Show CONCEDE I RAIl WORKERS ARE in inI UNDERPAID I i I of Majority I 1 r of Lines Declare Need For Fort ForM Ii M lii y t Wage age Raise Presses I SALARY TOO 1 i l LOW THEY EXPLAIN JN t F Figures gures to Show That I Cost of Labor Has Been i Mounting l High I l. l Ir Washington Feb IS The The necessity ri or 1 increased sed wages for or railroad cm em m loU was conceded today i h by majority of oC the railroads taU U of ot a i of the United d States appearing for the tho ot railI rail rall- first time before tho the 10 I rid lid wage commission They said ald the they me eo not to oppose requests of oC th the tho em em- lOfts but mere merely to aid the commis- commis lon Ion b by giving gl Information Officials need need no evidence that the ost t of ot living U has increased and 1 that p be lie low paid man needs a assistance sl dur- dur urI ur- ur I ng nr the war var declared J J. J W. W V. V Higgins of oC executive secretary of oC the Western Vestern Association of oC Railways Hallwas No one reeo recognizes recognises moro more keenly than he m managements that there are arc nu- nu erous nerous classes of oC es not proper proper- y compensated was the statement t lode ade for tho the eastern territory by b John Walter Walber of or Now New 0 York secretary of ofha he ha bureau of ot information of oC eastern railways s M Mr higgins higgins' assertion that tho the low v ow paId man should be helped drew from Secretary Lane chairman challman of ot the com com- a query as to what ho considered considered considered consid consid- ered a low paid man f r I would sa say that all nIl men receiving ln under a month need moro more Mr Nr HIs Higgins replied Perhaps the thc limit of ot those who need help should be lC raised to 2000 a n year which seems to tobe tobe tobe be the line lino drawn rawn b by the government o in inthe tho the income tax law The greatest advance ad- ad vance vanee should be given hen to tho the man makIng male mak- Ing less than a month Those tel tel- lows must mut be having a strenuous time P The 2000 limit would Include all laborers trainmen brakemen mechanIcs Ics and clerks and a groat reat man many engl- engl Mers ers and conductors commented Mr r zane Line All the tho speakers declared they the roade no distinction between union and unorganized i Tho rho railroads will be running running- long ong after aCler a lot of or factories and ship ship- have ha their gates nailed up Mr r. r Walter Walber remarked I Wane u c I I Mr Ir fr said laid tho era 1 average e rate rato of cr crease se for tor operating 1 in the theW t J W western district between 1919 and InS 1915 bad been boon 1323 per cent l' l In reporting th their lr wage increases Fome of the nine representative roads rm Included the pay ay of ot officials in tho the to to- to ff i Do you ou think an any of or these officers ought to have havo their reduced Tasked asked I ed Commissioner McChord I am not t In ln a P position to answer that that Mr higgins said I 1 think that t aft after fler C 1 spending a 1 lifetime acquiring Knowledge e and experience a man I is I entitled to compensation i Lri Both 0 1 AIr AIr- Ir higgins and Mr Walbor Walber theIr own experience Thc They beg Began n as office boys boy l Chief ChIc N to o Meet Uc t t Cleveland Cle 0 O. F Feb b. b 13 The IS-The The four tour railroad brotherhood chiefs will meet In WashIngton Thurs Thursday a Feb 21 I. I to with IV S. S Carter director of ot labor bor under T Director General of Hall Hail roads oads McAdoo the tho question of oC the of th tho co commission of oC eight to s settle labor lubor disputes between I the n railroads and their or the creation of commissIons for 01 cach each of oC I the districts I t |