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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

Tnau Bnc CUSDOuEAFy JU-Qdy supp
The industry is in healthy con-
dition, accordingly. but the mistakes
of the past hang over the industry
Ike the Ancient Mariners a1batross.
As result the industry is en-
danxered BY "conservat bonfsts" who
declare that the federal control Of
production is necessary Says one
news agency in its annual sum-
mary: THE industry opposes federal
control Of production and has fought
against any such attempts. But the
outflow OF around 1,10O, 00Os 600
barrels this year emphasizes the
necessity of some action"
The crude oil produced. plus sew
eTal million barrels of storage oil,
was all converted into gasoline and
burned In the growing fleet OF mo-
tors which In 1887 will burn more
gasoline than In 1886. The conser-
vatfonists do not propose that a
substitute fuel be used. They mere
~ propose that the government
should Conserve"
For the first time in history, the
amount OF cracked gasoline in 1895
exceeded tradght-run gasoline,
which IL the most important step
In conservation in petroleum his
tory. Furthermore. refiners this
year began saving and capitalizing
waste gasses around their plants.
The resultant high-octane gasoline
gives greaaest mileage per gallon in
All automotiva history. In 1885 the
people paid s2.72o. 600 600 for gas0-
Ifne. Ten years ago. in 1925, the
people paid $2sbe0, 000. zoe for a~
bout so per cent SIS much gasoline
N was used IN 1885. Cracking has
bot only cn& chs cost OF Ea@ollnel
ana increased gasoline efficiency bat
has actually saved 1890 Gee so00
barrels on crude ca Gmka a. vsn&
more Grade oil than A. b@am@ nFuu@At
10 ah@ surface us fAs @r@mm@.
vet sA@we N EEAAaa Hzsm*sam shmA
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
DAKOTA Will.
ENTER RANKS
0F0ILS STATES

No further developments were re-
corded In Baker oil field this week.
where Dakota Montana Utilities last
week cored into the producing hor-
lion at the top of the Madison lime
on their No. 2 well located 5000
feet north and slightly east of the
discovery well.
The fact that the No. is higher
than the discovery well. structurally,
gives rise to the possibility that the
high Of the local fold may be in
North Daota. The No 2 well Is
only few rods from the state line
North Dakota has no oil production
at present and while production on
the Dakota side will necessita6e set
ting up an entirely new and separate
operating unit. that state win ine-
vitality enter the ranks OF producing
oil states in the not distant future.
The second Baker well cOred into
lime satuIation at $751; feet. The
core was recovered, giving the drill
lers absolute guidance for drilling
in Rotary tools will be used for
drilling in, " is understood After
rotary mud. tubing will be
run and the lime formation will be
acidized.
The comDany's north well on a
separate local high of the Baker
3lendtve anticline, Is expected to
pick up the producing lime forma-
ion in the next few days, weather |
permitting.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

SAND rom zSzOe to 1880 and drilled
one foot into the Ellis, to 2S31. Oil
rose 400 feet but he did not swab.
shutting down until weather moder-
ates. Cobb was present when the
well drilled In but left Immediately
for Wyoming where he is drilling IN
another producer.
Dakota sEontana-G Oveznusen NO.
4, NV ANEM 15-35-eW Is drilling
at 1909.
Glacier Prod.-Fed. I.ank Bank No.
1, SWA sWA 50-34-5W, drilling,
2S05.
HanIon-TrEbal f27 No. 1, SEA
NEA 12-32-6W, drilling, 2725.
Hannah-P orter-A1. $50 No. 2.
NEA SWM 6-32-5W. drilling, bias.
Whetstone-TribaE f17 No. 2, MEL
SWA 36-33-6W, drilling. 2545.
Wilkins0n-A1 M No. 2, sWA
SWA 31-33-5W, shut down, 299O.
Wilkinson-TFfbaE 126 No. 2, NEH
NEA 7-32-5W, shut down, 1855.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
ROUND BUTTE TEST
Roaming Ar 1886

