Show delegates present a petition to the president washington nov 14 an earnest protest was made to the president today against proposed railroad freight rate legislation the protest was filed by representatives of the five great labor organizations connected with railroading the engineers firemen conductors switchmen and trainmen the members of the delegation which called on the president represented the several organizations they pointed out to him that railroad rate legislation logically meant the lowering of rates this they contended would be followed by lessening of the earning power by reduction eventually in the wages of railroad employed emp loyes |