Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-12

sh and social service Of the Federal
Nmsrica:)
forms of welfare work. The work OF
these organizations is fragmentary and
only partially successful. The men
feel that they are suffering from in.
justice and that the welfare work il
being paid for by them at too high a
price. The companies. especially, the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, have
been honest in their attempts to do
this type of work. It's failure empha-
sizes the fact that philanthropy can
not fiji the place of justice.
Saloons and Liquor.
The saloons and liquor play an i'm
portant part In this fight, but one of
the bad features Is that some of the
coal companies themselves maintain
their own saloons for their men and
issue scrip to their employees for use
In the company saloons.
In his testimony before the congress
sional committee ]. c. Osgood, chair.
man OF the board OF directors of the
Fuel Company said
THE question OF the sale OF liquor
at the mines has been one ] have
given great deal of attention to. /
am not a teetotaler, and I recognize
the right Of men to do as do and to
drink. |. Of course. feel that all we'll
regt lated men will drink In modera-
ton and not to excess. I fell that
many Of these men in the mines are
tempted to drink too much. We have
always felt that by keeping a regulat.
Ing hand on the saloons that we &C.
complish good deal In that direction.
/ made one experiment In q new camp
at Redstone, which / should like TO
have seen 60 further We called our
saloons clubs, and we tried to sur
round q man with respectability, so
that when he drank he was doing
what he had a perfect right to do.
The clubs were comfortable, with read
ing rooms and other facilities, and in
Redstone / neyer saw drunken man
In hye or six years. understand
In that connection that In our clubs
the no-treat habit was the rule; that
o man could buy all he wanted to
drink for himself, but he could not
buy for another. While don't think
that rule was absolutely observed, 1t
was to great extent, tried 10 find
out 20 what extent 1T fessened drink.
was told thatsft made difference
as compared with other camps OF about
IS per month per man.
In other places exclusive saloon
privileges in camps have been grant
ed to saloonkeepers who are charged
% TO 40 cents q month for every man
whose name appears on the company's
pay roll The federal grand jury, in|
its report, given at Pueblo, Colo, De-
cember 2, 1913, says OF this practise:
Many OF the coal companies main
tain camp saloons and collect from
the keepers of such saloons per
capita sum Of rs to 40 cents per month
Tor each person whose name appears
upon the company pay roll, as a.
charge against the saloonkeeper for
the privilege OF enjoying the exclu-
siye saloon business OF the camp. Sa-
looms in the mining camps produce a
deplorable situation among the min
ers, habituating them TO the improper
use of strong drink, and thereby i'm.
pairing their efficiency by Iessening
the operating the mine.''
Danger OF Coal Mining.
Coal mining Is an extra hazardous
occupation, and in Colorado il is espe.
eially deadly. Statistics presented in
a bulletin of the federal bureau or
mines show that In every year from
1896 TO 1910. inclusive. the number OF
fatalities in coal mines. per 1000 men
was higher In Colorado than
in the country as whole. In a num-
Der Of years the difference between
the Colorado rate and the rate for the
whole country was large. The table
which follows shows fatalities In Colo.
RADIO in the years from 1896 to 1911,
inclusive.
Men Killed