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Published monthly to advance and promote friendly service with the customers of The Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co., Lufkm, Texas
Vol. 2 June, 1923 No.9 ,/
THE PASSING OF SIMON WOOD HENDERSON East Texas Pioneer, Manufacturer, Lumberman, Capitalist and Citizen, Born 185'9, Dier May 3, 1923
Almost every visor and busi one who has ness associate. I i v e d in East Someon e has Texas any said: length of time "We never know k new Simon the true value of Henderson, and friends while they although h e has live, we are too been inactive for sensitive of their a'n u m b e r of faults; when we have lost them, we years, and his only see their vIr passing not un tues." e x p e c ted, his death came as a So it is with the decided shock to friends of Simon his many ft·iends Henderson, hi s and associates. virtues far out A I th o u gh we weigh his faults, k now nature's if any h e had, in ways, we believe a large active ca "where there is reer. lif e there i s Charactel· i n hope" and when men is the prod the final s um uct of their early m 0 n S comes to environment and those near and educational 0 p - dear to us, the portunity, and as shock is just as for Simon Hen hard to bear for: derson, born in Clinch County, "01 God, it is a fearful thing to Georgia, at the see the human beginning of the Soul take wing in Civil \ i\f ar, was any sha~,e, in well supplied any mood. (Byron) with the fo rmer, and had little op So in profound portunity for the sorrow we latter, so that in mourn the loss every sense 0 f of a warm per Vice President Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company since its organization-one of its original the word he was sonal friend, ad- promoters and always one of its most enthusiastic supporters a "s e lf made" Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023
THE LUFKIN ~LINE 2 f man" being practically dependent on his own r eso ur~ es decided op1111Ons himself he detested the t from early boyhood days, b eing one of a lal-ge fa mdy washee" or "on the fence" office seeker-as he used n ext to the youngest o f fourteen children, living on a to say, who was on every side to get votes_ H e had . s mall farm only producing a bare living; young Simon no use for the hypocrite or demagogue_ w as n ecessarily hired out to clear land, build houses In active life Me H enderson took little part in re s uch as they w ere in those days at 25 and 50 cents ligious affairs, still this phase of his life was not p er day. So thru h ard work, frugal habits were form- all dormant nor n eglected, for during his later years ed that influenced his whole after life to advantage. as an invalid h e took a decided interest in these mat- The first twenty years of his life in Georgia were tel's, so that b efore h e passed away h e had an un spent at hard work, o f every nature ~ rom clearing faltering trust a nd abiding faith in the promises of la nd to clerking in a general store, going to school our Saviour. when opportunity offered, an experience which stood Mr. Henderson was a devoted husband and father, .him in good stead w hen h e arrived in Corrigan, Texas, n ot only to his own, but his bwther's Ol"phan children D ecemb er ] 9th, 1883. w ith $238.00 which w as som e whom h e raised and loved as his own, as happy a .mon ey for a young man to have-in those days. fa mily as could b e found anywhere. No father could His first employment in Texas was by Henderson have been better tha n "Uncle Simon"-and then a & Myers, tie contractors. After w orking with the word should b e said for a most devoted wife and firm about eleven months business became stagnant mother, who for almost seven years has stood patient and his employers m ade a proposal to ",ell to nim, Iy and loyall y by h er invalid husband, giving him which h e accepted, continuing the business until 1886, every attention nig ht and day, as was n eeded, with no making a success of it. .. . thought but the h op e that som e day h e would b e Con-iuan at tha t time was a most actIve PO Int 111 stwng and well again, a h ope tha t could not be real the lumber and tie industry, there b eing m any s,Hall ized. mills and la rge tie camps every few miles in every Simon Henderson was charitable to a fault-no one direction so tha t along w ith the tie business h e b e- in want was ever refused h elp, white or black, a nd came owner of a general store, w hich in those days there are many testimonials that his "left h and knew was the most important influen ce in the country, han- not what his right h a nd doeth." H e had a big h eart .dling . everything a nd doing a banking bu.sines::> ':S fo r the fellow in trouble, or the unfortuna te, and we well.. Young H enderson was popular, canled a bIg can well say: stock and gave service, all of which was undoubtedly d d "He is truly great who hath a great charity." respon sible for his b eing con sidered a goo tra er.. The funeral services were h eld in the Methodist This experience uridoubtedly developed the tradmg instinct which made him known alJ over East Texas- church at K eltys, the R ev. M. S. Jordan, and Dr. E. . h f 'N. Solomen officiating, the burial taking place at . h e could see through a deal and look mto t e uture GI d I t L fl' Th' b' f h .: : .. I . I too h 1 -.b. t 1 . h e . enn a e cem e ery, u on. IS emg one 0 t e sU'rpnsmg y.. qUI te,. l e cn ew ow. ,D ac, a rges unera sever e i:c:;n,..