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Show 9 "ENGIHEIRS BETTER PI W SUPERINTEMOEHTS" Missouri Pacific Official Sees Danger In What He Calls 'Distorted Condition' Chicago, Fob. 10. "Distorted conditions," con-ditions," brought about' by steady wage increases to unionized employes employ-es whllo minor officials of railroads wero advancing by personal morlt nlono were described as dangerous by J. W. HIgglns, general managor of tho Missouri Pacific systom when ho testified today beforo tho fedoral board of arbitration hero. "Wo had somo superintendents of divisions and many foromon and similar minor officials who draw less monoy than tho onglncors over whom thoy havo supervision," Mr. Hlg- Iglns cald. "This distorted condition Is detrimental to tho servlco and It has grown considerably within tho ast few years." Tho Witness said that between Fobrunry, 1907, and Dcembor, 1010, tho engineers of tho Missouri Pacific received wago Increases amounting to $305,145 n year und tho firemen $200,200, tho total for tho two classes class-es represented in tho present hearing hear-ing of $511,340. These lncreasos, ho testified, were reflected by demands and grants to other classes of employees, em-ployees, with tho result that unionized union-ized employees received advancos of 12,070,700 a year and unorganized workers $931,721 a grand additional oxpenso of $3,011,421 yearly to that road alone. |