Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-26

fully safeguarded the public interests
SO far as they came within his
province. and he enjoyed the esteem
and confidence Of his associates and
subordinates. He and his friends can
always look back to this period Of
his career with satisfaction.
Beginning his business career as
clerk in q railroad Office. Mr.. Brun.
dage studied law In leisure hours and
was admitted to the Illinois bar in
1892, receiving the degree Of IL. b.
from the Chicago College Of Law in
the following year. He was member
OF the Illinois House Of Representa-.
tives in the 41st and 43rd General As.
semblies. and in 1904 was elected
president Of the Cook County Board
Of Commissioners, filling this position
with distinction. He was vice presi.
dent for Illinois Of the Pan.American
Exposition at Buffalo. Noteworthy
success came to MIR. Brundage early
in life. He was born at Campbell,
N. Y, AZ years ago, and educated in
the public schools Of that town and
Detroit, Mich. He is a Knight Tenn.
plar, knight Of Pythias, q member
Of the Royal League, the Columbian
Knights, the University, Chicago Ath.
letic and Marquette clubs.
Don't Electrify.
The Touchers' Union and the Round
House reform club favor II.
But the hardworing railroad engi.
neers. who would have their salaries
cut In two II electrification passes the
City Council, are against It.
So are the conductors and their
friends.
Likewise the brakemen and their
friends.
The honest everyday people are
with the railroad men.
The railroads are not entitled to
any sympathy In their efforts to keep
their men from earning living wages.
The railroads keep up the price Of
transportation.
They keep up freight rates.
They squeeze the public.
Now they are kicking because their
employees demand sufficient pay 70
keep their families fed and comfort.
ably clothed.
For long time the railroads have
been encroaching on the rights of
their men.
The electrifcation scheme. 30 Gun.
ningly worded as Making for clean
city"-as II railroad magnates ever
cared for clean cities-is only one Of
the many causes for lowering the
wage standard.
Electrihcation means cheap electric
motormen In place of engineers In
the territory surrounding cities.
The steam engineers will become Q
secondary consideration and their
wages will be lowered In that event
instead Of raised.
The engineers. who are perhaps the
steadiest and most reliable class Of
public servants in the country. are
taking time by the forelock.
They are going to get better wage
scale before the electrihcation clamps
are put on. or they will know tho rea,
son why.
II they do not get 1t. there will bs Q
general strike Of $4,000 locomotive
engineers on sixty-one Western rail.
roads.
The railroads will surrender rather
than face a strike.
You can bet on that.
Questioned during the first day of
his speech in explanation Of the sched.
ules in the new tariff bill as to why
the internal revenue tax on beer had
not been increased-that Is, In re.
sponss to an alleged popular demand
for such increase-Chairman Payne,
Of the ways and means committee, an.
swered promptly and emphatically
that the beer or brewing industry had
appeared to the committee to be taxed
already about all that the business
would bear.
It most certainly is. Every barrel
of beer, ale or other "fermented
liquors." so designated In the act,
that Is produced here In the United
States and contains not more than
thirty.one gallons must pay into the
federal treasury a tax of one dollar;
halves. thirds. quarters. sixths and
eighths Of barrels must pay at pro-
:-tionate rates; barrels OF more than
thirty-one gallons capacity and not
more than sixty-three gallons, "in one
package" must pay tax Of two dol
lars. In the fiscal year 1906 the pro.
duction OF malt liquors In this coun
try was 54,774.553 barrels--the largest
Of record up to that date. In the
year ended June 30, 1907. the malt
liquors produced here paid into tho
United States treasury a total Of
S59,5s7,s18; during the period Of the
imposition and collection Of the spe.
cial Spanish-American war taxes. the
brewing industry yielded yearly rev.
enues to the government ranging from