Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

RAILROAD WAGES Shall they be determined by Industrial Warfare or Federal Inquiry? 1 To the American Public: Do you believe in arbitration or industrial warfare? The train employes on all the railroads have voted whether they will give their leaders authority to tie 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 Eaitern 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— a—r Freight Yard Rana* Avaraaa Ranga Average Range Average , $1641 . lO ei $1585 *I7OO $1543 Engineers. |193 1 2992 $1783 2178 $1543 „ , 1553 1552 1145 . Conductors 183 1 2901 J® 42 1991 1S1& 951 *l9O 933 -. aa 752 ’ .91704 1128 1762 1109 1633 935 B , 957 eeae 862 073 834 1085 Brakemen. 1707 1141 1521 973 1635 1085 The average yearly wage payments to all Eastern train employes (including those who worked only part of the year) as •hown by the 1915 payrolls were— Paaaenger Freight Yard Engineers, i i . .$1796 $1546 $1384 Conductor* • • e e . 1724 1404 1238 Firemen 1033 ' 903 844 Brakemen, a . • • • 1018 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 Railway! ELISHA » FK, Chairman. A 8. greig, x-e. to R~.ii>*™. ALBRIGHT, G~.l 8t - Loui> 4 S,n >»•*>"•* Atlantic Coa«t H"- Railroad. C. W. KOUNS, Gen’l Manager, g. ▼. BALDWIN. Gon 1 Fawpr, Atohiwn. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Caatral of GaorgU Railway. H. W. McMASTER, Gen’l Manager, C. L. BARDO, Gw»l Maaopr, Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. Naw York, Naw Haven A Hartford BallroaA H jj. MAHER, Vice-Prerldent, B. W. COAPMAN, Ptee-PTMidaat Norfolk .nd We.lern Kailway. Sentharn Railway. JAMES RUSSELL, Gen I Manager, g. B. COTTER, Gen’l Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Wahaah Hallway. M SCHOY ER, Reeidenl I'ice-PrtK, r. *. CROWLEY, dart. Pitw.Pre.ldMa* Penn.ylv.nla Line. Weil. Nor Yerk Central Ralbo.4. * u SEDDON. Hce.Pre.idan>, s. H. EMERSON, Gen’l M—f*tfc Seaboard Air Uno Railway. Great Northern Railway. C. ■. EWING. Gen’l Manager, Pklladelpbl. A Reading Railway. - Erie Railroad. a. W. GRICE, fm. to PnMlde-. «. 8- WAID. A Gen’l MnnagMt a Ohio Railway. Sonant Central Unea.