The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-06-17

Actual expenses for 1919. 4,667, ,774,131
 Inc. for 1920 over 1919.$1 ,4s5, ,s64,2
 MT. Kruttschnitt, in showing how little control the railroads had over necessary expenditures, said:
 "Sixty-four cents out of every dot lar of operating expenses were, in 1920, paid out to labor, and the wages of labor are fixed by the government
 Fifteen cents out of every dollar of operating expenses was paid for materials and supplies at prices fixed by the government.
 "Three and one-half cents out of every dollar was paid for other ex. penses incurred by the government ir the first two months of 1920.
 "A total, therefore, of SPA cents out of every dollar of operating expenses for 1920 was paid out at prices direct. y fixed by the government.
 "The remainder, up to e7E cents, was for materials and supplies, pur. chased at prices fixed by general mar. ket conditions and beyond the power of the railroads to control"
 To illustrate how labor costs were Inflated by the National Agreeme nts" entered into during federal control fixing rules and working conditions the following examples were cited: l. The Pere Marquette Railway was t ,mpelled to pay $9,364 in back pay | up four employees because their titles under these agreements were changed by a decision of the Director General, Of the volume of their work remained the same.
 Railway was paid s1, 900 for work he never did. He was laid off with other
 employees because there was no work for him to do. When he became
 titled under his seniority rights to be re-employed, he received back pay and overtime.
 3. The Shop Crafts Agreement pro- vides that when employees are re- quired to check in and out on their hour extra at the close of each week, no matter how few hours they may
 vG six months Me of 1920 cost st the he railways ri | 100000, or at rate of S13,000,o00 a year.
 A. On the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- | road piecework car repairers decreas- ed 41.4 per cent and airbrake repair | CTS 33.4 per cent in efficiency under a l guarantee of a fixed minimum rate
 B. On the abolition of piece work | on the union P8cluc R1lIrOAQ Tn the wheel shop at Omaha, Nebr., the time required for the same work was in
 creased 31.9 per cent and the output | was cut down "A per cent; and in @ | coach cleaning yard at Denver the | time required was increased 38.8 per cent and the output decreased 28 per | cent.
 | G. Southern Pacific employees, l whose sole duty was to keep watch 1 on stationary engines and to stop the engine in case anything went wrong,
 were reclassified by Director General
 as electrical workers" one man on ] the Salt Lake division being given
 back pay of S2,3S1, another S2, 094, 1 another S2, ,009 another $2,e03, and six
 others amounts varying from $1,500
 T. Under the present classification
 rules of the shop crafts, in order to | of a locomotive it is necessary to call
 boiler maker and his helper to open | the door, because that is boiler mak-
 CTS work; to call a pipeman and his
 helper to remove the blower pipe, | because that is pipemen's work; and
 call a machinist and his helper to re-
 move the tip, because that is ma
 to be employed for putting in the new ! tip.
 Questioned by Sen&tor Poindexter Mir. Kruttschnitt stated that these in stances might be increased indefinite ly and were characteristic op railroad! of the country, as a result of tht Agreements" left over from fedora control.