-,....,u"""=~-7'l.. u sed ·to say '.'g-et 111tO the othel- fellow s place and . h d' I f h' t d . t " ------fl:QlU far and n ear and a large concourse of colored vIew t e ea rom IS s an pom . . d h h d k d f - M H d ' "h'l 1 h u t f f b . 0" a good close m erhaIl women W 0 a wor e 0 1 r. en er son \ t' I .e 1 ~ ba s a Id-ePl ad IOn .o el11° 1 om for m a:ny---years, hey too paying their respects to their tra d ~ r Ir: t1111 er ~n an _~ h IC h . was t1l e on y ~ . - d eparted friend a n benefactor. m odltv 111 East 1 exas dUlmg hIS heyday, yet It IS A' d t I I fl . f ' d ' h b said hJe took no advantage, his word was as his bond. t ' f 1m l sOlve y . ow er&...Ln protuslOn an .Wlt a ela~d- .' 1 . b I U funera servIce our ~ soclate was al a nd 111 the ltght of present day va ues tIm er was to rest. bought seemingly ch eap, yet it took him a lifetime to The following w ere pallbearers : active: E. L. Kurth, r eali ze on hi s investment and then unfortunately could d J. B. Bwderi ck, D ave Thompson, C. A. Smith, VV . 1. . n ot enjoy it. He detested a shady transaction. an Rowe; Eli vVeiner: R. .r. S mith and M. S . Scott; h on- misrepresentation by anyone on the other hand If .he G M . II h Id I d t h ora ry,. A. K elJ ey, 1 . A. Moses, J. H. Kurth, Geo. thOUg1lt a te ow w ort y'. wou oan or .cr e 1 1m 2\1' A J P HAM H G ;
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UNION LABOR-By Chas. E. Carpenter
(Th~ ro ll owill g a rticle is taken by specia l permission from th e 11 ough . w c~ s a quiet little after-luncheon ta lk by a famous vet tO I ~ L1J1 ~ ~r~:)J11 t l ~~ pen ~f. Chas. E. Carpenter-The Lufkin 'Line has ~ h\a y s l cfram·ed 110111 pol!t1cs or labor di sputes as the Concern which ennan an, to about a dozen li steners. It represents has no labo r ques ti on with its Employees nor has it had wC are proud to say, for nearly fiftee:l years-believing it ha s the bes t He had been employed by ~he Standard O il Company an d 11:0 5t loyal set of men to be found anywhere, but the article meets to work economy in their teaming, by introducing the our views so cl~arly. ~ eems to us :0 present :he matter so fairly that any. man who thinks will feel that he has read in a short imva rtia l article proper methods for the care of the horses. a vle~v o f most. every phase of a subj·eet that is by far the most vital to thl S country In th e prese nt un settled conditio'l1, etc., etc.) H e explained to us that the proper stabling, feeding . Nothi ng that is detrimental to a substantial major and care of a horse were economies and not extrava Ity of the people shoul d be permitted to exist. gant fads, and he produced statistics to show the com parative cost of hauling per ton per mile, between For O\·er a quarter of a century I have given care horses well cared fo r and horses indifferently cared fOL ful study ar:d observation to the subject of U nion He also impressed upon us the n ecessity of having the Labor, during th e major portion of which time I was s t a ? l ~s present w me appmpriate architectural beauty, a strong sympathi zer of the unions. clall111n g that it was next to impossible to preserve the . !f I am less in s ymp~thy w ith U nion L abor today, proper morale of the stable employees, so that they It IS because I am more 111 sympathy with the laboring would carry out the poli cy of proper cl eanliness and class as a whole. stab! e sanitation, in a morbid appearing, forbidding \ iV hensoever any g roup of perscns becomes so inoc 1cokl.ng shack of a stable, and furthermore, that the at ul a t ~d ,with greed t~ a t its eyery effort is exclusively tr~ c.tl ve n ess of. the stable had a direct effect upon the for ItS own benefit, IrrespectIve of the injustices done spmt and effiCIency of the horses. tc? th ~ rest of the community; when a powerful com T hi s was before Public Opinion stampeded the b111at~on of individuals gives not the sli g htest thought U nited States Sup l- eme Court and caused that august to US111 g ItS power for other than furthering its own body to dissolve the Standard Oil Company, as was. se.lfi sh end.s, and has a record of years of existence T his veterinarian traveled all over the \ iV orld, goil1 g to wIthout bemg credited with a single charitable act to one station after the other, instituting hi s stable re ward oth ers, the question is not so much as to whether forms and as a result he ~ aved the Company an im its existence is warranted by th e needs of its members meme amount of money. Incidentall y. h e also per as it is whether or not its existen ce is a detriment t ~ formed a most humanitarian act in adding to the life the people as a whole. and h appiness of the noblest of all beasts, although so The hue and cry of the labor agitators is that the far as I can now remember, he did not refer to the ac en:plo!,ing class cons-titut s a slnall unnority, which compEshments as humanitarian in any way. m1110nty b ecause of its g reed. g rinds down the labor Perhaps those Standard Oil offi cials who instituted ing majority. ~hi s reform were g reat lovers of horses, and were ori g If statistics are reli able, U ni on Labor comprises m all y prompted by considel-ation for the horse more about 4% of the entire popul ation. tha n by con sideration for the pocketbcok. \Vho knows? B ut it only goes to show that all good acts have their There surely' can be no difference in principle be coll a teral advantages extending fa r teyond the ori g ~w ~e n a ml110nty of employers imposing upon a ma in al intention of the act. Jo nty of employees, and the minority of 4% of the M odern industry- that is, the groupi ng of a large population