The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-28

SUCCESSFUL economic rpadluSt
ment'' Whether he viii or not. Mr..
Marshall ono-time halfback for
pennsylvania, organized baseball
t"hm ana constructed II prize ring
on the hillside near the coal mlucs.
the efficacy or which wLs best cx-
pressed by an Official OF Dunbar's
FIRST Nat!pna! h.n. - h..i,s
hIouEht out tho townepcuplc iu
hordcs every Friday night whore a
i"Wnie fought man from tho
works, and kept ovcrybody's mind
yff thonr wages"
In May M Marshall was called
before the board of directors in
thilad"lphia aud informed that the
plant must close because Of both tho
low price OF pig iron and manga b
u"so. and tho little demand for them
even AZ tho low price. II was thcn
'hat Mr.. Marshall made hts startling
proposition to the board Would
they continue operations at SO
per cent wage CUT Tho directors
told him that the mon would never
accept such "A proposition But the
manager had Cauvasscd his men i1
the meanwhile before the blow fell
ana he knew what they would ac-
''pt II the company would agree
20 reduce living expenses as far as
possible, ON the other hand. the
board knew what a shutdown
meant, high overhead costs. lose l-y
orgdni2ation and deterioration OF
machinery Tho board agreed to
Mr.. Marshalls proposal and with
out thlth empowered him to try it
In conjunction with the other two
companies, Mr. Marshall gathered
all foremen Of the various depart
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tves they faced, either shut down
Or a 40 Per cent wage cut with a
decrease In living costs. The case
1f tho blast furnace foreman, who
mas N" greater number of mon un-
der him, was typical Of all. At 3
o'clock, AZ the shifts were changing.
he called hts 800 mon into the opcn
and explained that II tho plant
wore shut down only few of the
best men would he retained as a
skeleton organization. The rest
would be laid off until conditions
became favorable to v complete re-
sumpion'f work, The men want
ed to vote right then and there;
hey were told TO appoint delegates
20 send to the manager for verified
ton OF the foremcn's statements.
They were reluctant TO do so, be-
cause they knew tho statements to
'n true, but they followed the sur-
scstion, and chc next dav tho dele
'ates reported All departments
not again. the blast furnace men
voted unanimously for the plan. the
miners 95 per cent IN favor: in fact,
put Of 700 men anly 13 were against
acceptance,
This IL what the men faced. on
op OF the 25 per cent cut in Janu-
ary:
Furnace keeper. 12-hour dav,
Cut from 46 cents to 27-12 cents an
hour.
Miners, $50 to s3.40 day for
Hight hours.
Machinis,s, IO-hour day; 5s cents
an hour with half day on Satur-
day,
BlacksmIths. G31- cents to 3s
cents an hour.
The average miners paw was thus
brought from below the rate paid
in the rest OF the region. but only n
handful OF miners were wording
anywhere else. only Is per cent Of
he coke ovens In the region are GO
ing, ana the American Manganese
company Is one Of only two or three
merchant pig iron plants that are
withstandng bad times II was
uoglslpll u I4dll iOdl ~ b'll'T lldn
mono, with this distinction, that in
many other places tho men would
have refused the halt.loaf and gone
elsewhere seeking tho whole loaf.
To keep It's part OF tho agree
ment, tho company did It's best to
reduce the cost OF living N Dunbar
Tho company possesses 1856 dwell
ings. which house about $50 men
out Of total of 700. Tho rent OF
these houses ranged from SO to SlB
month. and this has boen cut 40
per cont, But tho remaining $50
mon. living In the town Of Dunbar
itself, continue to pay their old
rents; IN fact, some Of them spcaX
OF Increased rents.
To reduce tho cost OF supplies,
the companies exorted their influ-
ence on the Dunbar supply Store
company. which sells anything rom
"A pound OF butter TO a diniug-rUum
table. Tho building IN which the
store does business il owned by the
companies, and they rsduCcd the
rent. Officials ot the companies
ere Stockholders IN the supply store
company and they voted 20 cut its
prices 20 tho minimum above cost
that would clear expenses, And
consequently the town and workers
TfttlNtu manu- '4llF hlAIl'A ms o.
More good unWs The Dunbar sup
ply Store company has agreed 20
sell staple merchandise a. cost An
average OF 20 per cent reduction on
supplies was obtained In this way;
and, furthermore, mon working at
tho plant are allowed credit nj the
store For years the Dunbar sup
ply store company has declared a
% per cent dividend, This year II
passed the dividend II is taking It's
medicine along wiki the men.
Fate favored the rfiu+ts at rcduc-
'ilu in the town ~ Dunbar Itself.
T.e prices %, goods n the town
stores took a tumble because Of q
chance arrival from outside the
ale 0t Duubars economic reason
Iug, and lent hand all unknOw-
Ingly TO the management OF the
ant. Just as the No Per cent wage
Ut took place the Keystone Gro
ccry store celebrated .ts opening,
and. being ono Of a long ona!n Of
stores I'm that region b. began pass
<ug goods over Its counters az prices
much cheaper than those demanded
.. individual merchants of Dunbar
Storek ecpcrs along COrro..suIle
avenue. which is pIuhnrs main
street cast no frlDuilr rEe across
the railroad tracks ir the direction
OF the rcd-and -h!d front marked
Keystone, as they lament the lU-'ent
.supar thew must ruu. gpll at cents