Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-10
WHOLE NO. l0,3I8.

IN gold. and bears six per cent interes. uron its
face, but IN fact q rate Of over nine per cent-a
greater rate than has eTer been paid in the
world upon similar security.
These companies have illedup 10 -iyers. have
destroyed no wagon roads. every facility that
existed foT transportation before these rnais
were bnilt still exists. On The contrary. these
roads have made gar,ien of the valley of the
san Joaquin. and an orange grove OF Los Ange-
eS. have rendered almost priceless en-. lands in
| Northern California which ~ .hc time OF their
projection were opened .or private e1try at 81 .
per acre.
| I' has been attempted % array the farmers
against the transportation connauies and no
weight $ given 70 the tact TIN. since the first
load Of wheat carried over the Southern Pacific
Railroad nom PoC, Costa 30 New Orleans nearly
! 2Oa09N tons oi wheat have been Shipred from
| California Tha; the single shipment above men
| toned reduced height, upon those shipments
not iss, than S7000O0o thereby giving to the
farmers of California ar amount greater than
ai, the STATE taxes paid by the whole people Of
! this state. and rendering the -arming comnuni-
| ties o; this state the most prosperous in the
world Il was said. when this great reduction
was made. chat shipping wonld be driven from
san francisco The prophets of evil have failed
| Two yenrs have elapsed The ha-bo- of san
Francisco Is white with the sails OF ,nerchan.
| ships ami sreightS lower than ever
| an sifOr- has been made . array the laboripg
men agains ,he>s Conlpaoi,s let they have in
.ac,r service auout 5000 employees These EN-
! poycs are 9bour equally divided between the
.Wo gIea political 5Hr'i1s of The State ana in no
instance 90 my knowledge has .hc Central Pa
c!fc Railroad CoIapany OF any compau. luder
the control oi IT. Directors, ever soug,l. 70 know
| the POLITICS nfun emrioye
They have never attempted 90 suppress. gs,,; on
the contrary have encouraged ,hoir Labor
Unions They are p9ying today substantially
the same wages ,hat thes paid 20 thesr employees
! fifteen year, ago Theirs f., the standard by
which at least skilled iabor in this State-the
labor of the iron-worker She upholsterar. the
mechanic and he engineers fixed Trr7c.
'ritto,' 'art3r haze The representatives Of ,arupfl!-
'T@g Interests 1 Sr7 Fslucsco cpplicd 20 re Boo-d
al Director; q ;ais compug 20 ~,agre the isag.s Of
tS sk4iisd 'a5'r--s. These representatives have
urged that the standard of fifteen years ago is
| 100 high for today. The Director, hay, replied
that many OF these men have been in our en-
ployment from the start Many OF thsa have
their little homes partially paid loF They
| are saving ont of their earnings enough 20 make
| their monthly payments and if We were 20 re.
iuce their wages We would deprive them of
their homes As ons rs the railroad companies
now under our control remain. 50 iong we will.
il We can earn enough pay the rates Of wages
which we are maintaining" IN more than
one instance the representative OF the manu-
-acturing interest has been known % go upon
the streets of san Francisco and preach cru
Sadp aUnirst +hp ra5I-ngd cOu,n,u, hi.t ,I,r,ys
concealing The reason which melted his en-
nifty
It was grayely proposed. in Che Board of Rail
road Commissioners, to reduce the fares in this
state to the maximum of three cents a mile
which vas said TO be The Georgia rate. The
maximum in Georgia is three, four and I'VE
cents, according to the classification OF the
roads. A reduction 20 the Georgia standard
would involve more tuan u reduction 20 Georgia
wages. for the price OF fuel in this State cannot
be reduced. and The reduction would all upon
labor.
A Large proportion OF the employees upon The
Georgia railroads are negroes. who work very
cheaply. What advantage would the laboring
man OF this state take from the exclusion ofthe
Chineseif they were bound to labor At the rates
fixed in Georgia. and at the same time bear the
duction of the rates Of fare for instance from
san Francisco to san Jose of % cents on each
passenger would not, so far as the laboring men
| of San Francisco are concerned, benefit them 10
the extent of one cent apiece in the year, yet if
such reduction were made proporionately ali
over the State the railroad companies would be
compelled either 70 abandon their roads or to
reduce the wages OF their employees not lesSthan
10 or IS per cent. a corresponding reduction
would follow in the wages of all other employees,
and this percentage of reduction would repre-
sent to the working people the difference be
tween a competency and merely enough 70 exc
out an existence. An examination of the pay
roll of the Central Pacific and other railroads in
this state under the management of that Board
OF Directors Will exhibit fact that has not here
tofore been made public, that they pay their
President and Directors and higher officers very
much less compensation than is paid by other
important railroad companies in the United
states while to its clerical force skilled labor