Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
NATIONS RELIEF BILL
UNEMPLOYMENT VIEWS
CONGRESSMAN WATCHING
THE RAILROAD PROBLEM
COMPETITIVE DANGERS
FOR REORGANIZATION
PRESIDENT REASSURED
BORAH HITS INTERESTS
LOOKS LIKE REAL FIGHT
O LIKE REAL FIGHT

The Treasury Department, at tn,
request of the New York Times, re-
Gently drew up a table showing the
amount of money provided for relic
during the past three fiscal years ane
also the amount spent. In 1894, u o.
81, 693, 600, 900 available, there was ex-
pended S2,385, 800, 900; in 1895, with So.
68l ,600, 900 appropriated, the expend-
lures were S., 1874 ,4O0 900; for 1896, the
ALLEGATION was S2,260, 800, 900 and the
expenditure, up to the middle Of
March, has been 81, l36, OOO,00 and the
estimate is that at the end of the hscaI
year on June 30th, it will go up to ST.
985 100000. In the three years $685.
SOC, 900 have been allocated for relief
and by the end of this fiscal year about
S $500, 000, 900 will have been spent foi
this purpose.
The President intimated very plain
ly in his relief message that the extent
OF government aid will depend upon
the number of unemployed given
work by private industry. Replying,
business organizations declare that
private employment would be greatly
accelerated if the Government re-
moves all restrictions and permits pri-
vate initiative to function. On the side
the American Federation of Labor
points out that in the last half of 1885
profits of l20 large corporations in
creased l40 per cent and that these
increased earnings made possible a
substantial lifting of wages. Actually
average wage rates were reduced by
one cent per hour and the average
work week increased three hours, and
the Labor organization insists that by
these increased hours more than one
million jobs were denied to the unem-
ployed."
1t is quite probable that Congress
men, facing the Presidents tax sug-
gestions, have been stalling for time
in order to see what the income tax
collections bring in. In the last budget,
income tax collections for the present
fiscal year were estimated at S1,434,-
000, 900. The Congressman know that
from January 1st to March 10Th, COL
lections increased 45.6 per cent over
last year and expect the first payment
On 1895 incomes to show a tremendous
gain. In fact, it would not be surpris-
ing if this source of ven proves to
be $500, 600, 900 above budgetary fig
ures. If this is established, Congress
feels that it would be relieved of the
necessity of raising a like amount by
taxation.
There is little indication hat the
Railroad Management Committee and
the Labor executives will be able to
reach any agreement on the problem
Of taking care of employees certain to
be displaced by consolidation of rail-
road facilities. Nine executives repre-
sented the Class Ore roads, and twen-
ty-one railroad union chiefs spoke for
1,150,000 employees, about 16 per cent
of whom will lose their jobs of certain
operating economies are effected.
To understand the problem in
volved, it is necessary to 60 back to
the Interstate Commerce Commissions
approval of the tive-system plan OF
consolidation. This occurred in 1881
and numerous parleys have taken
place since that year, with the unions
combating any consultations that will
reduce the employment level below
that of June 16, 1888. Recently Joseph
B. Eastman, Federal Coordinator of
Transportation, proposed economies
affecting eleven terminals.
This led to the present effort on the
part of Management and Labor to get