Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-14
THE SUCCESSOR TO THE PAY CAR.


like Baskerville the arrival of the
pay car" was an event. The announce
ment the pay car Is in,'' was the sig
nal for general rejoicing. Picks We're
dropped. tamping bars thrown aside on
the right o way" while brawny arms
pumped the hand car to town at the
speed of an overland limited. The pay
car was in. Hurroo!
The pay car has LONG been obsolete,
struction" to take it's place. A dis
patch from Baskerville, a division point
on the Rock Island, says: For the
last week the Rock Island Railway
company has had a special car side
tracked in this city where school of
instruction for employees has been held
1t is charged, however, that politics
and not railway operations was the
subject dwelt upon in this car. Men
who have been supporting Cummins
were called to the car and there given
to understand by the two officials III
charge that the company would not
stand for any more Cummins talk. 1T
was explained that Mr.. Perkins is a
friend to the railroads in Iowa and that
he ought to have the support Of rail-
road men,"
Estherville has become political
division point as we'll. Carroll Wright,
superintendent of maintenance and
way. The political car has replaced
the pay car. While this political "car
of instruction" which may naturally be
assumed to have been in charge of ex-
pert bulldozers, was terrorizing sec
ton hands, and others whose bread is
earned in the service of the Rock Is
land, the following is a sample of the
editorial running in the Estherville
"yindicator and Republican,"
For the life of us we can't see why
railroad employees should be in ia
vor of Mr.. Cummins for governor He
claims to be in favor of legislation
detrimental to the interests of the rail-
roads. The amount of work given
railroad employees depends, of course,
upon the amount of business done by
the railroad companies. Now if adj
verse railroad legislation is enacted
and there be less business on the roads
in consequence, it stands to reason that
the employees would have less employ
ment. There are no better paid M
ployes in the country today than the
railroad employees and as long as the
railroads are prosperous the boys will
continue to be we'll paid. 1t is the
same with the railroads and with every
other line of business AS long as the
employer is prosperous the employee is
certain of good pay and plenty of work.
But it is just such agitation as is being
made by Mr.. Cummins that will bring
about condition Of affairs similar to
'96 and no one knows better what that
means than the railroad boys. We be-
lieve, however, that most of them
know "where they are att and are
in favor of Mr. Perkins, the true friend
of the workingman.
Mr. Perkins, the true friend of the
workingman" and ergo the true friend
of the railways. Can it be that George
d. Perkins can be cognizant of the
kind of support he is being accorded
by railroad arrangements and not pub
licly repudiate it? Mr.. Perkins de-
clares he had rather be defeated than
aid in lowering public morality. Will
he stand for the car of political in
struction which is in effect serving
of notice on employees to take choice
between Cummins and their pay
checks?