The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-04-08
UNIONS CHALLENGE
RAILROADS CHARGE
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dom or so engineers and conductors
who receive fancy pay. These men,
by reason of certain choice limited
passenger runs, are held up as ex-
amples Of what train service men re-
ceive. The public is led to believe
that the pay received by these few
men is indicative of the pay Of the
average train service man. AS a
matter of fact they are exceptional
cases and are not fair examples of
what the train service men receive.
The present eight hour day move
ment does not embrace the passen-
ger train crews,-only freight men:
therefore, it is not proper to use any
passenger men as illustrations of pay
received by the men embraced in the
present eight hour day movement.
AS the railway officials insist on
holding up these exceptional wages as
examples of train crew pay, it would
only be fair and just to use the salar-
les and contributions" made by the
Rock Island railway to it's officers, as
fair and typical examples Of what the
officials receive on American rail-
roads.
Some Special Cases.
If the Rock Island is a. typical case,
the following, taken from the Inter-
state Commerce commission report,
No. 1884, will be of interest:
"Following are specific instances
shown of records of the contributions
referred to:
J. e. German, first vice president in
charge of freight and passenger traf-
fic, was secretly paid $18,75O per
annum, making his total compensa-
ton $43,750, whereas the pay roll
showed $4,000.
ceived a salary of $4,000 per annum
and a secret bonus of $4,000 on the
first Of each year.
Upon the retirement of R. A.. Jack
son as general solicitor, he was given
100000 in cash.
AS an inducement to L. F. Loree.
chairman of the executive committee,
to relinquish after 10 months SER
vice, joint contract with the
railway company and the Frisco
under which he was to receive a.
salary Of $4,000 per annum for a
period of 5 years and in addition was
to be paid a. bonus Of 100000 at the
expiration of the contract, he was
given bonds of the railway company
of par value Of $450,000. This was
borne equally by the two companies,
and the proportion of the railway
company was charged to profit and
loss. The total amount borne by the
railway company in this transaction
exceeded $250,000.
given by the company $4,000 in par
value Of the common stock and $685.
900 in par value of the preferred
and $4,000 in cash. There was no
board of authorization for the latter
expenditure, the item being repre-
sented in the records Of the railway
company merely by voucher signed
Good To Themselves.
r. r. Cable, a member Of the ex-
ecutive committee, received from the
railway company 100000 in bonds
Of the Iowa company, then worth
$24,500, for his services in the &C
QUESTION of the Burlington. Cedar
Rapids & Northern Railway compa-
ny, and was paid by the latter compa-
ny $4,000 in the same transaction.
Mr.. Cable also received another con-
tribution, which will be referred to
later.
Robert Mather, vice president, was
given $4,000 in cash.
George T. Boggs, director and Sec
rotary of the railway company, was
given $4,000 in cash when he re-
tired from the secretaryship Of the
railway COMPANY"
THE contributors to officials of
the railway company in excess of
their salaries aggregated about a MIL
lion dollars"
From the above report of the
United States Interstate Commerce
Commission it is plain that railroad
payrolls do not always show what
the officials actually receive. There
is no question as to the railroads
ability to meet the demands for an
eight hour day II the funds which