New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
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Citing man. instances whcrr gov
.-.ors and other high state o.tieIl,
receive lower wages than do ea-in-
.,.-. ii-rucu and even negro flag
u.u On the Nashville. Chattanooga &
ST.. Louis, F~itz.eraId Hall, genera.
counsel Of that road. in tc-tifying be
fore the Railroad Labor Board in Z
plea for wage reduction exploded d
bomb under labors theory OF The
living wage
Railroad employees, as a whole,
Mr., Hall sand, when as much, and
in some instances more, than tho
best trained men holding positions OF
greatest trust and responsibility ii
the four states through which we
operate, The claim that any reduc-
ton will deprive railroad employees OF
a living wage or enough to live &C
cording to proper American stand
ards is refuted by the facts.
When our judges, college and uni
vcrsity professors, high school and
grammar school teachers, preachers
policemen and fire fighters receive,
as a whole, very much less tina. raIl-
road employees, as a W!.ole, there can
be not just claim that a reasonable
reduction in compensation will de-
prive railroad employees OF a proper
living wage.
"a few examples will be illuminat-
ing:
The principal OF me high school
at Nashville, the capitol of Tennessee,
the educational center OF the south,
received $3.50 per month, while yard
masters receive $505 per month.
High school teachers at Paducah,
Ky, receive SIPS per month, at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, $l4S per month at
huntsville, Ala, SIPS per month while
our blacksmiths receive $lS5.5l per
month and our yard switchmen SlSS.56
per month.
The average Presbyterian preacher
in the south is paid $1,000 per annum,-
less than one hall OF the earnings
Of yardmasters and passenger cngin-
GERS; $662.72 less than yard switch
tenders.
~ anderbilt University at Nashville
pays its full professors $3.50 per an
mum, the University OF Tennessee at
Knoxville $20S+ per annum the Geor-
gia School OF Technology at Atlanta
5000 per annum, while the conductor
IN our Rome branch. Is miles long,
receives $5735.SS-a sum greater than
thar received by the judges Of the
Supreme court of the state Of Ten
ncsscc. Assistant professors and in
structors in these colleges and uuIycr-
sites receive a maximum OF $3.50 per
annum-less than a car inspector re
Sciycs-less than the baggagcman on
4 passenger train receives,
The Judges OF the Supreme court
OF Tennessee are paid $500 per an
mum, yet the engineer on our Rome
branch, Is miles long, receives 5000
per anuum,
The negro flaginan and porter on
our Columbia-Dcchcrd branch train
receives S5l5o.40 per auuum, beng
40 more than the District Attorney
Generals OF the state OF Tennessee,
public prosecutors OF the state, re-
cciye.
The iiremcn on our Columbia-Dc-
chord branch tram receives S3g25 per
dnnum. being S425O0 more than the
Assistant District Attorney General Of
the state OF Tennessee. the man who
represents the people OF the state
before its Supreme court in practic-
ally every criminal case.
The engineer on our Tullahoma
Accommodation receives SSH. % per
annum, being S'1l.92 more than the
salary OF the Governor Of the state
OF Tennessee.
THE engineer on orr Tracy CITY
branch receives S,7j per month. a
sum which is more than either the
LIicf OF police or Chief OF the Fire
at Atlanta. Ga. N,nphi>.
Nashville and Chattanooga or Pad
receive.
The fircmcn on orr pikcti'r train
receives sol per month-mor. thar
twice as much as any fireman I'm the
ire fighting service in any city on
our entire system is paid.
~ hc Circuit judges and chancellor,
IF Tennessee are paid $1,000 per an
mum. which is over 500 a year less
than the conductor on our Tracy
lily branch Is paid.
These and similar facts rcfute the
that either the cost Of living or
maintenance Of a proper living wag
the present enormous wage
To some' classes of railroad en-