Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FOR RENT OR SALE—New modern 8-room house. Possession can be given August Ist, —John Poole, Phone 297. a ~-~ ed WANTED—At once, 25 or 30 boys to top onions. Each boy should bring pair of scissors; good wages.—Alf Donnelly. WANTED—Horses—I will be Li Rensselaer three days each week f> buy all kinds of good horses. - Call or write Padgitt’s barn. —Len Pevler. WANTED—To buy a first-class roll top desk. Must be in good condition. Inquire at K. T. Rhoade- Jarage, Phone 579. WANTED —25 boys to top onions; highest wages paid by day or by the bushel; to begin Monday, July 24th. A free auto ride, leaves barn at 6:20 a. m. or Snedeker’s grocery 6:25 a. m. and returns at 5:30 p. m.—B. Forsythe.

RAILROAD WAGES Shall they be determined by Industrial Warfare or Federallnqui ry ? To the American Public: Do you believe in arbitration or industrial warfare? The train employes on all the railroads arc voting whether they will give their leaders authority to tic up the commerce of the country to enforce their demands for a 100 million dollar wage increase. The railroads are in the public service—your service. This army of employes is in the public service—your service. You pay for rail transportation 3 billion dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every dollar from you goes to the employes. On all the Eastern Railroads in 1915. seventy-five per cent of the train employes earned these wages (lowest, highest, and average of all) as shown by the payrolls— - Pa»»enger Freight Yard Kanye Average Range Average Range Average «■*?«•• 41931 $ » 1783 ,1543 1831 2901 1642 m 1315 Fir.™ . J” 1128 1109 935 Bnk.™. 1141 J B2 973 1085 The average yearly wage payments to all Etstern train em» ployes (including those who worked only part of the ye.f) as Shown by the 1915 payrolls were — Paaannger Freight Yard Engineers, a • • • .$1796 $1546 $1384 Conductors • • • . . 1724 1404 1238 Firemen . • • e a • 1033 903 844 Brakemenlolß A 100 million dollar-wage increase for men in freight and yard service (less than one-fifth of all employes) is equal to a 5 per -cent advance in all freight rates. The managers of the railroads, as trustees for the public, have no right to place this burden on the cost of transportation to you without a clear mandate from a public tribunal speaking for you. The railroads have proposed the settlement of this controversy either under the existing national arbitration law, or by reference to the Interstate Commerce Commission. This offer has been, refused by the employes’ representatives. Shall a nation-wide strike or an investigation under the Government determine this issue? National Conference Committee of the Railways ELISHA LEE, CAothmm. a. 8. creic, aml «o r. «. ALBRIGHT, tai L*" l * *8“ rraaotao Rrfhreed. AtlaatU Coart Liao R*Urn U. C. W. KOUNB, Goat Martyr, L. W, BALDWIN, Goal Milkas Atchiaon, Topeka * Saata go Raflwgp. Caatral as Georgia HalKray. EL w McMASTER, ta'l Monnaon. C. L. BARDO. Goat tay", Wheeling aad Lake Brio KaSToad. , K J), maker, Eta-FH-htaM, B. H. COAPMAN, Maa Norfolk aad Western Hallway. Saaihern Ralhrar. a ■ rzvi-rra JAMM RUSSELL, Gaa’l JfaMgaai B. B. COTTER, Gaol Maaagwr, Deaver* Rio Crude lUUKmA Wabash Rail way a ■» CRQ WIJtY jLma FieaJtweiAM. SCHOYER, Resident . PeauyhuialtateWort. «. B. EMERSON, W - < Great Northern Seaboard Air Uae Railway. V C. ■. EWING, Gaal HaMfar, A. J- STONE, Flte-Py. d dart, 1 Philadelphia * Raadiag Ralhnv. Erie W.llteU ; \