im l ~ os ni g upon the majority of 96%. number of working people under one management F or a long time the people were deceived into be is comparatively new, and we have had much to learn lie,·in g· that wh ensoever th ere was an advance made a nd undoubtedly have considerably more to learn con in w ages, in consequence of a demand by a union, cerni ng this modern institution of society. the advance came out of the pocket of the employeL There was a prevailing opinion that the employee But it came to pass as the employer became more obtained teo little and the employer too m uch and, intelligent on the subject, and employers g raduated from scientific institutes of learning, rather than the therefore, whensoever a wage dispute occurred be r ;:: nks of the employees, and the owners of industries tween employer and employee, the sympathy of the were la rgely non-active shareholders, rather than the P ublic was usuall y w ith the employee, but g radually active executives, and as the constant agitation of trade the Public has come to learn that these advances in uni o ni ~ m, socialism and vari ous othel- isms brought wages come out of the pockets of all non-members of about censtant debate b etween the so-call ed theorist s labor unions and go into the pockets of the small and the so-call ed practical men, that employers began group of labor union members. As a result, there is to comprehend that th e proper care of their human little or no Public sympathy fo r the labor unions in workers was just as economicall y essential as the prop their present day disputes. er care of their equestrian workers. In the earli er days of the g rowth of American in dustries, the employers were for the most part, those W hile the students of true industrial economics have w ho had gl-aduated from the ranks of the employees. learned that welfare work amon g th e industrial em ployees carri ed to the point of paternalism, is like unto They were aLo for the most part, owners of the all paternali sm-apt to w eaken the strength of the in businesses they managed and accountable only to di vidual-welfare work is no longer looked upon as the themselves. Today, the employer is usuall y an exec beautiful, impractical theory of the fanatic, but as an utive, who is accountat le to a be ard of directors and stockholders and the latter are mostly void of senti economic industrial necessity. ment, demanding fair returns upon th eil- investment T h e enormous waste caused by turnover is now fully and holding the management responsible for t1r6se re apprec iated by the employer and the study of ways and turns. m eans of minimizing this waste has been receiving One of tce most impressive speeches I ever h eard (Continued on page 8) Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023
4 THE LUFKIN LINE ------.------~fl --__ . IS YOUR STEAM FEED IN THIS CONDITION? The other day one of our good customers brought in a repair job on a steam feed rod bringing in the piston head section with the h ead on it, asking how soon we could repair the rod? 'vVe suggested a new head, for unless our looks deceived us this one was "somewhat worn." It developed that it had been run Tooting Our six years, and th e feed being 12 inch dia. the head has Own Horn worn to llYs in. on one end, llYs in. in center and I llY; in. en other end. Now although this piston had been out frequently for new rings which of course didn't last long, no one CASTING 26,OOO-LB. FLY WHEEL-LUFKIN ever thought to measure this piston. T he incident is FOUNDRY POURS LARGEST HEAT common, we have fo und them even smaller than this, IN IT S HISTORY the Millmen wondering why the rig was so slow- why it took so much steam-why the whole mill was loos On Thursday June 7th we took off our largest heat ing "pep," and production was down ? over 40,000 pounds-pouring 26,000 pounds in ene Many devices have been made and tried out to l-'re mould, that for a square rim fly ""h eel 10 feet in diam vent this excessive wear-to hold the piston rod in eter with the rim 12 in, wide, 12 in. deep, for the line, some of which makes feed cost twice as much, Eureka Ice Company of Houston. yet none have fo und favor. The revolv1l1g cylinder feed prevents uneven wear on the cylinder, the most \Ve have made larger and heavier wheels before but expensive part, and if the head and rings are replaced the total heat is the largest in our history. every year, which is such a very small expense that Few people outside of those actually in touch with the increased production every week would pay for foundry methods know what it means to prepare for it, why run them 6 years? The same is true with steam engines and all mill such' a job, the time it takes to get ready to pour, and cyl inders. If your automobile piston leaks lubr·icat 1 that after casting it is necessary to leave in the sand ing oil and knocks out the spark plugs, you bore out until it is thoroughly cooled, which takes at least a the cyli nders, put in oversize piston and rings and week. overcome the trouble. How many saw mill men give the same attention to the Mill equipment that "makes Moulds of this character a re built up as a rule made money" while the auto spends it. entirely in dry sand cores, the tremendou weight of Man)' a steam feed takes as much steam as the saw the metal making it necessary that t here be no give in mIll engine unless they are kept up. s tms the condi- any direction, then, when the mould is completed, it tion of yours? must be h eavily weighted down to prevent metal W. D. WINSTON NEW SECRETARY LUFKIN "floating" the top, all so that casting will not swell FOUNDRY & MACHINE COMPANY it must be exact size. At a recent meeting of the T o insure a sound casting it is necessary to provide Board of D irectors of this Com many large "risers," really columns of metal to make pimy, on accoun t of the death of head 01- pressure to insure a solid casting. These Mr. Henderson, Mr. Trout, for risers are also churned for two to three hours after the mer Secretary and Manager was molders standing right over the mould, a hot job elected to Mr. Henderson's place, his title now being Vice Presi where they get a genuine turkish bath, an experience den t and General Manager, and they would rather pass up this hot weather. 