The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-11
Railroads Show Biggest
Profits in History, But
No B. & 0. Wage Boost
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY two giant facts stand revealed to Americas
ers who have been drugged with the class collaboration
dope of the labor bureaucracy. They
FIRsT-The Bureau of Railway Economics at WASH
ngton officially records the fact that principal railroads
Of the country earned $136e7377 net in 1925 the largest
sEcoND-The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad officially adj
mits that has not granted any increases wages to its
shopcra employees since March, 1928 which nearly three
years ago.
The railroads push their profit loot above the billion
mark but the railroad which the 3D. o. plan of
collaboration put into effect that penny
has gone to its shop workers in increased wages.
That is something for labor to think about. William
Johnston president Of the International Association
chnists with others of his kind sponsored the 3D. O."
pan deudng the workers believing that they would
cooperate with the bosses, work little harder then
resulting increase in profits would possible for the
kind employers" to raise This fake received the
official 20 X of the American Federation of Labor its
recent Atlantic City convention More than that the A. F.
OF / pleaded with the employers that with the increase
production and the elimination of waste, the workers be
granted increased wages SO that their purchasing power
Thus the A. F. Of l. stands back of "R g. O. Rn' Johns
ton and Bert Jewell president of its railway department.
seeking to spread the s O." plan to other railroads.
class collaboration instead of class struggle being emerge
tcaIy developed.
The capitalist press is doing its best pepetuate the
fiction Of the labor bureaucracy and the railroad baons
the B. o. plan benefits the workers. 1t the press of
the employers that recently the story that the
timore Ohio railroad shopmen enjoying increase
OF ONE CENT PER HOUR.
wen if this hundred per cent the truth, it
would mean very leess than so per week. This
is hardly enough to pay single admission to decent
movie performances But this was also barefaced lie
The Federated Press made inquiry at the office of F. E.
Base assistant the president charge of operations
and maintenance, of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad Co.. and
got the following authoritative reply:
TIE 47 T s o7cE %TE
sHoPMEN THIS NFoRMATIoM WAS INcoRRgcT AS We
lave NOT GRANTED ANY INCREASES TO OUR sHoPcRAFT
EMPLOYEES SINCE MARCH 1928"
Fewer men doing work less expense on the
railroads than before But the promised wage increases
do not maeriaize. B. O. Biz Johnston may talk long and
loud about his class collaboration scheme Matthew Wo
Wcepresident of the A. F. of L. may argue himself black in
the face about the NEW wage theory that going to hit
the class struggle the head and bring peace and
harmony" in industry.
The Bureau Railway Economics at WASHINGTON sta+es
the facts, however, follows:
at interesting efficiency
with which the railroads operated while gross ope
ang 1925 those
OF the year before there only increase of
per cent in the amount of freight traffic handled"
In spite of all this the railroad barons are determined TO
continue their struggle against any wage Increases for labor
hey otfer the argument that the increased earnings
come the result of additional investment oadbed and
equipment says the New York Times and therefore claim
mat the stockholders ought to get the increase because the
capital he has supplied"
This ought to be plain enough to make the railroad
workers that they will get nothing from the great
railroads that they do fight and take The parasite
stakeholder has received enough from his viewpoint
in all the history of capitalism.
nat means that the workers develop their unions
into militant organizations for class struggle action Bitter
experiences will force them realize this fact abor must
triumph over the class collaboration schemes of EMPLOYERS
and traitor officials by welding power under the standards
OF working class solidarity Only that way lies victory
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