Round Butte syndicate's test for
oil on Round Butte structure,
NEA seq 3-SS-23E, is now at q
depth of 1885 feet, roaming S-inch
casing to shut off water. Pro-
ductfon Is expected ct around 1885
and Charles Havlik. president OF
western Dakota Producing & Re-
filming Co, Of Kimball, s. D., Is SO
optimistic as to the outcome that
he estimates that the well will
produce 100 barrels or better. He
offers the prophecy that the No
well on Moeser dome, recently
spudded, will produce 80 barrels OF
light oil and about 100000 feet OF
gas. which indicates the presence,
somewhere, OF an oil "detector,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

AUGUST Tx. ID. Partiee sells
Pondesm properties 90 Dixon =. KeIls
and Fsamk Il. Henry Of Los Angeles.
AUGUST S--DakOsa-A Montana get
3OO-barrel well at Cut Bank.
AUGUST 5-Texas-PacEfic acSdiz.
- I0-gaAEozs wen and gets gusleF
1t Kewam.
AUGUST 22-L. b. OsNeEI an
nounces 1500-baFrel refinery az Cut
Bank.
AUGUST 20-Baker well gets
show O. oil ia Dev0nian.
SEPT. 1--Tarrant gets Oh ON
M0sseK dome.
skspT. 12--sheEl OH Co. of Cali
fornla stmEta intensive geological
sarvey Of Montana.
SEPT. 28--Cut Bank wells start
producing At capacity; proration
raised.
OCT. S--Patterson-C hatterton well
adds thousands OF acres of proven
ground to Cut Bank OH field, 20
the southwest.
OCT. nA-Ba Montana Power test for
s0safh extension Of Cut Bank. north
east of Waller, fails. CarbuncHe "a
fatal 30 Fred Mcknight, prominent
young Kelvin opesator-<JooIidge en-
teFs west Kelvin; gets SSO-bbH.
initial.
OCT. sf--Big West tries first
4yD0egaEI0n acid aslot in Kelvin
field.
NOy. i'll. @. E. BigneEI, net
r0Ecum engineer. estimates Cut Bank
oil reserves at 28O, 600 600 bib. and
gas 1t 300 billion.
NOV. 28-9heEE Oh Co. leases
Willow creek structure, near Cgao-
te@m.
BE9C. B--Cut Bank rams cat 90
per cenf--H0nfana Power Gas Co.
properties transferred 90 Glacier Pro-
faaeti0n C0s--zsruce RasRzgan. Kelvin
nsseEafar, Allied ia am3o crash.
1AcC 1&s E@nzMms mesa xfse0-as@x~
rel well ON Aaasser dome.
DEC. 20---EnspeEEaI Oh Of Canada
closes down Maple Leaf swimming
plant az COut&e-AEontana OH pro-
Iluc2ion IN 1885 worth 81, 400. 600 !
gasoline sales in
80 exceeded imported brand sales /
for first time An history.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
RETAIL MARKET
IS IN HANDS or
STATION OWNERS

While there has been no formal
adoption of thu Iowa plan" in
Montana. practically all filling sta
lions in this state are operating
under form Of dealer marketing
which conforms to the nationwide
plan of turning control Of retail
market over to individual dealers.
Continental OIL Co., market leader
in this state. no longer posts retail
prices, having disposed OF prac-
ticaIly all OF It's filling stations.
This marks the withdrawal OF the
large refining and marketing COM
panies from retail operations in
Montana.
Refiners now sell to retailers on
posted-price basis without any
guaranteed margin No important
change in the price structure has
resulted from the major companies
withdrawing from retail market
control.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
TRYIHGAcID
o. ABSOLUTE
BUSTER HOLE

