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Show The Threatened Strike H THE threatened strike on the Harriman lines M is a most serious matter serious because of the immediate distress and loss that would M bo inestimable, but if possible more serious in the M demands made by the unions. When they are H carefully analyzed they amount to this, "You H must practically place your business in our hands. H We are to be your dictators. You must not dls- charge a natural incompetent, or shirk, or loafer. H We aro to dictate how many apprentices you are to have; you must pay the same wageB to a H worthless as to a valuable man; we propose to H take away every incentive to laboring men to H strive to earn promotion honestly. You cannot run your roads without laborers; it is our pur- Hj pose to fix the terms on whicn labor will do your H work." H H No company could accept such terms; no HI company ought to, for If granted anarchy would R come within a year. The company has paid its H& laborers better wages than any other( railroad H company has. The demands are but another H, form of hold-up. |
