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J 't V I " '--.'V ' t - - I- ' I Ml till JUil H ilBH IW , UIHiUMl i utimu nw w,ii wmw - " , Washington, D. C.To the public that pays every dollar of the railroad hill (and forty-five cents of every dol lar paid for transportation is for wages) the leaders of the four brotherhoods of railway employees, rho are demanding increased pay, say: "All the railroads have to do to meet our demauds for higher "wiges is to shorten their trains, move freiglu more rapidly, and escape the penalty of overtime wages. The fallacy of this statement, which is the last-ditch argument used in support of the demand for increased wages, is well shown ui the, following editorial which appeared 'in the Washington, D. C. Times of April 19, under the heading "A Mad Freight Train Idea:" "Everybody in the ranks of the reneral public will agree with the railway managers that tne' campaign which the railway workers a; e wag ing particularly in the west, for short er trams, while at the saiue t.nie ue manding higher pay and fewer houis of work, is of all possible claims the xacst preposterous. Indeed, in econom ics it is an ideal iittie bhJrt of mad. "The railroads have spent hun dreds of milions of do.lnrs lowering grades, elim-nuting ',irp rvs. STRIKE WOULD INFLICT A STAGGERING LOSS .Would Cut Farmers' Prices, Stop In dustry And Face Cities With Starvation New York Onae point related to the demands of the unions of tr&in service employes for a heavy increase ,in wages the sentiment of the general jmblic has been expressed in no un certain terms. That is on the ques tion of a strike. ' ' Declarations have come from every quarter that an interruption of trans- portation will not be tolerated by the public, but will call forth drastic ac tion. The enormous injuiy to the country that would resu.t from a nation-wide strike of train service em ployes is discussed by a writer in the March National Magazine, from which the following "extract is taken; What such a strike would mean to the American people cannot be setV forth in mere facts and figures. It can be dimly imagined by those whe f realize vhat an intimate and vital part railway transportation piays in every industrial activity of the country-There is scarcely a peTson in any part of the land who would not be immediately affected if the millions ; of busily turning wheels on qui nearly three hundred thousand mile x or railway were to stop for a single day. If the tie-up continued for a : week, the blow to the industry of the country would be greater than that caused by any panic of recen; - - history. To the big cities of the coun try, and particularly to the cities of ' the eastern seaboard it would mean a cutting off of the food supplies that ,- would place the inhabitants virtually in a state of siege. In the case of tmany food products these cities do k . not carry on hand a stock sufficient - to feed their people for more than a -. week, and in the case of some, such w- as. milk and fresh vegetables,, supplies '.fire replenished daily. The 'stoppage of transportation, thereore, would '"mean suffering and want to these citj .' dwellers, and if continued for Ions; - would threaten many of them with ,. actual starvations "- To the farmers of the country a general railroad s.rUce would be z catastrophe, only les3 serious. Cut ; off from his market, the farmer could v4npt move his prodrce. and the price . ot, grain and other staples would be "quickly cut in two, which ttie market ' value .of more perishable articles -would disappear entirely. The grea' v industrial plants of the country woulu 1 soon be' forcrd to close down follow. ing the declaration of a strike b . ' cause they could not obtain supplie : :needed for their operation, nor cou! , ithey ship their fin.-? hod products t. - 'market. Their plants would soon hi ' iidle, and millions of men would b thrown out of work. With the i i 'come of practically every cass v citizens either seriously cut down oi - suspended entirely, merchants woulc 'transact little business, necrose ther; would be few purchasers. In short, , the industrial activities of the wholt country, wou'd be virlvally palsied ' .from the moment the raiiioads ceas ed to operate. 1 ' The railroads cannot purchase bet . terment materials in huge quantities and also 'devote the same money to the payrolls. If they yield to the de ' mands of 4;he men they must abstain from spending what they are plan filing to spend for purchases ; the result will be that the steel mills will ; drift back into slackness and the , bustoesspjan well un- 'der waybill flatten out, to the. bitter t. cost of everybodyjin the country De . troit Free Press.' r The use V of the huge, new locomo tives, and. the long 'add heavy trains, xinst which the Brotherhoods ot -frtizht trainmen, wnoare asking an !fraUwiiyemp3ofef3 1 ,kned; in ser-i-rice; diminished ;6 620 in l9lii to J452ln andrrtbe numj)r otin- toed1 from 660t to 4823 'A urstte pfc dispute,as tan jimirs and wages on' the thieoryfthlaft work- tesmenare.en 'ta ; forced from employers and extort. ciy. from ,the , people (by employers is r.ct. the best way, to promote the per - lantnt welfare rf labor yfiseworit ziii. y.- '.'v-, ;ornwu. u. J yard conductor "?itfw recelvlns 'U IdO durtog-swnmer.-. teft uno lid. ; TteorolT. seems U mlUd 10 S ITld S lilartegVirylng.to.the S'SS.W - day, or Mo Wltove . . 1U1111CU 111 ill 11ULL1H. HIlll I IIH . II I II I ballasting roadbeds and putting In heavy rails, so that powerful loco moti ves, larger car s, and longer trains could be handled in one movement if this object had not been achieved SSLTJLJSSi .585 . already have arrived and -traffic ratet never could have been . held do wo where they are today without tin wiiole railroad system of the United States being made a financial wreck. ' "Any child can see that if, after the principal rai. roads of the coun try have been reconstructed to haul the heavier tonnage in mass, you cut every freight tram in haif, ,tne coa of operation must be -increased stw pendously, with two locomotive where one now does, with two au. neers where one now does, with ivtj firemen where one now does, with two conductors wLere one now dous, with virtually two whole train ere? where one now does, ndt to speak of the new equipment and, the new ter minal facilities that would be needeu. This proposal is not essentia.ly different from urging that the world go uack from tne bteamships of to day to the sail a.ks of centuries ago, Jroni the railroads themseive3 to the stage coacnerf and ox carts cf tne past. It is like suggesting that the larmer himself drive his wagon load or produce in small huts day af ter day to the distant rna.et.of th city instead of leading it ;r L-gik into f:-ei',hi. cars ar.u shipp1'-- all a. HAVE GOOD WISES AND SHORT HI Some Interesting Figures As To Jcfc ual Earnings Of r.ien On Southeaslern Roads. Washington, D. C. In connection with the movement oi t. ain and en gine employes for increased wages, a frank staiament of the earnings of. men employed in freight service in the southeastern ttnv.ory will doubt less be of interest. For engineers the prevailing mini mum rat. i in through ire ght servict ranges from $5.13"xto o.U5 per day for engines of ordinary typ .s, in locai freight service fron, to $6.00 for engines of ordina y types, m both through and kc.il frei ht service from $6.25 to $7.Uo fr al"ei type engines. For white firemen on engines of ordinary types the m n mum rate ranges from $2.75 to $3.50 i,er day in through freight service, fiom $o.o0 to $3.60 in local te v.ee; on Mallet engines in both thr. ugb and .ocal ser vice from $i.00 to' $4.-5. For conductors the standard mini mum rate in through freight service is $4.10 per day, in ictfil service $1.50 per day. For white brakemen the standard rate in through fre.ght service is $2.75 per, in local .seiv.e'$3 per day. The foregoing are the minimum daily rates that must It made ty the railways to each employee in the classes namad who does any work at all in a day, inespecvive of how few hours he n.ay be en uu.y or cf how tew miles he may ::ctu..ily run. These 'ates are pa d for any wo.k upT to 100 miles v.ith a id t o al pay for overtime if the r.:n is nt ccmpleied in the specified n..n b r of hours. On the other hand, the earnings of employees freq ent y exceed these figures