Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-29

BY, inspecting the above figures it
will be seen that the railway employees
of this country get less pay for rum
ming trains, per mile, than any other
men of their class on earth. Great
Britain. pays more than twice as much
to tie employees per train mile as is
paid in this country. The British COM
panies employ nearly four times as
many men per mile as are employed in
this country; and, it may be added,
also, that their slaughter is less than
one-fourth as many people, in proper
ton to the number carried. i...I
The English employee has time to
rest and fecreate with his family, to
work in his garden land to attend
church. all of which keeps him fresh,
alert and vigorous. This is not true to
| the same extent in this country, be-
cause of the long and irregular hours
and cruel overwork of our men!
President Ripley says that, next to
truth and honor, human life is the
dsarest thing on earth And yet our
American railway corporations con-
stantly persue a policy which doubles
and quadruples the railway carnage of
l'lhis country as compared with others,
merely that they may pocket the mon
ey that should be expended to prevent
the continually occurring accidents.
And,s in his heartlessness the Presi-
], dent of the Santa Fetries to smooth
down and excuse the disasters, while
the slaughters and the holocausts con-
tinue, by saying that so many millions
are carried that are not hurt d"
AS well try to excuse that other IA
nous blood-letter known as the French
'gguuilotitie, because its daily average did
lhot EXCEED say fifty or a hundreds per-
sons, while thirty millions daily and
hourly escaped with their heads on.
The entire carnage by the guilotine in
the French revolution did not reach
bt1enty; thousand decapitations OIL.
Theirs, Wow. 8, p. 1867 Our railway
carnage reaches that number of deaths
every three years, besides five times as
many more .that are injured; not count
ing the thousands Of employees who are
lisa bled and murdered by the slow
fortunes of overworls and lack of rest
tThus we have the perpetual carnage
! Of the historic French revolution, COM
mencing every three years, with our
coorporatioh Robcsperres at the helm,
Eguiding and whetting the fury Of the
pitiless storm. ''6. u ..Dsf u.s.
President Ripley offers, no remedy
for these tragic disasters, except that
he'says it would cost one hundred mil
tHon dollars in Kansas alone to provide
| the precautions necessary to. prevent
Faccidehts,@ The people have already
fpaid twice, that amount which is now
hoating as a'public burden in the form
tof-Watered stocks, or spurious capitali-
zption; but he and his class have not
Expended the money for the benefit of
! the people. =.
All justly deplore the carnage of an
extensive railroad strike like that of
IIply. 1se4sknown as the Debs strike.
Summing Of tho casualties of that
Strike, the Washington, d. c., Post of
July 16; estimated the killed at Chica-
60 and all other places at twenty per-
sons, the injured at eighty; total ag-
gregate casualties, in two weeks, DULY
PES 10y of active hostilities, one hun
dred. W pw I3ffls.ff fral
T. Now let us compare notes. When all
the roacs of this country are running
under sthe usual corporation manage.
ment, the casualties are over 10000
persons killed and wounded per an
mum. That would be 5000 per month,
or ], 500 in half a month. On the very
safe supposition that one-fifth of the
roads of the country were stopped by
the strike. we would have basis for