Hydrocholoric acid, performer Cd
miracles In Keyin-sunburst field,
where lime is the principal produc-
ing horizon. will be called upon to
display all OF Its magic II Big West
Refining Co. Is to get q producer on
its No. S Dahlquist location, NV
sWA NEA 21-s5-sW north of the
town OF Kelvin, in the Kelvin oil field.
The Dahlquist No. IS described
as the 'sdryest dry hole ever drilled
In these parts. It had marry q drop
of oil when drilled in. Acid has
been known to convert dry holes or
virtual dry holes into good producers
but this will be a supreme test, with
out rainbow color at the start.
The well had Ellis-M Madison contact,
the normal horizon from 1850 to
1873. Big West conducts an acid
service so will be well equipped to
make well, If possible.
The DahIquist was the only COM
pletion OF the week and was one Of
two active operations The second
well is w. M. FuItons well on the
Thomson farm, in NV SEX NV n
2s-s5-3W. It is a difficult matter
20 get into this well, through snow
drifts, and the exact depth could not
be learned but 1t was known chat the
production string OF casing has been
set and it Il ready 70 drill In.
Accordingly. there was not one
walking beam in motion as the old
year passed out The storm and
cold weather halted ltiae Ohio Berg
No. well, SWA SWM S1-33-1W,
in the Shelby gas field ct 1910.
about 10 feet Ia the producing sun
burst gas sand, It has 1900 geo
cubic 6ast 09 GEES mews waaA 10 or
30 feet more TO go.
Bryant Brothers are moving q
National machine onto their Lash
baugh No /, NW SEA NV II ga
35-2W, replacing a less efficient
machine with which they managed
to worry down 500 feet OF hole.
They will resume drilling as soon
as weather improves.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

JAN. 4--Enfernational Refinery
buys @S2, 900 worth Of Kelvin produce
ers' stored oil.
Jan. 11--Cut Bank pr0rated 50
per cent. Crude prices raised
cents TO $1.8O In Cut Bank and
@1.25 in Kelvin.
JAN. 1S-anteznationa posts
crude price In Kelvin field for first
time.
JAN. 25 Dakota-Montana, out Of
debt, pays per cent dividend and
announces IL Is 0at Of debt.
FEB. THOUSAND BARREL
WELL CUT BANK OIL FIELD.
Santa Rita-IAansger No. 4, believed 20
be dry hole, shot with nitro gIycer-
In and suddenly starts flowing with
estimated initial of 1900 barrels per
day.
FEB. s-Af. w. Cassidy, r. ).
Buscher and associates sell Rocky
Ridge leases to Twin City capitalists
including Stanley Gray, for $40 900
cement crew, Al Anderson,
Cleo Markham and Jack Connolly
have narrow escape from death tnl
blizzard south OF Gut Bank.
FEB. 15--Tmdians tribal council
gets only $4,000 from lease sale
southwest Of Cut Bank Tin which Is
the nOw-fanoss Big Bend pooll
Total acreage advertised, I. 02B. 81
acres. Total bonus, 81. 9SO. 80; to-
tai rentals paid, .. 0SS s8--(saso-
tine consumption figures for 1885
were 0.3A1 ,O1O gallons, half Mon
Eams-made. half imported
Feb. 28-DmEybs cracking plant
for independent Refin-
ln9 Go. ct LsamreT---nFw finds
sa feet OF Cut Bank sand IN dry hole
wildcat near town Of Ca1Oteau.
March g-~-NHaIfom Adams, drilling
contractor, Killed b. explosion south
IL CmA Eamk--Enefre Montana oh in-
zmsary sa&z<zemed by news of demah |
sf Mira. HR@0 Arsmson In France,
ss#ssAa @m maSspemm szsmHs~-EH sasaa |
stewart succeeds A. u. Wilson rs
head OF TexaeO operations I'm Rocky
Mountain region.
MARCH 1A--PfOneers Of oil In
HusEry with mining men and others
gather 10 feEicitate Montana on a.
Mining Journal ON its 18th annie
Fersary.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
LOG OF THE YEAR 1896

