Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 38, Hammond, Lake County, 1 August 1912 — Page 8

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THE TIMES. Thursday, August 1, 1912.

RAILWAY EMPLOYES SHOW HIGH COST v - OF LIVING 'fCdattomd from Pare onl

NO PRINCE ALBERTS FOR PERSPIRING STATESMEN; "ANYTHING TO KEEP COOL" SLOGAN OF DIGNIFIED SOLONS AT WASHINGTON

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1 eult citizen's clothes. 25.00 1 uniform cap 1.25 1 hat i.BO 6 shirts per year 6.00 8 pairs sox per year... 2.00 Underwear per year... 4.00 Collars and ties pei year 2.00 Brought forward . . Clothing for wife per year Clothing- for three children Boots and shoes, S chilli ran, S , pair each 51.60 .' 1S.50 Man, " 2 pair shoes, at IS. 60 . 7.00 1 pair overshoes 2.00 Lady, 2 pair shoes, at 13 6.00 Rubbers '. . 1.00 Repair of shoes for, family ....... ." 2.25 Furniture and utensils, 3 brooks, at 60 cents.. 1.50 Brushes ............... 1.00 .Gas mantles or lamp

frlasaee . Stove polish Shoe polish .'

Renewal of furniture and beddlnpr ........ 60,00 Foodstuff, . bread for -. ? family,' Iff "cents per , day 54.7.5 Cakes .and . pastry, per . - day, 10 cents . . 36.60 Milk peV day, 10 cents.' 3,6.50 Meats, 85 cents per day... Potatoes, for, . family, 1 - year .'. .: ' I , : Sugar, 6 pounds, per", week - , . .at 7 cents, per year.. Tea.' per week, 10 cents. . Coffee.' 1 pound per week. at SO tents . .. . , rfreakfast " foods and r' cereals, 26c per week ; ' Vegetables, cabbage, per "' " week, at 5 cents. . . .'1 2.6ft Onions- per week, at 6 cents ' . . .". . . . . . .. . 2.60 Turnips and ' carrots. . . 2.60 Parsnips, per week? at - 5 rents 2.60 . Lettuce, .. 2.60 Fruits, 1 barrel apples. . A 3.00 Preserving 4 crate of strawberries 1.60 Preserving y crate . raspberries 1.50 i Preserving' 3 baskets peaches ' 2.25 . Preserving 1 basket pears 1.00 Preserving 1 basket plums .50 Sugar per above 4.00 "Butter, 4 pounds per week 72.80 Lard, 1 pound per week . . at 16 cents.... S.42 Eggs, 1 don. per week. 21.84 Cheese, H pound, at 10c. 6.20 Flour, 25 "pound bag per month, at 66 cents... , Canned goods, ' 1 can fish, at 20 cents per week 10.40 t 1 can' corn, at 15 cents '". per ' week .... . . . 7.80 1 can" peas, at 15 cents

per ' week . Pickles, at 6 cents per " week ...... '. . Insurance per1year Union dues per year...".. Street car fare for family, 60 cents per week... Sundries, pepper, per year Salt, "per year Mustard per year, 2 tins Matches per year. Vinegar per year..;.'.. Soap per year, 100 bars Extras at- Christmas. ". ." ; 7 Evening papers. 25 cents

65.75 185.75 25.00 20.00

31.75

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Representative "Doc" Akin York and Representative f

Stanley of Kentucky, at the bottom, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah and Senator Gardner of Maine. It's beastly bot In Washington thee days. If It were not. .why do the dignified and staid old senator? and representatives work In their sblrt sleeves? Observe them In the accompanying pictures. Did you ever see them going around like that back home? Not so. Back borne they wear a Prince Albert, and impress everyone with their dignity.

But in Washington, which la said to be the hottest place on earth, they

go costless while at work and some

of them even shed their collars.

13.75

108.16

7.80

per month Rent for six-room cottage at 818 Doctor and medicine for family i .... ....... . Donations to church per year Family attending .one concert per year .... One trip on lake .... , , Park . 0 Park ..... i

3.00 surance of household goods; for fruit, such as bananas, oranges, .lemons; no 216.00 provision for saving fund to provide ; for out of work or during sickness; 20.00 neither have we provided for tobacco J or liquors of any kind. If these pro10.00 . visions, which should be made for

2.00 3.00 2.00

7.00 2.00

men and conductors Is 23 cents an

hour for the first six months, 26 cents

an hour for the second six months, 26

cents the second year, 27 cents the third year, 28 cents the fourth year, 29 cents the fifth year, and 30 cents thereafter, and from your own state-

