The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-28
HIGHER WAGES.
MORE BUSINESS,
LESS PROFITS
Steel Corporation Pub
fishes Its Annual Report
For 1917


New York. March 2s.-Coincadsni
with an announcement OF an in
crease of is per cent in the wages Of
its employees. making q total advances
| Of SIS per cent, since 1915, the United
| States Steel corporation yesterday
made public it's annual report for
1917. This showed q tremendous in
crease in the volume Of business, but
q decrease in earnings.
| The volume Of business for 1917, as
| represented by combined gross sales
and earnings, equalled S1,6s3, 1852, $50
an increase Of s452,4ss,773 oyer 1915
| After deduction Of interest and
other charges total earnings, includ-
ing an estimate Of some S233, GOO, 00o
for war and income taxes set aside
for 1918. amounted TO 1904. ls1, All, q
decrease Of $3s. sS5,621.
Balance Of earnings is further re-
duced by other interest charges to
32s5, 2s2, $50.
Net income in the year of S244. 20
73s, s0S shows a decrease Of s4s, 2s7,-
656, and final net income Of S107, sos, =
A37 represents q decrease Of ss4,330,-
147, resulting mainly from extra
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services to the government during
the period OF the war.
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The regular meeting Of the Round
Table club is being held today at the
home OF Mrs. P. W. Satory, at her
home on Eighth street south, the
change from the regular nesting day,
Friday, being made because OF the
fact that tomorrow Is Good Friday.
Acting as assistant hostess for the
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The program Of the afternoon was
gave q paper on The Later Poets"
The Need Of Prison Reform" The
topics for conversation after the
papers were Juvenile Courts and
Industrial Schools" and were led
by Mrs. ]. II. Shepperd and Mrs. r
o. Olson respectively.
The Moorhead woman's club will
meet on Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. II. J. Harris. Papers
are to be given by Mrs. p, A. Weld
and Mrs. A. F. Wood and Mrs. G. L.
Gosslee.
A meeting is being held this after
noon at the Agricultural college
armory, at which Miss Sarah Louise
Arnold In now making a tour Of the
college, Boston, is the speaker.
Special Good Friday services are
to be held at the Zion Evangelical
Lutheran church Friday evening. A
sermon, The Seven Words From the
Cross, viii be given at 8 o'clock
The Ladies' Aid society Of the
Pontoppidan Lutheran church Will
meet at the church parlors at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon. Mrs.. r,
johnson and Mrs. Clayson will be
the hostesses for the afternoon.
Miss Alice Gallagher. a teacher in
the school at Bagiey, MINI. win
come 70 the city this evening 70
spend her Easter vacation as the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Jess Reese,
5o7 Sixth avenue north.
A splendid record for Red Cross
knitting has been made by Mrs.
Spencer, aged 7s years, Of the
Argusville auxiliary of the Cass
County Red Cross. The Argusville
chapter was organized on Nov. /,
and Mrs. Spencer became one Of it's
most active members. Since that
time she has completed 81 pairs Of
socks and 10 sweaters. In addition
TO her Red Cross work Mrs. Spencer
has done all her household work
without any assistance.
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Seventeen women, members Of the
Liberty auxiliary met at Fargo col
lege Tuesday afternoon and spent
several hours in doing work for the
local branch. The articles turned in
to headquarters were: Five sheets;
10 T-bandages; 10 bed shirts; a
sweaters; s pairs socks In the surgi-
cal dressings class the following
work was turned in: 11s 8 by 81
congresses, ITO by I wipes.