Show INCREASED WAGES OF RAILROAD MEN MUST COME FROM POCKETS OF PUBLIC Freight Rates Raised So I That the Railroads Will Will- Get a Net Additional Profit of NEW V YORK YORI Nov No o SC- SC The G The Tho raising of wages of or the employees of or the great grent railroad systems trumpeted abroad as ns asa asa a splendid n ld recognition of or the thc right of or labor to fair Cah returns and hailed as tiB an l example of ot un g un en n the part of or the huge corporations COlpo turns out out to he be all that was expected or of it except ex ex- ec- ec that that It co cots ts the railroads not a penny more for or they arc to make the public Ia pay 18 the tc Increased d wages and to topa pa pay an nn a additional bonus of oC millions million of dollars s a year ar In increased d freight rates I Increased Freight Rates The freight agents of or thc Central 1 trunk and Southern roads hae Just promulgated tl van n Increase of 10 15 p per pr r cent centon on lumber r ore are Steel an ruI n l 1 grain 1 products Prop Pron Proportionate increases as ass hi tn the t L rates on glucose e syrup corn oil and cor corn l syrup will go so effect on December r th On Oti January Januar 1st th the freight hL rates on dressed ed beef aro are to be e a advanced So o the cost lOgt of oC the Increase ac In wages for the p to bf bp paid by the public In the shape hape of a higher pi price Ice for forthe forthe forthe the necessaries of or life lIe for or flour and beet beef are rO both on the list of prices prices' to be raised at once Profit to Railroads It will practically amount to an In Increase In crease of 15 per pi cent on all nil freight a aral ral raise rals that menus means an nj added profit o of millions mil lions ions ove over o and above the thc Increase In the themen's themen's themen's mens men's wages wa sIn s In the da case caF of or th the Pennsylvania anla railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road alone the tho additional expense in the matter of oC wages Is 18 about r 0 y Its it Js 15 s estimated that the Increased l freight rate will bring In new Income t to th the amount of at pearly nearly t ten n million dollars s. Millions for the In the case cast of oC the Vanderbilt system the amount will probably be le a n great grent deal more At the thc lowest estimate based its freight receipts two years ears earsa a ago they ago they have ha Increased enormously In that time tIme tIme-h O of the new freight profits profile over the additional pay of or theren the themen themen men ren is a million and a half haIr dollars a year rear It has been calculated that the additional addi addi- 10 per an Increase Il in n the wages of ot the t c railroad rl l d employees of or this his whole country countr of or Pro the raise r In freight rate rates rales that the people pa pay nore than they did lid before the ra railroads 11 roads came ame me to a realization of or their duty to their men nei Poong f f Railroads The ability to Lo make an nn arbitrary raise rale of tn freight rates rate Is entirely due to the pooling of oC the railroads It Is a concerted concerted con con- c thing and aid Js Is In Itself nce hl of oC the very y combination that tha t la 8 ro f pro hibit It Is not rot pretended that It costs cots any anymore more U It to transfer freight ht than It did before before be be- fore except for the te Increase in wages of the men while the ts of or railroading railroading rail rail- hive have bounded up UJ higher than I eVer eer but the rates art aru raised simply simply- because the railroads arc are so tar far alon along In tn their pooling that thc they have ha absolutely no competition one with the other oth oth- er and the raise h is adopted simply be because because because be- be cause thc they wish to increase e their in In- In comes The increase Inere-ase In mens men's wages wage does not cost Ot a Vanderbilt or 01 a Rockefeller Rocke flocke- feller or a 1 Gould a penny TWENTY VENTY PER FER CENT IS THE INCREASED RATE ON IRON AND STEEL GOODS PITTSBURG Nov 26 Railroad Railroad executives ex ex- Q of tho the districts of oC the Central Freight and antI Trunk Line as association have bare deckled decided that a freight rate advance advance ad ad- vance vatice of oC 20 per cent must go Into effect on the bulk of QC tM th mill n find furnace tonnage ton ton- rage nage of or PiU but and other districts on or b before January 1st Leading iron Ion ap steel Interests of Pittsburg had no Intimation of or this Some were unwilling to believe e the re report report re- re port rt for Cor It IL IK is only a few tew years ears since tho railroads mado radical advances ad all nil allaround around and pul only partly toned th these se down when Andrew Carno Carnegie lc was well vell along with his plan two years ago ugo to build an Independent belt line to the seaboard On nil all iron and steel products to which the lower commodity rates rales are applied this advance ad of or 20 O per cent Is to tobe tobe tobe be applied In the cheaper grain traffic an 10 advance of or 1 15 per cent is to be made This will go 0 into effect on December December De De- cember St St. I The Tie rates on onon ore on limestone coal and coke the blast furnace raw materials are not t to tJ i be he disturbed in connection with the changes of or about the first of oC the year These Thee will viii come in for a readjustment readjustment readjustment re re- re- re adjustment a about out April 1st The shippers will contest the radical chin change e. e It will vill embarrass them on on contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts taken fot foI next year including the hea heavy V rail business NEW FREIGHT TARIFF WILL VILL ADD AID TO BURDEN OF op MEAT CONSUMERS WASHINGTON Nov No 26 The 6 The Michigan Michi Michi- gan gan an Central today merl with th the InterState Interstate Inter Inter- Slate state Commerce commission u n new tr freight tariff schedule ule between New NewYork York and Chicago making nUl an Increase of or 1 H j cents In the tho export rate on provisions provi 1110 roi and of or 5 C cents for dressed meats mentH tooth hoth for fol domestic and export The new flew tariff will be effective e January Januar 1st net t. t Tho The tariff on provisions I Is thus thug raised from tram 25 2 to 20 o cents cen per hundred pounds and on dressed l meat front 40 10 to S. 45 The domestic rate ate on provisions pro remains r as at lre present nt The Increase e means ns a difference of or come amp hundreds of oC thousands of or d dollars nars to s. It Is IR c expected that thal all th the theother other roads In the Central Freight association as territory will under the agreement a agree agree- ree- ree ment which Is understood to have been reached b by the roads tile file similar tariffs and Increases In other oilier articles are arc ex ex- peete-d. peete I 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 HOW WAGES WERE VERE INCREASED 0 o By the increase I of or wages ases on the thc New y York Central Centra the e o 1 ala nia the Nickel ckel Plate and other roads the ti-ic men will Ill get eel an estimated 0 o i total increase of ot a a. year car e ee e 0 e ROW HOW SHIPPERS WILL PAY FAY IT 0 o 0 B By the Increase e of C rates o on these roads loads which rates U are arc to 0 o go Into effect without dela delay shippers will have bave to pa pay an Increase e of or 0 o more than a H. L year ear 0 e Net profit to tho the railroads by tho transaction a t year 0 1 0 |