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Show RAILROAD MEN'S PAY INCREASED Philadelphia, March 30 It was an nounced today that the boards of directors di-rectors of all the railroads comprising the Pennsylvania railroad system had ordered a voluntary .advance of 6 per cent In the wages of their employes who now receive less than $30) a month. The increase affects 195,ouO nien and involve i an nddltion of $1,000,000 to the payroll of the company. The j company, In a stafment on tho wage ' Increase, says; "The cost of living has shown a large Increase, when comparison Is made between 1910 and 190S. when, prices of the necessities of life were depressed, due to the panic." |