The Criterion And The Independent (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 12, 1920 Page: 1 of 6
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Hist Soc.
Iona city, Okl
THE CRITERION
AND THE INDEPENDENT
VOl.l'MK Hi; NI MIIKK 47
ONE BUSINESS MAN STATES
ORGANIZED LABOR 1$ RICH!
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, MERCHANT WITH-
DRAWS FROM OPEN SHOP MOVEMENT.
TellK Committee His Reason for Refutiing His Endorse-
ment of Action—Has Seen Open Shop In
Operation.
The taut issue of the I'nion Labor the prevent status of labor in union
bulletin contains the names of seven shops have been aeomplished by the
teen Luilnea institutions In Little effort a of trades unionism.
BARTLESVILLE. OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY MARCH \ >. lirju
12.oo PER YEAR
ItocK, Ark., which have withdrawn
from or repudiate! the open ahop
agreement, which is, in effect, an
ugretment not to recognize the prin-
ciple of collective bargaining, hut to
lone all employes to deal us individ-
uals. and K W P rrln, a business
man of huh pend nt thought and ac-
t on. d’cbir • h msclf very plainly in
a sta'emdnt as to why he refused to
bectome n pirty to the fight against or-
ganized labor:
“Von runuot make a world safe for
democracy' while the employer dic-
tates the hour*, conditions and re-
muneration for labor.
"The employer hoi I* an economic
whip- the job which carries with it
tile right to eat. The worker's only
weapon is collective bargaining; take
this from him and you reduce him to! but at the same time other satellite*
CRITERION'S FOES
ARE CHALLENGED
Pretended Friends Spread False
Reports to Injure Paper-Puppets
of I tosses. Craven Creatures,
Crawl at Masters' Feet—
Their Hand Is Called.
The Criterion will soon be aged ; canoe without sending out the dis
Iht-ee mon'hs. Ita coining Into the tret* call, which was answered by a
world had some unusual features it demand for "time and a half" or no
was born under an auspicious star, help would he given, it would be have
HOSE PROFITS WERE MADE DURING
WAR BY VARIOUS CORPORATIONS
sAROR H AS NOT BEEN UNREASONABLE IN WAGE
IN CREASE DEM A N DS—RECEIVING
LESS MONEY.
Vho are the Real Profiteers?—The Dollar of Today Has
l/»ss Than Fifty Cents Purchasing Power—Wages
Less Than Prior to War.
rh.‘ public ha- be n led to believe Swill uud t <• m|*M>l> :
i'-- ***refully worded articles in the This Company has toul asset* of
i ublh- press of the country that or-| $451.053 0 2 and a surplus of $107-
an economic serf.
"Political democracy Is a mere plat-
itude for politicians to juggle with in-
“l told the committee which a.ked ’ ,ndlspen>Hbl- lo | *««»« manhood,
me why I refused my endorsement., ..you know why I refused " ,“arted fr,,n‘
were in conjunction that predestined
the infant a more or less stormy
period before It reached the stage of
pasted uncommented on Hut ever
since there ha* been a studied. Insid-
ious. uuderhunded warfare carried on.
aided and abetted by "interests" who i
foresaw in the Criterion possible
trouble for their purposed schemes.
gan'zed labor has been unreasonable
ir its demands (or wage increases. It
has Veen declared that this was large-
ly responsible for the high cost of liv-
ing 1014 1»1S
A careful analysis of the financ ial ■V'"C,, •*anr.ngs *3.742 -47 $14 ”53 '..10
reports of the various corporations has s trplus of 35.040.154
I’atad on the New York Stock Ex- The abov‘‘ fiRures are after taxes have
change will disclose the habitation of been P*id
tVe teal profile-rs in this country t „„,d Sla(e% K,md , rodB<.t,
793,886. Net earnings, 1915. $14.-
087 5<*0. • Net. Ibis. $26.t«4.132.