MARCH 2a---Presidems Roosevelt
hears plans of Nontana-TwfR Cities
gas line project from j. W. Schmidt
az Washington conference.
MARCH 18-Stanley Gray and as.
sociates OF Minneapolis bay a,gSag
acres OF leases In west Kelvin aAeidh~
Garfield Davis, pioneer MoEaaana ezi
operator, passes asFay st Seattle
Cook Il Edslys well In north end 81
Sunburst discovery pool pumps 81
blrreEss first day.
APRIL 11---C0bb, Parzee and Ma
dean Brothers contract 10 supply Oh
20 Home Oh at Great Falls. - - -.
APRIL aS-sEontana-Da k0ta UeAla-
ties strike oil at Baker at S0S0-
67O0.
MAY Wv. MI. Fulton re@aams
control Fulton Petroleum corpora
ton.
MAY 1e-Nadeau Brothers and
Cobb j. ParSaee start S-ancia pa8a
line 90 transpuoEs their oil 60 Gue
Bank.
MAY 28--w. z. Rice annommces
fOO-maiEe pipeline. Cut Bank 20 Great
4 s4fkS~~~ A4R VNE& E4EaG&<74 Gks#&z~
man new OH Conservation Board q
which X. G. Tarrmasa, o. IA. Webb,
Howard AIger and w. e. Rice are
other members.
May sO-Baker discovery Cnss
flows $40 bbl. per hour, develops
water.
JUNE 6--~-Bri8fsh~A cuts
Cm3 Bank crude 1B cents. Knaexna-
taonaa follows with gravity base
schedule Kevin price cuk TO @asz6.
JUNE a0-w. u. Rice buys Con-
rad refinery for sa0vSOO 1T bamk-
ruptcy sale.
JUNE 27--Tmrner valley Royal
eae@ Grade well completed In west
Turner Valley, making $50 80.
sgfsY 4-LFfAtt Coulee wetg ks8As
for 2@ Eafsam1es whem opened aster
long sEsut-im-
JULY 2S-Dunb@r wildcat west
og Cat Bank has show Of Oh ut
Top OF Madison lime. Tarranfs
wildcat has oil show i'm
amme. Neither commercial.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
Eos HAVE
OWN WAY IN
LEGISLATURE

North Montana delegations TO the
state legislature were flfttering
through Great Falls this week en-
route TO Helena. All VITO visited
the journal office were unanimous
in the opinion that there would be
no taxation legislation aimed at the
oil industry unless members OF the
industry themselves open up the
situation by asking for changes Of
any kind.
There will be an effort made TO
divert gasoline tax money for mu-
nicipal and other purposes put
visitors at the Journal office agreed
that these proposals win meet with
resistance. Inasmuch
as the gasoline tax is pledged for
the retirement of the state road
bonds until 1919. it Is considered
improbable thad any diversion au-
fhorixed by the legislature would
be legal.
The legislature Will be democra-
tic but party Lines are expected 60
break blown. with en- alignment Of
conservatives and waaAcafa. The
homse Ia democratic BY SO 20 %
@hEi@ the selsaaH BIAS ~ democrats
sad ~ republicans.
TAuwmmor R0w Ayers Aa expected
IL SxNm esq s0s Vt Ahe r0ugh
sHS@a& AM 8A@ &M2s8Ng mM& II T@a@aaw@
III. a.Saa4sssas sasH
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
Hectic New Year Ahead
For Oil Industry With
Politicians AS Menace
Motor Fuel Demand VIII Tax Industry Unless
New Fields Found Storage Oil Low
Prices Going Up

of the problematca situations in the history of the
oil industry New the 60 days viii probably
Of the questions Every year the industry has
the form of gusher oil pool but this there
new pool the grasping politicians the menace
With record production Of Billion hundred million
except for the fact that consumption only equad the
1ucon but exceeded it. resulting in lowering storage oil to less
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
PAY 52HD DIVIDEND

Kaliapell-Kevi OIL company paid
a Christmas present dividend OF So
a share, the Send dividend OF the
company. in the sum of $13,825.
Since 1926 the company has paid
g1,125,000 In cash dividends II
fs a holding company with proper
ties in Key1n-Sunburst oil field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
COBB COMPLETES
FINAL WELL OF YEAR
IN CUT BANK FIELD

