The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1918, Page 8

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1918 | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1918 U. S. to Mobilize Labor, Winning Out Before Forty The Biggest War Problem! is From Office Boy (o Steel Wistar the Path J. Leonard Replogle Has Trodden—He Went to Work at Twelve and = leeaiens ~~ Kept to His Task—Now Helping Uncle Sam Win the War. ‘Government Plan to Marshal a Nation-Wide Industrial 5 Pe" trp e Compatiory Bratt, bat & tyotem to Stabitize New Yo) k Boys. Who Have Won Honors ‘Fighting i in Air By James C. Young ’ / Employment, Bringing the Man and the Job Together. ——— — | T= uaa! job him ee a week Sets iy is see acat we erably less a yer. io wae an office boy then, and now he Ie By Samuel M. Williams. Director of Steel Supply for the United States Government, In years that have intervened between the two undertakings, J. Leonard Replogle not only has made @ good many millions for himself, but devel- oped into one of the men who have the running of America’s vital industries. His life has bad within {t all the elements demanded for the kind of play that was so popular before the time of the movies, For he was very poor and badly needed his first job. ‘Then he set himself to learn the steel business and advanced inch by Inch to be one of the ibig ex- ecutlves of the United States. d he is just the Kind of a man that such a boy should have become, ise «There 18 a most interesting story bound up with of J. Leonard Replogle. Back in 1889, when he was twelve years old, the famous Jolinstown flood swept down upon the homestead of the Rev. R. Z. Replogle, and carried with it the whole family, which meant @ix children and their parents, J. Leonard was one of these. After a time he got free of the flood, to find that two of the family had been drowned, and all of their Mitle competence lost in the general Copyright, 1918, by The Proms Publishing Co. (The New York Pyentng World) OBILIZATION of American labor for service during the war has M been Inaugurated by the Government in co-operation with tho American eration of Labor, This industrial army, mar- Shalied at home for duty in factortes and fields, provides a line of Mational defense second only to the fighting men in the trenches, | An advanced guard of trained speakers will start out this week to tour the country explaining the new plan and seeking to arouse inter- & {| ‘ , ¥ est of workingmen and thelr organizations in voluntary support. 7 : } oa! 4 ' | | | | 4 i} from his job, but put him In one, It will not draft him to compulsory labor, but help him to work well, live weil and earn good wages under better conditions than ever before, In return it asks @ man to stand back of the Government and see thi« war through by steady applica tion to his work and giving honest service in return for honest treat- ' ment. ; A broad, beneficial scheme ts this worked out by Secretary of | 1 Labor Wilson with Samucl Gompers, Hugh Frayne and other leaders Enlistment in the labor army wil! not take a single noaway | of the American Federation. 1t contemplates not only stability and H assured supply of labor for the employer, but help to the workingman disaster, There was but one thing to do. He must leave school and i by providing him with a job under guaranteed conditions and of the 0 to work ‘ kind best suited to his skill. { Needs Must When Necessity Drives. ' The motte of mobilization is to bring the man and the Job to- } It was then that J. Leonard got the job at 60 cents a day. This i gether when each needs the other and keep them together in har- employment was in the office of the Cambria Steel Company at Johns- mony. town. Young Replog! ok a hand with a will. or one thing, he had Industry has suffered more during the past two years from con- | to take hold. And according to the man who has now won success of ' stant turning over and shifting of labor than from actual shortage. 