The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 10, 1916, Image 10
Cheap Transportation Has
BuHt National Prosperity
, Tlii ia • big American freight engine.
y It it an achievement of AXEUCAIT UTVEKTIVE OEHITTS.
It it built to HAUL LONG TBAIKS loaded with the prodneti of Amer-
iean induitry from the minea, farm a, milla and factoriea to the marketa
of the country, and to the aeaboard for ahipment acrota the teat. t
In all the wonderful hiatory of American industrial progress 110
FOCI 07 XACHmST HAS PXE70UCED SUCH SERVICE AS THE
BIO FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE.
Freight la carried on our railroada at the LOWEST RATES DT THE
WORLD, while we pay our railroad workers the HIGHEST WAGES
IH THE WORLD. A TOM 07 FREIGHT Df THE EAST IS CARRIED
THREE MILES FOR THE COST OF A TWO-CEJTT POSTAGE STAMP. •
Cheap transportation ia one of the biggeat builders of our proeperity.
The big freight engine with its enormous tractive power, the big steel
freight car with its great carrying capacity, and the heavy rails and
reek-ballasted roadbed to support the weight of the great engines and
heavy trains these are the achievements of American industrial genius
which have given us low freight rates and broad markets, and have
enabled us to put our products in the markets of the world in competition
with foreign manufacturers.
But now oome well-meaning but short-sighted leaders of American
sailroad workers who say to the railroad managers:
"fHORTEM TOUR FREIGHT TRAIHI so that the enginemen and
trainmen ean haul the tonnage faster over the roads, and so make as many
miles pay in eight hours as they now do in ten hours.”
Te the State Legislature* these same spokesmen for the railroad work-
cn ny *
M Pase laws LDOTIMG THE LZVOTH OF FREIGHT TRAITS—w*
oppose big tonnage traina*
Te the Farmers, Manufacturers, and Merchants they say:
“With shorter freight trains railroads can move your products faster
to the marketa”
To the American Public that pays every dollar of the railroad bill
(and 44 cents of every dollar paid for transportation ia for wages),
“All that the railroads have to do te meet our demands for higher
■ijs* is is eheitealhili H atir WTl the freight is ore rapidly and escape
the penalty of overtime wages."
What would bo the result of taking these leaden of the 350.000 train
employe* at their word—shorten freight trains so that they can be run
at nlper speedl
Increasing the number of trains to handle the same tonaage would
call for men employee to do the same work, more tracks, larger yards and
terminals, more supervision, and it is plain that there would be mere con
gestion of traMe and greater hanards in train operation. Hundreds of mil
lion a year wo aid have to he ipeat by the railroads to increase their facili
ties aad to oporato the bigger plant
IT WOULD BE A EDI TO UtlHO HARD SHOVELS INSTEAD OP
PIVl-TOB STEAM DREDGES TO DIO A PANAMA CABAL
American railroads havo spent oaoraoua amounts ia reducing grades,
retting down mountains and illiag up valleys: in increasing the hauling
power *f locomotive* and the carrying capacity of car*: ia petting down
rock ballast aad heavy rail*—all for one purpose, to lower the cost of
operation.
It is the public that has reaped the benelt—is better end cheaper
railroad service.
If the railroads moved their tonnage in shorter trains at higher speeds,
the public, it is seen, would havo to shealder a great burden ia the in
creased roct of transportation.
Would the public get value received for its money?
Of the tonnage on the roads east of Chicago 69 per cent consists of
ooal, eoke, ores, stone and other mint products To the public it is of no
consequence whether this fveight is n few honrs longer on the road, to
long ns there is n continuous end regular stream of it coming to-the
markets. •
FOUR-FIFTHS OF ALL THE TONNAGE MOVING IN THE EAST
IS MADE UP OF LOW GRADE SLOW MOVING FREIGHT, CARRIED
AT THE LOWEST RATES IN THE WORLD.
. To abandon the big freight trains on American railroads ia order to
increase the speed at which the bulk of the traffic moves, and thereby
euabla the train employes to earn higher wages ia shorter hours, would
place e greet burden on American industry without giving the public
any tangible benefit.
What Cotints?
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LONG HOURS A RARITY.
Only One* In Five War* Doaa Avarapa
Trainman Eacaad Lagal Limit.
That long hours in train service have
been reduced to a minimum Is shown
by a report Issued by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Only one em
ploye In five on the average Ust year
was compelled to remain on duty more
than sixteen hours during any oue day
in the whole year. Stated in another
way. the chr.uce of an englneman or
trainman remaining on duty beyond
this prescribed limit was reduced to
once in five years.
The total number of cases of excess
service from all causes reported to the
commission wgs only 61.247 during the
year ending June 30. 1915, as com
pared with 137.439 in 1914 and 270327
In 1913, and with rare exceptions these
represented cases recognised as due'to
unavoidable causes.
Statistics on this subject are collected
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion under the national hours-of-service
law. Every time a train is so de
layed by a blizzard, washout or oth
er cause that any part of the train
crew la on duty Ibnger than sixteen
hours the railroad company must re
port the occurrence to the commission,
giving the names of the individual em
ployes concerned and a full statement
of the cause for the excess service.
For several years the railroads and
the Interstate Commerce Commission
have been co-operating in efforts to
prevent the keeping of employes on
duty for long periods, ne reduction
of noarly 80 per cent In such cast
which has been brought about in three
yean shows that the working of men
for long stretches of continuous service
has practically disappeared except la
rase cases of unavoidabls delay.
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Chain Gang Notice. '
The chain gangs are at the follow
ing places:
No. 1 at Duck Branch, on the Allen-
dal e-Fairfax road.
No. 2 on Barnwell—Williaton road.
No. 3 at Concord Church.
G. J. Diamond,
W. V. Richardson, Supervisor.