The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-02-04

Of % the freight speed basis for computing
wages that would involve increase of S cent in the
overtime rate and that than 100000 other railroad
ployes would get no benefit
. Four Ways Are Open TO Them.
The railroads contend that they afford to meet the
posed wage increase demands as more than
stockholders receiving less than per return their
vesmens railroad securities The railroad barons contend that
the employees the other hand get 40 cent of the
ng and say further that though the who are considering
number only 10 cent of all employees they
try which aggregate 81 50O,O00,00O year.
These increases can be met IN only four ways the T
heads Wages of other employees might be reduced to
up purse dividends which only cent
might be reduced TO the vanishing point beement expenditures
demanded by the government and by the public might be emn
aedor appeal might be made to the government through
freight that the difference might be made
up in that Although all the railroads in the United
handle the situation through conference OF general managers
for each Of the three great districts into which the railroads are
divided Each district will handle its campaign of publicity
public education they term II. -. ~
outlined made according TO the railroads side
Of the While the demands will be made by the four hundred
thousand members of the four organizations the higher
only b the in the freight and yard service
More than 100000 other employees would not be benefited The
passenger would be Of the benefit class because they
operate under virtually eghhour day. declare the railroad
In the through service the paid
basis of hundred miles or at the rate OF fifteen miles an hour
with flat rate for overtime Some conductors able to make
hundred miles in five six hours and high
fifty dollars week with engineers in proportion They are rare
exceptions
Quite Impossible, the Railroads Say.
The freight men predominant only Utah. but
organizations are voting now in Utah.
An eighthour day in the freight service is physical
omCa mpossby according 10 contentious made by the railroad
officials The principal is the difference of speed between
the freight and trains and the fact that freight does
not schedule does business As result the
railroad chiefs freight trains cannot be arranged TO bring
within time limit The freight made between division
terminals and these the determining factors.
An approximate of the eghhour day could be arranged OPP
say distances between divisional points shortened
If this be done it would eliminate amount OF
overtime that will TO the employees If the demands
forced and complied with To relocate these divisional points
would work great hardship the railroads of the country
large say the bosses Changes of important points not
sary reply representatives of the
To make the eghhour day effective and practical in order
reduce the overtime charge time being the basis of the
enhour day subdivision points would of necessity be eab
ished
The employees contend that their demands based
desire TO much desire to be able IA
spend more time with their families.
The jump in overtime designed to penale the railroads for
making the work long hours and to make that penalty
that the roads will be forced for their protection
the that the get in in shorter hours
The railroads discount this contention however by saying
the seek the long time that their pay checks may
more ample
New Voting Method Is Adopted
Although there many thousands of unions that the
subjects under consideration and the voting being
simultaneously the national organization is confident that the