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Show TOE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL LECniREB II 23, 1920. 111 G R. M. Baumgardt Will Review Slav Revolution T7 P5 y Friday Night of UUh will The and sxplocer, scientist B. Baumgardt, B, in an illustrated letture antitled Russia, at the Assembly hall, t Friday on the tabemaele bloeh, night, dr. Baarogardt will be the last event of the nerlea arranged by the rnTr4ty A Statement by the Utah Light and Traction Company Cru-rifte- d bureau of leeturea and entertainment i for thla season. aa exeerpt from Mr. Baumgardta lecture: Tb day that Biga fall Buaala went down and oat. This waa not so much due to tha Bolshevik! aa to Kerensky, the drenmer, who ruined the discipline ( the army. When tha Bolabeviki earn into power the enlisted men were ehooe. ing their officers, whom they were not required to ealute. Poldiera1 committeea controlled the regimenta But Ke-(-, , rensky appealed to the popular imagi-nation. Tolstoy had made a famous young Butprophecy that acme day a become the man student wonld rue to world's next Napoleoa and, today, beset with Burma what in the resultt it enemies from witbia and without who have lost their all through the revolution! paid German agitators who, through their poisonous propaganda have reduced the land to ex-freme anarchy: escaped criminals and returned Bilberlea exiles, whom the accumulated wrongs of half a century have driven into a frenry af anarchistic revolt. But by far the greatest enemy la the appalling ignorance of the tremen- dous body of working men and soldiern, with their nebulous notioa of taught bydemocracy! who hava beesmean a detheir leaders that freedom baueh of idleneM sad tyranny over their old masters. Buck i today the outcome of Bolshevik misrule. There are, however, rush lights on the h orison harbinger of another Bussia to come. The outstanding facts are that Bus-si- s ba passed through a mighty has passed from autocrary to democracy, such as it is. For the first time in their history the people enjoy religious liberty and are permitted to think. In time they will be purged of their poison and wakened from their nightmare. Then will come a stable civil government, with all its blowings; free schools, equality of sexes, equit-- able dutnbetion of land end development of the well nlgb infinite re--, sources. It will mean much to the . world, Following , V . y' j, - r - i and-owners 4 1 , f - i re.vo-lution- ,- Of the demands made by the employees of the Utah Light and Traction Company in their proposed working agreement with the company, to go into effect May 1, the Company has conceded two, refused three arid proposed arbitration for the remaining sfx. Following are the three points which the Company has refused to grant, because they admit of no arbitration. 1 Provision in the agreement that it can be terminated on thirty days notice. 2 Removal of all badges from motormen and con- -' ' ductors caps. 3 That any motorman or conductor complained of must be confronted by his accuser in the presence of a committee of the men. i POINT 1 The Company holds that, in the public interest, it cannot consider a contract which would be binding for only thirty days and under which the, public might be confronted car service, as is the every month with a threatened tieup of;, ' ' . this at case, writing. . ' POINT 2 Badges are placed on car men's caps to enable patron? to identify them, either for complaint or favorable report. .Without badges it would be practically impossible to trace even, the grossest negligence on the part of an operative and discipline in' the system would be at an end. POINT 2 The men propose that when you, the patrons of the street car company, feel you have cause for just complaint against- one of them you must sacrifice your time and convenience and confront the man you complain of at the offices of the Company in the presence of a committee representing the union , Manager Complains Owners Refuse to Sell on Account of Shortage. J. Fletcher, Jr., manager of the A Lavagnino-Con-glomerat- 414. (Muer A. Rich ter company, reports considerable business in the realty market, notwithMany people standing the weather. think that they can buy property cheaper direct from the owner, Mr. Fletcher said. - "This invariably it not the case, as the agent, who i a specialist in his line, is' much more able to sell property cheaper than the buyer who tries to do business direct. The commission is paid by the seller and a buyer in almost every case is able to get a lower price through the agent tjian otherwise. Owing to the high rentals, jt is almost Impossible to rent modern home, and many an people who have listed property with agents who, through their time, energy and expense have secured buyers for refuse property listed with them to deliver owjng to the fact that they are unable to get a place to move into, .it seems that the av. erage seller should be prepared to go through with a deal when he ha authorized the sale of hi property. Mr. Fletcher reports the following sales for April: A eottage for Jacob Dorr on Fifth East and Thirteenth South, $1700.