Evening star., 1921-03-10
NY.CENTRAL TOCUT
WAGES Of $4,000
All Department Salaries to
Be Revised Follows
Pennsy Action.

I by the Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK. March 1O.-The
| New York Central railrOnd an
nounced today that beginning
| April 10 wages of approximately
| 43.COO employees. i'm virtually All
! departments, would be revised. y
/ conference will be held later to
| agree on the new scale.
| The date md place Of the con-
ference have not yet been decided.
| The formal order. addressed to
! employees coming under eighty-hSe
| official cInssificntions. affects virtu-
| nIly every department OF the sys-
| tenn between New York and Chi
I cngO.
BALTIMORE, Md, March lO.-ln an
address here last night Daniel Will
| lard president of the Baltimore ana
Ohio railroad said that readJustment
of railroad labor conditions and wages
, are necessary ultimately in order that
! the railroads can be operated under
the present rates.
Three things are considered by Mr.
Willard as necessary for successful
private operation of the American
railroads. which. in his mind, means
continued private ownership. So long
as private interests operate the ROADS
successfully. he said, just so long Will
the American people desire the roadS
to remain in private hands.
Unifcation. Rates and Labor.
These three things" Mr.. Willard
said, are machinery for unined con-
! troll of the railroads in times of emer-
gency. without being hampered by the
provi sions of the Sherman antitrust
act: the StabiliZation of railroad
! credits by fixing the rates which will
provide a fair income, and the estao
lishmcnt of machinery for the ami
cable adjustmeh; of railroad labor
disputes.
"All three necessities have been pro-
vded in the Esch- -Cummins act. and the
rest of the job is up to the railroad
managers. The success of the managers
probably will determine whether the
railroads remain under private manage
ment or will be taken over by the gov.
ernment Therefore. it is the duty or
every railroad executive to see tnat tne
public is given thoroughly satisfactory
service believe the executives are
doing their utmost.
Benefits of Competition.
The interstate tOIn1neFCH So1lHi!S-
sion now has authority to take over the
direction of all the railroad rolling stock
in the country in an emergency. rms
is as il should be- But unified control
at all times would be harmful, because
it would destroy competition. Greater
benefit is derived by the public from
competition than from continuous uni
fed control
Labor costs wages and conditions or
work are our greatest operating expense.
That means that we will have to en-
ploy fewer men and pay them less.
There have been about 100000 men laid
off by the railroads since October, The
Baltimore and Ohio has reduced its
force from about $4,000 men to about
62. 900. at least $4,000 fewer than last
October Readjustment of wages Will
have to come. / do not know when. but
/ think the question will be settled with
out stopping the railroads"
VIII Deal Separately.
PHILADELPHIA, Maroh 10. - The
Pennsylvania railroad, in reducing
the salaries and wages of its 21O.OOO
officers and employees, as announced
yesterday, will deal separately with
each craft where they have wage
agreements. This was made known
at the company's offices here today
when preparations were made to send
out the notices Of proposed cuts as
directed by the board of directors.