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, 1921-07-23
CONSTRUCTION WORK
NEARLY FINISHED.

At this time all hat remains OF the
construction program is three batter
les OF stills. completion OF the units
already erected by making minor con
nections and completing the finishing
touches. laying new lines in tho tank
farms and completion OF 4 consider
able tank Program.
All of the tank work has been let
to contractors and all OF the work
except in one Instance Will be nan
died by local contractors.
When the iay-on at the plant be
came effective and esS men were tax.
en- out OF service, practically only
construction forces were hit. In tho
operating department some changes
were made in the personnel of the
force in rare instances. preference be-
Ing given to men with families. es-
pecialiy young married men who were
endeavoring TO build themselves n
home. and who would become sub
stantial citizens.
, 1921-07-23
Farm Credits To
Be Hearing Topic

WASHINGTON. July 23.-The joint
congressional commission of agricul-
tural inquiry announced it's decision
today to take up the general question
of agricultural credit. Including the
policy adopted by the federal reserve
board and its effects on farmers.
John Shelton Williams. former comp
troller OF the currency, will be heard
next Tuesday. as the first witness.
Members of the federal reserve board
also will appear
Blood tests arc now suggested as
a means of finding out whether peo-
pie are engaged in work suited to
their health and temperamnt.
, 1921-07-23
WAGE SCALE HERE
HIGHEST IN L.. =.

Even h wage reduct on which will
come August 1. VIII leave the Casper
plant well above the wags scales OF
any other industrial. enterprise in the
country. except in a few very rare In
stances.
Naturally in dispensing with the
services OF a vast numb r of men mis-
takes have crept In. The policy Of
the company. however. is to right any
wrongs and rectify any injustices.
Casper is twice blessed with its
present industrial supremacy and with
the plans which have been aid for
the future to further intrench this SUI
premacy when a condition of normal.
cy returns the committee was in
formed by Mr.. Andrus.
IF o don't think such is the case
visit any city of any size anywhere
, 1921-07-23
SITUATION IN CITY
HOLDS BRIGHT PROMISE, REPORT
Continued from raE. l.,

Casper and the other facts could be
substituted. her husband would be
r~c-employed- Thz case was 1nvesti-
gated and h man reempioyed the
following morning.
With tine peak Of employee lists nav
ing been attained shortly after the
first OF tho present rear the company
can't face to face with n labor turn
over which at times retarded even
the well laid plans of the construction
program SO great was the number OF
voluntary departures from the com.
pany's service hat 1t was found neces-
sary TO employ ar average Of 100 men
TO d a scant rs to the construction
forces
, 1921-07-23
MANY SHORT TIME"
EMPLOYED.

The Midwest company faced the
same conditions OF labor turnover
that the Standard did. feeling espe-
cially the effect Of the influx and de-
parture OF dry farmers and others
from the Dakotas. Colorado. Nebraska
Wyoming and Montana ranches. who
came here seeking only short time
employment.
AT the present time there are 1.5es
men employed at the Midwest plant.
and indications are hat this number
will be added to instead of decreased
In future unless some unforeseen and
unexpected conditions of chaos
strikes at the Industrial fabric OF the
nation.
when one considers hat the aver
age employee lists OF the refinery for
the past three years averaged be-
tween 1880 and $500 under the con
struction era. it is easy to realize that
Casper will suffer little from the re-
duction 10 "a strictly operating force.
, 1921-07-23
1.s50 MEN RETAINED
PLANT.

Now the number OF men at the
plant averages around 1850 and this
force comprises the men who actually
run h plant. The force will be
greater in numbers constantly as the
newly constructed. refinery units are
brought into operation. This first sec
tons OF the new equipment have III
ready been started. one battery Of
eight re-running stills was put In OPP
Grafton this week.
To man h e units that will be
put in operation "A school OF practical
instruction for the men who win OPP
crate the new plants is underway add
ing a burden to the expenses at this
tine.
Under this arrangement. however.
the Standard. optimistic of the future
Of the oil trade will be in a pos 'tion to
be h first to meet the improved In
dustrial conditions which are now just
oven the horizon. THIS follows out the
general Standard maxim TO prcplre
for the good times during the period
Of depression.
, 1921-07-23
Put Your Money to Work

