Show 70000 GET WAGE INCREASE Standard 011 Addo Many Millions to Pay Envelopes of Its Employees Now torkA voluntary wage increase In-crease that will affect approximately 70000 men has been made by the Standard Oil company The remarkable remark-able Increase to workmen who in the entire history of tho concern have never boon on strike ranges from C to 10 per cent The order Is retroactive and became be-came effective May 1 It Is estimated that tho company will add from G 000000 to sinnnnnnn tn its annllnl pay roll expense Tho now scale affects employees engaged en-gaged in tho companys works nnd factories hut tho office men will not t bo benefited by this Increase Most of the employees who will get the Increase In-crease are laborers and the advance applies to all the mjbslillary companies com-panies In the Unite States |