A. B. Cobb Cut Bank independent operator brought in
the last oil well of the year 1886 Wednesday, getting so
TO 6Obarrel well his Allotted indian tract No u.s. in GEL
NEZ SEZ 31-33-5W He had production in Cut Bank
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
FUEL OIL SALES
1880 BBL. PER
DAWN TAHA

The state Of Montana used 1876
600 barrels of fuel OIL during the
year 1885. according to statistics
of the U. s. Bureau OF Mines. This
total was made up Of the following
GALES.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

Range of sales totaled 1000
barrels.
Fuel oil sales in Montana In
1880 totaled 100000 gallons but
sales declined in 1881 to 1909. 900
barrels; In 1882 20 9S4 900 barrels
starting on upward trend in 1888
with sales OF 1,908,0 barrels.
In 1884, 1921, 900 barrels were sold
ami in 1885, 1876, 900 barrels. or
1890 barrels per day. This figure
production Of $4,000 barrels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
LEASES BRING s1a0

Government Iea@es on lands near
the crude producers On the wes1
slope OF Tmrm@g VALLEY al field
mnTa waeentIY msAa nj ameAanm. hTsm&-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16
Truckmen Strike
In War With CIO

Philadelphia (INLS)-The 15-hour
truckmen's strike in this city set a
record on the size of the ruction that
can be kicked up over compara-
lively small affair. Milk, produce,
merchandise and bread deliveries
were stopped for most Of day, and
every newspaper published in this city
or Camden suspended its July 3 issue
because the A. r. of L. and the CIO
could not agree on which should or
ganize two bakeries.
In this case, the A. f. of L. took
the offensive. Complaining that the
CIO had violated a gentlemen
agreement" by organizing the drivers
for the Freebooter and Ward baking
companies, the teamsters' joint coun-
ell, an A. F. of L. affiliate called out
all truck drivers at the end of the
working day on Friday, July 2.
Mayor S. Davis Wilson got the
leaders of both sides into his office,
and kept them there till they signed
an agreement to abide by the result
of an election to be held in the bak-
ing companies plants.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16

operation Of his company that it
should be in a position to meet the
fluctuating price Of steel by wage
variations if they became necessary .
In plain words, Tom Glider IN
sisted on being able to cut wages
whenever he pleased.
Contracts Working Well
One of the most striking state
ments of the board must be quoted
here:
eve talked over the telephone with
the heads Of a number Of steel COM
panies which have made contracts
with the SWOC, and we inquired Of
them how these contracts were work
ing out in practice
"They informed us that considering
the novelty of the arrangement in
their plants and the inexperienee Of
their plants and the inexperience of
the men in union affairs, it was work
ing out reasonably WE'LL"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16
Over One Million Railroad Workers
Press Demands for Increased Wages
Twenty Per Cent Raise in Pay Held Necessary to Provide
Annual Income Sufficient to Guarantee Decent Living
Standards.

per cent above those of 1885, in the
matter of employment, with only a
slightly larger increase in total COM
pensation.
1t is the expressed intention of the
railroad unions to work out the pro-
posed increase in wages SO as to give
hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, and
even piece workers the same increase
of 20 cents an hour This, of course,
would mean the largest proportion
ate increase to the lowest paid work
ers. Notable among this group are
the maintenance of way men, who for
over half century have been the
lowest paid railroad workers. Also,
these workers are often idle from
three to five months during the year,
particularly in the winter season.
Ever since hearings were first held
concerning railroad wages, years ago,
the plight of the maintenance of way
men has always been shown to have
been more or less scandalous.
The Chicago convention, which was
presided over by George M. Harrison,
president of the Railway Labor Ex-
ecutives' Association, instructed rep
resentatives to present the demands
immediately and to secure confer
ences at the earliest time possible
Even if the full demands are secured
it is stated it would add only about
$360,000000 to the railroad labor bill
and bring the total only to a little
over half of what it was in 1920.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16
SENATE COMMITTEE
Approves Revised Wage.
Hour Measure