John Brown has 500 lying idle for the treason that it is so small in itself that a
borrower owning reale statec can lot use it,
His neehbor also a S1OO, but he cant make a saei investment for the same
reason.
vest it, but they are all in the same prediament as John Brown
Surprising that we GO to each of the above and say: I'VE have a party that de-
Sire to borrow $1,000 on first elias piece Of real estate in Casper that is worth
many times the amount of the loan and the loan will beS secured by first otgage
the title will be examined by our attorney, and if everything is clear, it will take
a good rate of interest The loan will be repayable monthly interst and principal
for a term five Years. so that the security will grow stronger from month to month
and therefore make the most desirable of all investments obhnabt"
Mr. Brown and the neighbors would be more or less ratfed to be able to pool
their money IN make this loan which mgfy they would be unable to do Now sup,
with five dollars they would be in the ans position and be able to make their money
me with the nj hundred dollars
The above concrete example of the working pn of this building mdb loan association with the
exception that our earnings are even greater than the usual rate of interest derived by teo anng of
money on real state dIed by Hem investor as we will explain
A nmNesor this a%Ncaionpu purchases desf stock in the asoiatonM prTriont the amount
he she can set aside from their monthly income TheA shares have par value of 1OOe ha and thya are
words at the end of 100 months you rave paid $50 for each hare of aok you be subcnhedf for and
the money .ou pay in leach month is 0aed out on first mortgage security on le state alta fixed rate of
Month to month so tina we can dnpMndt interest every six mumhs and Gedh the earnings to the
shrs or certificates every six monuhs this compmndngo of htnt and accommodating to your acomnt
chased have cash surrender value fS1Ol the par ve a dhidend of 100 per cent on our investment
and orn investment safe at all times as real estate is considered the best of security
1t is ito Hep person of United means that has the will power lay side small portion of his or her
earnings that we appeal nota rcngy,m and to place hse ne at their command we viii allow ayp person
month for 100 months she end oftatp period payments ease and your moey has been loaned out on
five adte envy earl nsw which bye mpomdnga and accommodating interest will make each share worth the
face aue of 500 edehnabem cash shUtt times rtee expiration of tn 1Om months
Below is "a table hed epMsam and earnings SON our stock which we designate as Savings Certificate
THERES N o PROMOTION N o COMMON, OR OCAILEDP PREFERRED
, 1921-07-23
No BUILDING PLANS
ABANDONED,

The expansion program OF a city is
the best criterion as to the future.
Plans for casper's growth have not
been materially changed. Building
permit records obtained from the city
engineers office Indicate that casper's
residents will spend thousands upon
thousands of dollars this year in tx
tending the city's residential sections
and naturally the business district OF
the city will respond to h demands
Of n larger population with h cree
ton of substantial business structures.
, 1921-07-23

a stage OF near completion IN the past
month.
Also the refining units constructed
at both plants and now receiving the
finishing touches before they are put
in operation win add to the permanent
payroIls OF the rehneries-
, 1921-07-23
REFINERY
Is PHENOMENAL

For tho purpose Of proving con u
sivtly to Casper citizens that the out
look for Casper is most hopeful. con-
dit.ons at each OF the refineries will
he given in detail 10 show their own
wonderful growth and to interrelate
this growth with other businesses
At the Standard plant the committee
found conditions beyond tho expecta-
ion OF the outsider though he may
have had q penchant for keeping in
formed OF the details of construction
which saw the size OF the plant tripled
b;tween November /. 1870 and July l.
1921.
on November 1. 1920. the plant
boosted of but 625 employees. This
Included the management and in fact
everyone who drew money from the
Standard company in any capacity.
Today at the same plant. we find n
giant Industrial institution which is
Employing an average OF 1850 men.
employed at identicaily tho same wage
that was paid on November /, 1890.
, 1921-07-23
NO EFFORT MADE To
BRING LABOR HERE.

when the construction work was
undertaken about November l, the
company gradually built up its pay
roll from labor hosts who dr1fted here
from all sections of the country when
the plans became generally known.
I.aborers swarmed TO Casper from
every section of the country. Out OF
employment due to the shut down Of
industries Ia their localities the labor
seekers soon learned that Casper was
the mecca OF the job-hunter.
When 1t became necessary during
February and March of this year to
have additional experienced pipc-fit.
tiers, the labor bureau in Denver sup
piled us about co pipe-fitters, also IL
boiiermakers, three weldors and one
bricklayer. For each pipe-fitter en-
ployed there was created work for 10
additional men. which could not have
been employed otherwise. This is the
only ease that we know of where labor
was imported.
, 1921-07-23
SITUATION AT
MIDWEST PROMISING.