I tilted I'rult I ompiinc:
1914
93.742 .47
1914
the ruins of the on
that I had seen the open shop In prac- ^ VndorVement toThe o"p^ shopplun ly ‘*‘ab " or non union "'“>p In Bar-1 R"P°rts kep. coming *t«, the ears of
tlcui operation wh n 1 was a laiy. I 0f the Chamber of Commerce? tlesville. This alone should have at the publishers of remark* made by
"I reply, timply because 1 know leu*t called for approval, not alone certain members of the “craft," that
'rum long years of praetical experi- front the Martlewvllle typographical The paper was "working scab print-
.c'.'UK.K..t |."f .?fa.' 1 n, ,‘ ,*1U! urganlied labor will con- union, but from all organized labor. pr*. that "the jtaper was to be turned
serve the Lest Inter** s of industry' and it did train the letter, the smelt- into a aewer through which organized
Of course, mm hers of organized ers. the carpenters, the electricians, labor was to be 'shot' into u certain
torv act t ie 'trunk act' child lahnr ljb°! may comm,t ext’e8**S' become in fact from all unions except the political course;" that "the paper is
„ _______ 04cr tearing and arrogant; many etn-1 one Tills is suld with a full under- not In aymputhy with labor.” These
•nmht' * '!’* example of; standing of the significance of the are but a few of the tumble bugs that
.“•* abu*e I assertion. j have been turned looac to scatter
Hut be It said to the honor of the I,lulr Merement to the detriment of
typographical union, that not nil of lb® PaPer. to make organized labor,
j its members are subject to this cotn-
i plaint. A few of them, individually
-------- ! stood loyally by the labor paper, but
Largest Slugle Heal Estate Transac- ithe numl*‘r can be calc ulated on the
tJon In lllidcirr «f Fount) fingers of one bund, and have a con-
__ , siderable margin left. Joe Culver.
William Leonard. A. R Ho wen. and
went to work at 6 a. in. and we quit at
8 p. m . a frnrt en-’.iojr day. After a
day. then twelve, then cen; eventually
we got a n ne-honr day and finally an
eight-hour day; then we got the fac-
ia ws, etc So. whatever fault we may
find with trades unionism, we have to
admit that all these changes from the
economic serfdom of 50 years ago to
TR? f et Is lalor has not been and is
no; to ay receiving ita Just dues. Lo- n>, eari„ni?„ $4,119.2-1
ror is no receiving as high wages as Suritluw
it did prior to the war. Railroad em-
ployes are receiving less wages, ail
things considered, than they received
before the war, while on the other
I'nlteil State* Rubber
1914
Net profits $12,888,469
hand the railroads have b. en and are Surplus after dividend! ___________
still at the mercy of corporations who The net earnings of this company a
1918
$10,514 810
$10,229,923
1918
$45,804,139
11.848,052
present ate more than o te million
dollars per week.
of a principle Is not a logical urgu-1
ment against its legitimate use.
deal in railroad supplies.
The unalysis of the financial re-
l»orls of a number of the leading cor-
roia’IouM listed with the .New York
Slock E '.change shows s tin > mi-
ning" figures. A few of them arc her* Nel earnin,s *' <** ™* $5 421.11<J
\iii<r iron Hide mid I .cut tier Co.:
1914 1918
MEETING POSTPONED BIG UNO DEAL CLOSED
Lnngdon Enable lo Heel With Or-
ganized Labor Next Sunday
Vue big meeting with a inustcaT (Old
literary program which had been pro- The Pa!" we,>k ,fl,‘ real estate
posed next Sunday afternoon In the Transaction in the history of Washlng-
Odecm theatre, at which time it war ,on <‘oun'y consummated when
planned to have Mrs. E F Langdon U L- Travi* purchased from William
and Hon. Edgar Fenton, president of Kee,er s r,°" a<,rt*8 of >he Keeler ranc h
the state federation of labor, here as 1,1 *h*' south part of the county. The
Hpeakers. has been of necessity post* Brice Ik said to hive been $140,000.
poned by the committee having the •'t|- Travis evidently has faith in
matter in charge. The time was found the future of Washington county dirt,
to be too short for all arrangements 118 he has been buying up considerable
to be perfected. Mr. Fenton was com- land here the past few months. This
municated with and accepted the In- la!" dcal Placea him in the list of big
vitatktn. but Mrs. Lungdon's previous real estate owners in the county-
engagements made it impossible for
her to be here on that date. Other
matters coming up. together with the
inability to secure both speakers at ____
the time designated, forced the com-
mittee to postpone the entertainment BEA1 TIKI I. Ml HI KB RESIDENCE
till a later date, due notice of which DISTRICT APPEALS TO
will be given. HOMK*|:kkEKS.