'vV. D. \t\!inston, for a number of It will be seen that a job of this nature really ties years its Auditor, was elected up floor space for nearly two weeks, which in these Secretary. busy days is a big item. Mr. 'vV inston is a young man Pouring a large casting of this size is most impor of pleasing personality, who has really grown up with this Com tant for the least hitch is liable to destroy a week's . pany starting with cost department in 1913. He is hard work; ladles must be properly lined and well familiar with its entire accounting system and takes dried, cranes and all equipment in best ordet·, for when an active interest in getting real costs of production, a large quantity of metal is to be handled and the sig also attends largely to credits and collections, one of the most important departments in the business. nal is given to start pouring a few seconds lost time \ V e are pleased to pres en t him to our readers. may mean the loss of the job. After casting- is thoroug-hly cealed it is cleaned and THE PASSING OF SIMON WOOD HENDERSON our large boring and turning mill makes short work of (Continued from page 2.) finishing-. Mr. H enden;on was vice president and director in the following concerns : Angelina County Lumber Company, Few people realize the time required to handle jobs Vernon-Parish Lumber Company, Lufkin Foundry & M a of this nature, and that the larger the casting the more chine Company, H. G. Bohlssen Mfg. Company and Boynton Lumber Company He was vice president and general man care and time is required to the end that there will be ager o.f_the Angelina and Neches Railway Company, and was no internal strains that may develop, p. rhaps years a director in the following: San Augl1s tine County Lumber Company, Lufkin National Bank, Peavy-Wilson Lumber after, due to laxity in this respect. Company, and Peavy-Moore Lumber Company. Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023
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LuCkin Foundry &: )lachIne Co., Luf\f1n Foundr J ., )lachine Co •• Lutk! n , Texes . Lufkin, . Taxu. Gentlemen: We nave your lettlltr or "arch 7th, iRQ. utrl:',£ In reterence to the 60'11 Harvey Hog ae to t he kind of hog ..e are ua lll8 I n Our .alrln1 11, recently In~talled In our 1'femph1l1 mUl, write and. In r e ply, will advtse tMt ... e tt.ve a HARVEY to uy thi" mochlne Is giving good service In hog which It ao1d, a s we underetend . by t he Lurlrin SC_ t wo yai r' Igo we were heving f'OIl..M.ry &. MachIne Compan, at. Lurkln ~ .ulll. tro\lble gettln, enough f v.ol through. our Hog t o -every way • making fIne fuel and taking all the k eep our ba ttery· of aiz boUerl going Ind i t waste we can put into It . The e xpense ot up- keep The writ er hall had cOflll lderable el!.perhr.ee wla tlkil:li 'thJou or four _n to feed it . " e 18 very lIght inde ed. As y ou know, we 9P~1"8te with the------a nd --- , end we wa nt to say to leu we re dlleulalDa thb w1 th Olle of our 11_111 a slmn /;l r Ill(; ::h l ne In our Pineland mill, install very rrankly that the HARVE Y hog is W¥[uelllt lona b11 fri • .ndl and he liked ... wby ·•• did not pv.t il:l ing i t In 1. 0 , and sa you have been .advised the 'ben o Tle On t he merket. I e be U evtll that you a Harve, HOi an4 ge t t he beref1lo ot III our 1"efua • • berore , thi:. I!Ilchlne is doIng all that you said would get I!\ON sattareclo17 "'aultl ·trom I t a nd a t it would , end by the way , we were In pos1 tlon leas e l!.pense or up-keep than any Othe r on tt.e ~r Wa lnveatlget ed the Hlrvey Hog fullJ ke t. I nd b ought a sixtJ inch. SInce l nltallt ng it
~~;~a~~d ~~ ~ t ~~;t~~:! , c~~~~r~:o~if;!~~~t·!a~:: we are unable to teu you JUSt Wl".&t • M " :~t~:a~O;~~~k: I!,Jh:t f l:!lw:x~:~. ~;t~~.~~! . berore InstAlll1ng the Harvey HARVEY hog .. 111 COSh but re~rd l ess of tr.e price, lie do not be lieve you lIould mIIke a !Idol take In bUl i! :!!! t:;!~d o~~ ::';I!~ b:i~:;)' W~t 1I:~~~U~O~~~f t oce we had not commented on the per i ne t t.e HARVEY . r aqu l re~ ao we Ira for eed to l et a t lel st one forr::ance of the hog in the HemphIll mill, a nd by Ul l rd. of tbe l laba 11'14 a tick, iO to the burner. the way , we removed from that mill a Hog of snother Iv l:Ie U eve thlot tile Lurktn Poundry &. " ac!".t ne CoelP"ny are /t.anuraCtuNrs of tM HARVEY 'hOl!: ard • We are well pleal ed with our Harvey r..oke when Vie installed the Harvey, thought i t ahout Hog I nd i.f I t In), lo1 _ . • goo4 word ... 111 he lp time to wr1te you Jus t how we arc getting along w1 t h l e tter addMIS8d t..o them at Luf kin , Texa.s, w111, WI! tl N !t urto , Nve ~h!lr' tlltent ion. )'OU .. U • prolpecttve buye r . J Uat. r efer hI. I , t o \la . Youra truly , Your:! ve ry truly, W . ~'" k1 ndelt r eilrd • • we IJOe . Ni:W DE£ W;R MF G. COMPA.NY. I ~ . YOU1" a very. truly.