While conditions in general n the
Midwest refinery are Identical with
the conditions at the Standard. the
construction program has extended
over n longer period OF time and natu-
rally developed details that material
ly differ The details outlining the
position OF the Midwest plant we're
furnished the committee by 81 A.
Reed
In reviewing conditions for the past
three or -four year ut the plant il is
found that they are practically the
same over that period. Especially In
the past three a a TREMENDOUS
construction program has been sue
cessfuily carried out.
During this period the construction
forces. when employed. bad the
knowledge that only definite pro-
grams OF building would be worked
out. These programs followed one
another In UGH rapid succession.
however. that the construction forces
were maintained for long periods OF
time. The construction forces were
continually added TO up TO nearly n
month ago.
, 1921-07-23
MARRIED MEN ARE
GIVEN PREFERENCE.

BY the middle of the winter. with
its employment lists near completion
and with crowds of unemp'oyei wait
ing at its gates the Standard company
made a sincere effort TO weed u the
forces and get men who would be de-
serving of employment and BE- a bene-
fit to the community.
Married men or men who had de-
pendants were given preference. 1t
was not long before the employment
seekers learned that married mems es-
tate cav them preference and hat to
be a bona fide resident of Casper
would be another point in their favor.
The result was that h records OF
h employment bureau We're incor-
rect and has been proven many tines
when individual cases necessitated in
vestisation for one cause or another.
, 1921-07-23
CASE OF FAMILY
MAN CORRECTED.

Since the iay-off a woman presented
herse'. at Mr.. Andrus' office, stating
that ner husband had been laid off,
that he had "A family of six children
to support and hal he must have en-
ployment. Mr.. Andrus informed the
lady a the case would be investi.
gated and that II it was found hat her
husband was a bona fide resident OF
, 1921-07-23

