Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1921-04-07


of the total earnins OF all the rail
roads, will some one of your readers
who is a farmer and man who cal
figure, as l know all farmers can
please tell ne where the railroads
are to be saved from bankruptcy.
The agreements, rules and work
Ing conditions to which you refer
in your article and which are today
| the subject OF controversy in Chica-
go, before the National Labor Board
are subject to change and the claus
es which give permission to change
are part Of the agreements so that
we workers feel that inasmuch as
this is an existing fact, and that it
is possible to remove from the agree
ments all offending clauses which
are unjust to the employers, by the
proper procedure and hearing that
the employers at this time are back
ed by another motive than merely
having these harmless agreements
annulled.
1t has come to my attention in the
recent past that some one has said
that the cost of living has gone down
and that inasmuch as this was true
there was no good reason why the
railroad men in all departments
could not take a substantial decrease
in their wages. It has also come to
my attention thru the efforts OF our
National Statisticians that since the
War living has decreased 4 per cent;
this means taking it nation wide.
If the railroads are going bankrupt
on account of paying their help too
much money it is surely on account
of the manipulation of their affairs,
and I am unable to see why the work
ers should be made to pear the load
Business conditions are stagnated all
over the land, and if the railroads
were hauling freight for nothing,
they would have little more to haul
than they have now, and this is not
an idle Jest either, as I have been
very closely, the sayings
and statements of the big business
men all over this country, and can
quote them as saying that there is
no incentive for business as each |
firm or individual is waiting for the
other fellow to start something. |
Taking all these things into consid- !
grafton, there seems to be no reason
Why the workers, and them alone,
should bear the brunt of the adverses
which the railroads are facing.
The propaganda which is gotten
nut almost daily to make the general
'ublic think that the actions of the
railroad Unions and their attendant
agreements are so Bolshevic, also
tate that the methods of government
ontrol were handled in so bungle-
ONE manner that it is strange that
he railroads have done as we'll as
hey have since reverting back to
rivate control. In this connection I
light say that the affairs of local
peration all over the country was ,
! the hands of practically the same
len as before the war and in great ,
lany instances the affairs of whole
stems were in the hands of one man
no before the war was president or
eneral Manager of one system only.
0, who have they to blame for the !
lormous deficit; as it is well to state !,
ght here that all expenditures are \
,pended locally. I am in a position
point out specific instances as to =
y foregoing contention which 1 I
W with my eyes and which was .
'pt from the public at that time for ;,
, other purpose than TO make the
ficit as large as possible, SO that it q
uld be fed to the public as this IT
her stuff is fed to the public, such n
is in your recent issue under the ',
Use of government operation or
ntrol =,
Trusting that you will find space w
your paper to print my small eff =,
TT SO that your readers may have
chance to see, in small way, the Of
her fellows side of it from the G,
lndpoint of right, am, II
Yours truly,
VIM. j. CIRCUIT. If