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<P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>Hopping freights has always been illegal, but during the pre-1910 era, it was accepted practice on many roads if the hobos paid for the ride.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The trainmen collected a cash fare per division, and kept the money to supplement their pay.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most of the riders were migrant workers moving from one harvest rush to the next.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Apparently, railroad management looked the other way, and viewed it as a side-benefit to their conductors and brakemen that perhaps reduced pressure to raise their direct wages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Surely management knew about the practice in this era when so many people stood atop boxcars that you could not fit one more into the group.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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