| Show corporations WITH SOULS so often is the expression heard A corporation has no soul that a great majority of people have come to accept the utterance as a fact it is consequently more than pleasing to discover concrete examples that prove the fallacy of the statement one in particular has come to notice that is more than worthy of mention 4 not many weeks ago a wyoming oil man froze to death not far from rawlins having been caught by one of the early blizzards while out in the open prairies north of that town he did not die in vain realizing the vastness of the distances between habitation and the fury of the wintry blizzards that sweep the country the general petroleum company of california large wyoming operators has caused shelters to be erected along the road from rawlins to the ferris oil field many miles to the north the shelters are storm proof equipped with two double bunks a small stove coal for fuel broom lantern and oil for the latter small signs have been prepared for the shelters giving the distance from one to the other and worded as follows this shelter was erected for the protection of human lives particularly during tho the winter months and all needing protection from the elements are welcome should it be your fortune to accept this protection your appreciation can be shown in no better way than to leave the shelter neat and clean close the door and windows and at your earliest convenience return any material that it may have been necessary for you to use for your comfort general petroleum corporation of california in the short time that has elapsed since they have been erected the life of one man has been saved by their needed protection others will find them of service when exposed to the elements in that section no man made law required this coin company panY to do this act no pecuniary profit will come to it from the outlay no dividends in cash 0 will ivill accrue to the company by its efforts but already its humanitarian worth has been accomplished in the rescuing from death of 0 one who otherwise would have perished A mining company in idaho is expending thousands for a clubhouse for its employees and their families while a utah company is securing large stocks of provisions for its men at wholesale distributing the supplies to them at cost just two more examples of the trend of the times examples of an ever increasing justification of a belief in the fallacy of the time worn phrase about soulless corporations grubbing after the almighty dollar is not the only accomplishment of big business of today corporations which are nothing more or less than a collection of human elements are more than ever prone to display their human qualities if given half a chance |
