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Show BROTHERHOODS WIN, 1 FARiRSllIS LOSE H Dcmociats Unctuously but Vnin- jjH ly Flatter Themselves That H Tillers of the Soil Believe 9H Their Bunk Uplift Laws H Will Improve Agricul- H tural Conditions. H FARING WORSE THAN B LOWLIEST RAILROAD HAND HHH - HHt Pllnht of Women Laborers In the HRH Fields Described b President Pope HIjB I of the Association of State Presl- HJjflH dents of the Farmers' Union as BBb More Deplorable Than During the HHHJ Days of Slavery, and Yet Not a BBS Vord Wns Ppoken In the Last Con. HHHJ gross, Which Is Ooastlng of Its HHE rarm Legislation, About the Woman ttjjjjHt Who Rakes the Hay and Gathers HHHJ the Sheaves. BIB Tlint the Increase In pay of inein fftHMBf hers of llio four railroad brotherhoods BBSS caused hy llio enactment of Ihu ilghl BBR linur ilny law liy Congress, will test HjjjHni iilllinnti'ly upon the fnniiLT uns nxsert- BhmYM eil hy Henry N. Pope, newl elcetiil Efij9wi president of the Assoclntlon of Slnte HWRf Presidents of tho Parmers' Union, In IBIfHS ' statement Issued by him. BWfv Mr. Pope ileclnreil that the farmers BfflXyt1 of tho country stand for n fair wage Btrfli for lioili Inlior unil capital anil fuor klfliiM "" eight-hour winking day, but that waB llu I,orsoll""' doubted the wlmluin of til ri X Coiikic'ms IIxIiik nmikch for labor em IfflaUk.S U'0-''1' "" Pr'vnto enlerprlse. "1 Tly el doubt." Mild he, ''If it In In (lie Intor jRHJ ! tNt of I'lthiT labor, Capital or tho poo LiHJB w l'l(-' ( mako tho wne schedule of rail- MpS lom' ''H'l'l'ii'1'1'8 " IHilltlcnl Issue." Hi ml' v The coudltlon of the fariucrx of the Sk'uI V uMintry Is worse than that of the most tBj'Jffb'' i luwlj railroad laborer, Mr. Pope slut- HI5lv" . I'd, with an ueriiKo farm Income of Kluhi , only $1.17 a day, out of which must Hawlpi. '"' l"11'1 "ul l'Mu'"soa f the family Hxyj' 1 The (oudlllon of woni laboiers In DE'P' " l'u "l''''s '"' describe 1 umao than E lr ' ' durliiK (he dnjH of slavery. RHvtJ'ljS Not a Word for Farmers. H?r I'oiiRress In deTensu of the woltuui who ffftftlii nilvi's the bay and pullers tin wflvW slieiwes," sulil Mr. Pope. "Little bnv HrV'u '"'''" ,'"lu' llult '",H 'k'"'"m'1' ,,u n 3pS'- . (oiue of the fanner or enubled him te 4lli ',; t pay a hlttber wace to his laborers. IJn Qji it "Hut toilii) we llntl tho highest paid kBj ,ffl iii lahoivrs In the world, iiuiMiik throi jHH il? r Uiues mole money than n farmer, de- 8kjpK w uiaudliiK twentj-lhe per cent in JItS t "case, mid Congress liustenlui; to fifl!i"tii! ik l'"'r "'",,f' '"ll,s lcreuso inusl. In Kjwlif the end. rest upon the bad; of tin lirllM'l fanner and will reduce hl.s Incoim RUES' "''" liuieuse his hours of labor, and mil mK ' for auolbei lev of farm mother from HfflQP 7 ut "to home to the Held. Bgfflww i "The funnels of this nation iiuisi lf- ' lltj1'1 '" '"'''' UUU "u')' '"L ,""1 '" HUt' k'ot ul"u '" rlKhtfully theirs fioui BpK.H-'l 'he government. We inust do li Hu&l; i IbliHUb orKiinlzatlotl." WMtkii ,i Mr. Pope stated that by the enact BBftSSjr ! ""'"l "f ,lll eight-hour day law (.'on HDK&i'. tjt Kress Inn) tin list upon (he people or BByak ll (he 'iniii a new lesponslbllli.v and HMJKj! -Ii oiganled labor now stands couunli KnyL l- ted to the pilmlple of government itg BjHJfjpl' illation of wages The goveruunut KraK'j '; he said should II wages for all RlSrl" classes of uillioad employees and RI;Vv ,' should have the power to decreasi IuEhIw'', vi l,H W,U "s " Increase wages to rente BflHli 1 d.v compaiatlve liieuiatltles. im M ., "Square Deal" for All. HjnHgipN ' "1" i.v opinion." he continued, "the HKwR) ' next session of Congress should rend HniMW ' Just the wages of all tallroad em Hgjljlr ' 1 l'lovee. n oin tallioad president to s HJPIKl! 'I tlon laborer, giving nil a su,uttrc deal H&tlt' 't ami iKIug a sihedulo of pay based HJpOSjV , s upon Inislm ss Justice ami buinan HEW . 1 lights. I submit a schedule of wuge Hjqlift ' f taUen from olllclal goveriiiiient reimri Kwi, ublib presents conclusive evldeim HjW' i ,Jof the IneipiMlllles of the presi'iit dnll.v Hfil' 'wage scale of railroad employees' HiuBy i "(ieneral olllcers, $10.11; other ulli H&jKr.t' i-l'ls Ml ID , general olllce clerks. $i'.KI , HkHi station iigetits, SL'.II"; other station K'SIqI Jm" '" ""' ,'"t''1"01Mun' ?5.2S; llroinen, K'jWfj. .'!.";! , (oudtietors, $1.11); other train Hv fe'?1, ' Vmu s:1'1 ' : "" sl"H'inou, $LV17, nnd BrH y JnicUmeii. $1..',0." H&.1u i Mr Pope declared that the forego- Hgjvl' j tug sihedule showed that the .ISO.OOM mlli'l' ie(l"u hands In the countrj were con iHr li ' ' U'uinid to a life of poverty. Ho ball' 1 Pvj 1 e ,,0",'Nl',1 ,lmt t'onKress, having tin K'1''"1' ""erlalten to legulate the wages of Si '' 'Cher paid viupluy ces, should review EmmmMMI HMunMnujBjMaaaMBBHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |