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Show Of Kentucky's finest Bourbons this is the (pilpAF y. PINT No. 61 tia-!- Vi PINT No. 62 THE "DOUBLE-RICH" BOURBON schema distillers corporation, n.t.c ' 1 - ' AV uu4 ' -tilt- labor unions have made their demands In addition, certain of these labor unions have Fj upon the railways of the United States- and demanded advances isi their pay not included E through the railways upon the PUSLIC. These; in the cbove figures, and more rules for the demands are vastly larger in proportion than any creation of unnecessary jobs. they have ever made. The economical and efficient , . .. .. . .ii , The situation, then, is this: The total cost of operation of the railways is vital to tne navion s defense effort. Therefore, the Western Railways complying with all the demands made would ' present to the public the following facts: be approximately 900 million dollars a year! The labor unions representing engineers, fire- The average weekly earnings of railway employees : men, conductors, brakemen and switchmen are ore now 15 per cent higher than in the peak year demanding a 30 per cent increase in wages, 1929, while the cost of living is 12 per cent less. amounting to 190 million dollars a year . u u The demands or the railway labor unions are being although their present rates of pay are the . 2 made when the entire nation has just been asked hiahest in history. . . , J 1 to make a supreme effort tor National Defense. Other unions representing a greater number ... The railways cannot meet these demands without of railway employees are demanding wage i . oc ,, a great increase in the cost of transportation. They increases ranging as high as 95 percent- 3 r j averaging 47 per cent-and amounting to 580 exceed bv more than 700 million d" the million dollars a year-although their present me that the railways had left after paying their rates of gay also are the highest in history. annual expenses, taxes and charges in 1940. I Thus the wage increases being demanded by The railways have a vitally important job before the labor unions amount to 770 million dollars them. They need all their resources to continue a year, an average increase in excess of , adequately to serve you and contribute effectively i .. toward the National Defense Program. 41 per cent. Union Station, Chicago, lit |