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Published monthly for the benefit of the employes of theA. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. — C. E. Murphy, Editor

JUNE, 1918 No. 1

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WriteAgain we urge you to write to

the boys in service. Write! Writeoften and write happy, pleasantand interesting letters. To do thisis to be patriotic ; for nothing keepsup the morale of our army morethan cheerful and pleasant lettersfrom home.

Because of the numerous trans-fers in the past t\vo months andthe resultant changes in addresses,we would be pleased to obtain theaddresses of our boys so we cansend a cheerful letter occasionally.

Since the last issue the follow-ing have joined the colors:

Amel BorkE. D. BlackW. H. WalmsleyJohn SaloggaGale GarrettE. G. EckhoffQuinn DossRalph W rightHenrv Tauber.

Patterson, overseer in the yards,is a good waiter. The last jointmeeting Patterson waited in thewelfare house and was still waitingunti l told by Timekeeper Smiththat the meeting was already fin-ished.

Oh, yes! Herman uses the gog-gles now.

On Saturday, June 15th, GaleGarrett of the Millwright Depart-ment am] Edward Eckhoff, fore-man of the Eeed Elevator, left De-catur for Kansas City to enter amotor school in the service of theGovernment.

Both boys were popular in theplant, Gale being captain of theC o m m e r c i a l Team which willsurely miss him.

Staley "Ears" Are BusyKred Klumpp is not going to be

outdone by our Master Mechanic,l i e was seen with a young ladyshowing her the bright spots atthe Industrial Show. Well, Fred,we are all waiting; for the bells.

BEG PARDONIn our last issue the name of Jack

Leaser was omitted from the list ofour boys at the front, and the factthat Jack was one of the first to gomakes our mistake the greater.

Ragsdale was talking about thesprings on his machine, and wehad to ask him if he was talkingabout his watch, as we did nott h i n k a Ford had any springs.

We are easily misled. KennethKeck resigned, as we understood.to join the ranks, and from reportsit is known that he did go to therecruiting office. Relying on thatinformation, we included his nameamong those of the boys at thefront. Yesterday we were told heis working at another plant in thiscity.

Gene Morrow may be able tohandle a trowel, but we know hecannot handle a typewriter desk.

The boxing matches at the Car-n iva l brought out the experts inour plant, O'Brien leading. No,lie doesn't know anything aboutwrestling.

"Why is it that truth will riseagain when crushed to earth?""Because of its elasticity, of course.Don't you know how easy it is tostretch the truth?"—Boston Tran-script.

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BASEBALL

All the baseball enthusiasts willbe pleased to hear that Happy JackKotzelnick is doing fine, havingwon eight and lost two games. Wereceived a clipping from Jack giv-ing the details of a game betweenTopeka and St. Joseph. Summingit up briefly, Jack has hit his stride,lie struck out six men, had fiveassists, no errors, made two hitshimself and registered one run.

Latest reports indicate that Jackhas been sold to Milwaukee of theAmerican Association, which is astep higher for him in the baseballworld. While conditions in Mil-waukee, Wisconsin, are quite dif-ferent from those in Topeka, Kan-sas, we believe that Jack will beequally as successful in the Amer-ican Association as he was in theWestern League.

Our team in the CommercialLeague started out like a whirl-wind, but, alas, the last two gameshave not been what you would callup to standard. A little pep, boys.

Our Sunday team has been play-ing some ball, in spite of the factthat Uncle Sam stepped in and.took the pick of our players. Theirplaces were readily filled, and atpresent we have a team that is hardto beat.

In the Mueller game, in whichwe were victorious, another starwas found within our midst. TomMuleady, of the yard gang, took thepitcher's role, and the score—8 to 4in our favor—shows that at last wehave a man on the mound who candeliver the goods.

Our Commercial Team now hasa chance to cop that pennant.

Larsen, our fast first baseman onthe Commercial Team, in the gamewith the H. Mueller Team, onWednesday, June 26th, was beanedby a pitched ball while at bat. Afew extra stars appeared in theheavens.