ADAM S BAHKS-:"'8!!I!: COW P.l)IY . HOT/OYA ]01... / 0 S1,lpe rlnt e ndent. ~"""'r- ~ ~ o' ~ ...... ,.0. < C.~."L ~ ~ .• • __ ...... ~ - ~ , . , .. ' ...... ~ .....00 " • •• , ...... PORJ)YCE LlDIIn~H (~O. .u..KA.NH~" 80FT '"LVE CALCASIEU LONG LEAF'PINE ... 1I.4IUn9Oo.'N or ...... ,'n' SLAGLE, LA. [)IocCfl:ber 19 1922 ...... " 'O.~CK'~YH~ Any User of the J'tJJU: 8 . 19a2 L.tUa Fo'lm4Jy A KuhiDe :::0., lAL~ ln Poundry 6: Itachine COII¥l, nJ lM~ln, Te:uI LutklA , resu. OOI,tlelllen: C.nU ...D : -'" Referring to the 4a" Harvey Hog whlch we pur ohl13ed frOD you and i nlt, l led aome 90 dlYI I go. we tlke w. ha.,.. Tour l ayor ot recent pl.t>llure In auting that we have found t hil hog" very HARVEY 4&h uti... that •• ely. you our experieno. _Uh th. Ran-r Rog , _d i n repl y beg to ~~!C ~ ~~tO~!~:~ i~~ ~c~!~~~ ~~n ~~o~o~~ ;~~o~i'h!~ ~~t .~1 •• that we Ul.'alle4 • SO · HarY. y .oae thl.t they have hid any exper lenee wIth : 1l1-. O'I'er tb.r • • yeU'. aao IIP d 1 t h u been ••ry ••'hlaotory ind.ed. !'h. HOi 1 . ..11 The compactnelll8 and :lmall Ilze of th1a hog fO J' ita Cipac ity makel the I nltallation very eUly, and 'bal._oeeS, ooc ..q u.ntlT t he hor sepower r .... thf' few .... ork1ng psrtl IIInd I lmp l I c l ty of 1 t1! make- up and quired to drh. 1a I lI all ,i U lIIIakU gOM nel all working pe r ts el'Y to get a t are the fea turea that melrl!' aDd 18 'u, to ope r ate. ". you probably th11 hog a., ~ul table to u. tn" .. hau a t.o bllPd a11l, cuttlng h&rd HOG _ooeS. CID. or teo _ ••ao h . e.t through t he p11l ••111, .d •• do Dot finci 1 t n e ceUU'J ,. operate t llh Jl OC ower t our or nu ciay. laob •••t ",0 h.p UI 1n f u el . Will Testify Favorably Very t rul y tUIh:O'h S A NER RAG LEY L U M B ER Co ~ ... ' .... ~"; ~...... co· ' _~::;'~ :.... LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE LU MBER 'c4 ...,...... CAR M ONA TEXAS June l ~ , 1922 TRINlTY.Tcx,,"s. W.aN;: h 8, 1921 tr. E. H. EOundll , #r. c~" &..bIo ...... ShopPr""'PfIo4 I.Igr . ~ Ichincry Sales .. Lufk1n Pounc!ry 61: ':achine r.o . ... Lufkin, Texos . • ..w ...... , .... c ..... CIT" • .oo.ooo .. .. no ...~ "'~~'f{. near Si r: 1une 7. 192~ \'1e Ire ve ry I5hd t o u:Je this meanll of boo!:t - ing t he Hlrvey Ho ,J ' Some t Ime seo, arte r !;Ie took over ~he Sa ... .:111 Plant I t thh place ~ we found installed therl! il'l • • Ha~vey Hog . ..t rIrllt we .... ere no t SO ... 811 Impre:Jsed with this mschin8 aa i t wa!: not· g ivIng the t(r. W. C. Trout. bes t resul ta. However, upon investi gation we f ound Lufki n Foundry &. Wch. Co . , thlit the I!\Qchine .... 111 not properly inat4l11od. ane Will Lufkin , Te xall. t hererore laboring under difficultiea . We hid Ire. Lufkin Foundry . Ifa chlne CClaipany. t nstallition of this !:lachine mlde by a good l:tll Ri ght . ~urk i n , Texa. cear Sir: a ince whIch t i lD e I t h i li run, Jllrr:oflt perfectly. l'f e have 1ever leen I hO{l d o anythi ng like all good work CentlelDen. Wi1,.h reff'rence 1,." 1,.he Harve,. Hoe: w. tind. t.hat a ll t.hb one , and have never aeell one 8 11 econom ical tn t.he p)wer required t.o r un It, Ind ln t tll up keep ~ have y oura of June ~ 1 1'1 reglrd to our R.J'YeJ ~ ~!~ ~~gd i~ f~v~::: ~~~V~~1~1!e ~u: e~ I~~ ira~~ t:: ~tt!l hog is I nstalled in sllch a .. "',. It haa I. better show to do We conllider thh mlchlne In excellent in i;:~~~:nd l ~h~e:!~v:;l~ 'o a: ~y t.~:~ ~l c:n:~~!~ i. 1te work . veatlMnt Ind do not. hellit£te t.o g ive it our unqUlllified tn need of a fuel nke r. The hog we have 1 a l ndor:; ement . O'lve it In oCClaional sharp knife , IIOI!l8_ ePlt1rl!ly altlaf... ct.ory Ind hila not @i,",n ua • we thing to work on. lnet your fuel prohlem 1:: lIolved. 'm inute ' a troubleatnce t.he day it . ... in' tilled ~nt a .Jv~o:!:e~~ f~r;:!e~~f ~: II~!:s ~h~t i:~!n~::~ "(oura truly. ::t~ d!~~ 1 :~ j!j' ~~I!: ~~II~e~ ar.c!~ t!!e~l! o~~~o~: to make it. 'Ie 1I' ould tD8t.All the Hl.l"¥e ,. hog in preference '(oura ver y t. r uly. to all1' othe-r I!IIIke (In m.arket . 'U.TES un.:eE~ I"..a.£Pi.NY . V..e SANf.R 'l:A~.l CO,. 6' ) £a'Itf.~~ UIE:Da ~ / Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023 8 THE LUFKIN LINE UNION LABOR dium by which the value of labor is exchanged. If I (Continued from page 3) buy a motor car, I buy mostly the labor which has en tered into the construction of that car from the time more intelligent consideration than the waste of fuel. the ore was originally mined. The sooner the laboring vVorkmen are no longer discharged upon the slightest man learns · to sell his labor on the same basis as com provocation, but all possible means are now used to ' modities are sold, the sooner will he receive the best avoid both discharge or voluntary resignations, and to value for his labor. encourage length of service. If I go out in.to the market to buy hides, I do not It would be unfair to claim that labor unionism had tak~ my competitor into my confidence, but my com no place in bringing about these reforms, but I am pos petitor competes with me for the available supply and itive that labor unionism had no such important part thus the maximum price for the hides is reali zed by as the labor union leaders claim. They were brought the seller. about for the same reason that all great reforms and achievements