Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-22
At the coming election in November you are going

At the coming election in November you are going
to help make history.
You have a 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 q matter of congratulatiOn that the first meas.
ure to be 80 submitted should be u wise and beneii-
Gent law for the good Of this great commonwealth.
You will find on your ballot ut the November cleo.
ton I'M IGl nl0oRREIFfE:RENDUM ORDERED BY Til
PETITION OF II PEOPLE
Senate Bill No. 1T 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.
this meritorious law shall go on the Statute Books
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 cripples 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 0ne-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 AZ a result Ut accidents.
most Of which are preventable.
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-arined 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. l 1890, the Trainmen of Missouri.
not including the Engineers, Firemen, and a large
percentage OF Conductors, have paid out of their
own pockets 81, 2l5, DOC. 90 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 20 cars in length. there shall
be an additional man on top of the cars-making 3
the engineer to receive signals from the end of the
train.
20 years ago freight trains were short. only II
or IL cars on an average, and less than half the
capacity as at present. Now monster locomotives
haul trains through the Estate of Missouri up to 100
sars-more than a mile long at double the speed.
These long trains have the same size crews as the
short ones did 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 it 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 a human impossibility. Phis
means the train is delayed unnecessarily, tieing up