Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-10-21
TO TIE VOTERS OF MISSOURI:

At the coming election in November you gorC-
to help make history.
You have responsibility ,3ut upon you, as
you will be required to Tegis;vl yo9- will. for or,
against, the first law sl5-n1tcG 10 The peopo
of Missouri under the Referendum
1t is matter of fcongratuatol thl IL first meas
ure to be so submitted shoue be vie d:,I benefi-
cient law for the good Of this gre c;,.th.
You will find on your ballet ;-s November eiec-
''NiNTH- REF ERENDJf: o.-1zED LY TIE
PETITION OF THE FEO2l-E-
Senate Bill No. 1T enacte' ~ the tc-ts- Seventh
General Assembly, Etc. etc.
This act passed by overwhelming ma iority
at the last Legislature and received the approval OF
the Governor.
It is now up to you, Voters, I: decide whether
this meritorious law shall 80 GA IN, Statute Books
not.
This good law is known as tho:
FULL CREW Law
And what. you may ask is the ZfG C~cw J .sy;'
and what will it do
venting crpp!es and the des rlctcn ot happy homes
1t means fewer public charges il or chcritahe
Institutions and it means the sang d Millions G
dollars in the destruction Cf pEoJ@-ty.
1t means live and healthy working, ;ncH, instead
of one-legged and one-arred nfc:
1t means laughter and hai;F;resa in h7t:se'ds %
homes instead OF widows weeds CrT',}aS tccrs.
EVERY Z MINUTES 4 RAILROAD
MAN is KILLED OR CRIPPLED.
More than $4,000 railroad zen ki:'cri n the
United States every year rcs,.- OF accidents,
most of which prey-n;ahie.
These are facts of record.
Do you fully realize what this awfrl sacrifice of
human life and manning OF t1ou.,.,s means? Think
of the thousands of oneegged and armed men
unable to secure prof table IN: ?. ..e;is.
Think Of the enormous Of S.ocay it takes
away from the regular uses oi commerce, 70 care
for these dead Or wounded.
Why, since Jar. 1850. tie IT2-r.lca & Missouri.
not including the E2g-neerSs tire're::; ard large
percentage Of Con.lctcrs, have F22ld out of their
own pockets s. 215. coo GO q sss:at t3e vounGod,
bury the dead and relieve IT, hunger c. widows s4!d
orphans of their brother traiEner.
What you 60 to prevent or remedy these con-
ditions!
You can do this, Mr Sovereign ' ;cr # NJ sour:
You can cast your vote for tle " Ia Crew l-2V.
at the coming election in Novcr-, =.
The Full Grew Law prov. ) t:~t lor or:cr.'
freight train of over 40 car= n -..s, tioio snail
be an additional man Oh top Ct tlc c@~5-T..s--r
in ALTO act Watchran CT - ioE, 70 c.1:,le
the engineer receive signals c,-. tc end Of the
train.
20 years ago freight trains =: r. short. only Il
or 18 cars on an average, AK: / : TN Eaii the
capacity rs at present. Now r -.cr locomotives
haul trains through thc State CT -ta,;2ti Up - Ity
cars-more than mile lonf,-lIt & 41ie tit "pc.1
These long trains have the 9!.e creE:s az the
short ones did 70 years a.Ec.
There are many reasons Why an additional man IS
needed on trains Of over % cars uf<ler railroad
regulations the two brakenlen tap OF the trains
must be sent ahead ard to TIE = IT Of the train
to flag when it is stopped between staclons. There
are many causes of stcppage, sucl as pulled out
draw heads. broken air hose, dragging brake beams,
etc. This leaves only the conductor to make re-
pairs, sometimes human irnpossibilty. This
means the train is delayed unnecessarily, tieing up