Dodge City times., 1891-10-30
GRANGERISM AND THE
RAILWAY EMPLOYEE.

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8 GRANGERISM AND THE
3 RAILWAY EMPLOYEE.
Under this title, the Railway Age and
Northwestern Railroader takes nearly
two columns to misrepresent The Con-
: ductOr and to persuade the Railway EN-
plOyees that they should form political
organization under the control and dicta
tion of the railway companies with the
above named paper as its sponsor an !
spokesman. 1t commences with Il state
ment that active work is being done
just now in Iowa by the Railway Em-
ployees Club" which is true as its mana
gers are making a very vigorous effort I"
secure foothold in this state, but will,
so far very poor success having only been
able to organize two branches of the Club
as yet, one at Dubuque and one at Ottum-
wa and Notwithstanding the fact that an
annual convention" has recently been
held at the latter place. they are utterly
unable to arouse any enthusiasm or to
beguile the employees of Iowa into any
such scheme. 1t states tina, the object OF
the organization is to protect the inter-
ests of railroad employees against the
raids of granger politicians but in COM
mon with all others who advocate politi
cal organization to protect the employees.
this official mouthpiece of corporate in
terests in claiming that it was due to the
Club that the Farmers Alliance failed TO
enact any one of many vicious anti
railroad bills fails to admit what was
stated to the editor of The Conductor by
the two official representatives OF the
Club who visited this office some time
ago. that they were indebted 10 members
of the Farmers Alliance almost entirely
for all that was accomplished by them IN
the Minnesota Legislature. The story of
branch OrganiZa'io ions having been formed
at varions points in Nebraska, Wisconsin.
| Missouri and Kansas is repeated. notwiib-
! standing the fact that there is but one
none in the other states mentioned. The
snm total of it's efforts in Iowa this year
will be to increase the majority OF Frank
Campbell as railroad commissioner. for
republican papers have already taken ad |
vantage of the organIzstion of these two
branches and are proclaiming that II is IN |
effort OF these corporations % 'lefeat the |
farmer candidate for comr isslOner and
notwithstanding the fact that Iowa en-
plOyees with very few exceptions. are
turning the cold shoulder To the Club, it
makes an opportunity which partisan pa
pers are not slow to improve. If the Age
and Railroader would present few facts
10 demonstrate where and how railways
have been injured by Iowa Legislation, or
perhaps, We had better say unjustly or
unfairly dealt with. for the man who
rObs his neighbor is ''injure l. it compel
led to stop and thus the railways may
have been injured by having been com
PEELED to stop some part of their unjust
against citizens of Iowa:
or if it will show one single instance
where employees have not been opposed
by railway lobbyists in every single in
stance where they have asked for u little
legislation in their own behalf or present
just trifle in the way of argument to
show that We are mistaken in the asser-
ton that railway employees have never .
obtained an iota in the way of Legislation ,
for their benefit for which they have not I
been indebted to the farmer members of {
the legislatures, instead of filling its edi $
torial columns with assertion and incor- !
rect statements and such epithets as those ,
with which this article in question is /:
flllcd, it will have more effect with those i
wh0m it endeavOrs to influence. r
The railway employee who knows any
hing of the Railway Age aud North i
western Railroader at all, knows that its I
for him and its interest Ip his
welfare is just the same as that of the v
very difference between employer and a
Employee, 1t has promptly taken the side v
If the employer without regard to condi $
ions or circumstances and the spectacle II
If paper with the recora OF the Age e
,!estiug ipr political organization to help n
he employee is one calculated to make h
he gods weep; employees remember that .
he ink is hardly dry in a lengthy editor n
al in the Age calling upon railway com 6
,an;es 10 organize and prepare to defeat n
'rganization on the part of employees. 81
he Age and Northwestern Railroader is a
urely and wholly corporation paper "
nd it will advocate and support AOthing d,
or employees that it does not expect Ia "a
e for the advantage Of the companies d.
'ithout regard to the etiec, upon employ Ia
es, aud ihe fact that this paper endorses Al
nything for employees Is sufficient reas =
n for the employees to give it thorough q.
nd careful examination before being led v,
way. 1t should not be understood that %,
&c condemn the Age for endeavoring 10 IA
,rward its own interests; we expect tha, st
paper pub!ished In the corporation III n,
,rests shall at all times support those in 10
.rests and do its utmos. to advance them, cl
ut it should do II fairly and without D,
it should not. for in W
lance, endeavor to mislead employees bv di
ating that ''in Minnesota this Club has in
ad the CO operation of local lodges and b,
visions of We believe. nearly all the ex of
ting organizations of Railroad employ u
es.' which IL no. true BY any means. th
ut on the other nand, no lodge or divls- to
m Of any of the other organizations has pl
fficially GO operated with 1t In any way, "
nc only connection being that members th
the other organizations have become o.
lcmbers of the Club; It has assumed au- hs
hority tn appoint committee in Minne iu
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