Show t Should 10 CU Cut Sa Salaries ries Not Wages 1 I One of the pet plans of the big interests in thwarting cori cor- cor i i l legislation is to throw a scare into the public When men mel k jl l lose se their jobs and get hungry r it is not reasonable to expect them J be tobe be patient and look ahead to more Inore just conditions that tha will vill be brought about through their sacrifices It would not be human jj t tobe be cheerful under such conditions The big fellows understand t this thoroughly In th the past they have used this weapon to 1 ein embarrass s any ny officials official who who d dared red oppose them It It takes a deal dealt 1 t f nerve ve to face such fighting tInge j Just a 36 the interstate commerce commission is considering Appeals IP c ls for advance in rates several of the East Eastern rn railroads announce an- an i nce that the they must curtail expenses and go into a period of f tt retrenchment ir Thousands of or working v men ar are laid off i 7 Is any of this done for effect 1 tf t The Associated Press dispatches tod today tell of the reductions in forces farces of working men Inen nothing is said about reductions in SOme isome oine of the salaries of and a year being p paid i many malty of the officials The salary of one official t. t would keep a good many laboring men Inen employed Would any cuts at all be necessary if the water were squeezed out out of the railroads' railroads stock There Ther will be many many such attempts to stampede every administration administration adminis adminis- that threatens the big interests But we notice by today's tel telegraphic graphic dispatches from the East that the interstate commerce corn com f 1 merce m in r e commission suspended the increased rate tariffs until July 30 If the Eastern railroads would show by their actions that th they were sincere in their efforts t to economize to the greatest po possible extent and land make Inake their money earn only a fair rate of interest nt r. r t. t there would be a more responsive answer to their plea for high higher r rates rales But when they cut only wages but not salaries and keep their stock watered and continue to waste I money their efforts to make m-ake the shippers pay more will vill naturally arouse ro suspicion I |