Morgan Post | 1910-05-27 | Page 7 | Standard Oil Raises Wages

STANDARD OIL RAISES WAGES increase of from six to ten per cent will affect workmen now new york may 23 the standard oil company has haa increased tho the wages of its ita workmen from 6 to 10 per cent the order la Is retroactive and became effective may 1 it is estimated that the company will add from froin to to its annual jay pay roll il expense the new scale affects employees employee a en gabud in tho the companas comp anys works and fae factories but tae ane office men will not be benefited benefIt b cd by this increase most moat of 0 tile the employees VILO will get the in creane are laborers and the advance applies to all the subsidiary companies in tho the united states the company has approximately 70 employees tho the standard is ono one of thu very few big concerns concer rist of this country which has haa never had a strike its employees