The Railway Situation And Its Causes An Address Delivered Before the Transporta
The Railway Situation And Its Causes An Address Delivered Before the Transporta
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743 cent. In other words, both passenger and freight rates were lower at the end of the dec- ade than they were at its beginning. Labor is getting the best of it, both absolutely and relatively. The railroads pay out about a billion and a quarter dollars a year in wages.
In the third place, the heavy hand of legislation. State and Federal, is laid upon the railroads. We are being stoned to death with statutes. The Government has taken all the privileges of ONvnership with none of its responsibi...lities. In Europe cars are still coupled on the link and pin plan. Why? Because after careful inquiry the Governments found the railroads could not with their present earnings afford the expense of changing all their equipment. Imag- ine such an answer as that being taken in this country! Why, a railroad man who had the nerve to stand on that po- sition would be thrown to the newspapers. They would make "Mellen's food" of him. Eailroads are the great pop- ular plaything. There is more and more legislation all the time which wears the amiable mask of care for the public safety, but is really intended to force the employment of unnecessary men, to strengthen the monopoly of employment in the hands of the great Unions, to compel the purchase of favored illuminating or safety devices, or to force the erec- tion of decorative depots, veritable cathedrals of industry, in obscure communities.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
743 cent. In other words, both passenger and freight rates were lower at the end of the dec- ade than they were at its beginning. Labor is getting the best of it, both absolutely and relatively. The railroads pay out about a billion and a quarter dollars a year in wages.
In the third place, the heavy hand of legislation. State and Federal, is laid upon the railroads. We are being stoned to death with statutes. The Government has taken all the privileges of ONvnership with none of its responsibi...lities. In Europe cars are still coupled on the link and pin plan. Why? Because after careful inquiry the Governments found the railroads could not with their present earnings afford the expense of changing all their equipment. Imag- ine such an answer as that being taken in this country! Why, a railroad man who had the nerve to stand on that po- sition would be thrown to the newspapers. They would make "Mellen's food" of him. Eailroads are the great pop- ular plaything. There is more and more legislation all the time which wears the amiable mask of care for the public safety, but is really intended to force the employment of unnecessary men, to strengthen the monopoly of employment in the hands of the great Unions, to compel the purchase of favored illuminating or safety devices, or to force the erec- tion of decorative depots, veritable cathedrals of industry, in obscure communities.
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