The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-10-22
ADVERTISEMENT
TO THE VOTERS OF MISSOURI:

At the coming election in November you are going
to help make history.
You have new responsibility put upon you, as
you will be required to register your will, for or,
against, the first law ever submitted to the people
OF Missouri under the Referendum.
1t is matter of congratuaton that the first meas
ure to be 80 submitted should be wise and benef-
cient law for the good of this great commonwealth.
You will find on your ballot at the November elec.
ton the following:
"NINTH:- REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
Senate Bill No lit enacted by the Forty-Seventh
General Assembly Etc. ETC."
This act was passed by an overwhelming majority
at the last Legislature and received the approval of
the Governor.
1t is now up to you, Voters, to decide whether
this meritorious law shall go the Statute Books
or not
This good law is known as the:
FULL CREW LAW"
And what, you may ask is the Full Crew Law"
and what will it do.
1t is law that means the saving of lives, pre-
venting crpples and the destruction of happy homes
1t means fewer public charges in our charitable
institutions. and it means the saving of millions of
dollars in the destruction OF property.
1t means live and healthy working men, instead
OF one-legged and one-armed men,
1t means laughter and happiness in thousands Of
homes instead Of widows weeds and orphans tears
EVERY 7 MINUTES A RAILROAD
MAN IS KILLED OR CRIPPLED.
More than $4,000 railroad men are killed in the
United States every year as result of accidents,
most OF which are preventsble.
These are facts of record
Do you fully realize what this awful sacrifice of
human life and manning of thousands means? Think
of the thousands Of one-legged and one-armed men
unable to secure profitable employment.
Think of the enormous sum of money it takes
away from the regular uses of commerce, to care
for these dead or wounded.
Why, since Jan. 1890, the Tranmen of Missouri
not including the Engineers, Firemen, and large
percentage of Conductors, have paid out of their
own pockets 81 2l5, 10000 to assist the wounded,
bury the dead and relieve the hunger of widows and
orphans Of their brother trainmen.
What can you do to prevent or remedy these con-
ditions?
You can do this, Mr. Sovereign Voter of Missouri.
You can cast your vote for the Full Crew Law"
at the coming election in November.
The Full Crew Law provides that for every
freight train of over 40 in length. there shall
be an additional man on top of the cars-makng 8
in ALTO act as watchman or inspector to enable
the engineer to receive signals from the end of the
train.
20 years ago freight trains were short, only II
or l8 cars on an average, and less than half the
capacity as at present. Now monster locomotives
haul trains through the State of Missouri up to 100
cars-more than a mile long-at double the speed.
These long trains have the same size crews as the
short ones lid 20 years ago.
There are many reasons why an additional man is
needed on trains Of over 40 cars. Under railroad
regulations the two brakemen on top of the trains
must be sent out ahead and to the rear of the train
to flag when 1t is stopped between stations. There
are many causes Of stoppage, such as pulled out
draw heads broken air hose, dragging brake beams,
etc. This leaves only the conductor to make re-
pairs, sometimes human impossb;lity. This
means the train is delayed unnecessarily, teing up