have been brought about-because it Collective .bargaining may diminish the competition was to the selfish interest of those mostly concerned to amon.g workl11gmen for the same job and prevent the accomplish them. workl11gman who is willing to render the greatest Man is naturally selfish, and selfi shness, being a hu- value for the dollar, !rom being given the preference, man trait of character, is a good trait. I differentiate, but where a labor UnIon controls the craft, it also pre of course, between selfishn ess and greed. No great ve~ts. the employers competing for that labor, and re transcontinental railway, no great edifice, no great stn ctlOn of competitive buying is as certain to force achievement which has worked beneficial results for ?ow.n the selling price as .restri~tion of competitive sell the human race at large, was ever conceived and car- I11 g IS to force up the selhng pnce. The same law gov ried to a successful termination, without the promise erns both conditions. of self gain to some one. The self gain may have been ' If I go out to buy hides, and want the best and the glory, the satisfying of personal anlbition, or pel-sonal hide dealer makes a special assortment, I pay him from llower, or it may have been money. The human being 20% to 30% more for the assorted hides than if I take who cart' live permanently, thrive and be of benefit to the hides as they run. ' the community, upon a strict diet· of altruism, is a Labor unions tend to compel the employer to take I" THE LUFKIN LINE 9 FIRE WHICH BURNED FOR II DAYS IS FINALLY CONTROLLED For Two Days Crews of Fifty Men Labored Incessantly to Cap Well The hero of the fire at the monster blaze had the T-joint vah'e capping device failed. As the , oil and gas turned its course through the , h orizontal six inch flow pipe, and the lonely premises w ere left in·the shades of the falling night, men fagged by the hours of ordeal of working about the fl ames, threw hats in th e air, yell ed, jumped and danced in triurnphal1t glee about the spot where they had defied the intense ,heat. Officers forming the patrol fired their pistols in mid-air, and every steam whistle abou ' the various ,neighbol'in g drilling locations was opened up in a deafening bl ast like the celebra tic n of a New Year's nig ht. . The oil was left running into an earthen tank east' bf the well near the spot where a half dozen 1000 (From Corsicana Daily M ay 21.) ba rrel s'te'e1 t anks are set. Pumps were erected today to pick up the oil from the pit and run it into the Defying all efforts known to human skill t'o ex tanks, , J'low pipe connections could not be completed tinguish its flames for eleven days, fo ur houl's and in the' darkness Sunday ni ght. The oil which had fed twenty minutes, the flaming torch of the mighty the flames for more than a week is now being con Hughes-McKie burning oil w ell was successfull y ex served in the storage. tinguish ed at 7 :15 o'clock Sunday evening, The rig had been devised by Foreman Kelly of the For two days a crew of fifty men labored incessant I-T u gh e s working ly in putting the speciall y prepared rig in place. Once fo rce. It consists of it was successfully anchored over the drill collar with a pipe which fitted a system of log chains, the valve at the top was manip over the drill collar ulated with a pinch bar, and the deathly flames which and reduced as it consumed 13 men its first hour, flickered and danced arose about five feet. off into space to be seen no morc. A valve was placed The McClintock machine was not applied to the fire. in the extension, at Howevel', this machine was in waiting to take its turn the center a fl ow pipe led away at right angles. The ap paratus was dragged i nt 0 the burning area by a block and wire cable. Once it had been set in place h eavy chains were used to make it sta tionary and with stand the pressure. The volume of the fl ow was reduced at - , the top which caus ed the fl ames to be raised several feet. U nder the protec tion of ,a showering water barrage fl:om After the fire was put out AshestO,s suited ,fireman I Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023 10 THE LUFKIN LINE the outer limits of the fire zone, men were able to said he would cap the well. This was the question work near the fire. that baffled experienced engineers. All was finally announced ready and with paiI1stak How can you place the apparatus over the burning ing care men gently turned on the high valve. The hole in the face of that constant oil and gas pressure? effect was precisely the same as turning off the gas jet Kelly showed them. at the cook stove. The flame died instantly for want A brand l1ew ten-inch pipe eight feet long with a of fuel supply. The oil and gas found escape through valve at the top. The T-joint ran off at right angles the flow pipe leading laterally from the heated area. with the perpendicular column which rested over the For hours afterwards a flow of water kept turned hole. An inside valve was placed at the opening of onto the scene to prevent a recurrence of the fire. the six and five-eights inch horizontal flow line. The The property loss sustained from the disaster has casing at the bottom is six and five-eights inch, and been closely estimated