As the date has been postponed, ad- -
•1 it ionr.I features to those planned will Many Pretty Monte* und Other* I’lnn-
one or two others, have at all times
stood by the principles of their union-
ism. fighting for these principles in
season und out of season, not merely
the loyal unions who had pledged
their support to the labor paper, lose
confidence in the sincerity of the pa-
per. One member is said to have re-
marked that he “hoped the damned
paper would not succeed," perhaps
voicing the prediction of the "boss"!
earlier in the game that “the paper
would not survive slxtv days."
To all these things the Criterion
made no comment, believing that it
given
A merle j it Woolen I iiiiipany :
1914 1918 ----------
Net earning* $2.778,«02 $12,324,084 T,},hl surplus
Bell Telephone Company t
1914 1918
Net earnings . Not given $39.913 000
310.525.552
"card men” with no sympathy for the wa« the work of the outspoken atttag-
princlples of unionism, but true to onists of the labor paper, but recent
the flag of organized labor. events have transpired that give more
There were, there are. others. They than a fancied color of truth to the
Central Leather I uinpany:
1914
Ne - fC.71S.Ul
Earnings first 6 months
Total surplus June 30
Pittsl» trp Coal Co:
1914
Net profits $4,201,070
Surplus __________
(Junker Hat* Company:
1914
tint n pan
Surplus for year $2,367,2’.2 $4,002,265 | Surplus
American Tohcccu Company:
1919 1 1915 1918
I Net earnings .$11,434,019 $19,034,762
$7,271,376 Total surplus..... 44.584 333
34.445 229 International Ihiper Co.:
1914 1918
1918 tN'et earnings ... $3,008,897 $8.194 885
$13,040,151 Surplus .. $19,104,764
23.822.652 International llnrte«ler Co:
1914 1918
1918 Net earninzs .. Not given $31,648,857
6'.036.663
TUXEDO GROWING
be now added and It may lie the ni-et
Ing wiH be arranged fer in Johnstone
Park, if the weather permits. The
eommittee I* working on the additional
features which will add much to the
pleasure of the meeting. '
nine Tulle of Incorporating
Inhabitant* Reaching Out
for Improvement*.
NEW CLOTHING STORE
Tuxedo, the beautiful residence su-
| Curb to Bartlesville on the east, mid-
way between Bartlesville and Dewey.
! situated on the high rolling plateau.
j commanding a view of both cities, is
| beginning to "feel its oats." so to
Madam Rumor Hints at New Industry »Peak beautiful homes are to
to Handle I’nion Wade Hoods. i be f°und there A number of business
_ men in Bartlesville owing homes
there, while conducting busines in
the city. The interurban rail-
ing passenger service between the
places, while the good dirt highway
makes motoring a pleasure and a five,
have attempted to harrass the labor
paper, going out of their way—may-
be at the behest of their masters,
whose puppets they were, and are,—
willing canines who were satisfied
with the crumbs that fell front their
master's tables. They have let no
opportunity pass to spread false re-
pot ts concerning the paper and its
publishers, openly rejoicing at any
obstacles that arose, unmindful of
the fact that the paper must have
struggles that could not be avoided
In starting the patter, refusing to lend
a hand when they could do so unless
they were paid greater feuiuneration
than was right hut in such emergency
they were paid for their “favors.”
No complaint was made, nor is any
complaint made at this time. Had
they been content to knife the labor
paper in that way. no objection would
have been raised, hoping and -looking
forward to the time when the Criter-
ion would be able to piddle its own
reports that were brought to us.
After convincing evidence, it was
resolved to make these facts known
so that the friends the Leal friends of ,
the paper may know some of the
things that come up in the way "the
pleasures" of publishing a labor paper
and to warn true organized labor
against being pulled away from the
path of duty. I have some respect !
for a horse thief, some consideration
for the man who in the heat of pas
sion kills his fellow man, some feel-
ing for the midnight holdup man. but
for a damned traitor I have nothing
but the utmost contempt.
Hereafter the Criterion will sail its
own boat, make its own prices on job
work and in uM things “sit on its own ,
bottom." It will In no way be guided
! by, ruled, dictated, or attempted to be
dictated by its enemies, either in or
' out of the "craft.”
"If that be treason, make the most
of it. gentlemen."