Old Age TellsK. D. Sherman took Larsen's

place at first in the game with theNational Grocers the other night,and found that he could not movethe next morning. It is reportedthat he used up five bottles of lin-ament.

AVe are wondering why MorganO'Brien is not in uniform anymore. Perhaps his neighboringdrug store did a thriving businessthe morning after the game. AskDad; he knows.

Little TragediesThe man speeded up to see if he

could beat the train to the crossing.He couldn't.

The man struck a match to see ifthe gasoline tank on his automo-bile 'was empty. It wasn't.

The man patted a strange bull-dog on the head to see if the critterwas affectionate. It wasn't.

The man looked down the barrelof his gun to see if it was loaded.It was.

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Who is WhoFrank Moore,

the s u b j e c t ofthis ske t ch , isone of our popu-lar millwrights;we might termhim one of theStaley Products.

F r a n k f i r s tsaw the light oiday at Brook-ville, the countyseat of FranklinCounty, Indiana,on the 10th of

January, 1888. Me attended schoolthere till he reached the age ofsixteen years, at which time hebetook himself to the big city ofIndianapolis to make his own way.

His mind turned to the west,however, and so in the summer of1913 he came to Decatur, and en-tered the employ of the HominyCompany. After a few monthswith that firm he came to us.

Frank is well thought of by allof us, and while he does not par-ticipate in athletics, you will al-ways find him one of our strongestrooters.

THE DIFFERENCEUncle E/.ra: "So ye just got

back from New York! What's thedifference between the city and thecountry ?"

Uncle Eben: "Wall , in thecountry you go to bed feeling allin and get up feeling fine, and inthe city you go to bed feeling fineand get up feeling all in."—Life.

STALEY NUT. A phrase usedto indicate a persoii formerly onthe pay-roll of A. E. Staley Manu-facturing Company, meaning a nutwhich has become detached fromthe Staley Machine.

The Stork SpecialThe mind of

Elmer Larsen, ourchief draftsman, iscleared, but hishead is larger.Why? On June20th he celebratedthe arrival of anine pound son.As this is his firstboy we will ex-cuse the enlarge-ment of said head.Congratulations.

Sentry:Soldier:Sentry:

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A lightthe top.

Who goes there?""Russian soldier.""Pass on, Russian sol-

Who goes there?""English soldier.""Pass on, English sol-

Who goes there?""Who the hell wants

"Pass on, AmericanThe Optimist.

weight seldom rises to

Alas! it hashappened. Ourgenial Mas te rMechanic, W. B.Bishop, took thev i t a l step theother day andwas married. Hespent his honey-moon at NiagaraFalls.

We find a greatimprovement inhim, an improve-

ment which is readily seen—thechange from a Ford to a Dodge.

Wre all wish him the best of luck.

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The "Baby Bonds," as the thriftstamps are called, is the best invest-ment that a small investor can investin, as they can be cashed anytimeupon giving the local postoffice cluenotice; also they mature in five yearsand command compound interest.

SO IT ISI shot an arrow into the air; it

fell in the distance, I knew notwhere, till a neighbor said that itkilled his calf, and I had to pay himsix and a half ($6.50). I boughtsome poison to slay some rats, anda neighbor swore it killed his cats;and, rather than argue across thefence, I paid him four dollars andfifty cents ($4.50). One night Iset sailing a toy balloon, and hopedit would soar till it reached themoon; but the candle fell on afarmer's straw, and he said I mustsettle or go to law. And that isthe way with the random shot; itnever hits in the proper spot; andthe joke you spring, that you thinkso smart, may leave a wound insome fellow's heart.—Exchange.

SUBTLE"No one ever made a fool of me

yet," said Bronson."Then you may claim to be a

self-made man," said his friend,quietly.—Judge.

