Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-06 | Page 6 | Want too Much

WANT TOO MUCH. Tlii'ii! si'L'ins to In; a niurkt ui-iiicU-nat inn upon f lie part tit' men .L'okin I'liiplnynu'tit to aciTpt wcrk on the railroads rail-roads in the i-apai'itv of coiumnn labor-' n.-. W'liili some ot' tlirm iniht ho Jn-tbni'tl Jn-tbni'tl In n .'-! -t the pri'siiloticv of one n!" tin- rnails or tiie pn-l uf regional li.-rertiu- umler nTrnmt'tit eoiit rol, iliey -ln nut u;mt to be.i;in at the buttoni of the la.ricr and work their way up in tin- -mum I oh'l 'ay. Of course, every man is bound to look out for himself, and he cannot lie blamed for -wanting j to ef llie best pay possible. Hut there is nn excuse for remaining bile when jhiborcis on the railroads are jiaid at ) lie rai e ol.' u'J to ii. ' ' cents an hour. .V ft'eueration n,o ykilloil ineehanics did not receive any more th:m that for their services, '.rhe war has lifted waos all ahmu the line, ami it is probable they will remain liih I'nr some time to i' n lie-. Indeed, we hope the relations bet.veen capital and labor will be much j nno-e harmonious in the future than in jifie past, and that a spirit of eo-upera-! lion will bo manifested. T-v.t. the fact remains that "mm three to four dollars a dav is ood pa for a pick and shovel man on the railroads or anywhere else, a ii' t hat the man who is not skilled should not a I Urn such jobs to .o beg-;iuL;. beg-;iuL;. More than three millions of men are beiim' reieaned from military service and work may not be so plentiful in the course of a few in out hs. The (tramp I nuisance has been abated since the war hc-an. Jt should not be resumed at its ! dose.