at $150,000. the ten-inch column was made large enough to fit over the drill collar. HOW IT WAS DONE An inside flange was acetylene welded at the base, After all preparations had been made the Hughes so when the ten-inch was dropped over the dril1 col1ar McKie burning oil well was put unde!' control in it swedged almost air tight. almost the twinkling of an eye. The oil merely shot through the column raising the A dozen different methods had been suggested for blaze several feet from the ground. The top valve was steadily turned shut while the putting the blaze under control, and some of them had side valve was opened. The result was the blaze im. been tried-and failed. mediately ceased as the flow found escape through th(~ Steam from twelve big boilers had been simultane flow pipe. ously turned loose on the blaze in an effort to sever The rig was chained fast to the ground. the flame from the flow. This failed to make any im Men worked under the protection of water sprayed pression on the burning column of oil and gas. from the fire hose. This enabled them to endure the Dynamite was then tried. And more steam. ordeal. Water was shot into the burning area in an effort A tripod was placed near the well upon which to reduce the intense heat. blocks with cable were used to lift the heavy machine. A ten inch pipe line with a quarter bend was turned Four cables were placed at its top and four at its bot over the drill collar, but it snapped like a broomstraw. tom. In this way Kelly figured the 3000 pound rig Fires of burning oil wells have been put out before, could be anchored by the men that surrounded it sev but not before in the history of oil field development eral feet away. has one been capped and the fire extinguished at the In putting out the fire Kelly in directing the work same time and WL he . ame-rig. _oLhLs cr~w.,.ledjlli w.ay ~ He was overcome with heat D. L. Kelly, general trouble shooter for the J. K. just as the rig was let down upon the well. Hughes Development Company, with a crew of trusty J. \ V. Champion, oil well drilling contractor, was workmen succeeded in bringing' the well under C011- general foreman in charge of the work. He directed trol. a roustabout crew which looked after the matter of Kelly conceived a mechanical plan whereby he could the safety of the men in keeping water pumped upon do the job. He devised a T-Joint valve apparatus and them as they toiled in the intense heat. The above pictures No. I-American Society elf Mechanical Engineers taken in the "Robin Hood Set" at Pickford-Fa:rb2nks Studios, Hollywood, CaIifornie.. No.2-Oil Field at Signal Hill near Long Beach, Calif.• visit ed by our Mr. Trout last mon:h whIle attendmg a RegIOnal Meetmg of the A. S. M. E. and lo<>king over the oil' fields of th~t seetton. Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023 THE LVFKIN LINE 11 UNION LABOR what the "Molly Maguires" succeeded for a time in (Continued from page 8) doing in a local way, on a small scale. that there are but few jobs so profitable to the holder And just so certain as the "Molly Maguires" were thereof as that of being a labor leader. exterminated, so w ill organized labor (organ ized on That crime i being committed continually by its present b asis of lawlessness) be exterminated. U nion Labor members, for the purpose of advancing The othel- day I took a copy of "Who's Who in the cause of Union Labor, is so selfevident and well America" and picked out at random a list of names of k nown that h e who would deny it would be merely rich employers. Or rather I h ad one of my secretari es making himself ridiculous. do this fo r me. There were some sixty names on the T his being the fact, is there any record of labor list and there was no attempt to pick a li st of preferred unions attempting to discipline the guilty parties? I s names. In this entire list of names there was not a there a loud protest and denunciation of the commit single on e but what h ad been more or Ie s prominently tors of these crimes? Is there at any place or has identified in some movement to h elp those outside of there been in recent years the slightest effort on the his class. In other words, it would be 111 0St difficult if part of union labor leaders to cooperate with and aid not impossibl e to fi nd a rich man of the present time, the governmental machinery fo r the preservation of or normal mind, who either had not or was not plan law and order, p'revention of crime and prosecution of ning to use th e power of his wealth to help those the guilty? w ho are not rich. Not so that you would notice it. T hose who have given impartial study know that It is a fact that organized labor supports a lobby the vVorld has b enefited rather than suffered from the in every state legislature of the entire U nited States, accumul ated wealth of Stephen Girard, Peter Cooper, to oppose the existence and increase of the state con Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. In other stabulary, and every other law and order enforcement words, we have the indisputable evidence, as plain as project. facts can make things plain, that the rich as a rule, Even though their members confess their g uilt, the and perh aps without exception, are planning for the