The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18

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for watering stock and securing divi-
tirnds on many times he aci ual
amount OF money invested. On the
| strength of The franchise. which by
rights never should have been grant
cd. except for an adequate financial
consideration to the city. these two
pllilanrhropic gentlemen were able 10
borrow more money. 1t gave them 4
sort of financial standing as it were.
They did borrow all that came in
sigit. They spread out. built the in
cline, erected 100000 residences for
themselves to live in and identified
themselves with wildcat real estate
speculatous until the hard times
struck this section and then hole WAS
plmctlred in their balloon. They
were busted or words to that effect.
Ever since chat time they have Ell
deavorcd to make the receipts of the
street railway bolster up their wild
cat play, and their cry has been re-
duce the expense, slight the service,
cut the pay Of the employees, and every
few months, under one pretense or
another, an effort has been made to
further reduce the pay Of the men and
compel the working OF longer hours,
under rules that were almost unbcar-
able.
Forty-two dollars a month is the
m.nficeni sum now paid to most Of
its conductors and moiormcn. This
for an average OF eleven hours work
per day. From this luxurious salary
house rent is TO he paid, fuel and
provisions furnished. clothing bought
doctors bills paid and all incidental
expenses borne. just think his mat
ter over and see whether TyrantS
Hartley and Mendenhall are treat ing
these employees as white men should
be treated or whether such actions as
they are daily indulging in toward
their men is not more becoming to
anti-bellum slave drivers. Then con-
slider that this same catlayerous twain
are monopolizing the major portion Of
every important street and avenue in
the city and not paying one single
penny to anyone for their use; that
they have not paid a cent Of taxes into
the county treasury on this railway
for years, and are daily conniving to
manipulate the laws and dodge the
payment of their just proportion Of
the taxes which they :ightfu!ly owe
st. Louis county. Look at the lux
ury in which these two woult-bc plu-
tocrats dcIvc and compare their con-
ditions with the poor unfortunate
wretchcs who operate their cars in all
kinds Of weather and ask yourself the
question "Are these two rcprobates fit
to occupy a place in any decent com
mulrity." Where is the mayor, the
friend of the dovn-trod(ien, who is
supposed to speak for them? Where
are the decent people in this COM
munity. that no voice is raised against
such unjust actions? Is it any wonder
that crime stalks broadcast in the
land. tramps accumulate IKE magots
on il prtritl carcaS, women go hungry
and children grow up in Ignorance
and filth: Just such outrases commit
ted by dishonorabe men, passed y
nnnoticed by good citizens leads to
untold misery nnda.l manner of crime.
Let the good people in this commune
ity investigate the matter, and show
the management OF the Duluth Street
Railway that such actions will not be
tolerated and that to all the people
belong the streets, and that they will
not be permitted to rule with high
hand over their employees nor trample
them in the ground. \ little public
interest manifested in these matters
many times prevents greater troubles
Il little farther down the road
An ONLOOKER.