4 the broadest kind, much of his later achievement has been due to that A regular procession passes tn and out of many largo establishments, | } | _Drewsing need i resulting in losses of time, money and production. - | 1c e 2 : ¢ q — Things went very well with him. ; Systemization Is Needed. |there ds surplus fn certain Hnes of | Hora ‘ « 2 Bye . ‘ $ New York Flyers, ie . aot ‘ poi ty Fe Both Government and federation FRENCH ' Buus fe shale tessee couteceatt 1Bior while men are needed in the | aA : a CObRENEE! af Bravet in the Air, si ab ane A cna va ‘ agreed that this condition, undesir - won yy 7) . into many places where he certainly able to all con as due prin Are War Heroes) 4 2 concer. somebody took cipally to lack of system on the part heed of this tendency, and he was of all concerned—Government, em made junior clerk. Now the fires of ployer and worker—to guide and o|ambition were fairly lighted in the roguiate employment. udjheart of J, Leonard. If he could Forcibly drafting labor and com —the while his ¢ born brother become clerk, why not a sure enough pulsory measures against employers In arms is in 4 w Ailed steel man—one who did things with were regarded as equally undesir and who darts out to meet his:foe in| the big furnaces? : @ death grapplo between sun and} , Shon "ttt ihe earth, 1s the one mugnificent figure | The Firat Ste p. shops and workess, lkewtse the in this war of machines. figure He began to study and yearn for French military system, would not| | compelling the imazination of all the) a start on the upward road. Before fit America’s situation, The great world. long opportunity came to him, and Lea - ewan tee Speed mel On Saturday one of these Super-| no was promoted to be a shipping per of men available an staan 1 on e ipling of less tha : : Fa ; [eee ee Geile a; see beat | clerk. From this he passed into the changing industrial conditions 9) 66 jabor, rate of pay and what the Ladgiint daniel s steel business itself, getting a taste different ecctions presented a com | to a welcome such he never had . living and housing conditions, Men ligsenantanic’ trim and natty in|of the hard struggle with glant plex problem that could not be solved | os. make the journey to the new * 1 by a rigid rule or arbitrary plan. i niece with advance knowledge and ‘his unttorm of Lafayetto Exca-|forees. And a little later he was drille and with the precious Cross of , assistant superintendent of the azle 1 | Mobilization of labor in America. vcrance of what they are going as adopted by the Government, Mobilization contemplates sorting ont men on the principles of the se- | lective draft and then secking to fit| them In the place where needed most | HY fighting urks tn a and able to do the best work. In stead of having the crowd rush aim- |lessiy and unprepared into unknown | lcentres merely to answer demands! |for labor, the Government now plans! |for more systematic arrangements and helpful guidance. It will have information of condt- |tlons surrouding the job, how many and what kind of men are needed, |how Jong it is expected to last, hours War, conferred by rench Gov-| and forge departments, ernment, on his chest, young Lieut.) the years had been slipping by. con- \into and be able to make arrange- ee harder than most men are willing to sists tn setting up an Intermediary “ ; ¢ losemn c. On te Set eS ments accordingly. ’ Joxeph C, Btehlin . 4 machine between employer and em-| . bd pth j STEHLIN OF ink a 5 feom: tha Sia each marking further progress for | ployee for bringing them in touch| Keeping an Eye on Employers ‘ NEW YORK eye told by pretty girls he was a/¥OURE Replogle, He was working with each other and arranging ‘n| The Government will keep watch | hero, advance for thelr meeting on under-| over employers to see that promises | Then New York real strive, and bending the task to his 1 stood and guaranteed terms made are kept. Luring of labor by wg te of her sons? flown a bands. Jt has been well sald that | . DUGAN : victO “ e|nothing succeeds like success. Once The Federal Department of Labor | false pretenses or gradually chang WHO f ICTOR. , a i France, a k 4 ' will give attention to employers’ ar-|ing of working conditions will no’ FOO or. ag : CHAPMAN doe enncrecs the current begins to run, it may rangements and the Federation of|be tolerated. While having no direct Fore Font “ RECKIVED , they, fort ie eons take a man almost anywhere. Mr. Labar will endeavor to rally