in the country between Casper and
New York and you viii be convinced
he said.
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Owing to the exposure. by the
farmers and labor press of the at
temped steal of $50O,000,000 from the
treasury of the United States, the soft
pedal has been put on talk along that
line. Another reason for singing low
about the deal is the fact that, the
story of the steal appeared at the same
time that the country was being in
formed that the treasury was so badly
bent if we gave sthe men who votun-
teered and were drafted 5000, 200, 900
the. country would go broke and. the
treasury emptied. r. 80 : ~, Y.
The two statements didn't jibe and
the ordinary citizen couldn't UNDER
stand why it should break the country
to give $20O,000,000e to !: the soldiers
and it would not to give two and a
half times that much to the railroads.
Also the interstate commerce COM
mission has commenced to back UP
on its endorsement of the formula Of
labor" and is beginning to crawfish
thereon, especially since Basil M. Man
ly formerly joint chairman of the War
Labor: Bord and now director Of the
peoples legislative service, has filed
a formal petition with that body
against the railroads claim on ac-
count OF alleged inefftciency OF labor
and deficient maintanance. He said
he was without Warrent OF law; were
hin large part fraudulent, were con-
strary to the facts contained In the
sworn statements filed witt. the COM
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times what other roads pay and cuts
freight rates 20 per cent.
Don't get the idea that the Ford
road is toy road that runs few miles
through the back woods. It's a real
road and in better shape than ever
before and the fact that Ford has
made the road success from q, fail
ure, raised wages and reduces prices
charged for service, is not because he
is a supernlan, but is solely because
he either doesn't know how to soak
the public and labor or because he
does't care for that kind of a game.
The railroad managers, have been
claiming for over three years that they
are the only ones possessing the brains
and ability necessary in running the
railroads Of the country: That they
must have the right to charge high
rates and lower wages if the trans
port~tion system of.the land was to be
maintained, only to go ever deeper
in dept and nearer bankruptcy.
How can they account, after all the
propaganda they've spread, for all that
Ford has done? They will not admit
they didn't know what they were talk
ing about or that they lied and. do still
lie, but what do you think about it as
you continue to pay excessive freight
charges;s ;see the purchasing power Of
railroad workers cut down and crops
rotting on the ground because It costs
too much to ship them Think It
over. ls
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other roads lowered wages to the point
fixed by the Railroad Labor Board
from $2.93 per day to 1924 per day.
On July 1st and several times since
the railroad managers announced the
fact that there could be no lowering Of
freight rates because of the cut in
wages, to the "fact" that the cut was
not" deep enough to allow for reduc-
Ttion in rates.
Now comes the D. T. & I. and asks
that the freight rates charged by it on
its main line and on all its branches
be cut 20 per cent, beginning August
20, When the general freight. agent
filed the, request to be allowed to re-
duce 20 per cent with the public util-
tiles commission at Columbus, Ohio,
the only comment he made in answer
to questions was: "Mr. Ford thought
a reduction should be made
Can you imagine what the railroad
wreckers who control the rest of the
roads are thinking about Henry?
They have been claiming that they are
operating at loss and demanding
shat the government give them $780,
0O0, 900 or they'd have to- go into bank
ruptcy: That wages were so high and
lab Dor so inefficient there was no hope
sfor a reduction in rates unless
wages were cilt to the. bone. Yet. here
comes Ford, takes road that was los
ing money while owned and managed
by railroad brains makes 1t pay
profit, raises wages to- nearly three
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mission by the roads, and were based
upon extravagant estimates.
These claims" said Mr., Manley,
CONSTITUTE. a: deliberate program of
the railroads to. offset their obligations
to the government by creating ficti-
tious claims, which may be prosecuted
indefinitely or until time and insis-
tence have given them an appearance
/ Of reality" All Of which, as said be-
fore, makes the commission pause be-
cause Man1ey has also asked for the
right to cross examine the managers
on their claims and stands ready and
willing to prove ailshe states.
T But let no one think. the railroads
finapciers are going to give up their
assault upo nthe treasury. II they can't
break in one way they will another,
and they are holding conferences,
while he-President. Mellon, Hoover
and Cummins have their heads to-
gether figuring out how to give the
roads what they want without objec-
ton. AS one wise guy puts It They're
trying to find some way to. pluck the
goose without the goose squaking too
much ss455s SO
{. In the meantime Ford goes right
along running his road, making a pro-
/ tit, raising wages and reducing rates,
which greatly worries the highbinders
OF finance, wreckers Of ofrailroads, the
interstateacommerce conan sion and
the, politicia g bout the ..clecti lon next
year. sss.sS
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A little more than year ago Henry
Ford bought the Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton Railroad, about $50 miles long
and running through Ohio and Michi-
gan. At the time he BOUGHT the road
it was. according to the books kept
by the management, losing less bus-
mess than it was handling the year
before.
That is one thing that the railroad
have laid up against Ford. Another
mean thing he did which is considered
an outrage and personal a front by the
aforesaid mixers, was to announce
in June that on and after July 1, 1921,
the lowest wages to be paid any en-
ployee on the D. T. & I. would be six
dollars for eight hours. The road is
now paying that wage and sill making
profits. :-t-
The fact that Ford announced the
raise in wages at. the; same time the
Railroad Labor Board announced that
wages of all railroad workers were;sta
be cut - per cent, which cut was
made at the request of the managers
Of other than Ford's road and based
upon their assertions that they could
not pay a wage of 1892 to unskilled
labor and make a profit, is what hurts.
i On July /, when Ford raised the
lowest wage paid on the d. & T: to
5000 for 2 day Of eight hours. the
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Government Secure When on
Four Great CoTnerstones Of
American Democracy.
DECLARES CORPORATIONS
EFFICIENT INSTRUMENTS
Wants No Class or Group to
Rule; Service for A!l!s Slogan
He WoMdCarry Through.

