The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
RACE RIOT CROWS IVORKMEN'S CT UBS
Company Puts Up Community
Buildings in Mining Camps.
Pres. WelbOrn of G.. F. 81 Go.
Reports to Investigators.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 1.-The federal
commission appointed by President
wilson to investigate labor conditions
in Colorado, received a statement to-
day on the working of the Rockefeller
industrial plan from ]. F we1born
president of the Colorado Fuel &, iron
company. The commission is COM
posed of Seth Low, former MAYOR of
New York city: Charles w Mills and
Fatrlck Gilday 1t was appointed
more than year ago, just prior to the
termination of the Colorado coal
miners strike. The announced oh
Ject of the commissions visit is to
Iamlllarlze itself with conditions in
colorado preparatory to making a
flnaI report to the president
In his statement, Mr.. Welborn said
II was the desire of his company to
cooperate with the commission in its
labors He outlined the Rockefeller
INDUSTRIAL plan adopted last October
and told of its operation In review
ing welfare work in the mining camps.
the statement asserted the company
had spent $119,471 in 1915 in remov-
ing Objectionable buildings, erecting
model dwellings, fencing homes for its
employees and constructing clubs and
houses. The statement also an
nounced a policy of building emer-
gency hospitals in mining camps Such
buildings Mr.. Welborn stated, were in
oCoi &c VI GOHSlI uCllOn at PrlmerO,
Colo, and Sunrise, Wyo, being the
gift of John D. Rockefeller jr
Features suggested by the federal
commission had been included in the
Rockefeller industrial plan. said Mr..
WelbOrn, as well as the substantial
acceptance of three findings of an
thracite strike commission, which had
been suggested by the president as
applicable to the Colorado situation.
These provided board of Cancellation
tot
and operators: the right of miners to
employ check weighers and the guar
antee against discrimination on ac-
count of membership or non-member-
ship in labor organizations
Mr.. Welborn referred to a confer
ence with the federal commission in
New York early in 1915 and asserted
that suggestions then made had been
embodied in the company's plan for a
representation of employees in hand
ling industrial matters. Time will
be required" continued Mr.. Welborn
ito enable the spirit which underIies
the industrial plan to permeate all
phases of the company's relations with
its employees, but the company be-
HeveS that careful consideration by
the commission of its efforts to dem
onstrate the unity of interest which
should govern each and everyone
identified with the activities of a
large corporation, will disclose that
real progress has been made in this
direction, and that in thus seeking to
maintain and further harmonious and
friendly relations in its own industry
the company developed a plan of CO.
operation which will be not only of
advantage to itself but also prove a
substantial contribution towards in
dustrial peace within the state"
The political policy of the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron company is nom
interference" said Mr.. Welborn.
Where officers of the company par
ticipate in political matters, it must
be as citizens only and not as a means
of bringing influence or pressure to
bear. No officer or official of the
company has a right to speak in its
name in regard to such matters"