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)-The
senate education and labor committee
has voted a favorable report on a
much revised version of the Black
Connery wages and hours BILL The
vote was said to be unanimous; but
Senator Borah, member of the COM
mittee, was not present. The bill, as
it stands:
Exempts all workers in farming
and fisheries. Includes horticulture,
dairying and some other occupations
as agricultural.
Contains no exemption for employ
ers of few workers. 1t was pointed
out at the hearings that some of the
worst cases of sweating, both on hours
and wages, have been found in indus
tries where only few persons are
employed in one place.
Prohibits employment Of children
under 16, provides penalties for such
employment, and bars products Of
such labor from interstate commerce.
Empowers the proposed labor stand
ards board to set maximum hours at
not less than 40 hours week, and to
set minimum wages at any point up
to 40 cents per hour.
Eliminates the provisions of Sec
ton 5, which empowered the board to
determine whether or not collective
bargaining agency were adequate to
the job or not, and to supersede find
ings by such an agency. This was
dislked by most Of the labor repre-
sentatives who appeared at the hear
ings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16
Canadian Steel Workers
Are Given Pay Increase

Halifax, n S. GLNS)-Another
increase Of ~ per cent which raises
wages of steel workers in Eastern
Canada to new high has been
granted by the Dominion Steel and
Coal Company, 1t affects workers in
steel plants in Sidney, Halifax, ST.
John, N b., Montreal and Newfound-
land. The announcement being made
IN the midst Of a provincial election,
opposition politicians threatened that
unless the wage increases were made
retroactive for three months they
would move for an investigation of
the company's financial structure.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16
CONDITIONS
OF the Ohio State Insurance
Fund

The condition of the state insurance
fund, otherwise known as the work
mems compensation fund, continues
to show, month by month, an improve
ment. This should be pleasing to all
friends of the Ohio plan of workmen's
compensation, and particularly the
members Of organized labor which ad-
vocated the Ohio plan and defended it
during all the years it has been in
existence.
The report of the industrial COM
mission Of Ohio for the month of May,
1897, shows that the total amount in
the fund as of May 81 was 1926
13413, of which $55 PSI, ,707.53 was
cash on hand. The surplus, known
as the catastrophe reserve to those
more familiar with the workmen's
compensation law, has again reached
a figure which places the fund in
solvent condition beyond the perad-
venture Of doubt The report shows
the fund allocated as follows:
Reserved for claims allowed and
payments of which continue over
period Of years, $38,854, ,66o.04.
Reserved for other membranes,
$7,738, 1851.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-07-16
BY A. F. of L. News Service.

Twenty-one standard railroad un-
ions contemplate gaining substantial
wage increases and other protective
features, for over million workers,
are now under way.
Demands were first filed by four
train and engine service brotherhoods
and the switchmen, representing about
100000 men, who asked 20 per cent
increase for all workers in these
organizations.
Thereafter, convention was held
in Chicago sometime ago, attended by
1000 general chairmen, representing
sixteen additional standard railroad
unions, with approximately 100000
more members, for whom an increase
in wages of 90 cents an hour is asked.
This makes a total of over mil
lion railroad workers who are organ
lied, with nearly 100000 seeking an
increase of 20 per cent and nearly
100000 asking 20 cents an hour more.
All regard these increases as vitally
necessary to the workers, the rail-
roads and the nation.
The ''long wage" or an assured an
nual income sufficiently large for de-
cent living, appears to be regarded
as especially desirable for railroad
workers. This resulted in the Chi
cago convention outlining three spe-
cific demands, which have since been
presented to the various carriers.
These include: A general wage in
crease of 20 cents an hour; 2. guar
antee Of full-time work for all regu-
larly assigned men and 3. guarantee
Of two-thirds of full time for all
standby forces.
Hit Heavily by Unemployment
Railroad employment has shown an
almost steady decline since 1920, when
100000 railroad workers were paid
compensation totaling $3,754,281 900.
The lowest number employed was in
1888, when only $4,000 had work
and were paid the lowest modern an
nual amount, a total of $1,424,392, 900.
In 1885, the number employed was
1,014,000, who were paid total Of
ST 500 ,229, 900. While the total fig
ures for 1886 are not yet available,
the monthly averages showed 5 or 6