7.80

2.60

.40 .60 .40 .60 .45 6.00

28.60 20.00 12.00 26.00

7.25 6.00

.81,006.66

Total cost for year

Necessities not provided for In est! mate: -.,". School books for children, per

year ...3 6.00 ent. Take for instance, the year 1910. Literature. books, etc, for (Your reports to- the. city In that year family : . 10.00 ' show that the Chicago Railways Cornice for four months 12.00 ' pany employed on an average of 8.116 Insurance for household goods... 2.00 . men. It paid its employes 15,058,148.3 1, Fruits, bananas, lemons, oranges. 15.00 j or an average of $823.23 per man. and Savings fund for sickness, etc. . .75.00 j this includes the wage of the superTobacco for head of family 5.00 In tend- -"v. Total $124 00 The two companies, the Chicago The cost of living, as here estimated Railways Company and the Chicago for a street car man. his wife, and . City Railway Company, for that sam

every family, were entered in the estl-iments you agree that there are over mate, it would require at least $1,200 22 per cent of the motormen and conto support a family of five and to meet j dujetors receiving less than 28 cents the requirements of a street car man per hour, and you state that the averIn this city. j age wage for all is but a fraction over A comparison of your scale of wages;28 cnta Pr hour. Now. a man at 23 will readily show that no motorman cents an hour " would earn less than or conductor, or other employe In th " 800 a yar' and uPPe we estimated

three children we have based upon a year employed a total of 13.743 emconservative and extremely low basis, ployes, and expended In wages $8,635,- ' In these figures we have made no pro-! 541.50, or an average of $621.00 per '

vision for school books for the chll- ; employe, and the present rate will not dren, literature for the family beyond j show any substantial Increase above the dally paper,, no provision for death thsc quoted. . in the family, for the- attending of LeVus leave out the wage for a

funerals of friends or relatives, or for i momeqt of the barn and other embirths, for ' ice for family use during ployea, and consider only the wags I

the hot weather; no provision for in-of the trainmen. The scale for motor

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i We Are Off Today ' "THAT you Jack? Well; we are off today. Hoped to run in to shake hands with you before leaving, but have been so busy clearing up business matters that I haven't had a minute. Let that Calkins matter rest till I get back. ; Six, weeks. Thanks., "Good luck to you, old man." r When time presses, the telephone is frequently relied upon for last words and farewell messages.

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service, can maintain that standard of at 28 CPnts- If a man at that RUTt

living on the wages received at pres- i wou,a worK very ay ln lne year- lne

miai ooo aays wouia give mm uui $1,022, and if he would take Sunday or ' a day off each "Week that every workman is entitled to. his wage would amount to but $876.40 in the year. Ws repeat that. what-, we are demanding Is

the standard of American living as It prevails In Chicago. Let us look at the cost of operating cars alone with your company. Your official year ending on Jan. 31 of each year, and let us compare your reports from year to year for the past four years. Year ending Jan. 31, 1909. Receipts from revenue passengers, $10,773,915; from chartered cars, $4,613; mail cars, $81,813; from advertisements, $44,333, making a total income from thesy earning sources of $10,854,680. In that

year your total mileage was 44,021,464. j Your Income per car mile was $.2465.

i our cost for operation of cars wai $3,618,694, or a cost per car mile of $.0822. For the year ending Jan. 31, 1910, from these same sources, your income was $12,258,301. Your total car miles was $46,157,999. , Your income for this year per car mile was increased to $.2656. You paid for car operation this year $4,042,786, ---and your cost per car mile for operation was $.0875. "For the year 1911 your total income from the- same- sources was-$13,822,135. Your total car miles for this year was 61,646,428. Your Income per car mile was the same as the year before, $.2655 Your cost for operating cars

was $4,453,830, or a reduction of $.0862. For the year ending Jan. 31. 1913, you total income, from the same sources,' was $16,879,914. During this year your car miles amounted to 67.404.205. Your income per car mile for this year increased to $.294. our cost for operation of cars this year was $4,643.182, or the cost per car mile was reduced to $.0808. These figures show the steady Increase of earnings per car mile each year, while the cost of operation per car mile has steadily decreased, and you are not paying as much per car mile In the year 1912 as you did in the year 1909. Another convincing argument to jis Is the following figures; For the year ending Jan. 31, 1909, your total income was $11,037,071. Your expenses for operating cars were $3,618,694. For the year ending Jan. 31, 1912, your gross Income was $17,166,495, and the operating of cars was but $4,643,182. This seems t us as convincing proof at least of the company's prosperity, and established without question their ability to pay the increase we are demanding. Now, In your communication you state that you are paying as high a wage as paid east of the Rock Mountains, yet the first city you quote a a comparison is that of Los Angeles, far west of the Rocky Mountains, If we understand anything of American geography. As to the number of cities in your table, a number of ; them are unorganized towns, and we are unable to get the correct rate of wago and cannot say as to whether your"Tlgures upon them are correct or not. Again, are not acquainted with the environments and surroundings of the par men of these cities, but if the cost of living with them is as high as it is in Chicago, and they receive any lower wape than we do, God pity them. Now, as to some of the wages you

have given, they are not correct, and the wages in a number of cities are higher than the wage paid in Chicago.

