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Show THE labor unions have made their demands In addition, certain of these labor unions have upon the railways of the United States and demanded advances in their pay not included through the railways upon the PUBLIC. These in the above figures, and more rules for the demands are vastly larger in proportion than any creation of unnecessary jobs. they have ever made. The economical and efficient , , ., , i .. , The situation, then, is this: The total cost of operation of the railways is vital to the nation s defense effort. Therefore, the Western Railways complying with all the demands made would present to the public the following facts: be approximately 900 million dollars a year! The labor unions representing engineers, fire- The average weekly earnings of railway employees men, conductors, brakemen and switchmen are are now 15 per cent higher than in the peak year demanding a 30. per Tent increase in wages, 1929, while the cost of living is 12 per cent less. k amounting to 190 million dollars a year , 3 The demands of the railway labor unions are being "- although their present rates of pay are the 9 ' made when the entire nation has just been asked , . ' highest in history. a to make a supreme effort tor National Defense. Other unions representing a greater number of railway employees are demanding wage . The railways cannot meet these demand without j increases ranging as high as 95 per cent- a areat increase in the cost of transportation. They ) averaging 47 per cent-and amounting to 580 exceed bY more than 700 dollars the in- million dollars a year-although their present coms that the railways had left after paying their rates of pay also are the highest m history. annual expenses, taxes and charges in 1940. Thus the wage increases being demanded by The railways have a vitally important job before the labor unions amount to 770 million dollars them. They need all their resources to continue a year, an average increase in excess of adequately to serve you and contribute effectively 41 per cent. toward the National Defense Program. HIE WESTERN RAILWAYS' Union Station, Chicago, III. EMii. '.Jin. I ,V-"i ' A.,vA-..-A.inMlt., . . J Gives ycu faster I cleaner, easier j t l j.. J s The new Apex w.h everhing you wnt in v , pd, efiiciency av you time toi money la iavc vou money. WANTED Old or Useless horses. Top I,-ir,.s iv DENNIS C. LOWE J'Vanklin - ja Phone 299-R3 'c lay out of town plume calls. (' Anywhere preston, s |