The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-13

ing their work, thus themselves dC.u;
what Vas strcnuuully trying to IRE
vent beins done by the depression IF the
car-buiiing business, and the employees
who quit their work have deprived them
selves and thcii comrades Of earnings
of more than $500 900 up to this time.
The demand made before quitting work
was that the wages should bc restored
90 the scale of lgst year, or IN effect that
the actuu! outgoing money losses then
being daily incurred by the company
in car building should be deliberately
increased % an amount cqualling about
one-fourth Of the wages of the en-
ployees.
1t must be clear to every business man,
and to every thinking workman, that no
prudent employer could submit to arbitra-
ton the question whether he should coin
NIT such piece OF business folly. Arb!-
tratiun always implies aCuuescencc In
the decision OF the arbitrator. whether
favorable Or adverse.
How could | az President of the Pull
man Company consent to agree that II
any body OF mer not concern,d with the
interests Of the Company'S shareholders
should, as arbitrator, for any reas sons
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open the shops employ workm II ut
wages greater than their work couId lie
sold for. and continue this ruinous policy
indefinitely VI BE- accused If "A breach of
| faith!
Who Will deny that such a question
| is plainly not a subject OF arbitration
| Is it not then unreasonable that the
company should be asked to arbitratt
| whether or not II should submit such a
question to arbitration?
| Removing the original and funda.
| mental question one stage does not hell
the matter; the question would stIll re
main. Can | as Il business man. know
| ing the truth Of the facts which l hay,
stated, bind myself that ! viii in any
contingency open and operate the Pull.
| man car shops at whatever lcss II 1t
should happen to be the opinion of
some third party that | should do so
The answer seems to he PLAN.
| The public should not permit the real
question which has been before it to be
obscured That question was as to the
possibility of the creation and duration
OF dictatorship which could make all
the Industries of the United States and
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pendent upon them hostages for the
granting OF any fantastic within of such
Il dictator.
Any submission to him would hav,
been a long step in that direction. and l.
the interest of every law-ablding citize
of the United States was not to be con
fsidered for a moment.
A few words are pertinent as to som
industriously spread charges against tn
company
One OF these charges Is that rents ar
exorbitant. and it is implied that tn
Pullman employees have no choic
but to submit The answer is simple
The average rental OF tenements a
Pullman is at the rate of 81 per room
per month, and the renting Of houses a
Pullman has no relation to the work ii
the shops.
Employees may, and very many do, owl
or rent their houses outside of the town
and the buildings and business place
in the town are rented to employee
or to others in competition with neigh
boring properties
In short, the renting business Of tn
Pullman Company ID governed by tn
same condition which govern any oths
large owner of real estate except tina
the company Itself does directly som
things which in Chicago are assumed b,
the city.
If, therefore, it is not admitted that tn
rents Of any landlord are 10 be fixed b,
arbitration, and that those Of the ad
joining towns of Kensington and Rose
land should also be so fixed, II cai
hardly be asked that the Pullman Com
pany also should abandon the ordinar,
rules which govern persons in that loca
ton.
AS to charges for water. the cOmpan,
until lately had a contract with the vii
lage of Hyde Park, under which 1t pat
four cents per 1000 gallons and pumpe,
the water itself. The gross amount PAL
the village per month for tho water con
sumed by the tenants was almost ex
actly the gross sum paid by the tenant
therefor.
Since the inclusion of Hyde Park an
Pullman within the city OF Chicago, tn
company pays the city about seye
cents per thousand gallons, and no
having increased the charge to the ten
ants, is paying for the water consume
by thcm ABOUT sOip per month more tins
is charged to them.
The company has made repeated Of
forts to disassociate itself from the sup
plying OF water to tenants. but the cit
of Chicago has as yet failed to apply tn
ordinary frontage rates 10 the house
and shops IN Pullman, although IL /
done in the adjacent towns.
, strenuous efforts have also been mad
. to create "A prejudice against the Pull
man Company by charges that its stOc
, is heavily watered.
: The pullman Company was organize
, twcnty-seven years ago with capita
of 81, 900, 600, Of which two-thirds IL rel
l resented the appraised value OF it's car,
: then held by three owners, and one
third represented the appraised value G
= its franchises and existing contracts.
The company has grown until It's sleel
inC-car service covers l2j, 900 miles 1
railway, or about three-fourths Of III
railway system OF the country, and tina
, increase of service has nccessitateG IN
I crease of its capital from time 10 tim
until II Is nov ST., 0,OJU..,
Every share Of this increase has bee
, offered to stockholders and sold o theI
| ,r ,n others ~ the ordinary g.,trS. q,