The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-20
The B a o. X. X. Company and it's
Policy.
Editor of the Register.


Railroad companies now dictate and
determine the price of labor in this coun-
try, and Cypress it III every conceivable
WAY possible. Tbs statement has for its
foundation, the experience of many
thousands of laboring men and mechsn-
les throughout tins country to-day.
Such was not the case once but it is
now. The prices paid for all kinds OF
labor, are now nXed by railroad direc-
tories, and not by shops and individu-
ais, rs was formerly the rule. Hence
they are The oppressOIs of the iaDorIng
classes, and are responsible, 10 nue.
greater degree, for the labor, financial
and industrial troubles and cDmpllcs-
tiOGs, than all other agencies combined.
The government has not muCn 10 do
with the present unfortunate condition OF
the laOOrlng classes, when compared 10
what the railroads have done, are now
attempting TO perpetrate upon the work
ing men in their service, and the whole
question of labor.
1t is me railroad companies, who have
crushed - tue earth the wOrkIngmen In
our country to-day, and still, by their
expressions, are lightning the coils o:
bitter poverty and idieneSs around u,
and making our condition worse than
that OF slavery itself.
They heed not our cries for help, nor
our appeals tor bread for our suffering
families. This condition in which we
are placed, cannot, and will not long re-
main rs 1t is The denveranCe will come
Railroad companies laugh nj our c tlaml-
ties and mock At our fears, when thcy
come upon u. Mr.. Garrett - | don't
use his name III personal sense, only II
tue mead representative of his company,
simply utters u libel, and ta!slties the hts
tory 0! us company, when he says that
bis company very reluctantly followed
the action Of the grGud trunk lines, and
then, not till driven by the dire financial
condition OF his road.
Now, what are the historical facts
about this terrible outrage? Last
October. an order, inspired 1T Baltimore,
WAS issued, cutting down I'll employees,
-erceDt those .0sH1ng red taPs, ten per.
cent the dollar.
The maximum OF this cut, was IL! per
cent Oh the dollar, and the minimum
Wa, ten per cent on the dollar. Carpen-
tiers, were cut II! per. cent, smiths
and macunists were cat l74 per. cent
on the dollar. This heavy reduction
took effect, November lsL, 1876, not
nine months ago Mr.. Garrett says moth
ing about this cut, but ignores lte,-
tlroly and would gladly make the I'M
preston on the pubic heart and mind
that the present cut l. the first one Ir
MAS made, but know from experience
all about Tue November cut ~ many
other hundreds can testify TO.
Two heavy cuLs-dfty cents per day
on small wages, IN nine monthsl Where
is YOUR humanity, Mr. Garrett? Blessed
Is he that consldereth the poor,
tor he shall dwell long III the land,
saws the word Ell God,
Mr.. Garrett Processes great sorrow
and sympathy Tor his employees, be-
cause of the reduction he has been com
PEELED to make IN their bread and butter,
So 10 speak; IA sham and expresses the
:ope. and wish, and request. that none
viii abandon his road IN It's peril now,
but that each and every one will take an
abiding interest IA It's welfare, and help
To- strengthen ard build it up. Not many
persons bless the robbers club with
which he breaks theirIheHds. Imagine
not many employees will offer up many
iervent PRAYERS tor the B X . K. X
company. Another view OF the question,
now That the b X O r. K. is hrlanci.
ally embarrassed, and that 1t is mort
ra~cd from Baltimore to Chicago, with
millions piled on millions, is unque>-
tipnabiv Lru" aiSo, and that the b. I. X I.
road Is. and has been all the time, non
paving rosd. Is also fundamentally
true. aud that it will never pay under Its
present management, l. also equally
true in my judgment. That the stock OF
the b. 4 o compauy, has fallen n great
distance below price, Is also true, ana
proves oonclusivey that IT, former att.
Jude i'm the market WAS bOIStered up
ore. and not one warranted by the true
and intrinsic workings or value OF the
road and lis assets.
That the management is MI incompe-
tent one, An uawi>e one, l. also true.
That /, is self. IA and penuriou7 IN the
.N,rrne. Is also well Known and estao-
ii,be! ,ac,. That the rod Is unpopular
in the State, through which It passes, Is
sbundsully atte,ted to-day, by It's lost
revenues and position IN pubic conn
deuye
Thee facts are patent to all eye
and ears in the commercial world.
That its lostrevenues sad lost popular
favor may be 20 n certain extent, re-
gained, it is now prop, sed to ROB the
poor employees both OF time and wages
50 that the ten per. cent dividend can be
published to the capitalists OF Europe
and the company thereby be enabled 70
b ,rrow millions again when IN need: l.
now has biz loan in the hands OF Nor
.,sp Drexel X Co, Of New York to pat
upon the markets OF the world, to De Sc
cured by another mortg ge on the Chlca-
I go division of the road, and IN order To
make II a success, It is necessary to make
good exhibit offs rHUacsat status.
The decline of business since the No
yember cut. on the Baltimore and unio
railroad, has no parallel in the history OF
any road in the world. 1t is no" ICON
parstively speaking) doing nothing At
/ all II Is about S3S miles from Chicago,
IN to Baltimore, and the most direct
route too; vet, l venture the assertion,
without fear of successful contradiction
that tae road doesn't average twenty-five
through passengers per day. Now
80 i cause for this
There are msny reasons we could as
SION for this unfortunate condition OF the
rH.d but = few prominent ones vii!
sutfic, Tor the object Ne have in view'
namely. to show up the policy OF the
Baltimore and Ohio road TO the unlnitist
ed The first reason we submit Is, ths'
the company will already take advan'SEe
$780,, :, avarv usrticular, when.