Show OR CUTS MORE THAN IN WAGES ARE SLASHED FROM orall ROADS united states state railroad labor board H hands a ridi down decision which affetto men in every walk of railway life chicago more than was wa lashed from the tha wages of railway employ employee aei i in a decision by the united states railroad labor board sunday the de decreases creasm which averaged 5 cents an hour in the majority of cases t followed cuts of made last luly july by the board sundays beels decision however affected mostly maintenance ounce of way workers although de are pending affecting other if f the tha wago wage cuts made in the incest de decision claton are extended to other decisions expected sool li it was pointed out in railway circles that much of the increase given by the board in I 1 1020 would be b wiped out and wages resto restored rei to it a level which milway officials had told the board would lead to a now era of development and open tho way to the employment of men the decision wat wac signed by the three rull ivay members of the board and uie the abree members representing the public pull lc A dissenting opinion was filed by the th three members representing the la labor r roup group the majority opinion mid that tho wage cuts effe effective eUve on july 1 11 were made in accordance with d decreases is in the cost of living the into arity opinion contended that tho the wage scale abalo provided in the decision wits was in sufficient cent to sustain life on the basis bails of american standards all of the fo former riner were continual in the present dec decision lalon it being stated that the wages of this athla class of employee have lot hot been stan dardi zed and uniform throughout tile the t country and will not be made so under the decision the angeh of trade track laborers at present tent rates range from 28 to 40 cents tin n hour under the lie ile bialon they will wll range from 1 23 1 to 85 cents an hour the decision assert asserted qt that tant under the now new scale common labor on the roada wit still will be receiving a ratio higher alan that paid similar labor in most other industries in n statistical table based on the figures on wages and the cost of div ing by the he department of labor will ll 11 incorporated in the decision the boord board declared that while the cost of living in march last available government figure was tip approximately y per cent over that of decem tier bior the hourly rate of 0 pay tor for maintenance of way employed emp loyes a under the tbt altre sont decision will Us be per cent tit above the hourly hourly rates of do comber cember 1917 ind and the purchasing pow w 0 ot of the M aces of employees afert edby the decision will be par cen Cover iNver alie ahti purchasing power of their wages lit in 1017 labov men while they were reluctant jo to be quoted until they lind had full fall tivi alnio 1 e to study alio decision pointed out that while it applied to the largest class of railroad employee the total of at tho the maintenance men being m ore than 70 por per cent of the whole the te of wages paid to tills this group chich usually ranks us tie unskilled wier labor was sni smaller tiller in lie total than that paid any of the other groups eliose wages also are to be passed on board I 1 |