Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

% board of directors just payment the
- terms covering payable
'rne company heavy
crease messages the tolls which figured at regular
~, would the the handling
hitch We received only difference
n.rv This a large OF money
:, ,bs companys contribution the
of the tho about %
hsOry handled The other per cent varied from unsatisfactory to
,otsn Some must have far from
Tg wholly the operators clerks messengers
ysd There probably bad the
there is bad This cooperation
both , .,
ssph win the just much the soldier
trench Il a patriot
Those dissatisfaction strife who attempt the
for Germany.
There are many improvements yet relationship
between capital
trying employees deal Ask fair-mndcd old
timer improvement the last few
we employees
The company deal But less than Bohev who
could do the Western Union what has been done to
Shall we permit this small Bocy contingent to interfere in the
continuance of good relations and in our patriotic efforts to main
tain continuous
employees who feel they getting
deal the manly way TO express he dissatisfaction cher 10
tel
employes IF get what think
Isl square write / president
equally the representative of the employees and stand
fall on that proposition NEWCOMB CARLTON
spnIanes comment follows
stockholders alone but equally the
sentative of the employees
what this Carlton preaching:
oldtmer who worked for the Western Union
before any possibly
being with writer shocked
see how this man has departed from the traditions Dr. Norn
Green Gould and George Gould and Colonel
cOwr
NO who
good old when whole policy of the institution based the
broad ard spirit of Russell Sage,
op of the pleasant memories many oldmers have is of tho npa
ton daily of Mr. Sage IS suit of clothes and
E@fvcent straw hat ascending in elevator at 1876 to cNe
privilege a the
restaurant the Sky pnrlor' above the big operating
The while 1t
made rich the mel who controlled it, Six or eight years ago was
noble example bigh finance paying dividends and
had slightly s2OOOOoO of fictitious assets ITS books But
% the interference of such persons as Theodore Vail and Mr. Carl
ton would have made fine wreck and noble ruin They have
Hnd things dreadful They seem to have had no sense of the
anciy mkcd the old Western
Union and made instead the Western
in hye years siOOOeOOO than
pOoooOO and Increased tho dividend rate from to pcr cent and
raised all such things
The the Western Union Of
eighties that We have TO wipe our specs before we can recognize it,
Mr. Carlton deal to the employees but is he
giving deal to the of Jay Gould and Russell soge
Conversion of Liberty Bonds
With Liberty
comes quite there will be different kinds Of Liberty
Bonds outstanding when the present issue finally completed ana the
various conversions
There a1s per
e To- 1871 They all except estate and in
s the shorem fyeear loans within six months from
@e Of issue of such subsequent highrato bonds
converted They the
come tax but subject and eSoesspoh tax on in
comes and earnings holdings of $4,000 of bonds
before Nooho Iars When converted they retain their
"ner respects assume the status of the issue
The Liberty bonds originating under the
second Liberty Loan Their is November 49, 1912 but they
re emabe the Government after November
1927 TaxeXempton that of conversion into the 4
Per cent bonds a Liberty As
aree Kinds of Liberty 4Hs
There will Liberty "A cent bonds out
Standing
There AZ per be issued the
erson OF the first cent bonds The
OF their will and their maturity June TO- lSi'
xexempton the cent bonds and in
h they be paying the Federal inheritance taxes
-"s are not convertible any future issues
e second AZ will be those issued in conversion OF
second per the Az cent bonds They Will ma
November IT, They be redeemed at the option OF the
49, 1927 Their taX-eXemption and
eranceax 4hs and they are not
'n'eruble into any future issues
y Loan They dated May 1915 with ma
on September redemption provision before tha
hese will be AZ cent bonds as the hrs "a
cent bonds l9 and the second 4 per cent
mature November dates the third 4hs are
uoer 10 taxexmpton and inhertancetaN
f and the issues the same as
ot the first and AZ cent bonds
W will three issues of 4 per cent pohds
Tor will be thrty-year bond redeem
e option hfeen years anoncf tna
bond at OF Cow