The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-25
EX-GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
SUBMITS RATE FIGURES
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just 50 miles. AS freight train can
eaesily made 80 miles an hour. 7 was
further staggered by the fact that
TOT the use of one freight train the
railroad was getting $4,000 an hour
These are cold-blooded facts, and
dare any railroad official to denv
II. The fact that it is authorized Inv
law only shows that government has
lall or its purpose in this country,
10 have passed law granting the
James gang the right to carry on
their highway robbery would have
peen Just as much justified. If the
railroads think that the American
people are going to put I'D with this
very much longer they are badly
fooled, No government that permits
outrages of this kind can retain tba
respect of its citizenship very long.
suppose the government owned the
railroads and was to attempt to per
petrate such charges, don't every in
telIlgent man know that the people
would soon overthrow the govern
ment?
And yet to allow thieving rail-
road corporation to do it Just adds
insult to injury.
Oh, but some paid lickspittle will
Jump up and say that this charge for
freight service is because labor gets
so much of the revenues and tbere-
fore the blame is on the overpaid
railroad man. Another leland LOT
me prove it.
On this train of 80 cars there was
an engineer, fireman, two brake
men and a conductor, just five men.
Now, the engineer for this 80 miles
received not to exceed So, the fire.
man $50, the two brakemen 81 each
and the conductor $3.50. or a total
of $7-just 1898 net to the rail-
road company for running one train
80 miles Now, before we hang these
thieves, let us show that we have
given them a fair trial.
Suppose instead of one train crew
OF five men, these cutthroat railroad
corporations were required to have a
whole train crew of five men on ey-
cry car in the whole train, and for
fear that something might go wrong
with the cars while they are MAX
Inc this great long journey of 80
miles, that the railroads were requir-
I'd to have in addition to full train
rev of five men on each car-not on
each train. but on each cara car
'enairer on each car of the so cars
n the train, who were getting 81 an
lour-then the expense bill would
My be 81 for each train crew and :
or so train crews it would only be |
$500 and add $50 for the 80 car re-
'airers and the total for the 80 train ;
rews and the car renairers thrown !
n for running this train for 80 miles
would only be S640. Now, take this
EXPENSE from $4,000 7
which the road highwavmen get, and
hev still have a net profit in opera
ion of $500.
J want 70 make a prediction. and 5
hat IS that if the railroads do not
reduce rates, in the next /
hree years the railroads will be TAX
n by force by the government and
navbe sooner.
Such action might be wrong and it
nay be right--circumstan are to
e considered at the time. But l
m telling what is going to happen.
Railroad rates are so high that no.
ody--even the railroad officials A
hemselves-will dare to defend
hem. It is remarkable that an ex- B
ortion so universally admitted has h
cen permitted to continue this long.
II is all right to talk about fhe