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...year 1922 gave promise of improved conditions, but the loss in revenue due to the coal strike and extra expense incident to the shopmen's strike have proved severe handicaps. Present indications are that with reasonable freedom from labor troubles, and with a normal volume of traffic, the railroads in general may eventually earn the 5 3-4 percent return which the Interstate Commerce Commission have now fixed as a fair rate of income. There is danger, however, that at the least sign of improvement there will be a general demand for further rate reductions. Lower transportation costs are greatly...
...failure of the Federal Railway Labor Board to take decisive action on the alleged grievances of railway workers has produced a situation that may at any time develop into another and far more serious strike. More than seven months ago the Administration promised relief to the switchmen and can shopmen through the immediate reduction of the cost of living. But the cost of living has steadily advanced, and the restless discontent of the men has increased as they have watched the garment workers, coal miners and other classes receive substantial increases in wages. The Federal Board, provided...