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Show AMERICANLOCOMOTIVES. KnalUli Workman llaa Many llbjarllona to Tliale IntroUnetlon. English workmen do not view with complacency tho Introduction of th. American locomotives on the Midland railway. They nro not only an affront af-front to their national pride, but they ace In them a posltlvo menaco to tho engineers' trade union, which ha been ono of tho most powerful In all Kurope. Tho American locomotlvo It placed on tho rails In Oreat Ilrltaln at a cost of from 20 to 30 per cent lest than tho llrltlth makers can produco the same sort ot machine So tho working of tho American locomotive Is watched with much more tlinn ordinary ordi-nary Interest by men on both aides of tho ocean. If the machines can bo inailo thoroughly adapted to IJrIUsh requirements at such a saving of cost to the llrltlsh railway vompanlr It meant that tho llrltlth maker must produco them at a Ilka cost or elio bo thrown out of the market. That means lower wage to the llrltlsh workman, and ngalnst that ho will fight with nil hit characteristic obstinacy, ob-stinacy, na ho has to tho Introduction of labor saving machinery. i:ven the long drawn out and disastrous strlko which mado posslbla tho Introduction of the American locomotltc, has not taught them tho wholo of their lesson. There la oven now n proposition on foot that tho union ot locomotlvo drivers ahall adopt n rule prohibiting member from handling nn American-made American-made locomotive, when tho engineer' union shall reach tho conclusion If It does, lhat the Introduction of tho American machtno threatens torlouily the wages of their trade. |
