The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-11-13

NDA. MONTANA. TUEsDA'
from forming unlawful and dangerous
combinations. Al least, % long - the
railroads are thus permitted 10 eomhine
TO hx wages and for their Joint proaection
Il would be rank injustice 70 deuy the
right Of all labor upon the railroads to
unite for similar purposes.
ut should be noted that until Ne rail-.
roads set the example the great unton OF
railroad employees was never attempted.
The unions had not gone bsyond enlistinR
the men upon the different systems In
separate trade organisations. Theso nsu.
tralise and check each other to some o..
tent and have no such scope o. capacity
Tor good or evil a. 10 possible under the
universal combination idea inaugurated
by the railroads and followed By the
American Railway union. The refusal Of
the Genaral Manager association to
recognise and deal with such combine
ton of labor 40 the American Railway
union seems arrogant and absurd when
We consider lite standing before the law,
its assumptions and its past and obviously
COutoNnpAotou hutuf0 0ctlOus
Taking up the subject Of the Pullman
Palace Car company, the report says:
''This . corporation organised In 1867
with . capital OF 81 ,000, 900. II has grown
until its present paid up capital 10 S36,.
100000. Its prosperity has enabled the
company for over 20 years to pay . per
cent. quarterly dividends, and In addition
to lay up surplus Of nearly s2S 900 Of
undivided proflts."
Speaking Of tho town Of Pullman. Of
which the report says the company 10
owner and landlord, the commission says:
"The principal church and its parsonage
are very attractive structures, but often
are not occupied because tho rental rs-
quired 10 higher than any church society
10 willing to pay to obtain the gospel priv.
ileges to be thereby secured. In the Ar.
cade 10 tasteful library OF books, care.
fully selected and cared for By the com.
pany. Three dollars per year 10 eharksd
for its use and a. many ~ 80 peesous
year out Of 1000 to 5000 smployss and
residents have ut timsa. 90 stated hy tho
librarian In charge. availsd themssoves Of
Ito opportunities. II 10 impossible that
the air of business strictly maintained
there a. elsewhere and their exclusion
from any part OF It's management. pre-.
vent moro universal and grateful 90.
ccptance OF its advantages BY the en-.
ployes. Az . rule even the employees
prefer Independence to paternalism in
such matters.
"Tho company pays . physician and
surgeon by tho year to furnish 10 the In
jured employees the necessary trsatment
and drugs. II 10. however, also part Of
his employment to secure from The In
jursd party written statement - to the
cause Of the injury, and Il 10 his custom
to urge the acceptance Of any offered sst-
tlemsnt. II suit follows, the doctor ID
usually witness for the company. We
have no evidence that the doctor has ever
abused his confldentiAl relation towards
the injured employees. but the systsm b
admirably conceived from . business
standpoint to secure a. speedily - posi-.
bic . settlement Of the claims for dam.
aRss upon the terms offered By the com.
pany and to protect the company from
litigation and its results.
"As result Of tho Pullman system and
its growth when the depression of 1885
came morally calling for mutual coness-
sions - to wages, rents, etc., We ind on
one side very wealthy and unyielding
corporation, and upon the other Q multi.
tude Of employees Of comparatively OK
cellent character and skill. but without
local attachmsnts oe any interested re.
spousibility In the town, its business. tene-
ments or surroundings. The conditions
created at Pullman enable the manage
ment at oil times to assert with great
/ oil S&. "A -f~kA A.
reut, absolutely, aud to rsprsss that SORT
Of Independence which leads to labor
organisations and thoir attempts at media
tion, arbitration Of strikes, etc. On the
other hand II 10 an economic principle
generally recognised that the shutting
down Of such plant and the scattering
Of its forces usually results Ia greatel
loss than that exhibited by the con-
tinuancs Of business. The Pullman
company could hardly shut down for seven
and half months at cost and loss OF
lees than one per cent. Of ito capital. To
continue running was for ito obvious and
unfair advantage - long - Il could d.
vide the losses equally with its labor. The
men Ut Pullman claim the company,
during 1893 and 1884. sst its pay through
experts 20 that with their forced loss oi
time an average man could earn little
moro than the rent Of his house, owned
by the company. The company alleges il
simply rsadiustsd the prices of piece worl
; to suit the necessities Of the times.
"Some witnesses swear that ut times
for the work done In two weeks they re-
csivsd in checks from four cents to 81 oveI
; and above their rent.
"The company has not produced III
checks In rsbuttal. During oil OF this 70
duction, and its attendant suffering, mono
Of tho salaries Of tho officers, tho man
; ayers or tho superintendent were re
> duced. Tho reductions in those would
not have been so severely felt, would have
; shown good faith, would have relieved
tho harshness Of tho situation, and
evinced esnuine sympathy with tho Ia
borer in hard times.
) "In its statement to tho public. which
arc in evidence. tho company represent,
that its object In ail II has done was te
continue all tho operations for tho benefit
Of ito workinRmen and trades people in
and about Pullman, and to save tn,
public from the annoyance Of interrupted
travel. Tho commission thinks that i
sought to keep running mainly for its owl
benefit. that its plant might not rust. ,ha
its competitors might not invade its terri
!. tory, that It might keep its cars In repair
that IL might be ready for resumption
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