The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-08-28
A. N. STROBE MEETS
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every great Industrial concern, IL the
thought of public good Is not lost sigh.
OF In personal greed. Increased COM
fort and contentment of laboring
classes Is usually accompanied by in
creased efficiency and then the good
Will and gratitude Of employees are
turned into a valuable asset to an in
dustrial corporation.
The policy Of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company In dealing with its
employees does not tend to foster good
Keeling. There is constant under
current of resentment extending to
the entire community. The system
above referred to, II 1t exists, Is sure
~ against public policy and is posi-
tive Injustice
In the town Of Mullan, with a pop
ulation Of about 1900, there are rs
widows, many Of whom were widowed
through accident and disease suffered
in the mines. About one half Of these
are seeking to provide maintenance for
themselves and little ones by conduct
ing boarding houses and lodging
houses. Waving all consideration Of
humanity and the question Of moral
right, has the Federal Mining &
smelling company any legal right to
deprive these women and children of
their right to earn a livelihood, by
forbidding its employees to board or
lodge with them?
II you will investigate the subject
matter OF this letter ! believe you will
find.
That the local officials of your com
pany directly or indirectly, often use
their power to force their employees in
the exercise of their right to vote.
That locally there has been squan-
deiru large sums OF the company's
money In political and other manipu-
lations ana in extending personal tav-
ors.
That through the medium of their
boarding houses and stores they alb
sorb practically the entire earnings Of
many OF your employees.
That about 200 Of your 400 employees
N the Morning mine at Mullan board
and lodge at the company boarding
house, at the rate of $35 per month
each for two in room and $40 per
month for single rooms.
That your local officials assist in the
making or collection of loans of money
to your employees. guaranteed by as
signment of their earnings, carrying
rates Of interest that would cause the
most ardent chattel mortgage shark to
blush.
If you approve of the practices here
of, then should you not in
sist that the accruing profits should go
to your stockholders?
AS the owner Of small amount of
the common stock of the Federal Min
Ing & Smelling company, / have made
personal efforts to call the attention of
the local management to some Of the
matters referred to in this letter, but
have met with resistance only.
Yours truly,
A. NJ. STROBE
1918.
A Few Facts.
$ controlled by the Guggenheims
through the American Shelters Sc
.urltles company which owns 30007 |
If total Of 10000 shares of common
stock. The issue carries all adninis-
trative power.
The present officials of the company
are Harry L. Day, Wallace, Idaho,
president and general manager; Fran
,is H. Brownell, chairman of the exc
cutive committee and board of direct
ors; Frank Sweeney, secretary; Frank
:. bonding, treasurer; Charles Sween-
~, Eugene j. Barney, William C. Ben
lelt, EuWafd Brush, George II. Hilton,
Edgar l.. Newhouse, Frank r. Raft,
James M. Satterfield and Herbert w.
York, directors. A majority of these
directors are employees of the Gug-
senheims in New York Eleven Of
hem (including President and General
Harry L. Day with shares
worth $500 own SIS shares of common
stock between them, with total value
If $3.50. Their interest in the cond-
ions Of the company's miners is there
ore negligible one
Tho Remedy.
Do you not believe that any foreign
corporation found guilty of commit
ing or countenancing such acts as are
of herein should be denied
he right to engage In interstate bust
less?
Federal Is organized in Delaware,
'perated from the Guggenheim offices
n New York and draws it's entire pro-
It from Idaho.
VIII you give your moral support to ,
movement now under way to induce
ongress to pass stringent laws pre-
enting such petty, unjust and UNI
american acts as are now practiced by ,
'ederal at the direction of it's active
fficials?
A. M. STROBE. Il