Montana labor news., 1936-02-20
UNIO PROTEST
RULING OF BOARD
REPEATING REBATE

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ing on the action Of the Honorable
Board in officially annulling the ruling
in question.
We hereby adopt a pant OF an article
on this subject, which was published
in the Montana Labor News under date
OF Dec. %, 1885 as follows:
THE same old spirit Of greed is
manifest in the affairs OF the railroads.
At the present moment, they are at
tempting to put the small transfer men
out OF business, besides throwing nu-
merous pickup drivers out Of employ
ment. This is done through allowing
large firms 10 cents per cwt. rebate for
delivering shipments and receiving them
at their depots on arrival Most OF
these concerns have numerous trucks
operating in the usual course Of en-
ployment, and this additional work is
added to them; while the man who for
merly made his living exclusively in this
line OF work is now jobless. It makes
one wonder if the traffic department
of the commission was in error when
this permission was granted. The rul-
ing of the traffic department in this
connection, tends to injure the small
shipper who does not have the equip
ment to 60 into the transfer business.
In fact, it is a detriment to him, be-
cause it makes the price Of his COM
modities higher than that of the big
operator on account of the higher
freight charges that he has to pay. By
all means a public hearing should have
been held before the order was issued"
1T is the large, concerns that will
reap the benefit Of this new order.
Again the large operators and corpora
lions will get the benefit. The rail-
road loses nothing and it is all taken
out OF the man who tolls and works and
tries to make a living in Montana"
We hereby endorse and commend the
action Of the Commission in annulling
or repeating the ruling in question, and
further, we denounce and protest any
attempt to continue it.
1t is hereby ordered that a copy OF
this letter be submitted to the Commits
sion and a copy b egiven to the Mon
tana Labor News.
Respectfully submitted,
THE SILVER BOW TRUCKERS
ASSOCIATION,
By w. F. DORIAN, President.
ISILVER BOW TRUCKERS UNION
ASSOCIATION
Butte, Mont, Feb. IA, 1886.
To the Officers and Members Q. the
Montana R. R, and Public Service
Commission, Greetings
At a regular meeting OF the Silver
Bow Truckers Association, held at
Butte on this date, we went on record
and have instructed our officers and
committees to oppose and protest the
applications for permits to be heard at
Dillon, Montana, February 10. 1886. To
wit ORION A, Pilon, Dillon, Mont.
Claud H. Brown, Dillon, Mont. George
Cox, Dillon, Mont, Loren NJ. Eber-
line, Bannack, Mont.
For the reasons, the members of our
organization, who have legal permits
as common carriers are now serving the
territories now mentioned in the appli-
cations OF these parties above named.
and further we object to the coming
into Silver Bow County and transport
ing freight as they see fit, as they are
seeking permission to do in these appli-
cations at the hands of the Board.
We regard each and every one OF
these applications as attempts to even
tually wildcat and chisel on legitimate
authorized trucking concerns, to the
detriment of Il membership as we'll as
the Transfers Union, which is on rec
ord as being opposed to these fly-by-
night non-union trucking concerns.
We hereby protest any granting Of
the above applications for permits for
the reasons as above stated, and for
other reasons which can be stated YER
bally.
Respectfully submitted,
SILVER BOW TRUCKERS UNION
ASSOCIATION,
By w. F. DORIAN, President.