armies| control over private enterprise, the Pay la eK oA $ Rutan t ne ney ach Replogle was mado assistant to the i of workers for service where they | department Intends to hold employer an Aviacsa re : ; Rona the oe Peep then general sie ; Grievances against conditions as| nthe other hand, anion ors stgac orves and fearlessness of shade , and aren at! cis | gots amt ne | Only 300 Shopping Days Before Next Christmas! “°° Sly Nien Ponta ot the Ch ly by both eapttal and labor. Em-| operation in three master efforts, | wighita-of Bisepatinal. En? pria Steel Company, tn charge 9 q lovers. co! ed that men would) namely: Produce Inbor to meet | ~ = =r | purned down*by the United States| Sales. Just as he bad shown a i Ups a ie fob, but rushed to| ieisiomenty Nien lake “iene You Must Allow Yourself Plenty of Time, Because Four Years Ago the Kaiser Ke fn of his height, | Strong faculty for getting results in every new plant like prospectors to| on good Jobs; marshal labor in Thought He Would Like to Buy Some Trinkets in Paris and He Hasn’t a clerkship with the/the manufacturing departments, 80 i new mining camps, Securing and) solid support of the Government, Got There Yet Company m ho developed 8 capacity to) sell elt y training new men fs very costly. In many cities employment agen- - . ago, wont to ace % an to) of the steel that the Cambria plant cles are belng established as direct BY ARTHUR (“BUGS”) BAER. [ieara to fy in the Fre Higher wages and less work aro fr Oe care The time came when he was of- quent demands. branches of the Department of Labor Copsnene to the Presa Publigiing Co, (The Now York 2 Paitin | Cross he orters a battle by telephor And it ain't a short distance , he had een a Nicensed pilot only. ; Complained Of by Laboring |' to carry on the new mobilization Ww" only 1 d ¢ dlayn left to ty ” wire either, He gets on the gest long distance phone he can find ‘ mau ihenace ma-|fered an attractive opening in the Men. Phey are tho recrufting buresua of Resin EAR UNO Y SHOU $y ROT ONDE and arders ave birds to There isn't a chance of the | chines and fought them alone, ‘Two| Vanadium Steel Company's organi- On their side, workmen ali industrial army of American lbsony BRO PEINE, Of contac: there araic esa, as } Clown Prince getting wounded, as a top to look up his [hy dropped to earth in flames, then | ation. He resigned from the Cam- } of unsatisfactory labor conditions.) Yorkmen, who take rank alongs! the pink ‘Poll; weevil lonn sharks. i nd Hiawathe ployed en | number in the telephone book, At the lust Battle of the Somme the | scarcity of ammunition forced him to|bria and went to the Vanadium a: H overwork, breaking down of safe-|the soldiers of the front line of) “* @ ne with 4 Act hia SHOn Pog b Clown Prince was awarded one gre Iron Crosses for the blue field of honor 17,000 feet | Vice President. But the next year he } guard regulations under plea of war| trenches Eaelig pitaebeen a eae ns Gb be: IAt On the | having three telephone wires shot from 1 uth him |returned to the Cambria. Few men H neceasity, and, ebove ail, of inade-| | 7oNM Oh ehowing rouTane f of time, About four 9 #50. | And after that Clown Prince order ree over the telephone, Didier Mas-| have come back in such a fashion : quate, expensive housing and living Wh Do Y ou L h| se eg oh bape me * psc a actah atid pals seablaali what do you think the poor fish dus nav" of the) Ho bought 240.000 shares of stock conditions. Industry gave little or M aug) ae saad tee Series My , Mo reverses the charge, _ 1 Frances /at a price of $15,000,000, consum no attention as to how its men lived | When Tickled? ewer , ; wae : Hie ae gly hase Gaia mating such @ stroke ax the steel | oy spent their time outside the shop. | Eruovan yt f ar dlalca iu, $26 haaott } POOR RICHARD JR | thet 5? Cor Chaban: {08 ane had seldom Known in all of hat ' ) ‘ , : 2 i its long romance. The financial Invest! s assert that lack ¢ A : " 1} git, Burt t ms 0 un, th >. BY = ke | World wakaned to proper surrot gs incite more in-| re Ae: : the return half of that pa The lazy man who useth not his talents is like the night lunch» |r ¢ ko, | WO" i Wena vekantd the reall | stability and turn over of labor than | q ke i Sad