SquibsYou cannot recover lost space by

advertising for it.You can never get to the hunt

following the crowd.It is a pity that so much reform

begins with remorse.Why pay $50.00 for a parrot

when talk is so cheap?Virtue is its own reward and

quite seldom pays a dividend.Second love usually mends the

heart that first love breaks.Some men are so fond of blow-

ing their own horn that they willnot hire a chauffeur.

Many a good dinner is wastedupon a poor appetite.

Discretion—The art of bluffing achap whom you cannot lick.

A quart of wine can create a peckof trouble, when one is sowingone's wild oats.

Because it is never too late tomend is no reason why you shouldnot begin repairing.

The reason some men never be-come celebrated is because theynever get beyond celebrating.

When wifey t h r e a t e n s to gohome to MAMA, remember, re-member, it might be worse. Shemight bring MAMA to you.

Lots of folks understand the"ins" of politics, but if more under-stood the "outs" there would befewer of them in.

Taking each other in marriagefor better or worse may be all right,but we think bride and groomshould take each other for good.

The doctor who will discover theserum which will make folks freefrom danger of infection from thekissing germ will make himself fa-mous for all time to come.

Fred, you're next.

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Cause of Accident Boiler Mill Table Kiln Feed Corn Feed ShippingHouse Elevator Elevator Packing

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1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1911Injured continued work

after treatment 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1Time loss of 1 week or

less . 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Loss o f over 1 week. . . _ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Average total number"

of employes per Dept. 10 11 26 28 35 42 30 37 30 33 6 5 30 35

On Which Side Are You?When the Safety First move-

ment was first launched, its advo-cates soon discovered that theywere compelled to deal with twotypes of people, who, for want ofbetter classification, may well benamed the BOOSTERS and theSKEPTICS.

Men of the former type werequick to see the benefits accruingto workmen who conscientiouslyand c o n s i s t e n t l y practiced theteachings and principles embodiedin the slogan, "Safety First." Thelatter class appeared to considerthe whole thing as a fad—the idlefancy of a dreamer, which wouldsoon pas's by and be forgotten. In-deed, there could be heard thevoices of some benighted peoplewho actually considered this or-ganized effort to save men's livesa joke, and many covertly deridedthe idea by sneering at every effortto enlist the interest of the work-men in the prevention of accidents.

All this took place while theSafety movement was in its in-fancy. Like all new ideas, it wascompelled to undergo its share ofcriticism.

It is now barely two years sincewe started our campaign here inthis plant. The radical change thathas taken place in those two yearsin working conditions and in theattitude of workmen toward thereduction of the number of pre-ventable accidents is unprecedent-ed in the industrial history of thiscommunity.

Instead of recklessness and analmost criminal negligence anddisregard by workmen of their ownand their fellows' safety, we nowfind every evidence of an organ-ized effort by employes to co-oper-ate with the company in guardingdangerous machinery, improvingworking conditions, and makingour plant the best and safest placeit can possibly be made.

Where at first the SKEPTICS

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outnumbered the BOOSTERS number tomorrow. In order tofour to one, we now find that the develop and maintain speed of pro-men who formerly scoffed at the duction and distribution in keepingidea of Safety First, safety litera- with the age in which we live, someture, employes' safety committees, of us arc in constant danger ofetc., are now the staunchest sup- getting stepped on in the rush.porters of a strong policy of acci- Such unfortunates are often re-dent prevention. Those who start- ferred to as the "By-Products ofed out as willing SKEPTICS now Industry."

ClaSSCd aS Of all the accidents resulting{rom this mociern rush and hurry,

The employe who is opposed to which do you think will suffer thean application of the recognized most injuries, the careful or theprinciples of safety, as taught us careless employe? The answer isby the sad experience of others, is too obvious for discussion. In ouras much out of place in the modern own piant; g3.6 per cent of all theindustrial world as a yoke of oxen men injured last year received theiron a boulevard. The first mdica- injuries because either they ortion he shows of deliberate care- some one e]se did not take properlessness brings a warning; the sec- precautions. In other words, theyond, a sharp reprimand ; and the were careless. Think of the thou-third discharge. sands of wage earners who are

Ours is an age of speed, whether hurt every year in the factories ofit be in factories, on the railroads, this nation simply because theyor on the sea. Everybody is strain- take unnecessary chances, refuseing to get ahead of his competitor, to heed well-meant advice, or doThe efficiency of today is a back not stop to think of danger!

