Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-28
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY IS COMING


Whether we believe it is right not to shorten the
hours of labor most business men and heads OF nosta
concerns realize that the general eighhour day IS COM
ingand coming to STAY 1t has already been accorded 10
majority of workingmen and those who are working
nine and ten hours will their agitation until
il has been granted them The railroad managers are
facing the inevitable and the sooner they meet the new
conditions the sooner will the adjustment to new cond
tions be made Their gloomy predictions OF disaster are
no doubt overdrawn they have been at various tes III
the past. On this point the hast olegohiah pc l'iS
says: . cn.,4 l, oo
troversv many alarming stories are sent out showing al
eped tremendous added expense the roads VIII nave 10
meet if the demands of the men granted favonte
claim is that it will mean $OOOOOOOO added expenditure
to the railroads. e
"This claim would have more weight were 1t not 1or
the fact the identical figures used the past Wheh
aver anv movement tending toward the safety OF en-
poyes was proposed. cc,,
aWhen the ar-brake law pending the officials
claimed it would cost the roads $1OOOOOOOO to put INTO
effect When the patent safety coupler was hlSt pro-
posed again the railroads stated it would cost one nun
dred million When the movement IN favor OIL elec.rlS
headlights under way once more they sao ~ "o'
cost hundred million. o
GAS amater of fact it may be doubted II these orWao
steps have cost the railroads anything because e roauS
as well as the men have benefited from the improve
GAS TO wage advance under the eight hour plan the
tranmen assert that not than onethrd OF the men
will be affected far increased pay concerned
These will be the nSN pflccu 'iio' ~
are paid the least and deserve an increase the most
altogether the demand of the railroad men 1or an
eight hour law is worthy one. 1t looks TO the
ton of humanity and humanity is subject that shou
have precedence over dividends or freight rates
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The big special editions of the Marshfeld Times and
Record on account of the railroad celebration look IKE
the return of the old boom time. They contain many
napes filed with live advertisements and profusely illus
frafed II requires whole lot of enterprise on part OF
the publishers issue such editions and they could only
do it with the support of a wide-awake community
Those watching auto races at Kalamazoo yesterday got
an extra thrill for their money when eleven out OF ou
een autos in the race piled up at the first turn during te
race Two are dead one of these decapuated ana elgI
others injured one of them probably fatally Butchereo
to make Roman holiday" is tame expression 10 use
about the American speed sports.
The Cherrans having done everything else maglnaoie
crowned the climax on the way home Sunday oy taxing
a straw vote on president The result showed HugheS
90 Wilson As but it does not want to be overlooked tal
Saems sleigh of hand expert Cooke Patton was on te
train
That railroad from Eugene to Coos Bay sad to nave
cost $ 100000 may be some time before the company
gets adequate returns its investment but 1t VIII oe
great producer sometime. Anyway it has performed a
great service for the state in getting it together
The Coos Bay visitors or the Salem contingent pre-
sented General Manager Scott vote of thanks for the
splendid service furnished by his company. Everybody
signed it-and it was well deserved.