In Detroit, for instance, you state

the wage of 23 cents for the first yer.

26 for the second, year, and 294

cents for the third year. The facts are as follows: Detroit motormen and con

ductors receive twctity-flve cents en hour for the first six months; 28 cents an hour for the next year, and after

eighteen months in service they receive 30 cents an hour. This company

operates a part of Its system, giving' eight tickets for a quarter from 5 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock at night, and after that hour .Ax for a

quarter. Over their entire system they

give workingmen's tickets, good In the

morning and evening, eight for 28 cents. In Cleveland, Ohio, the company now pay 27 cents an hour for the first year, and thereafter 30 cents an hour, whllo on your system It takes five years to reach 30 cents, and the Cleveland company carry their passengers and give a universal transfer for a three-cent fare. Vancouver, B. C, the first 3 months, 22 cents per hour; second t months, 25 cents per hour; second 6 months, 27 cents; second year, 29 cents; third year, 31 cents; thereafter, 35 cents. On Interurban lines, 36 M cents. Mt. Clemens Rapid Railway. First six months, 25 cents per hour; next year, 28 cents an hour; after eighteen months In service 30 cents per hour. Oakland. Cal., first year, 30 cents per hour; second year, 31 cents; one cent an hour up to ten years, when they receive 40 cents an hour. "Wheaton. 111.. third rail). First year, 26 cents; second year, 29 cents; third year and thereafter, 32 cents. Sacramento. Cal. First year, 29 cents per hour; second year, 30 cents; third year, 31 cents; fourth year. 32 cents. Salt Lake City, Utah. First year, 26 cents; thereafter, 81 cents. j Butte, Mont. First year, 38 1-3 cents; second, third and fourth years, 42 cents; thereafter, 45 cents an hour. Helena, Mont. Flrt year, 30 cents;

second year, 31 cents; third year, 32

cents; fourth year, 33 cents; fifth year,

34 cents; thereafter 35 cents per hour. And there are still a number of other cities, of which we have not space to enter, with a higher rate than that

paid by your company.

Now, for your information, we will hereby give you some of the wages prevailing In the different trades and

calling in the city of Chicago:

Cement Finishers, 62vi cent an

hour, $5.00 for an 8-hour day, time and one half for Saturday afternoons and

all overtime.

Drain layers. 63 3-4 cents an hour, $4.30 a day, double time for Saturday

afternoons and all overtime.

Drain layers' helpers, 44 cents an

hour, $3.30 for an 8-hour day, double time for Saturday afternoons and all

overtime.

Hod carriers and building laborers.

40 to 67 cents per hotir, time and one-half for Saturday afternoons and

all overtime.

Painters. 60 cents an hour. Double

time for Saturday afternoons and all

overtime.

Stone derrick men and riggers, 60

cents an hour, time and one-half for Saturday afternons and all ' overtime. Pile drivers, 66 cents an hour, $5.28 for an 8-hour day and time and onehalf for Saturday afternoons and all

overtime.

Sheet metal workers, 61 cents an

hour, $5 a day for an 8-hour day, dou

ble pay for Saturday afternoons and

all overtime.

Asbestos workers, 02 cents an

hour, $5 for an 8-hour day and double pay for Saturday afternoons and

nights and overtime.

Boiler workers receive the same as

asbestos workers. Carpenters, 65 cents an hour, $5.20 for an 8-hour day and double time for Saturday afternoons and all overtime. Structural Iron workers. 68 cents an hour, $5.44 a day, with double time for Saturday afternoons and all overtime. Electrical workers, 76 cents an hour, $6 a day for an 8-hour day and double time for Saturday afternoons and all overtime. The overtime for all these trades means over the 8-hour workday. And so we could go on through all the classes of labor in Chicago and prove to you that the demands we are making are not exorbitant or unreasonable, and nowhere near the prevail

ing wage of this community. If the electrician, whose work we are familiar with and come in contact with every day, would work 170 days In tho year, he would earn more In that time than would the motorman at 28 cents an hour, working 365 days In the year. "We again reiterate our position that the wage we are demanding that which is necessary to maintain the standard of living that prevails In this community. Now, In view of the above facts we feel that we are justified in reiterating our demands, and do so by the adoption of the following resolutions, which our committeme is instructed to carry out; Resolved, That we. the members of Division 241, In regular meeting assembled, do hereby reject the company's proposition and offer that we renew our old contract at the old wage and working conditions for another term, and we hereby Instruct our committee to present this communication, with its demands, redemanding the wage, that we formerly requested, and to insist upon your company granting the same, and further be it ' Resolved, That we immediately declare that if your Company will not grant to us a new contract, with reasonable living wayes as hereby asked, that we call upon our entire membership to declare fo-r a suspension of work, and that the resolution for such suspension be voted upon Friday, Aug. 2, 1912. as to whether we will empower the committee to suspend operation at any time after that date if they cannot reach any satisfactory settlement or understanding with the company, and if such resolution Is so- carried the committee is hereby empowered and Instructed to carry out the above resolutions. Respectfully submitted. Division 241. A. A. of S. and E. R. E. of A. William Qulnlan, President. C W. Mills, Secretary

