| Show WAGE INCREASE GRANTED the railroad unions have been granted a wage increase ot of a year which Is equal to 60 per cent of 0 their demands the award was made by the U S labor board after an exhaustive study of the situation continued C on onuel talk of strike by some ol of the railroad unions Is out of and the next thing on the program is ia to raise the it cannot cannat be raised out ot of thin air and the railroads in turn will have to present their arguments for increased revenue and the public must pay the bill the 1116 roads will ask tor for a substantial portion ot of the added burden to be borne by passenger fares multiple and tickets pullman tickets and milk shipments part 0 of the remaining increase would be placed on oil express rates and the balance on oil fr freight 9 ight rates the portion ot of the increased expense to bo be absorbed by passenger raffle is ia expected to amount to about one halt half cent a mile in the east and from three quarters of a cent to a cent a mile in ili the alie west the portion to bo be applied to freight would amount to 8 P per er cent that an all increase in ili rates will lie granted Is a foregone conclusion as no industry can stan d a a year increase in ili its iti payroll without a corresponding increase in revenue when public regulation ot of rates holds returns allowed ill owed transportation companies les at allow alow figure fig tirel il i impossible possible ta to mea meet sucu such hc vy anc reas I 1 h les es in operating posts f bya a proportionate onate increase in rates it would be the same with ity other othe 1 industry and under either private or government oper operation tiou |
