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The Frisco Employes' Magazine, September 1930 RECALLS INDIAN DANCES Railway Earnings by Months Since 1925 (CmfCwed from Page 10) (CLASS I RAILROADS) High School In Springfield, went to 1925 1928 I927 1928 1928 1930 Drury College and then to St. Louk Jan ....-........ Peb.............. University. When he was 13 years ,March old, during his summer vacatlon he Aprll ............ May ............. was a news butch on a Frisco traln June............. which ran to Chadwick. Then he re- July ............. turned to school. Later on he worked hug ............. SepL ............ in the West Shop, learning the boiler- Oct............... Nor.............. maker's trade, but when school time Dec .............. came again, the school 'bug' bit him and away he went. He has stuck to Told........ $1.138.632.320 $1,231,790,929 ~I,095,485,000$1,193,133,711 $1,274,774,188 $376,428,836 his school work, and has laid aside his Rrturrr on Property Iwestment plans for marrying until he is estab- 4.74% 4.98% 4.29% 4.72% 4.95% 3.61% lished in business, and the latter will Yearly totals Include certaln corrections not appearing In monthly lkures. soon be at hand. "I want you to tell the readers of Tkc Frisco iuagazine that it wan the AN OLD-TIME LADING EATS OZARK BERRIES FaIsca that made it possfble for me Colnpal~y Assunlcd No Respon- During one of the recent breakfasts to educate him. True, I have worked sibility in 1880 given his cabinet by President Herbert long and faithfully lor the road, but Hoover, dishes of fresh strawberries I have always recelved good pay and J. GLEASON, general agent for were served. And when the comments wonderful treatment from it6 officers Frisco Lines at Kansas City, were made about them, President and employes and I feel that I owe B Mo., recently sent the ilfagez& Hoover remarked that they were from the Frisco Lines a deep debt of grati- an old bill of lading handed him by the Commercial and Kiwanls Clubs of tude. tor wlthout my position, I could a Mr. Houston, who is connected wsth hlonett, Mo. not have sent him to schoal and could Nontgomery Ward & Co., of that city. The Associated Press took up the not have derived the pleasure I bave story of the gift and every newspaper from his success. which was faund among the papers of his father, Mr. J. R. Houston. in the country printed an account ot' "He is at home now-reaily to start The bill of lading shows a shill- the crate of strawberries which were practice and we have selected an of- ment of tobacco which was sent to an sent from Monett, Ma., to the Presi- fice on the north side of Springfleld, uncle in LaCygne, Kanu.. May 28. dent. where he will begin his career as a 1880. The old bill is yellow with age President Hoover wrote to the presi- doctor. Of course hls mother and I dents of these two clubs as follows: are bumting with pride, and why and too dim to reproduce, but the printing on it is interesting. "Representative Manlove has been wouldn't we be? The success of one's The goods were shipl~ed over the good enough to present personally the children is always a source of grati- old KCFS&G Railroad and the bill of crate of fine strawberrjes which the tude." lading states: Commercial Club and Klwanfs Club of And there is another son nnd a "-it being expressly agreed that Monett have so generoualy sent to me daughter In the Fitch family. The and I want you and all concerned to F. the responsibility of this Company son, Ollie Fitch is a machinist for shall cease at this Company's depot know of my appreciation of your klnd - Frisco Llnes at the West Shopa, thought. The strawberries proved de- Springfield, and the daughter is the at which the same are to be delivered to such carrier subject to the follow- licious and were greatly enjoyed. wife of a cabinetmaker for the Mis- ing conditions: Yours faithfully, Herbert Hoover." souri Pacific Railway at Little Rock, "This Company shall not be re- Ark. , sponsible for the loss of gackages. He was asked if he had ever at- agreed, that for all loss and damage tended the Veterans' Reunion, and he the contents of which are unknown; for leakage of any kind of liquids: occurring in the transit of said pack- said he had been so busy, sending his ages, the legal remedy shall be son ,to school and keeping the little breakage or chafing of any kinds of glass, carboys of acids or articles against the particular carrier or for- garden and home in tip-top shape, that packed in glass, stores or stove fur- warded only in whose custody the he, had never felt he could spare the niture, castings, machinery, carriages, said packages may actually be at the