Rebuildiin Sale Bargains in All Departments IPridlaLX v Double Coupons ALL DAY Groceries Included. (Except Plur and Sucsr)

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HAMMOND'S GREATEST DZPT. 8TOE2

MRS. POTTS' SAl) IRONS Free in our Premium Department

Heavily . nickel plated, three

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Grocery Sale for Friday

owwa uesu .L. astern uranuiaieo, witn grocery

wucr oi jl.uu or more, (meat, butter or flour pa. not included) 10 pounds UijC "DTTUIIII im T-tl it .... . wbVb

o u x x x.xfc j&igin ureamery, nnest obtainable, Oft-. per pound JJC FLOUR Gold Medal or Ceresota, Va-barrel sack, 3.15:

4-oarrei sacK, i.oo; (f H-barrel sack HUH

Fancy cream Brick Cheese pound. . . i . . Fancy Red Alaska Salmpn, 1-pound , in. tall can I UC Fancy Old Crop Peabeny Coffee, 01 1 per lb 4t C Fancy Elberta Peaches, per A e basket Fancy Large Messina Lemons, OQr per "doz JC Snider's Tomato Catsup,

Fancy California Prunes,

per lb., 12c; cr 5 pounds UUu

Solid Packed Tomatoes, ound 9c New Potatoes, fancy white

stock, per QQ peck OuC

Jell-O, the new dessert, 3 packages 25 C

Grandma's Washing Pow

der, large Qn package Oh

Fancy Sugar Corn or Kid

ney Beans, 4 r2 cans.. I 3R

15c bottle 4 O-a at I ZC

suAJf hitk's American Family or Fels 0Q Naptha, with grocery order, 7 bars ZJC

miijjs. jfet, uarnauon or Jfeeriess, dozen large cans, 95c; per can .QC

Friday's Best Bargains

Kodol, for dyspepsia and Indiges

tion, 1.00 size at

Tlz, for tender feet, 25c size

80c 18c

Toilet Water, all brands, 50c size, 3Qq 75c size...

59c

Sulphur and Cream Tartar Tablets, 10c size

8c

Lawn Mowers, 18-inch knife, high

wheel, regular price 7.25, special at

6.75

Daisy Fly Killer, special for 13C or 2 for..........X0C

Coffee Mills, round glass top regular price 95c, " "VO special 0 C

Fly Swatters, The Faultless, at

10c

Pure Linen Suiting, natural color, nice fine quality, full 36 AA . inches wide, per yard.... sC 2w Genuine "Soisette," good range of colors and black, special, f A per yard I w C Brown Union Linen Crash, 16 inches wide, very serv- A iceable, 5 yards for sCwC (Limit 10 yards to a customer) All Wool Broadhead Serge, full 48 inches wide, just the right weight.

navy and black shade, special, yard

72c

Genuine Princess Aprons of amoskege gingham and percales, extra large and long, for sale ICa Friday CfiUC Ladies' Muslin Gowns, extra quality yokes and sleeves, trimmed

with, pretty embroidery insertions, sale price.....

45c

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Ladles' Wash' Suits, balance

sale, either coat or skirt singly, easily worth double price we are

asking for full suit

98c

Children's Fine-Wool Sweaters, fine rib weave, red and grey, IE high neck, sale price HDC

25 Dozen Boys' Light Weight Bloom

er Pants, ages 5 .to 13,

special.

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29c

Men's Blue Chambray AmoskeogN

Shirts, soft attached collar, double

seams, special . at

39c

Men's White Porls Knit Underwear, long sleeve shirts, ankle length drawers, 50c value, )ft special.......... vilC

Men's Union Suits, "Cooper" derby ribbed, long sleeves, TO 1.00 garments, special W C

Infants' Soft Sole Shoes, patent, button with dull black, pink, white, red or blue tops, sizes 0 to 3, extra

fine, sale price, per pair.

25c

Antlcor the Magic Safety Corn

Shaver, 25c seller, special for Fri

day only in shoe department ,

I9c

Whittemore's Quick White, the best cleaner for white canvas shoes,

special for Friday only, 2 bottles for

I5c

Boys' White Canvas Oxfords with the rubber soles, sizes 8 to 11 and

11 to 2, regular 60c value, special for Friday only.,..

25c