The Industrial Republic; a Study of the America of Ten Years Hence
The book The Industrial Republic; a Study of the America of Ten Years Hence was written by author Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Here you can read free online of The Industrial Republic; a Study of the America of Ten Years Hence book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Industrial Republic; a Study of the America of Ten Years Hence a good or bad book?
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In discussing the conditions an old Bur- lington employee said : 'A conductor and his crew feel a sense of responsibility for the lives of those upon a train. A man can only be worked so far when he becomes actually irresponsible. I hate to feel that I am in any way responsible for the lives of passengers on a train when the length of the run and hours have worked me beyond my limit. There is no flagman on the train, and the brake- man has to help load baggage, brake, flag, and do anything that... comes up. He is certainly not in good condition to be an alert flagman on the latter end of the run.' "* In the same way it is cheaper for a theatre- manager to bribe police officials with free tickets than to comply with the regulations of the Fire Department; and so it is that five or six hundred people are burned up in * "In the matter of rigging the stock-market the American railroad manager has no superior. In the matter of providing safe and expeditious facilities for transportation he has no inferior in any nation of the first rank.
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