The evening herald., 1921-06-19
The Stockmen and
The Railroads

1 see looming up on the horizon ~
the not distant future the spectrr ot
guNrfhmcnt ownership, and when %
comes. Hentlcmen. n ~ili not b. r''i
that brought b. on, bot the railroads
OF this country and oihcrs connected
with their serNlct-urc directly re-
sponsihlc Tor a. and they are inVitipE
it 10 come-and while we are on that
subject our organization ana other
organizations of livestock men fought
government ownership becausc ne
can remember the Kind OF service We
got nt that time ana We do not want
return of ~.
The RaiIroad Wage Question.
u h. coming lust az surely as you
sit there. 10 the wiser heads and the
more conservative heads pf the rail-
roiid pruprictors and the railroad
unions don't ge; ufi together and fig
ure up the situation hut We can't eN-
p"rt much froIn ihe laborers because
they have been rrunouucedly at nh
times since Nj McAdoo fan our rail-
roads 20 beautifully. Tor government
operation. aud Ne do not have 10 go
20 very far TO ascertain the reason for
that. l am coming 10 another very
serious element OF that situation
that h. the wages the railroad labor
srs are getting. and ! mean the or
| gnnized lnhurprs and unorgnuizCd la-
/ hurera. I wouldn't take the position
and neither would you that these men
that perform the duties uf the rail-
roads ought 90 work for nothing. but
/ ID Is coins Go be- pretty hard TO con-
vince "a bunch of broke COW men that
have reduced the wages of their oNn
employs away down already ana whn
are nrttius up % o'clock in tht
morning aud working until 30 al
| lirhr that thrNc railroad luhorcr'
ought Co receive the highest wages Boz
|.a d d . a
tiuuc fu receive ihf:uf oven lf ihf
bank has 20 come and take your cat.
tlr and put Nuu out ~ business.
started Win Adamsou Bill.
They have been pretty rrurrouHli
treated A The time the AdamsoI
hil was in congress, congress bow "a
10 them and fhey passed thnt law
which gave them % Trcnt Increase
aud some of the history borne out hi
the facts b. that the passenger mrt
never asked for u. tho, started oi
freight HNd granted it an around, unt
Ifheu along comes McAdon, ana no
only gave them al they asked fur
/ but IN order t0 he generous with you
money and my money. reached dow
and gave them cirht months hncl
pas as Kind uf surprise. and thr1
have got that yet, Now it would Boz
, hard tu convince us that they are sui
. fDrIur. that isn't the whole story
hutytspr. hnDIuHg when the wise mri
, Int MHshiurton were wrestling viii
. Ifhe situation and the question of h0y
lnnt oUlv tu solve tho transportation
I problem. huf Co H-Fe this ItruhN
2 land oudclNuriuE Co reach solution
these sam, men that had rccciyc'
Ithesr increases were then busy. ng
uring out how they could get SOM
|. more.
: Who Pays the Freight
Now perhaps YOU know all uhOu
: this. and o. s waste OF time tDllinI
lyou. but Hhen that commission. 81
= lthe exercise ~ lta authority and gno
! discretion uut upon your shoulder
. as shippers tho increase OF eight hun
= Idrcd million dollars the labor hoard
before tho decision could hardly D.
. written and dried on tlc papti
= reached down into that stack ami
took ogt SIS hundred millions ~ tina
= o. ur increase. ana th'N have atl
i lput that There d. nu uEc pussy foot
4 ing around aud dOdging proposI
a ton. hrCauHo any man with a. kuuwl
edge uf thp record in front of him a
to what happened in this country ca
SOC That hose wage increases ha
q their effect uu the present high rate
~ and even tho conservative clemcr
e. among the nhnring people then
X selves admit 'f because. you must pool
dersflud. not nU nhoriuE men ~
" unfair or drastic. among their nun
~ hru are good men and Hs fair mlnt
p. cd men us Dive In this country lu
TO men who during The tim" of war &
r lHuN other emergency nrD American
fTHf and union mnu lnt