The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-04-08
AS THE MEN SEE IT

AS THE MEN SEE 1T
This problem of railway irms
port is so overwhelmingly ihe big
one of the present that b. appears
worth while 90 discuss 30 90 all
angles and gei information which
shall give us substantial ba,i, of
understanding
Speaking of the relations of ih,
men employed hy ihe roads so tho
new conditions oft reimbursement
We quoted ni some length Che CON.
clusion reached by The kingsril.,
Record. which. situated Boo rail.
road center. shonld Doc n position
Co see the problem ai nil angles
and fairly We ret another view
ot the matter from fhe representa-.
iiye Of various crafts employed it
kingsvillo OBJ running 600 fhC
trains which move from fbat 90.
vision point mm who ha,
studied the railroad problem Boz
kinpsville was Boo The Caller of.
flee Wednesday and brought ou,
some facts which havc NOT been
published ai least not generally
This now Information is SEQ tho
effect That iho railway unions
have been conducting o. caupliQn
of efficiency n thoir own ac.
count They hayo realized Chat
business wae sIack. income a..
creased and roadiuNmom moan.
less pay or Jess mcn ou Che jobs
They have met this condition with
mnninI effort to ,cr that Oh,
men who inilod io produce Wcro
specded zap or sidctracEod ",
are informed That union leaders
havc gone through The shops with
keen cyo upon all workers thaf
where @ man appeared fo bc doing
Jess ihan q fair day work they
havc warned him jhal Dos must
produce 0r quit
We learn lrom this ihai th,
Unions are doing from Jhc msid,
Just what lhC executives hap,
been demanding from the ouisid,
seeking production Chat shul
represent good wages fairly
One can NOT fail io see boo ihh
inside effort to rcadiuN output
70 pay ONO of tho most hopeful
signs of the situation There {,
no reason ihc railroud proh.cm
should remain crushing Weiuht
upon The country We have iu.
sisted in an discussion of the mat.
tor that production at lowest pos
slDlc cost accompanied ly ait
pay for fair work would prove
The solution of iho entire matter
What tine union leaders 90 Kings
vile have been DOING quietly no
doubt has boom d,se by other
leaders elsewhere
80 doubt ihoc wi.l bc I0uu
pay m ihe raifnal usincs. %. iu
all others, 90, cost ol itue a..
eincs Do.lac mako uo differ
,nre ln Themselves They an
merely relative expression af
bread and button a IMAM MIGHT
De better 0ff on dollar = dav
ihan m Sen dollars day If thc
prices 0i living 0l houses. ui rrt
aud aIl iioi raako lite decent and
comfortable Nelr 600 ia 0le teulh
Chat is thc rAinue illustration
should railway Hae decrease m
ratio 20 living costs of all kinds
thc railway man would Doe Us Wci
or The same is truc ~ thc clerk
be The store, ihe profit of thc
ln the eadjustmo1t OF prices
OF labor of transportation md
AN else which Is imminent th.re
Will be iniuaiiccs The best wc
may hope Is that the general low-
aring OF costs of living and bv
This we mean atl expense. includ
ing rent groceries, travel. cloth
bag and the like may be- ON m
equitable scale
We can not overlook abuses
which have crcpt into an lines of
business. The railway operation
4 the great and really dominant
iem Of the moment II has abuses
which are solfeyident and which
must be corrected before we can
esume living upon a fair scale.
There has been attention iu mass
o The extra pay and bonuses
which The national agreement max
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