The sun., 1916-08-24

days pay this controversy could be set
tied In twenty minutes.
What the brotherhood leaders have
said to the public is not in tune with the
demands they made, bf the managers
committee. They tried to give the pub
liz to understand that they were endeav.
oring to establish an eight M work
day. OF the managers committee they
demanded pny for eight hours for work
done In less than that time-seven. six,
Ave. and as short a period as three hours
with time m a half for service per-
formed after eigh. hours.
THE brass lacks Of the situation Ia
this Let the men declare for an eight
hour day OF eight hours work and | will
take on my coat and put in my bes,
ticks for their cause
Mr.. kruttschnitt tekes much the same
view as President Ripley and asserts
that the employees do not demand an nc
tual eight hour day but an increase OF
wages calculated or a basic eight hour
day. According to the eight hour plan Of
the employees. he asserts. no one would
work more h a eight hours for a days
wage. while thousands would work less.
Genuine pay" he adds, FOR a
counterfeit day
Elisha Lee. chairman OF the commit
tee Of managers. issued a statement to-
day denying that the railway officials
ave modified their estimates OF the
cost Of the eight hour day. The orig
inal demands of the employees. he said,
called for an increase Of 500. 000. 900
a year In wages. The concession pro-
posed by President Wilson calls for
$4,000. 900 a year because only a part
Of the employees demands are TO be
granted Immediately. while considera
ton Of the remainder is to he post
poned until after investigation.
Messages % Executives.
Some Of the messages received by the
railroad executives to-day follow
John NJ. Glenn Of Chicago. secretary
Of the Illinois Manufacturers Associa-
tion. wired a copy Of the following tel
gram, which was sent 20 all members
Of the association
"A surrender on the part OF the rail-
o presidents to the demands OF the
President would mean an increase in
freight rates estimated at more than
one hundred million dollars annually.
The argument Ia being used at Wash
inGton that the shippers will have to
pay the bill. Please wire MIR. Hale
Holden. chairman Of the conference OF
railroad presidents. to stand for arbl-
tration. Recession near disaster as
well as defeat.
Why should thu, shipper. whose men
work nine and ten hours a day. pay an
increase OF over one hundred million dol
lars a year In freight rates to satisfy IA
per cent. Of the railway employees Of the
United States. who will get the beneni
of the shorter hours? Seventy-two per
cent. Of the railway employees are not
~unionixed and are not taken into con.
sideration in the present controversy.
Why should the four brotherhoods be
given an increase when their members
| o are the best paid men In the world
| What class Of employees will step In
next and ask for an Increase VIII
freight rates be increased on each sue
cessive demand? The public must b.
brought to the realization OF tho fact
that in the end 1t will pay the bill"
The Wisconsin Trafic Association
composed Of thirty-nine corporations op'
Grating pulp I'M papers mills in Wiscon'
sin and moving 100000 carloads OF
freight annually. has wired President
Wilson that 'it Is u..a..GAS0 opposed
to SACRIFICES - f'-"'r'r {; arbitra'
ton and re. peolrully insists that arbi'
tration be employed In the present EN- r
gency without regard to the danger Of
financial disaster to its members"