as the actual earnings depend upon the number of miles run end, in the case of fast Ireight riins, the earnings are much higher for com paratively short hours. Taking as an illustration a fast freight train running ever a division 150 miles long where the run can be made in 7 hours anil 30 min utes, the engineer would receive for this 7 1-2 hours on duty thf bum of $3.10, the fireman $i.70, the conduc tor $6.15, and the white brakentan $4.10. Thus while the first figures show the minimum that can Le paid an engineer, firemar., conductor, or orakeman-for a day's work, the lat ter figures show the wages vhat car. be and are being made .y t.a.n and engine employees on fast frei-h.s o.; long divisions, such as are lemz run every day in re; u'r savrice by i number of reals ii the s-ulheast fo; handling live stock, j;e hhabes, ant' other freight which it is Le.essary to move on expedited schedule?.. In yard service the standard rates for white employees vary frcm $3.00 to $3.30 per day fcr day sw tollmen, and from $3.20 , to $J.70 for night switchmen, and from $3.50 to $30 for day foremen,, and from $3.70 to $4.00 for night foremen. These are the minimum rates tliat can be paid URS for a' day or any! part cf a day up to along the state's 104,000 miles of pub 10 hours, afteVlO hours pro rata over- He road. ' . time is paid. ' It may .be added that a well-main- UndeV the men's proposals the low- . tained road a rod or a rod and a half est yard employees who now receive wide, "Vith 'trees along either side, is $3.0G for :a 10 hour day wou d re- mucn more agreeable to drive over ceive $3.00 for an 8 hour day, fortnan road three"or four rods ride, 'liibR.BfioH! present per- which can never be shaded and must It is the ranke?t nonsense for The"-Amgjeiier means oi com: Trainman to pretend ihat thepulic un,catl01'-00d roada wm ad(I .t0 th6 has nothlngt to-Ho witli Hhfifiiihss: 8ellm Prtce.ot farm, products and. in The public has everything to do witr ery-way; will, contribute to fhe cbm It, ias: the brotherhoods:: will find, v if f? happiness of the people,; they refuse arbitrate and cast con- the winds.",, -The most hcowardlyagovernment: could -not, fin that - case;';8hrink ) from .its; supremo . duty of: keepi rig ; the national high- .ways Jeans oyeu u? comiin.'rce. iew w Times Picayune. t ' mm MANAGEMENT OF GOOD ROADS Specialists of . Department of Agri culture PttfCe Responsibility for , - Highway Defects. Where a county builds a. good road and soon lets it become rutty, washed1 out or uneven, (who or what is prin cipally to blame? As a reslt of a study of conditions in a number ot counties, road specialists df the United States department of agriculture are inclined to place the responsibility upon the following defects in road management, somo or all of which are found in all counties where good roads are not properly repaired and main tained: ' 1. County boards, although having full administrative authority, appear not to attach to their official action in road matters the importance or le gal effect which it should have. 2. -County boards do not generally have sufficient accounting control of Good Road in New York. road funds to kno.v what is available for any particular project, where funds have been or where existing balances are to beexpended. 3. Lack of any systematic practice in handling funds among most coun ties makes it very difficult to carry out over even a single year any persistent maintenance policy, because funds of ficially obligated for. maintenance pur poses are not protected against spo radic and irregular drafts for miscel laneous purposes. The greatest like lihqod consequently exists everywhere that there will be no balance in Jthe maintenance fund in the last half or third of the year, although only a part of the fund allotted may have been spent 4. Local labor available for mainte nance work is made dissatisfied by the constant, unintelligent and unfa vorable criticism of those using the road. 5. Maintenance continuing over a period of years the ultimate indis pensable condition of effective main tenance is jeopardized by lack of ac counting control that will prevent spending next year's current