S T A L E Y F E L L O W S H I P C L U B J O U R N A L

Show me a man who is alwayscareless of his safety, and I willshow you a man who is alwaysdisabled. After the unparalleledsuccess of the safety movement inreducing the number and minimiz-ing the seriousness of industrialaccidents in this country, it is al-most i n c o n c e i v a b l e that therecould be at this time any whodoubt the effectiveness of adoptingand steadfastly adhering to a pol-icy of "Safety First."

If you are still a Skeptic, wakeup! Look around and see the pro-gress that has been made while youwere sound asleep. Familiarizeyourself with what is being done toprevent accidents. Couple your co-operation and the promptings ofyour good will with a firm resolu-tion to show at least one man howto get through a day's work freefrom injury. In so doing your in-terest in accident prevention willhave received a promising start.

Be careful, obey the rules, heedthe warnings of danger, and youwill be on the payroll when thecareless man is on the injured list.

A Good TipThe following suggestion was

received last year and posted onthe bulletin boards throughout theplant. As the same conditions arearising again, see if you cannothelp.Safety Engineer,Dear Sir:

I have noticed quite often whilewalking in and about this plantthat the workmen are carelessabout leaving ladders, trestles,boards, timbers, ropes and otherarticles in the passages and gang-ways, inside and outside of thebuildings.

I think it a very dangerous.habit, especially for the men who

work nights and don't come towork until after dark, and are thusnot aware of what has been goingon during the day. I believe thiscould be remedied if the men werea little more careful.

No one can tell when a seriousaccident may result from suchcarelessness. Yours, No. 625.

The Duty of EveryEmploye of This Com-

pany is:First—To inform new employes of

our safety organization, its pur-pose and its benefits.

Second—To warn new men againstpossible injury, and to impressupon them the value of careful-ness as a preventive of acci-dents ; and especially to urgethem immediately to report allinjuries for treatment.

Third—To report all practices thatmay be considered dangerousor likely to cause accidents.

Fourth—To report unguarded andfor that reason dangerous ma-chinery, to your foreman.

Fifth—To promptly notify yourforeman where r epa i r s areneeded to machinery or equip-ment.

Sixth—To notify the foreman ofthe unnecessary removal of anyguard or failure to replace anyguard removed by repairmen.

Seventh—To take a personal inter-est in avoiding and preventing'needless accidents, whetherthey be to the detriment of manor machine.

Eighth—To be as considerate ofyour company's property as thecompany is of your safety.Never waste nor destroy whereyou can save.

Ninth—To be an active booster forsafety, efficiency and economy.

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AN ERROR OF OMISSIONAn Eldorado Springs minister

tells this story: "A white ministerhad just married a colored coupleand in a facetious way remarked:

"It is customary to kiss the bride,but in this instance we will omitit."

The groom was fully equal to theoccasion and replied:

"It is customary for the groomto give the minister a five-dollarbill, but in this instance we willalso omit that."—Kansas C i tyTimes.

It was visiting day at the hos-pital. The visitors were mostly oldladies, and one of them stopped atthe bed of a Tommy and asked hima question he had been asked ascore of times before, thus:

"How did you come to bewounded, my brave fellow?"

"By a shell, mum," replied thehero.

"Did it explode?" queried thelady.

"No," answered Tommy, ratherbored; "it crept up and bit me!"—Tit-Bits.

A woman doesn't have to becomevery old before she is old enough toknow better than to tell her age.