-cottage for . the company on Eighth East, $2230. Another cottage for the Lavagnino-To- n glomerate company on Eighth East, $2250. acres on Third East and Twenty-3 first South for P. R. McEown, The Utah Light and Traction Company feels that the present issues between itself and its employees are so intimately connected with the question of higher fares that the presentation of the matter begun by the series of published statements during the past week should be continued to completion. You will recall that in 'the last statement we proved to you that a seven-cefare was required to meet the cost of operation on the basis of the present wage scale, which expires May 1, 1920. In order that you may be advised as to the .costs ojf operation and rates of fare prevailing in other cities, we submits low the present rates of fare in 414 other American cities. Every one of these cities wjthin the past two years, has raised fares. The advances have ranged up to six, seven, eight and even ten cent fares. - j-- $5000. brick cottage, 314 K street, A for Mrs. Lucy A. Richter, $2750, A cottage on Ninth South snd Fifth East for James H. Angel, $2500, A cottage, 243 South Eighth East, for the estate of J. (. McDonald, $2000. modern A residence, 923 Third avejue, for Newell fieeman, $6000. A lot on First West and Second South for Mrs. Josephine G. Smith, $9500. modern brick eottage, A Third avenue and T street, for William H. Young, $3750. brick terrace, 908 910 A double Washington street, to Mrs. Bose $4000, East Mill A farm of 4 1 2 acres. Creek, te W. C. Owen, $6500. s Fairmouat-Springfeet for the 120 frontage Bealty company. MRS. BYRAM HONORED WITH MILITARY HC L. Byram, wife of Mrs. Georg Colonel Bvram, commanding officer at Fort Douglas, has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Lewis, at Fort Sam liourton, Texas. In honor of Mrs, Byrams return, a military hop was give at the post hall Thursdav night. Besides officers and their ladies, many civilians from the The committee in charge rcmsisted of Captain A. J. MeCrystal, t.ieutenant Walter Van'Gremp and Lieutenant L. Dow Browning. . Summary of Cities in VWch Fares Have Been Raised to Six Cents and Above ' ' - - , of Mo. Nxtur of Increaae. Clttao Temcent cull fsr (9 Include Boston, Pittsburg1, Lowell, Joliet, Cambridge and Lynn. Kine-ee- nt cuh fart Portland, He. Eight-ee- nt cash fare ; . ,7, . . . Includes Chicago (derated), St. Louis, Youngstown, Ohio, Manchester, N. H, Wilkes-BarrPa., Walla Walla. e, Total Population 1,076,231 l 64,720 21 4,122,332 I 63,503 3 157,337 city son, nt fire-ce- outside xone . i nt . Cix-ce- . nt nt 635,041 245,175 nt Totals 414 ; il t 5,125,273 nt .V 153 cash fart Chicago (surface), New Orleans, Portland, Ore., Denver, Oakland, Toledo, Atlanta, Spokane and Memphis. . . , 4 , 8,234,511 , 24,633,578 The big point illustrated by the above table is that the Utah Light and Traction Company is suffering, not from some financial malady peculiar to itself, but from an epidemic of increased operating costs that has swept the entire country. The cost of a Street car. ride has gone up everywhere. The price of it must also gc up, or the company furnishing it must go out of business. , In tomorrows statement we shall discuss, first, Street Railways as Compared With Other Methods of Transportation, and. second, The Future of the Electric Railway. Ufcali Liglit I 455,810 -- -- nt six-ee- . 1 Hoboken. nt Cix-ce- u 1 r nt at ? 3 I. am Includes Springfield, Chicopee and Westfield, Hass. city cone, six cent outside sone, two cent transfer.. 10 Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Central Falls and Cranston, B. L Beren-ee113 cuh fare Includes Baltimore, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Washington, Omaha, Scranton, Tacoma and Beading. 13 outside tones central zones, two-ce. Includes New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbary, New Britain and Stamford, Conn. 4 Two tones Includes Worcester, Fitchburg, Leminster and Marl borough. Mass. Eix-ce- I : . 1,742,523 one-ce- Holyoke, Maw. . Eeven-cesones 4 II ... 1. 20 transfer . .. t fare, Includes Newark, Jersey City, Camden, Patfbrson and Seven-ee- f e i: one Beren-een- nt 4 citr attended. - increased! Fares . j g - - -- ? it . - fS IIS i and-workin- , - , . - A- Hf i - v At present, and for several years past, the contract with our employees has contained provisions to the effect that any employee who has been charged with any offense which entails suspension or dismissal from the service must be notified in writing of the nature of the charge and a copy of such notice must be sent to the Secretary of the Employees Committee. Should the committee be dissatisfied with the companys action in the case, it can take the question up with the Superintendent first, then the Manager, and if still not satisfied, then the matter goes to arbitration. It should be noted that the three points which the Company refuses to arbitrate in the new demands of the men are really .trivial, in so far as they could in any way work hardship, injustice or inconvenience on the men themselves, and as comconpared with the important questions of wages ditions, while from the standpoint of the public and the company, these three points involve the surrender of all assurance of uninterrupted car service, safety of travel and protection to the public against discourtesy and incivility. It is true that there is a clause in the present agreement between the Company and the men which provides for arbitration of all differences between them involving any of the provisions of the contract. The Company strongly upholds this principle and earnestly 'urges that it be included in ,the new agreement. But the three points which the Company refuses to arbitrate caqnot by any logical construction of that clause, be considered as coming undr its provisions; first, because these points are not touched upon in the contract and because they are matters which from their very, nature cannot be arbitrated. There is no middle ground to be reached by arbitration. and Traction Company f j II . |
