Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-20

charged. but some of the boys will call
your attention TO that, and they have
. Deeu reinststed al the ioWer wage scale.
1NG& there was one man Il cannot re
rtca his nameD who happened TO back
he lines and be was discharged aud sent
-aA1r in two or three weeks again anu put
NIX at the lower wage, scale Ana me
OF ACTIONS we have TO the present wage
scale Ia this. that there Is a disposltlQh
.Non the part Of the company 10 SonlpleteL,
them with The newer inexperienced men.
That Ia another OF the objections We nave
toll. Those are, some % the reasons tqst
we nave FOR thinking that the wage scale
ought to. be, brought more closely i9Selhel,
and also for the reason lhat " MI masnaTT
scrvice 10 the COMPANY; That Is tne
streason that We ASK a slight adNSncs mem m
Stare not getting near enough ana ile
''fsAords Of the company Will show thal
tbelr service. and the reason for that Is
C1hat they ere not paid q proper anu SUI
and proyisions. and everything Is so high
that theVTcannot exist at the wages palu,
moe this is not like other JOBS IN many
q respects. We have got to nave a soou
deal OF clothing: we have got to nave a
good mauy shoes; we have got to have a
'good deel Of wsshins done ana %. d9et te
SpTssentra neat and clean appearance 70
tas pGRlis at s'i HT mes. and 1Sin =, 'a II Inc
.aep keep up their. persona appearance
and do As TREY are required 70 DC, by our
sgbhNN- VI INV FNAh' Wy. ~ ,FE- a.
some before the company and Tell them
vsesTe Of Financially and ask fheih FOR a
fair and substantial increase In VASE,
.Rs Mr.. WAtties. THAT Is. a good talk. Tina
-t1s the way I like TO hear men talk. Has
any one else got snythins TO say on this
Mr. Gillian: WENT believe the cop.
supany is able 10 pay more wages. came
here twelve years ago and snd You Were
aIvghaf I hate observed that they could ar
just as well or better than they coul,
rAfford to pay the 20 cents then. That I
.Ndny idea. The city has Grown q grea
deal In the last ten years There az
many thousands more people mere sed n tS
itreoeipts. according to my observation
mare very much more than they were te
sor twelve years agu.
And also the discrimination in tn
wage scale. do not think II Is risht a
''Rlt The difference In the vase sea-
Fought not to extend over a period 4
more than two or three years. That Is q
long as there ought to he any Difference
~ there should be any az AL ! am IN ft
certainly hadn't ought to be over N
t7third year. After a man has been tw
's-or three years on the road he certainly
s5Rs good as he ever viii be, and he ain
getting nothing but a living ANYHOW an
ene ought TO have as much as the oihe
have always thought that one ma
u was as good as another man. " he Is 81
Ing his duty to the public and Ia the con
= pany. We cannot an he pfeSluenl OF ~
street car company, and We cannot all
one thing or another, but u takes a ms
to run a car Just as much as il takes
msn 10. b. president OF the COMPANY
ut Mr.. Gillian: And u takes his time al
all Of his time from daylisht until dsr
have had a run Tor seven wears and
~ up every morning at a quarter aft
and ! don't SCI home rntil a qua
;omy family and what Htue time i ha,
spend with my family. can't go o
KIN the evening; Il Is too late. get n
supper and roll into bed. | get UP al
eat my breakfas, and go TO work. A
that IL all there IL 10 It,"
~ Mr wat,lss; That is about all the
yes Mr.. Gillian: IA man that has to 3
.u,sP Early has to go TO bed early. and the
lis no getting around that. You have 8
Ito put in twelve 10 fourteen hours to
,-ih ten hours. and ten hours L. as mu
in The evening 1 do not even eat supI
with my family. They eat supper NJ
hstoTe am home because ! get hoI
quarter past 7, and then whatever We
I have TO do around the house has to
l-HSessssry that Il should be that wsy,
: kNV I think that when, a man has TO
That he can get home at the time n
the ordinary working man does,
= And another thing. ;alking about
MH watues. Now. let us get thror
with this vase matter; want to h
r s. MAUI ~ OF NhN hMNE ~ ~ HaNN -
that Is the whole thing
Mr. Gillian; n honestly believe We hi
Snot asked anything that the cOmps
would not be justified IN granting. J
udiSve the scale we present here Is a }
Mr.. Poneelow isn't It a fact that
mems earning capacity has been douh
u the lest seven yearsr'
= AR Wattlesa No. that is not a fact
Mr. .POnoelow: well eight years
1--WE made 90 many round trips for a ds
'HNOrk for ten hours, and now we M
YDne more round trip than we did at I
fetime IN the same length of time, Eli
ftrto ten minutes IL taken OFF each 4
NhAaeh round trip: The city has gro
. lots Of people have come to the f,
Assince that time, and settled here.
araTry a great many more people,"
80 Mr.. Poneeiow tcontlnulnEl: "It Sc,
1to me like the earning capacity has h
Increased quite q bit"
Mr.. Lear; IT think about that prs
much the same Is Mr.. PonCelow "
1--WE first started 10 run 90 South ON,
ne ran from the barn TO n street
South Omahs, and We made five trips
Arlsven hours, and now we run 10 ThiI
the loup at TWenty-sixth aud al SO
k0niaha. and they have cut as down
9pne hour and fity-fNe minuteR FOR
fupd trtp and added about two m
hdefo OF rosd. So I think that our carr
spacity has increased a good deal
Hfs%A got that many more miles to
Nthau we used 10 run in eleven hours.
1aoW We run " IN less than ten. \
1NAouTs and thirty.five minutes, HI
Tt IS And the line has been exten
uom Thirty-sixth and AWes 10 Fol
ascona and Ames: ard 9oW. we make.
round trips in ten hours or two he
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