"I've got an awfully witty wife."boasts Solomon Beach. "I get mostof my good stuff from her, to tellyou the truth. Sometimes, though,her wit is a bit too sharp for com-fort. Now, the other evening Icame home feeling sort of mean. Ihad a corn that was raising thun-der with me, and I wasn't in thebest of humor. AVell, I came limp-ing up the walk, and my wife stoodat the door, eyeing me suspiciously.

"What makes you walk so fun-ny?" she said.

"Corn!" I snapped, grouchily."Oh," she said, turning away, "I

thought maybe it was rye!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

EXPERIENCE AGAINTEACHES

"Eddie," said mother sternly, youshould not fight with that Jimsonboy."

"I know it, ma," said Eddie peni-tently.

"That's right. And when did youfind out?"

"About a minute after I hit him."

Every new experience should be asignal for careful and immediatethought, so that the dangers—if any—in the situation may be recognized.Unconsciously, we list the dangerswe meet daily, and it would be wellif we gave them careful thought.

CAMOUFLAGEIf you see a complexion that's

peaches and cream,Remember things always aren't

just what they seem;Just take a good look, and come

out of your dream—It's Camouflage.

If the opposite player leans backin his chair,

Looks happy and whistles a popu-lar air,

Why just ask the dealer for all hecan spare—

It's Camouflage.—The Wilsonian.

COUNTER ATTRACTIONMadge: "Of c o u r s e I want

everyone to look at my new haton Easter."

Marjorie: "Then you'd betterlower your skirt about six inches."

Laundry—A place where they doup shirts.

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A WarningWhen a man is told by a number

of his fellow-workers to be careful,it is about time he should get nextto himself. It has been suggestedby one of his companions that per-haps this world does not look goodto him.

We need a little cleaning-uparound the front end of the KilnHouse. Get busy, boys.

The O'Brien & Simpson combineis certainly making things humon the new ball park.

Did you ever hear of the hide-and-go-seek game ?

Good-bye, boys. — The paintershave been with us for a long time,and we sure will miss them —especially Sadie.

No ; that tower was not put upfor the high diver, but to transferthe concrete into the forms of thenew steep house.

The latest report from the South :Avory McGlade is captain of the

Machine Co. Baseball Team. Good.luck, Mac.

Our Engineer, Earl Leek, cer-tainly has had company the lastweek, and there was lots of noisewith it. Oh, yes; he will be gladwhen the turbine is installed.

Count the number of stars on thefront page; then get busy and doyour bit by buying Thrift Stampsand storing your winter coal sup-ply.

Ask Goldsteen of the Laboratoryabout his experience on the traincoming from Chicago Wednesdaynight. It's great.

I Hear in the Moon

That the American Indians moved their camps every three months.That the Electricians at your plant move theirs once a month.That the sanitary inspector should be notified.That you don't have to go to Africa for your Ivory supply.That the shortstop on the Staley Fellowship Club Baseball Team

discovered solid ivory.That several of the fans heard him say "I got it."That Edwards, your storekeeper, is a chicken fancier.That Leghorns are his favorite breed.That he loves to be Game Warden.That Mr. Robert Patten is an authority on popping the question.That he has studied the subject for ten years in solitude.That the poor boy has a chronic case of preparedness.That Ragsdale's Ford has contracted bad habits.That War Gardens are its pet aversion.That it has annihilated millions of potato bugs.That it is wonderful how Thompson is developing.That his hatter advised him to order a No. 10 made to measure.That he positively denies having resided in Shelby County.That Burtschi's Bane is a famous musical organization.That the only tune they can play is "The Dead March."That Jews' harps and mouth organs would bring harmony.That Nathaniel Smith is troubled with that well known pest, "The

Auto Bug."That his brain is so affected that he talks about it continuously.That a few Ford pills or Cole tablets would cure h im.That you have a small army of valetudinarians in your plant.That it is almost a disease amongst the monthly salaried men.That I am not feeling good ; I want to go home and rest, is the i r plea.

The hookworm was not sent as a plague, but as a blessing.

Yours truly,

THE MAN IN THF MOON.

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