Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-26
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

relations concerning the strike of Standard Oil Company
ployes for higher at Hayonne New Jersey made
public last week and the results be summed up
pete victory for the company The report of interest for
several apparent therein For example note the fol
lowing taken batim:
The company the most important of the Standard Oil
group and the principal contributor to the wealth. prestige
and power Of the largest estate in the country if not in the
world-that of John D. Rockefeller ST., and his immediate
family The facts regarding the labor policies must
therefore, be regarded Of special significance because of the
tremendous power controlled by the group of who control
this industry and because of their announced intention to enter
the field of industrial relations with view to widening their
influence and actively propagang what they deem to be the
proper theories and principles that should govern the relations
between employer and employee The following findings of
fact be considered in the light of the foregoing:
The Standard Oil company of New jersey although
Quoting enormously profitable enterprise pays too
low maintain family comfortable healthful basis.
1T fixes wages, not with relation to the earnings Of the
company but by taking into consideration paid by other
companies in the locality and then fixing the low
lower than the prevailing wage in that locality In Bayone
paid common aborers less than those of two companies whose
plants adon its refneres This in direct contradiction to
the claims Of the statement issued at rs Broad
way that is has always paid the prevailing better
The saemento the general manger of the company that the
interests of other companies in the locality consider
ed the fixing of constitutes effect admission that
the combines with the poorest and least
ployers to fix the wage rate
''The company maintains settled policy Of refusing to
deal with any labor organization professional labor man
and refuses permit those employees who speak
English nteigeny engage attorney their spokesman
and representative"
Developing this last point further in the report said
that Paul Supnsky jersey Cy attorney, visited General
Superintendent Hennessy The company spokesman
committee of six employees who had hired him negotiate for
them 1t further stated that Mr. Hennessy acting in
junction with Mr. Clifford general of the company,
fused point blank to consider the demands and expressed
dgnaton that the should have engaged employee of
the company to aid them in presenting their grievances
''The made to understand the report continued
that they seek outside assistance their dealings with
the and that show of independence hint
of compulsion will be vigorously resented.
The company his instituted no ministry by which real
no Sad
The officials say that has the general super
ntendent but the employees aege that they would be dis
charged before reaching the office
General Manager Clifford is not believer in child labor
legislation and the other hand thinks the children should
be allowed to work earlier He and Mrs Hennessy APP
parenty have little respect for the foregnbom whose
labor produces the company earnings and who proponents
of the extremely ndviduaisc and reaconary theories dis
carded by enlightened employers and economists
ago.
In the light of the above the attitude biggest
and most powerful business organizations in the United States
and the world be Strictly auocratc in their de-
mand and beliefs not granting to the working the priv
ege and right of organization but exclusively claiming for
themselves that power supreme.
In this strike the officers of the company did feel
satisfied with governmental protection but taking the law
their hands hired thugs of the type shoot down
asking for living Note that afford
ed by the for amcabe adjustment by arbitration by
of the belief that it poor policy deal with work
ing mems organizations. Then does it not perfectly
natural to read the next statement that the manager of the
Standard Oil Company does no believe in the child labor
legislation?
We have bulded up in country aristocracy of
wealth dangerous in its unreasonable
and snobbish its than the arstocracv of any
monarcy in Europe Russia not excepted 1t is wonder that
the doctrines of socialism, in the extremist FORMS gain ground
every day?
Yet continually hear that demand for protecting capital
by high tariff coupled with the expression Protection
manufacturer and labor The protection of labor is
ed to the capitalist and the his power and the
greater his profits the greater arrogance he dealing
with his laboring men.
In the report the may be for the prophesed
conflict will ota