Show RAILWAY R MAIL CLERKS LE KS THE T STORY in yesterdays papers of at atthe I the wreck on the Big Four rail ralI railroad road read in which four railway maIl mall clerks clell s were werd burned to death talla attention again to that branch of the govern government government government ment service Of all aU the th of ot the nation the men who take t k the greatest risks and who draw dr w the poor poorest r rest est salaries In proportion to their risks and responsibilities sare are the rail railway raIlway railway way mail matI clerks There Is hardly a railway accident of at any magnitude that the list of ot killed or badly injured is not headed with the name of a mail clerk Boxed into a narrow car with the doors and windows locked they have absolutely no chance to escape when disaster overtakes their train Other have at least a little warning they see the danger in time to jump or to brac brace themselves f for far r the inevitable shock It Is 15 not so with the mail mall clerks Their car car is usually immediately bo be b the e engine where the first Im Impact Imp l 1 pact p t of the collision occurs rs Nor are arc the th cats ces c rs as well ll constructed as liS the th sleepers and passenger coaches Heavy Heay engines crash through them as s though i y were made of pasteboard paste oard and nd the wonder vond i Js J ot Jh that t so p many railway y mail malt clerks am killed but that so many escape death or serious injury And their pay is in many Instances less than the sum drawn by favored janitors of public pub He buildings No pro provision vision n is s made made for pensioning p those who ho are disabled in the service or for forthe forthe the care of their dependent families s when the breadwinner is killed while performing his hiB duty Opportunities for advancement are ar so limited as to be practically eliminated Tears Years of faith faithful faithful faithful ful service bring no substantial re rewards rewards rewards wards as in other lines of work It is almost impossible for Cor the clerk to save anything fron fro his salary and L he has nothing to look forward to In old Jd age except the charity of his hh friends or of the public The prospect Is a gloomy one It may maybe be said sad that thai laboring men and other workers work rs for fox forS small S all wOes wages w Ues have no better prospect blit the eases cases are nt parallel The latter have opportunities I that th t the thel clerks clrk l r do lio not have and they do not take lake anything anY hing like e the same sare risk I The government has plenty pJ nty of money to give to undeserving place pla e holders hoIder with political power Why should uld not nota nota a clerks 1 little b set aside for the postal posta I I |