The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-01
Telegraphers to Arbitrate.

Telegraphers to Arbitrate.
WASHINGTON, Ian. 3l.-Arbitration
the controversy between the Big -Four
railroad and Its tclegrapherS, IT was an
nounced today. The controversy between
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern and
Its teIegraphers also has been referred
10 arbitration.
road actually pays out cash the In
vcstment in the club house and all that
comes from the railroad.
WHY should tho railroad do thiSp Just
as business investment. In return for
the cash so spent the railroad gets better
service. II is cold-blooded business
That Is WHY il succeeds and so many OF
these philanthropic schemes fail.
No Brotherly Love.
IF We tried 10 tell The men that VIC
were running these clubs because the
railroad loved the men and was invest
Ing in brothcrly love the men would
know that VIC We're lying. They would
be suspicious OF some ulrerior motive be-
mind u all. and they would be right The
saIoonkeeper does not keep up good fire
IN winter for the love OF his customers.
He wants business. and the fire brings I'm
customers 10 get warm and they in turn
| spend their money. lie wants The money
ana the railroads want the service, and
we act as the saloon man does for eX-
actY the same reason.
Now here it is in cold figures. Out of
every ~ taken in by the railroad. 10 cents
| Is spent FOR motive power that IS for en-
gIncs and for running them. and - cents
Is spent on labor. The railroad maintains
machine shops and round houses for Tho
engines not because they love the en-
( Sihes Dnt because IL pays. When an en-
slnc comes In from tho run il needs oil
ing. readJuStinG and all that.
Now, "" figure that tho man who runs
that engine needs the same. His onins
ana adjusting - sleep and food. The en-
Glnc runs better for having its fucs
cleaned. and the engineer runs that en-
giue better for having bath So We
provide clubs Tor the engine and machine
shops Tor the engineer, or machine shops
for tho engines and clubs for the men
just as you please 10 put H. and FOR n
selfish reason. just To make more money
Being financially interested I'm lmprov-
ing the health and working ability of the
men the railroad completes with hotels
and restaurants. giving beds FOR IL cents
equal 10 the Pullman berth and ba this for
10 cents The bathing facilities arc equal
in every way 10 the best baths In Amer
lea. There Is nothing cheap or second
class connected with these railroad clubs
In any way. Cheap oil docs not pay on
the engine, nor cheap coal under the
boiler. and a cheap bed with poor springs
hard pillow and soilrd sheets does not
pay for the engineer. the fireman. the
station agent. the man who tamps the
ties. or the president of the road.
No Passes.
We have no passes Evory ono paws
cash. | have TO pay cash FOR everything
! got i'm these clubs. II President I.oycit
should eat meal in one of them he
President TAFT wanted bath in any OF
them he would have 10 pay his 10 cents
or he would not get his bath. This puts
every ono ON an exactly equal basis In
th"s" railroad clubs.
One pass would ruin every club on
| tn" system. The fireman in his black
face and greasy clothes would not come
into Il place whore the president Of the
road or the president of the United States
had any advantage over him but hc
would go into saloon even II both pres
!d"nts were there, and II any one said
anything 10 him FOR doing so--wcll |
guess YOU know what he would say IN
reply. II the president did not like il
he could get out Of The saloon. Also ne
can get out Of the railroad club.
we have no rules. There is not
printed rul" Of any kind in the place. Not
| q rule is posted on the walls. And We
hay" yet TO hav" our first piece OF van
dalism. Everything Is spotlcssIy clean.
| The toilet rooms OF these new railroad
| stations IN Salt Lake are even now COW
cred with mspcakablc pictures and writ
! iuGs. For five years nothing like this has
! happened in our twelve club houses. and
! We average ] 900 men per club coming
| and going every month. They are all
J kinds Of men from tho highest officials TO
! the lowest paid man I'm the service Not
! there is not Il mark on the walls when
| the walls arc marked up in this way the
| management is alone To blame. because
clean places arc never marked and dirty
places are always marked. Keep the
place clean and it will not he marked up.
| Such is our experience in twelve railroa d
| club houses for the past five wears with
| hundreds OF thousands Of men Of all kinds
aud grades.
Suggest Indirectly.
Start religious meetings, give some
| thing tor nothing. charge entrance on
| monthly dues. have some rooms. baths
! or beds better Than others, give any one
discounts or passes. post up rules. ask
( any one to join and these railroad clubs
I would 20 10 pieces In year VIC take
| corc Of The bodily needs and the rest
tak"s cnrc Of itself. AS suggestion is
| strong in just tho proportion it is indi-
rect.
preach temperance 10 man and lac
, VIII 20 get drunk. max" him physically
comfortable and leave him alone aud he
VIII stay sober. Talk to man all night
about going 10 sleep and you keep him
awake put him IN a Eood, clean bed go
away and leave him alone. and he will
THAT E why the railroad club and It's
model. the saloon. 3rc q success. and why
schemes arc failures and must be kept
alive by private charity and public beg
glug.'
club on tho Oregon Short Line at Glenns
Ferry today GTucsday,. and VIII open
another at Montpelier, Ida, in about three
weeks.
He was AT ono time a professor In the
University of California and later began
To study the subject Of clubs from The
ground up. To do this he got Job dig
ging i'm The sewers and lived with ih"
, working men no one knowing who lac
was or what hc was doing. all tho timo
gatherimg dniii that I lor nc pas past iyS NC
II. Hartman an the ldttcra death. ho
has PAT into successful practice ia Tic
railroad clubs.