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Show P. S THE IJASLAM BlLU TLo Ilaslam bill, providing a nitie-hour workday 'ft motornion and; conductors, should receive the o i ;ort of every member of the Utah Legislature. Ti re is no class of wage-earners that is more in ii'. 1 of protection nor one that deserves it more ii et car crews 3nSaltLaketJn i?6ilf0rmity with' th -'iinands; of the present system of Operation ' ai t 1 "jed to work from 12 to 15 hours, per day iind of; 1 longer. tt is not'strange that under such hi . pressure the motornien and conductors are too 1 ii 1 fvnd sleepy to furnish.the atrohs 'of thetrolley, Hi. the first-class servicp .-Which,, under ordinary t ii ( i instances, they woul the in condition to ren- i.- Fifteen or even twelve hours is too long ft ; nl for street car crews' to work on a stretch. TI. y cannot do justice to themselves pr the public in. r such , a system. "Vith the JIaslam bill in t; atioii and the nine-hour 1 day established, the mi t railway employees may raise the standard of r work, pave the way for more 'substantial v, r s and manage to inake the acquaintance o tht r families. To work a mot orman fifteen hours a y on the' before-the-war cars and over the rickety trat ks of the locaf trolley line comes pretty near to Lei: z slave driving. IS'ot only will a nine-hour day lx tar the condition of the car crews, but it' won V be a positive benefit to the patrons of the system. Ta i the Ilaslam bill by a unanimous vote! ; : |