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Show LABm eOrRD HEAPS PIECE-WORK ARGUMENTS CHICAGO. Jan. 21 Railroad rep-resen rep-resen t&tives made slow progress Thursday In presenting their argu-n argu-n i at for restoration of tbe piece work plan In tholr appeal for ahrogatlon of the national agreements between the roads and employes before the railroad rail-road labor board. P. II Lee. supervisor of freight car maintenance, offered exhibits to show decreased output In various shops of the Baltimore A Ohio. One Instance presented by Mr. Lee represented earnings In July, 10 IS when tho wage rate averaged 61 cents an hour under un-der the pboe work system. In August, Aug-ust, after being guaranteed a minimum mini-mum rate under the national agreements, agree-ments, the production. If paid for at tho piece work rate, would have averaged av-eraged but 44 cents an hour, according accord-ing to the witness 00 |