Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

III UoaiuSi 49, eovao min
killed or crippled eseiy - N.
utes?" A further Egure
n Public Service oom - Con
show that only an nortl
trainmen were Al fo,r wer
n while only al aNeias A.. ~.;,road
injured per DAY on "a ve
Of Missouri during sne mo,
this is the hna OF 49,; &c al
which the voter Oh - :.
ed to fasten an aooi,iopA1 90,
more than a nan mullon
ly upon he usn
les Of the state! c-mis
The Interstate OO""
SION cat,
In its 1917 report '"e orr,
Commerce Commission sAy taa'
most disquieting ana perp -
ture OF the problem Vi !,
vention is the large pVNNo
rain accidents eauseu py "Sp.
Of duty by the employees ~
far the greatest NUMBER OF 0u. n.
our train accidents ato uuv
failure OF some iesponsinie ~,
ploye TO perform an essen w.
at the critical hme' Vu' u =,
accidents l~nvestlgateu re00nN9 ~
the commission 90 pei
caused by the mlstakes VI en"Pu
ees-and IN view Oh tneSe Iao' s
not the leglsiatlng OF nuueu =,
extra bIakeiheh ONO en0 ~
increase rainier uhah use usht
number OF aecidehts' IN ne
OF the ABOVE stae'S'''s Va" '
any other resuit!
In his co~nnectlon' Is II h1t s'ta aus
that n advocates Vi
Orew Dill nave my N
from the seVerai sVaVss ~
TINS law mas peen N Mn
law mas been IN erect ioi NJ.
Oh years 10 prove 'neiL 0ase -,
not any lntelngeh' leaaei Nno
would nave zone 80 -
were not agaihs. -
d lact' II ra'o VI H.I
every fallroaa IN the county lee
less OF run gre" Jaws
proportion TO the NUMBER Vi m
employed o Just as YOU I
regulate the amount Oh ralnsh y!
law SO you cannot e,lnllh1ee .ne nl
man element OF GareiessnTse ~
Iaking Gar OF Present Empioyess
10 MAKE a long story Snoit' ~
whoie run Grew ptopaeanua =
nothlng more or less 0han cisy
conceived appear 10 Ihe VI
a naturally sympaIhe.lr pupnc-
mouse OF eardS "nich laiis " Pieces
tne mGm IS oroush1 N con
with the ola Iacts Oh past e@Pefi-
enee'
In their Ifahtic IIort 10 curta,
expenses curing .he iast seVerai
years, the faliroads nave Oeen COM
pelled 10 lay OH thousanus Oh Iorni-
er employees-and al tnls momeht
hundreds Oh CLERKS sectioh men anu
others are given a "1urlougn" OF
several days per month IN order tnat
they may not be lett without a posi-
sron en' ;n4s
S 80 80
Useless IoDs, "oU,u nv. We 800
" Put u"e l"'.au9
uiP,o' H"ay nen WYNN ~
uau " iHs ~ anu wv a. p
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up, iIopvsliO" ue ~
epy ueu iV
ps ie
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W esula'u Ny '"w "e nN :.
men /" f"iiioaa sna" nie
"ou'u pe W a1'einp' W Ieeul"e W
la" u"e nui"pei VI i"'ih haHuS Vi
.nn% wiz" i"'"i
'"a. ni NH
o~eoeuse' "e nav up'e oerVe
o'eion " va" -n pome -
S1npei any r",iao " n''n =
al''a, = any Jun
Ml'u Vi wouen ~ aiNl use n
5uiiy, % 1aIIm ~
So ~au n|Ian
PpoyeeS themselves d eoHh'Ssion
created Tor ms spectre purpose and
which Is IN position 10 discriminate
between the dlfferent conditions
which exist upon the dliferent rail-
roads.
Because, before the advocates OF
the Full Grew Bill" had any right
70 ask the people Oh missouri to las
ten TINS unfair burden upon every
raiiroad IN the state, large and small,
tney mould first nave presented
their grievances to the railroads
themselves or 70 the PUBIC Service
Commlsslon-nelther OF which they
dld.
Because, every additional burden
visited upon the railroads at this
tlme VIII tlnally nave to be borne by
the people VINO IN the end must eth
er put up the added expense or con-
sent 10 see the railroads financially
wrecked-a condition which would
mean paralysis to Agriculture, Com
merce and Industry, throughout the
state.
Because, when the people took ov-
er the complete control and regula-
tion o. the railroads they at the
same time assumed the obligation to
protect them against unfair and ar
bitrary assaults upon their reven-
ues.
Because, labor, as well as the en-
ployers Of labor, owes a profound
duty to society not to levy a tribute
upon 1t which is greater than the
traffic will justly bear.
Because, u great commonwealth
IS still little more than in its infan.
cy in Agricultural and Commercial
development - a state which needs
hundreds of miles of ad.