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Mr. McInnis. On our eastern lines, 33 cents an hour minimum
and 37 cents an hour maximum.
On our Gulf line, which I have not defined heretofore, and which
consists of all Santa Fe lines within the State of Texas, together with
perhaps 100 miles in the State of Oklahoma, from the southern Okla~
homa line up to Purcell, and with a few miles of line in the State of
Louisiana, the minimum is 27 cents and the maximum is 31% cents.
Mr. Case. For how many hours a day?
Mr. Mclxnts. That wage covers eight hours.
Mr. Scuneper. What were those last figures? .
Mr. McInnis, Minimum, 27 cents and maximum, 31% cents.
Mr. Free. That is with or without board?
Mr, McInnis. Without board.
Mr. Free. That makes $2.16 a day for eight hours work. :
The CuarrMAN. Is that a fair wage?
~ Mr. McInnis. It is more than is paid in the farming industry at
large over the United States.
Mr. DicksTEIN. Do you think a white man would do that kind of
work in Chicago or within the limits of the territory described there?
Mr. McInnis. No; our rate in the vicinity of Chicago is 40 cents
an hour; and we can not get the work done, there. On the western
lines the rate is 32 cents minimum and 35 cents top.
Mr. ScaxeipErR. What section does the western include?
Mr. McInnis. From Albuquerque, N. Mex., east into Kansas,
with a little mileage in Oklahoma and all the mileage we have in
Colorado.
Mr. Scaneiper. What do you pay in Missouri and Illinois?
Mr. McInnis. The eastern lines, with the exception of the district
from Millsdale to Chicago—Millsdale is a town out about 45 miles,
on our line, in the immediate neighborhood of Joliet—the eastern
lines, minimum 33 and maximum 37.
Mr. Cari. Could you tell us the cost of board and room to these
men?
Mr. McInnis. No.
Mr. CaBrLe. Have you any idea what it is?
Mr. McInnis. As a mater of fact, with a good many of them it is
foot a question of board and room, because they are living in a section
ouse.
Mr. Casre. How much do they pay for a house?
Mr. McInnis. I do not think anybody can complain about the
housing of the western labor.
Mr. Care. We are asking for information.
Mr. McInnis. I am giving you the information the best I can,
and my statement does not refer to you, but it is simply by way of
Stating the facts. If a person will go through that country he will
be struck with the fact that about the best looking places along the
line are the secton houses. They are taken care of properly. It may
be in large measure in the western territory because the section gangs
have water to do things with about their houses, and the other
People in lowly stations do not.
Mr. CaBLE. Do they rent those houses, or are they furnished by
the railroads?
Mr. McInnis. They are furnished by the railroad, I think. I do
not care to be bound by that statement. I can get that information.