union leaders ignore the fact and are always ready benefit of the laboring classes. But will some one to raise (by means best known to themselves) large show me the slightest evidence that organized labor sums of money for the defense of any union man who has ever planned a sin gle charity or benefit for those commits a crime in the interest of unionism. . outside its own membership? The better class of labor union members is rapidly As a matter of fact, the slogan of the union is hatred becoming wise to the .desperate and lawless condition for those who are not possessors of a union card, of Union Labor and is more than willing to desert the h atred for the employer, hatred for the rich and doubl e ranks of the unions, but is kept from doing so by the hatred fo r the non-union laborer. intimidation of the lawless minority, en couraged by Further than that, they teach not only hatred for the leaders. the non-union worker, but intensified hatred for the ; Back in the days when the conditions of the labor members of all unions not affiliated with the ONE i!ng class gave a good excuse for the existence of the UTIlon. union, it was an unwritten law that labor organiza U ni on L abor is hypocritical when it claims to stand tions should not el1ter into politics. That is no longer for the highest possible wage for its members, for it the rule and labor unions are now active politically, is unalterably opposed to the bonus system, profit b ecause labor is desperate in its endeavors to preserve sharing system and in most instances opposed to the unions, which seem to have outlived their use piece work whereby the best man may make the b est fulness. wage. Vlhensoever it has come to pass that any organiza L abor unions are hypocritical when they claim to tion of persons in these U nited Stat es has found that h ave the cause of the working people generall y at resort to lawlessn ess was n ecessary for its continued heart, for practically every dollar they succeed in forc existence, it has always entered politics as the last des ing out of the public where the unions are t emporarily perate means of saving itself. Thus back in the days successful in forcing an exorbitant wage, comes out of of the trusts, the trusts took a hand in politics, only the pockets of the working classes, who are not men{~ to find themselves legislated out of existence. .The b ers. of unions and who represent a tremendous ma liquor interests banded together to perpetuate the jority of the working people: liquor trade in a lawless manner and then entered D oes the exorbitant wage which the members of the politics to obtain protection for the saloon, only to Building Trades U nions are now generally receivi,\g, find themselves legislated out of business and so it come out of the pockets of the rich, the landlm-d, the will come to pass that organized labor is going to find builder, or out of the pockets of the home buye l- and itself legislat ed out of business. All that is necessary t enant? is to find some one powerful influence who cannot b e Does the exorbitant wage of the railroad employ intimidated by the lawless element leading labor, and ees come out of the pockets of the stockholders, or out it would seem as if that person h as been found in of the laboring classes who must pay the cost of tl-ans Presid ent Hal-din g. portation upon practically every necessity of life? Because of the fact that I had an U ncl e who was in Does the exorbitant wage of coal miners come out his day a great detective, when the profession was not of the mine owners, or out o( the consumers of coal ? organized on a large scale as it is now, and I have It is not the capitalist or the employer who is going heard at the famil y table, tales of how he aided in the to destroy organized labor, as is, but the great common breaking up of that lawless, murderous, labor organi people, who in the U nited States have always proven zation known as the "Moll y Maguires," which h eld the that they al-e equal to applying the remedy to social anthracite coal district of Pennsylvania in a state of diseases of this sort-that is to say, the laboring terror back in the sixties, I h ave taken the. trouble to classes will demand and effect a remedy. investigate the doings of labor organization and so far In oth er words, it is no longer Employer vs_ Organ as I can judge at the present time, organized labor is ized Labor, but The P ublic vs. Organized Labor, and attemptin g to do in a national way, on a large scale, it r,equires no prophet to forecast who will win. Copied from an original at The History Center. www.TheHistoryCenterOnline.com 2013:023 12 THE LUFKIN LINE Combination EDGER and RIFT FLOORING MACHINE Commonly Called BULL EDGER ------_----.--/ Showing Machine with Automatic Steel Saiety Fingers Above and Below-No Fly-Backs on This Machine Unlimited Capacity-At Lowest Cost of Production Usual Arrangement Consists of Two Batteries of Ten Saws-One Mov" able-All Saws for I"Inch Lumber. Both Batteries Are Nested Together for Rift Cants or Set Apart 2, 4, 6 or 8 Inches When Desired to Box the Heart of Small Logs Making I"Inch Boards on Sides. ABSOLUTELY SAFE-NO FLY BACKS SEE APRIL-MAY ISSUE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION