Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1914-09-24
Marble Hill, Missouri. Thursday. September a. 1914

this article The sole purpose in
giving these arguments is to furnish
information to the voter, and the
secretary of state is In no way r..
sponsible for assertions made On
either side Of any subject discussed.
| The Champions of Proposition N,
10 Give the following reasons why
the measure should be adopted:
| The full crew" bill. which passed
the 47th general assembly and which
has been referred to the voters. will
appear on the official ballot al the
general election in November as
proposition No. 3. This law. as
passed. Is more liberal to the rail-
roads than majority OF the laws,
now in effect in other states. cover
this question. Full crew laws in
Arkansas. Arizona, California Mary
land. New Jersey. Indiana. Pennsyl-
vania, Washington and Oklahoma
have been in force for several years,
aud the average number OF cars is
much less than the law asks in Mis-
souri, In this state. this law calls
Tor an extra brakeman on all trains
over IS cars. which seems fair and
reasonable to the companies If this
law Is sustained by the voters in the
November election. IL will mean
much 10 the safety Of the travelling
public and will expedite the handling
Of all trains,
| The opponents Of the so-called
Full Crew Bill" say IL ought to tie
voted down for the following reasons:
I'D There Is already a state law
authorizing the Public Service COM
mission, II III its judemen, the ser
vice requires II. 10 compel the rail-
roads To do that which the voters
are now without information. such
az Is possessed by tina, body, called
upon 10 do.
Cd 0wners OF the railroads, es-
pec'aily. are Interested In having the
trains manned Proposition No. 8, /
providing an increase in the number
OF h'aketnen upon railroad trains, is
unnecessary and therefore unjust 10
the railroads which have TO pay for
stsch increased labor 7
Amy such unnecessary burden
placed upon the railroads will have
to be borne. not by them, but by
the patrons of the roads. passengers
and shippers, Services OF hrakemen
are not needed to couple and UNI
couple cars. ms automatic couplers are
provided, and the law requires that
all trains shall be equipped with at
least IS per cent air. with large
penalties for failure to observe such
law Being so equipped one con-
ductor and one brakeman are alone {
necessary TO give the engineer sig !
nals for the proper handling OF dir !
brakes. which are controlled wholly l
rom the engine A third brakeman I
would be practically without duties i
% perform I
Some OF the states have enacted q
statutes requiring this increased t
orce, but in certain OF the states e
'uch legislation, although proposed, II
has been observation-disclosures, too, 0
'ince the onerous character of other {
eeista,ion. has we'll nigh brought t
he railroad companies into the k
court a
The champions OF proposition No, o
0 give the following reasons why "
he measure should be adopted, n
This bill affects only counties b
avine towns OF $500 or more popu- b
alton. IL so amends the present A
,cal option law as to enable such IL
ounties TO vote as a unit on the a
question, as counties VI
aving no such towns. as we'll as +
he city Of ST Louis, are nos ,.lr- IN
,itted to do The measure rests ol
non the unity of interest and life
the town or city aud the county
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