time. "Anyway," he said, "I'm only furniture, nlusical instruments of any time of the happening thereof, it be- 66 years of age. I'm too young to be- kind, packages of eggs or for loss or ing understood that the Kansas City, long lo the Veterans' Reunion." Fort ~cott'& Gulf Railroad Company But retirement is but a few years damage on hay, hemp, cotton or any article whose bnlk renders it neces- assumes no other responsibility for off, and then Mr. Fitch plans to attend their safe carriage, or safety, than at1 the sessions of the association, and sary to transport in open cars or for damage to perishable property of any may be incurred on its own road." he can also watch the progress of the kind, occasioned by delay from any The statements appearing above young son whom he sent to college show. the contrast in railroading as of ~ndset up in his practice. cause or change of weather, nor for any loss of weight of grain or coffee fifty years ago and railroading of to- in bags, or rice in tierces, nor for day. Freight shipments are thor- Eliminated loss of nuts in bags or lemons or oughly protected now, handled on rec- "Are you the groom?" asked the be- oranges in boxes not covered by can- ord time and in perfect condition. wlldered old gentleman at a very vas, or for damage or loss by fire, Were the same conditions printed on bills of lading today, as of fifty elaborate wedding. unless~~ - ~ it can-~ be shown that~ . such~--- dam- "No, slr," was the reply of the age or loss occurred through the neg- Years ago, there would be little need young man. "I was eliminated in the ligence or default of the agents of the for a Freight Loss and Damage De- preliminary try-outs." ' . company. It is further, especially partment. September, 1930 Railway employment is at a low level now because of the slump in business It will increase, of course, as soon as business picks up. But whether, in the Kuture, there wlll be further increased opportunitfes, or even as great opportunities as there are now, for employment on the rail- ways will depend in very large part on whether the government and the public will give the railroads a fair deal in their struggle with their com- petitors for trafflc. Is there anything that railway em- ployes could do to protect their jobs against the competition of other means of transportation that are be- ing subsidized by the government? Obviously, there is. Other classes of persons are using their political inflnence to get public officials to advocate and members of Despite a total lack of co-operation front the weather, fhe irtewtbers of the group above showed rernarkable speed in m'nning first and second places in the Congress and state legislators to rote various athletic events at the annual picnic of the St. Louis Terminals Frisco for the subsidizing of other means Employes' Chcb, held at Ten Brook, Mo., Jrrly 20. The following comprise the of transpotlalion. There are enough group: railway employes, and they are scat- Back row, left to right: Charles Heath, first in the sack race; R. Klein, tered welt enough through the various second in race for men 50 or over; J. W. Farrar, first in race for men SO or over; states and Congressional districts, to Harry Fritz, winner, inen's 100-yard dash; W. E. Exposita, second in 100-yard exert a powerful counter Influence. It dash; George Zell, winiter of the second 100-yard dash attd John Rrrns, second in would surely be as legitimate for rafl- the sack race. way employes to exert their large Front row, left to riglit: Leonard Tracy, first itr bop2 50-yard dash; Mary Alice Fritz, first in girls' 50-yard dash; Yevonnee Tines, second in girls' 50-yard political influence against such meas- dash; Mrs. A. S. Kirkfiatrick, second in ladies' race; Mrs. 1.V. It.'. Mclton, first in ures of government as it Is for other ladies' race, and Gerald Macormick, second in boys' 50-ynrd hsh. people to use their large political In- fluence for them. It is a remarkable fact, however. that while for years WHY EMPLOYMENT have lost and are still losing a ma- organized and successful efforts have DECLINED terial volume of traffic to vessels op- been made by other classes to secure erating through the Panama Canal, governmental action that will take (Continued from Page 5) which was built with public money. traffic from the railways, there has gasoline taxes for the use of the high- They have repeatedly petitioned the never been any organized action on wrays, carriers on inland waterways Interstate Commerce Commission for a large scale by railway employes to have the privilege of operating free permission to compete.
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