ten that all men have. an. inherent
of happiness. What was meant by
the pursuit Of, happiness? AS con-
structed by the supreme court of the
United States,' it means the inherent
right of every man to make his Ev-
ing by engaging in any lawful &C.
cupation, and to be protected by gov
eminent in the enjoyment Of the gains
which his industry produces in that
occupation.
$50 when we came to write our
later constitution, we embodied that
in the bill of rights and it now reads:
The prime purpose of government is
to secure to its citizens the enjoy
ment Of the gains Of their own in
dustry.' There. is the third industrial
corner stone of government.
There are the three cornerstones,
and there is fourth. Aye, the men
that founded. this government knew
that this day would come, they knew
that we would face the very prob
lens that now confront us, they
warned us Of it in this fourth pro-
vision, and they showed us the way
back to. freedom and liberty. They
then wrote in the bill OF rights
frequent. recurrence to- these funda-
mental principles of civil governme MT
is absolutely essential to the preser-
walton of our liberties.' :
There are the four industrial cor
nerstones Of Anne rican democracy.
How far have we departed from these
principles? t. Let me show: you. Today
all men engaged in organized indus7I
try live through service rendered. to
others. Now I am not going to speak
of the service motive as do the the
orists, the ministers and the moral
lists; L want to speak. of 1T as prac-
tical thing. Take the men in the
learned; professions: They receive a
reward only for serving others; they
do not serve themselves directly. -
take the men employed On the
RAILROADS.; every one of them. lives
because he serves others. Take the
men employed in all corporate Indus
tries; they live only because they
serve others. Society is so organized
today that it is cooperative in prin-
ciple but not in fact. We no. longer
are engaged in producing things
which we consume; we, are engage
solely in producing that which other
people need, and we rely upon others
to produce the things which we: con-
sumo. 49,.
I'VE have reached that day when
we live only by serving others. We
have also reached the day when men
no longer strive individually~in in, in:
dustry. The time has come wi1en
government has granted to men, to
groups OF men and to corporations
privileges which have. absorbed the
entire productive industrial field ex.
| cepting. agriculture. : -.
The entire railroad industry IS in
CONTINUED on page ~ ,a
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trial association of men together that
was to be guarded and protected by
democracy. q,
LET me prove that for. just mo-
ment. The fathers who worked out
the foundations of American govern
ment worked on this theory, the JEFF
fersonian theory of Democracy. It.
was this: That all sovereignty resides
in the people,. The people then Gre
ated the states: as independent polit-
ica1 governmental sovereignties; the
state became the repository, of all the
power of the people except that which
the people reserved to themselves.
The states so creatd then asso-
ciated to form the United States Of
America, and the states conferred
upon this federal government so
much of their sovereignty ,as was ex-
pressed in the federal constitution.
The. federal constitutions being a
grant Of power. the MEate, constitu-
tions were limitation{ xupon. power.
But the state could dat give to the
federal government tfe right to in
wade any. OF the reserYed sovereignty
Of the people, becausefthe states old
not: possess that. powd H.. x
The Bill of 7Rights. -
Nov what are the reservations?
They are written in the bill of rights.
and what is reserved by the bill of
rights cannot be done by the states
individually or by the federal gcv-
eminent as union of the states. We
find in the bill. of rights three fun
damental industrial propositions, pure
ly Industrial. The first is this: Gov
ernment is instituted for the COM
mon good, for the protection, the
safety, the prosperity and, happiness
of its pc ople. and not for the honor
or profit of any man. family or class
Of men. All of these things refer
to industry, they are based upon in
dustry. There is the first limitation
placed by the people when they Gre
ated the states upon the power of
the states and the. federal govern
ment in exercising the government en-
trusted to it's care
Here is the second principle: No
man, corporation or group of men
shall have any other title to receive
compensation from the public than
that which is measured by the value
of the service they render to the pub
lie. The forefathers knew that the
time would come when government
would have to grant privileges to
men, groups of men, corporations, in
order to get the required service. They
authorized. them to make that grant,
but through the bill of rights they
said: You cannot give them, when
you make that grant, the right to ex-
act compensation in excess of the
value of the services rendered. There
is the second industrial principle. the
industrial cornerstone of democracy
Cornerstone Of Liberty.
Here is the third: In the Declar-
alton of Independence, it was writ