Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
HUGE WAGE BOOST
GIVEN WORKERS ON
AMERICAN ROADS
Fully S3OO,OOO,OOO Year
Will Be Expended in
Increases.
ANOTHER $1OO,OOO,OOO WILL
BE USED FOR BACK SALARIES
Gigantic Sum Will Go to the
Employees Drawing
Small Wages.
PLAN IS TO ADVANCE RATES
Indications Arc That This Will BE
Next Move to Take Care
of Deficit.
ANOTHER S1OO,OOO,OOO WILL
BE USED FOR BACK SALARIES
PLAN is TO ADVANCE RATES

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WASHINGTON. May s.-With!n SIX
month. Of the time when tho govern
, nor,,to, az Tho rail-
foaus' 'he La ,t r..,,,,,
IN 'hc h's'o'F - ''.
"snneo 10Y ran o''' nn nno ono
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commission appo'''eu y! 80"
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20 ~ the relief Of the little fellows"
1t;rbcrnatd cnnloycns receive no hen
c6,s.
Simultaneously with .bc announce
men, OF Tho commissions findings. {,
was reported in railroad administration
circles that Dircc,or-t,cncral McAdoo
has under consideration increases in
freirh. and messenger rates to meet
threatened dcfici, of $500, 600 ,oOo
The keynote OF railroad wage In
creascs s sc, forth in the following
prologue 10 tho Official di-ast OF the
report by the commission.
I'm fairness. therefore = sucicien, in
crease should be given TO maintain
tha, standard OF living which had o,
fessedly. pr cos and wares we're ho.b
low. And upon those who can hes, AZ.
ford 10 sacrifice sbouId no 90, IN.
"The,c vim bc saws ~. a,-.,
added IN ,bn ro,,,I,. ,..
,,,Io,,, .,,.,,
sums c.v,r, ,-o. ro
much as .3I nor n,o,.b ,rhi,j is .h
larSes: monthly increase awarded
NO CHANGES Ann u,nE
~ uo,,us o,. .,,,,,cr
~.
~ '"""e al lnc
80" 80 '"cr'' "o' IN
' '''''ou % pa! '"e"t toF
49, - - ~ ""'h'' WHO no"
eee''e' S-'' per month or more VIII
'"'H''i"'o IN lhc award pnt al! VINO
'"""th or Tess WI! nave
i'o''' t-o |" - adoed thereto. the sS5-
"oH'" c'trh WI! De iittcd 10 tho
Si'' eradc hy reason OF the applica-
uoh OF the principles adopted by the
commission. The cisht-hour day de-
'hanoeo is not recommended. but pres
ent hours or service are 10 be retained
Inc increases recommended are
nased upon the increased cost Of living.
Brichy stated. the commissions
study ot conditions showed that the
cost OF living had increased since 1913
approximately 81 per cent. II. there
ioro. adjusted tho wage scale Of en-
p!oyees. so that the amounts added TO
Inc monthly pay should cover this in
creased COS, of living, and to this
Inc commission says:
COMMISSION STUDIES
THE COST OF LIVING
'"rhis study OF tbc COS, of ,ivi,,
was not made from paper statistics cx-
clusiveiy, by gathering of prices and
comparisons of theoretical budrets /,
was in no inconsidcrablc part an actual
study from life, one of the mos, in.
terestng and valuable groups of fig
urcs having been gathered by The
newspapers of the country, by inter
views OF those OF the working class
anu 'n' Inspection OF thelr simple books
49,, 49, - INDY DC s''u
'e'''eu $50 inoh'h
,t ,aa;,io, NV" ".euS ~ per
,ro s,,,o ,,,,i., " e"e nun
Low mat w,,. ,,r . ,'.."'
he ,1lo,vcd bcc,u., ,,,o ,,,a..,.'.. '''1''
SUBSTITUTION and o,hcr ,a,hn,', ~.
,hrift decline :I,,o.t -
point. while above that wage grow