income in this year. 6. The lack of- skilled supervision in construction and the effect of this in increasing the cost or in making ef fective maintenance impossibly expen sive is everywhere seen. 7. The county authorities are com monly, opposed to following sugges tions for maintenance that involve ty- lug up road funds in any way, such as purchasing materials in advance to store along the road for making re pairs or maintaining the road surface. MUCH WASTE QF FARM LANDS Suggested by Country Gentleman That Recklessly Heavy Maintenance Cost Be Avoided. The Country Gentleman makes the sensible' suggestion that a prodigal waste of land and a recklessly heavy maintenance cost be avoided by American roadmakers. " Upon, a four rod government highway "one dozen farm wagons could be, by a little crowding, set side by side" and each mile of government highway contains eight acres of land, "much of it good land, capable of growing 500 bushels of corn," while thousands of miles of the best highways of France, Ger many and England are but one rod wide. The Country Gentleman objects to Iowa' devoting 416,000 acres of "the best farming land in the worla"' to growing a sufficient assortment of weeds to' seed the farms that lie Benefits of Good Roads. t M - . - ... v . a A. t . .. " - J m" . j,.- u,tiiUWO), wc "?a iP consonaatea ; scnoois ' v.?yuu Most Valuable Roads. Goo(J wgon roads ,runn ing Into the ".onni.y re "more valonblf- to a town Hi Bachache Gone.' rvMore-men-!iHve:kMiwy'--trauWew hhaii are aware of yit. - Jv$i ow serious aibackache, sore musfelesvi ibhing joints, rheurhatem,' svfollen aakles, and blurring vision may oe is sometimes realized only w hen a man attempts to take out life in surance and is refused on account if kidney trouble. Joseph G, Wolf, 731 So. Jackson St., Ureei Bay, Wis., writes: 'F)ie.v Kidiio.V Pills relieved me of a severe ba 1 ache that had bothered me for sev eral months." Any symi torn of kidney trouble deserves attention, sold Everywhere. Henry Ford denies that he s d he would discharge any of 1; s men who enlisted. Good! He thui shows that even a pacifist may be a patriot. The Mexicans chuckled when the American prisoners were sent aenss the border, but let tlie Greasers remember t at"he laughs best who laughs hist.." P330F1 H OINOER SNAPS Fresh, crisp, spicy straigiit from Ginger-Snap Land. Groceries Feedstuff Dry Goods and Shoes Bring us your chickens eggs acid hams. Garrett 8t Stan field PHONE 6t SIMiWiHiMlMiHI mr w 1 ' Just look at that illustration a second time. Lbok atilha roominess of this new Stuaebaker SERIES 17 FOUR the individualized COMFORT thafs built (ntn th car for every onofthey - Not a detafl V ar;easierriding. JW9'i'ip.m' fa-aisq djutobletktsf .they f can be moved.fore prafttp firth pajweae? tmhei' . In.th. tonneaujroominessUs especially cvidcnt-io of room fr five full-pwn people. jfhVresr ctat ia5 ; wide end deep snd luxuriously upholstered witb the Kisnrpu This new Studebaker car on the market mrfthin hnn4rH ,. sv -v, y.rfrrrr rrrrr. w wr oi its price boyjht but on COMFORT, Alone it, Wands aaMh GREAT5yalue of the 'yrXhwSilfli fihNotth ;,Ga of I Agriculture .JYoungmen seeking an education which will equip them for practical life in. Agriculture, and all its allied branches; in Cpil, Electrical, and Me chanical Engineering; In Chemistry and Dyejng; in "ex tile. and -other- in dustries, and n Agricultural teaching will find v excellent provision for their chosen careers at the State's great; technical College.' This college fits men for. life by giving practical instruction as weiras tnorough scien tific education. . til, Four year courses in Agriculture, in Chemistry, in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engueeting;and in Textile industries. - Tour year, two year, one year, and summer Normal courses in Agri culture. Numerous practicaVshort courses. y- inirance.exyanupations neiu ai eacn county seat on July 13th catalogje,vand entrance blanks, write i . E. W. bWEN, Registrar. -V, . . West-Raleiih, N. C. . ' ' ' ' ' ." '. -' . x. . . . ' - - They wiH save fn insurance on your .house,":' tot they, can't burn. 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