The sun., 1916-12-08

]"eon mas IL permanent stan OF ad
ministrative. financial. accounting sna
selling officers end their clerks ~,
operating officers, mctallurgists. ,hc,N'
lists, engineers and foremen. Its Il.
mand for labor is in greater m.asnr.
for men who need not have a blyb da
gree OF skill and who can be t,oiroa
In short time to perform III.
manual labor required of them rhs
force OF such laborcrs varies vm
the demand for steel. During recor,
years the working force VI the Inl,od
States Steel Corporation has aycrn.sS
about 100000 men. In December I9,t
1t had dropped TO about $4,000 ,,n,r
few months thereafter the slaci, !.
the force had all been taken up. A,
the mills began to run night ANA J,v
the floating workers were absor,sd
and then men came from farms ana
mines until in September, 1916. ,hnrs
were upon its payrolls upward n,
250. 1000 names.
In but few branches of steel mann.
facture are the workmen now nr.
ganized in trades unions. For n.,y
the hours are long. but because nr Tho
developed machinery the work is M,
characterized by its former soycr,,v
Men flow to the ranks Of the stool
companies when they are needed In
recent months moro men could have
been employed IL they had been avail.
able. but the return OF Thousand, +,
their native lands and the ccssa, .,,r.. ID,
immigration has seriously depleted ,b.
supply. The regular and cunt;nIon,
working of the mills at the p3,c n,
the last two years has not bc,r am.
peded by the disturbances suru 40
were formerly fomentcd by the labor
agitators. who for many year. l.p,
up a perpetual interference. intending
pickering and an everlasting .uc. oS.
sion of strikes.
The United States Steel Corpor,,ion
banished the thraldom of the labor
agitator by enlisting not only tie cr.
forts OF its employees in return for
wages but also their interes, IN the
success of the organization as pro.
prietary participants in that success
When this corporation made effective
the plan under which its emp,o,ees
may become owners Of shares " stock
by devoting part of their wages In
payment therefor. money tina, once
went to the support OF the old time
walking delegate began To flow INTO
the channels through which production
is enhanced, wages are paid and proat
attained. The share holding emp.oy-o
instead Of resorting to trades union
with every real or fancied grievance
places IT frankly before his superior.
The begrimed workman applies the
lubricating oil with care. for he knows
that every wasted drop diminishes By
It's value the profit in which as a
shareholder he participates.
This status the officers of the cor.
poration have forwarded BY their
watchfulness and their Improvement
OF the conditions under which the
men work. A sanitary corps looks
after the healthfulness of their sur.
roundincs. This finds exempifica,ion
IN the fact that in each of it's great
mills to one man is assigned the OK.
elusive duty OF seeing that the supply
OF drinking water is pure and alun.
dant. There has been every effort 10
do away with the petty tyranny o,
immediate boss and foreman. IT,.
N'"h H'hii VI tIlt nlttu states SEC.
Corporation has insisted that It's proA,
shall not he made at the eXp.n-. u.
the welfare and the life of IL IN.
p!oyees. In recent years better IN.
derstanding Is in evidence. Instead ~
the steel industry being formed ~
separate strata Of capital labor and
trades unionism. the tendency - 'or
capital and labor to become welded IN
that vertical association which isa
foremost desideratum in every IniTs-
trial and commercial orgari2ai n
The unprecedented demand for ,tre
has brought prices which permit re
payment of wages that are inviting
The corporation has advaLcod wages
three times in the past year ct.a
time AT the rate. of 10 per cent
IN the steel industry as N o,rcr
lines or production. howoNcr. 'Ias.
peri'y leads to dimiuutIo, o. ''e
eficiency of many of the wu-hu.a
When they receive high rates ~ nav
many men are unwilling To- cNrrt thor
eHorts much beyond tho extent 'ts'
brings the aggregate wac" g. Nh ch
tney nave been accustomed Tte' 5rs
the moro inclined 10 take dan, .,''
me experience of the ur'n' -'es
corporation in many Of It's phases e
typical in greater or Joss d.-r,o u
that of the other principal ur.,~.aa.
tions in the steel industry m, .i.r,,
laughlin, tho lackawluul. Da.n.
oria and Bethlehem compal.r.
during these two years t.,fr ''s
peen such extraordinary domu. for
steel that the fluctuations 10 'r, -...
ply have been Of relatively mr ~ ~
portance, with little or 10 effect non
the prices. Had there been au .'1re.
ciaoly lower supply the proc would
probably have been no lgN.. .r
an appreciahly augmented -EpHl'
they probably would hay, ',. Dr..
less. All things cbh ana flow IS
mas happened to the steel !Ul ..'', .
these past two years may b, 'he re.
verse of what Will happr 81 = .s %
Two years To come. When r,.,
declared in Europe, viii the cNhsus'
nations come To us for steel REQ
IN their industrial rchihlittfl.r
VIII they he able Ia supply thor r"e..s
themselves? II Is stated tl.l. 'l, ,...-
put OF the mills of Germany ,or',.'.
In be No or 81 per cent. - r'r
ana tHat that of the ;a.lls ut
is greater than before the W.I '.'
energies are now deVotSi 10 a.. 3. Hu'
iacture OF implements. mIu.' .'- 4"'
appliances of war. II Caur.' ..'
long before they are turnra IL.
making OF the structures trl s.
ncnts of peace. The ug-lr .t.
4 hn 81 fn.I ,,,.l