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object ~ Wilson Assumption.

object ~ Wilson Assumption.
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railroads which have already adopted
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linn. I,ichrnonJ 'r.doricL shury and Jo.
Ca, Sn,snrl ,,l sn,,horn Iu,,,Ic
,,ons, Limo Genital ~ ,,corvia ,;eoryia
sou,h.rp ISL al, i:,.. ,,o,st md outo,
md rrcscon, inc. s,,h ali n, ,hem
roaa. xi.h !, hish u.r,su,,yc of no.
,sbnhie ,ramr .nrh as f,uits aud ye,.-
tables. which must no moved a, a hiph
tate Of speed in order TO reach markets
,.,.o, c,r, rr.t,L. r,.es uhici, M
simmer coma sro,d "a Nae for IN. move.
men, n, ordinary :. elvh,
shorter WOrhdRy NOt In Eject.
.ao, ammo NJ tho ,.r,,s, .u,i ,,,s, inn.
MARIAN, roads in the sou,hc,s, IN, cich,
hour h,sic d,y 4. moi IL, srcc, !, any
Ira, M tho s.ryicc Amono ,hsm mr.,
IN. Norfoi aud Western Ihe.,ne,ke
ord uhio vir,ini, sou,herr pai,wax
Aioh,ie aud Ohio ouccn and ,,resrrnt
lines north 0inclnnatI New orleans and
Texas pa,iar RAILWAY and AIabama
,I,i,rchoe,d and ohio Tbesc roads hon \.
die n much larger perccn,avc Of coal and
c,he, ho,yy ,,aric than ,hs roads which
ha,. m. oi,b, hour hapic Jay I'm through
vroivh, .cryb,e md Tho adon,ion NJ ,l,s
ba ais would uo,, iucrca scd cost in every
branch Of frc,ch, service for each OF
1hem.
.srhe Louisville and Nashville and the
S,.hy,,c Iba,tonoora and ~, louis
have n rccullar system under which no
overtime IL paid n trains make schedule.
The adop,ion OF the elgh, hour b sic day
wou,d nc,css,,a,e n genera, revision OF
,hs In 500 ~ nav on those roads"
IN IN" FORMAL statement g'F'h "u' NJ
tine White House whiIe the conference
was still I'm pyogress the President de-
One. 'Aa ,:NeSde AS follows:
- h.ts - amended the concession
& 8 .s,s eight hour .day--thnt Is the sub
stitu,ion Of an eight hour day for the
present zen h"ur uay-h All '"e e~'S'
g, ,saa. ,,,, ,anon,unnd,,t,, h.caus.
, h.I...d Oh. cn,c.s.;on rIch, The
,,n, No. ,,, ,,ou ~uh,. d1y b,. IN,
sanc,ow -, ,hS ,rdcn.,, n, socie,y /, u,
To- r,,os Won we ,h. actual vur,
10 be done cannot he completed within
eight hours,
Concerning the adjustment whlcl
should bc made In justice to the rail
roads ard their stockholders IN the pay
ment and privileges to which their mer
are nov entitled az such adjustment,
are necessary there Is a wide diyerg'
ence of opinion.
The railroads which have alread.
adoptcd the eight hour day 10 not seen
10 he al any serious disadvantage II
respect Of their cost OF operation a,
COMPARED with the railroads that hay,
retained a ten hour day. and calcula,
tions az to the cost OF the change must
~ made now. be made without rega RI
10 ary possible administratiye economic,
or eadius,men,s
.sOnjy e>ner,cnce can make 4, certAi,
xha, re~arranpcments would he fair an,
anuitable. either on behalf of the me,
q, on behalf ,f the railroads Vha, ex
r~ricncc would he "A definite guide to tn,
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