men ana get a. mauy .ot your expe
" ence as possible. I NIsn they we're
drsNtng % cents an huur, because IN
would ne earning II.
~ Now, that has been my idea an ha,i
~ tie scale az IL rs, because d man cam
IN one o. two years. become as prUfitaI
az he Will after eight on ten. he cam
st become a. experienced " IS valuable