[US' EMIT PLAN UOI SHOW
Local Antlered Herd Will Live
of Ncrio* of ‘Doings'"
Bartlesville Elks will give a unique |
entertainment tonight in the Elks
rooms. There will be dancing and
along with this will be given a num-
ber of side attractions that will be
enjoyable. Card games, with prizes
for winners, and a sumptuous lunch-
eou will he served during the even-
ing
The Elks have decided they would
not in the future rent their ciub room
to outsiders for entertainments, the
lodge arranging for its own entertain-
ments every two weeks. The enter,
minment tonight will be for Elks and
their families only.
*r*l Bartlesville Merchants Will Join
Llorioi:* Display and Trade
Extension.
Like Uanquo’s ghost, the rumor of
an immense clothing store to be
opened in Bartlesville, will not down.
*The report is that a. million dollar
concern is seeking a location here for
otic of the largest exclusive men and niinute ride between home and busi-
KANSAS “INDUSTRIAL LAW” PATERNED
AFTER PEONAGE LAW OF MEXICO
FIRE STATION NO. 2
boys’ clothing store in the southwest
and that arrangements had been com-
pleted that will insure the estabiish-
(Leading Editorial in Wichita. Kansas. E^gle. Victor Murdock. Editor.)
It appears that Kansas has not done an original thing in enacting its
ness makes the residence In Tuxedo industrial court law. providing the prison cure for restive labor No less
for the busy business man a thing of
beauty and a joy forever. Just now
ment of the Industry. It was hinted ,be citizens of Tuxedo are talking of
yesterday that the Lannom building making an effdrt to have the town in-
at East Third and Dewey avenue had corporated and it is probable a census
been selected and that plans were al-
ready under way for the purchase of
the big building, the recent sale to a
banking firm having fallen through
with. It was said that one of the
reasons Mnlre Brothers withdrew the
former sale was that they had been
will shortly be taken looking to that
end. At present there is a splendid
opening for business there and there
is talk of a new general store going in
which will be greatly appreciated by
the citizens. Joe Goodrich conducts a
little general store at Tuxedo station
offered a larger sum by the clothing and is doing a big business. He is pre-
company. and the option time with paring to build a large store room and
the banking company having expired, will increase his stock of goods to
Maire Brothers hastened to recall
trade. *
Another rumor that persists is that
meet the demands of the trade there.
He sells for a less price than the same
quality of goods can be purchased In
the new clothing firm will be strictly elther Bartlesville or Dewey and en-
union, dealing in only union made : ^°' s a b*K patronage,
clothing and that the firm, seeing the The homes in Tuxedo are pleasant
situation existing between the five an.i w-ith plenty of room, and here
clothing stores in Bartlesville anil or- some of the finest gardens are seen,
ganized labor, will take advantage of , Many of the homes at present produce
that situation and fill in the gap. The j besides the gardens, much fruit and
matter is of much importance to or-' shade trees are being planted As a ... ..... .... ..... . . .. .
ganized labor which is said to be tak- residence district. Tuxedo is the com- *°'yp ,he of the crowded jaiis. which seems to promise most trouble ]
ing part in locating the new industry, ing action of Bartlesville, its homes 11 “iteration of the Kansas faw The rate-hiking court, under this combina-
arc the most pleasant; its inhabitants lon laW1'- could imprison the unions one at a time, and shoot them all dead
J. J Murphy, organiser of the oil the most hospitable. There Is an after their incarceration. This would simplify the matter greatly.
Held workers, returned to Bartlesville . abundance of natural gas which is It seems that we are overlooking Mexico in the matter of labor legisla-
Wednesduy and has been putting in furnished by the National company, ion. After the present industrial court law has made Kansas safe for Mex-
the time since visiting the workers in electric lighting and telephone service can labor, it may be that the farmers of future legislation along the same
the Bartlesville district. I will be secured in the near future. | |„e will he able to slip In the tax fug* as s Joker.
noted and exponent of the rights of labor than Mexico is the claimant to the
honor of precedence. According to the Mexican Review, the Kansas law fol-
lows closely the provisions of the basic law of Mexico, and the Review has
only praise for the American state which is most forward in following the
lead of the sister republic on the south.
Through many generations Mexico has shown rmearkable skill in settling
industrial disturbances and labor upheavals in tlieir initiatory stages. There
never lias been any unsettling of things by labor down there. The highly
successful system known as peonage has flowered and borne fruit in Mexico. 1
and when the present Mexican constitution was adopted it was deemed ad-
visable to do something about the mutterings of unrest among the peons.