wagon which hath wheels and goeth not anywhere. , ng Demon" o on that a new power had come di Mati AgerOUR Gn 5 1 his death| into being. And this genius of 4 do shop ee } Bd oa Ree S84 045 are located Prin » tha Ino, 'Tis strange to ponder on the young man who is anxious to become 1 was ono| ener and success Was just thirty \ Men wander from Job to job al-| ove t 1 pa fthe| Kaine 1 trip ticket the Prin « an expert fox trotter in a world which is not yet safe for democracy. kal Wine penta Slat mont alt y, taking @ chance that | body. ae . xy om © Clown I wing 1 pine years ol ! they will find something better, pro-|t® be protected, explains Popu r " ae eta ¢ Hale coe ‘ a The fool's skull hath two measurements. One normal and the other a | Climbing Higher. Sa Ri clk ‘ ¥ inflated. | . Pi ersupply here and leay T he arith . tar ‘ ow More strongly than ever fortune ¢ re. ‘Th al ‘ aan winning Iron ¢ enever " The coward bewareth of the antlers of the ant, 1 1° favored the office boy who made \ hey aro not trained : — ncapameeniiennaamcaiand polo player and all nd spe gool, Less than a after. the ‘ 1 ” « publish adve nos ] ¥ » ~ H “4 N . ~y 7 “ 1 4 ‘ pec ible Corineapa tied Leno da What Causes the Singin 5\N W Te : \Seeing Stars From the! \ : front | Cambria. $00 in com ; then t i > eran of Telegra oh Wires? ew ar e oy ends B f WwW lI guy - Verdur ed hia {betition With the steel mamters of the more 1 an they noe “i in-) the phys 8 4 Felic of th negray ' ottom ofa e le grey one Reple again showed A AT stars are in ngth, He became President aii t to euerd sor conan cto |) wemuattinesrenaraed ords a inute ie me trom tho bottom of & deep hs magcblhe: ers sotor of the Amerlean vars The ng rap-| a r z the | ‘ pros . F well has been gene and ¢ Laps bey t t of patri-| r | or VE + © apparatus i neo the duya of| am Dugan jr. of Rochester | UN" is enn eny another industrial otiam t promined fiat acts 4A) i , " | 8 4 & printing telegraph | Aristotle, but thera is not the slight>lentisted with the Pe al hecuiiad oF largo scopt. He also : "the Govart |" f | y A # Upon a universally | oct poy tlon for the idea, says] jrrynco and t t . Chairman of the board of the ke © Governmer ne | ; - B i ir : : ument that Powiitay a ara ON} dion A won| Wharton Steel Company : OrIOE | ox wk nd t | Ac , \ " {ita spent 6 8 1 Of) the Croix ¢ iy I of us Wonder by what process ¥ v | 6,000 w r ui - 4 Lad n de the sful man got to ? , n dation lw ¥ ’ M r Hed in la 1 1 a the top. bar, in he wid iu relation to ely v 4 parts ¢ Licu i c w \ od for a w th . ¢ g eoded if f 1 thet . ; 4 ie pher with facility | dn vider in support of thid!) parent t b | When asked fora word to those stil} eed to and help win|of laughter and efforts tu be f y Oxp rus y : r j rupidity "ho 6 of 6,000) yioiter, and it co boon thors| avenue, enlisted with the British [2% (Mo road, Mr. Replogle gummed | But t aging the abricks| i the f at ‘ jon dy dices w ute docs not hinge ur 1ghly explod like many] Royal Vlying Corps, and flow with| UP Nis experience in this way: ation acheme| of terror « « might } a in t jwore the abbreviating code, bUt] other “explode t Fourishes|! jis contingent in Wrance \int Gore | hate to see any young fellow riven i ta yy heen the f * of the wi | » ad 'M* | just as vigorously ae ever ie viutor &illed him over the|do of the things I have done be diverted to nit)reen tI Peg ittaiiseay- ——— ‘ Details of Ww crouse Bev fi Crack oper | |make all the mistakes | have made, t it. For) iuman’s COLLEGE MEN OFF 10 phar In two hou HOW TO GET RICH Voss 0 ‘ ne a eas ade E D ee O S claimod, a auiel witted | ¢ ¢mrvi metiiods of practising) eee tno | cael yeara’ GI Ponte ee ere Lave | Oren IN WAR { f ¢ un be trained to send and | wrote Dr. Samuel Smiles, an | ae ee iy ‘ worked, Th one advantage Thad can quick learn 6 iAtag. 3p O aprir M than fif Y t for the * Featand OF OSH teu y on the sublest, "Bpond lesa down « German plane on Oct. 1, and| or" Ky ho didn't bave te do . vr a1 ort ore at disorea | instrumente are not of involved char-| 4 portion should always be eet a8 iugged along to " the he West and South» y war service. commercial lines, No secre di- goter, for tho future He received the Wa ‘plugs 6 the neay ong,’