Therefore the Mexican industrial court luw was incorporated in the consti-
tution. to serve as a pattern for legislators throughout the world who might
wish to take steps to keep labor in its proper place.
It is nek made clear by the Review whether the Mexican law provides im-
prisonment only for striking laborers, or whether the death penalty is set
forth as the proper course. But if the law says prison, the Mexicans have a
very fine way of getting around the difficulty. The Mexican lex fuga. well
known in the southwestern states whose residents have suffered somewhat
from it. meets the difficulty. Anyone who is in prison can be put out of the
way by the operation of the law. The prisoner is told to “beat it," and as
le goes he is shot dead. The Kansas legislators overlooked something in not
ncorporating this lex fuga into the Kansas industrial court law. It would
Hc*t Side Equipment to Be Installed
Earlj In April—Other Fire Nc«*
After nearly a year's time has
elapsed since the west side was prom-
ised ampif fire protection, at Iasi it
is said the m-w s,at ion is to be op* ! ni
turly next month and the equipment
Hint has for mouths been stored
station No. 1 will be installed and put
to use This will be cheering news to
West B*.rtjesville inhabitants. Tire
new station, located at Virginia ave-
nue and Third street, has been corn-
pi* ted ior so ni' months, but for some
At a me?ting of business men rep-
resenting various lines of industry and
trades, hell the first of the week in
the chamber of commerce rooms, it
was fully decided to put on a fashion
show night, following a trade exten-
sion trip, late in (he present month,
the dates most favored being March
22. 23 and 24. the fashion snow to be
on the night of March 15.
Committees on advertising, music,
decorating automobiles, routing and
various other matters will he appoint-
ed and every effort made to make the
affair a sucre-* The trade extension
trips and the fashton show that was
pulled off so successfully last year,
caused a demand for a repetition and
this year’s plan* are to be far more
elaborate: The publicity given the
city, bringing before the people t
adjacent territory the advantages of
trading in Bartlesville, cannot be com-
puted in dollars and cents. The sup-
>,i port of all lines of business should be
given the undertaking.
FOR A
RIME It AND BETTER
PAPER.
Plans have been completed for an
Improvement of the Criterion, begin-
hitnerto unexplained reason the stn-,n!nP w*t*1 ,be first issue in April. Ar-
t;on was not equipped The new s'a- ■ fangemen's have been perfected
lion is a splendid building, fully and whereby we wllf secure all the news-
completely furnished for the purpose Print paper necessary without the
of its erection and the "fire laddies" fpar of being unable to get a suffl-
are anxiously awaiting the time when oient supply and th^ paper will ap-
it will be occupied. pear regularly as an S-page. “-column
Last Sunday shortly after noon the weekly, it will con’ain much matter
department answered an alarm from of interest to 'ts rural readers, as well
812 Caney avenue, in the extreme out- af its urban readers, considerable
skirts of the southeast limits of the.sp c? being given to a discussion of
city. The call was answered with the!improved highways in lhe county, im-
department's usual promptness, but proved stock, poultry and to Items of
the three-room house, owned by John interest to the women readers. The
Brixford. and its contents, were con- j paper will have. also, a corps of coun-
sumed, the alarm not being turned in try correspondents w-ho will devote
till the entire structure was in flames time to gathering the neighborhood
and was beyond redemption before news, improvements being made in
the alarm was turned in. the county, stock Hems and items of
There was a good attendance Mon- a een“ral personal nature. The ad-
day night at the regular meeting of vertising patronage and circulation
the fireman's local and much interest support being given the paper justi-
evinced by the members. ties this improvement and every ef-
fort will be male to make the'paper
bigger and better as the weeks go by.
ATTENDING MOTHER'S FI NER IL
J. W. Houck of the Bartlesville bak- ■
ery was called to Chevryvalo. Kan -ab.
Iasi Tuesday by ne-vj of the dentil o’
his mother who passed away Tuesday
morning. Her illness was a compli-
cation resulting from an attack of
flu. Mr. Houck will return today or I
Saturday.
i
Sauitary Officer S. W. Knisely is
breaking in on the habit of some of
the young men. who imagine they be-
long to the “400," that of smoking
cigarettes in cafes and other places
where food is prepared. There la a
law against it.
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