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NEW POLICY NEEDED
IN GOVERNMENT
CONTROL
Helpfulness andEncourapment
Urged by Alfred P. Thom.
CREDIT MUST BE IMPROVED
Increase of Transportation Facilities
Necessary to Secure Relief From
High Cost of Living May Thus Be
Provided For by the Railroads.
Washington, Nov. 28.—A new policy
of government railroad regulation,
based on constructive principles of
helpfulness and encouragement instead
of upon principles of repression and
punishment, was urged by Alfred I*.
Thorn, counsel for the Railway Execu
tives’ Advisory Committee, the first
witness on hehnlf of the railroads be
fore the Newlands Joint Committee on
Interstate Commerce, which lias insti
tuted a general inquiry into the prob
lems of railroad regulation.
“it is proposed by the joint resolu
tion of Congress," said Mr. Thom, “to
go into a comprehensive study of the
whole subject of transportation, to
make it new assessment, after 20 years
of experiment, of its history, its pres
ent, conditions and its future needs.
The railroads accept the view that reg
ulation is a permanent and enduring
part of government in America and
that the first duty of tho carriers is to
the public. That duty is to afford
reasonable facilities on reasonable
terms and at reasonable rates, and this
must bo done before any private inter
csts can be considered.”
Certainty, Safety and Sufficiency.
Mr. Thom contended that the real in
terest of the public Is in being assured
of certainty, safety and sufficiency of
transportation facilities, rather than In
rates. The first, consideration of tlie
public is t<> obtain transportation facili
ties. What the cost is, is in reality a
second consideration, tie sold.
Mr. Thom proposed an increase of
transportation facilities as a method
of se tiring relief from the high cost
of living. "There have been less than
1,000 miles of new railroad construct
od in the United States during the past
year,” he said, “less than in any year
since 1848, except the period of the
Civil War, and yet the cost of living is
daily advancing owing to a shortage of
supplies which might he remedied by
securing access to new areas of pro
duction.
Credit Must Bo Improved.
“This leads to tin* consideration as to
whether railroad credit is as good ns
tin' public interest requires. It is im
possible for railroads to earn enough
to supply tin' necessary new facilities
from current revenue. They must tie
provided from credit. Investors can
not lie coerced, but must he attracted."
Among the conditions affecting rail
road credit which deter investors he
mentioned the following:
“First, Railroad revenues are not
controlled by investors, hut are fixed
and limited by governmental authority
and not liy one but by several govern
mental authorities, which do not recog
nise responsibility for assured results
to investors and are uncoordinated.
"Second. Railroads cannot control
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"Third, The present system of regu
lation Is based on a policy of regulation
and correction and not on a policy of
helpfulness and encouragement.
“Fourth, The outstanding obligations
of the railroads have already exceeded
the financial rule of safety and involve
a disproportionate amount of obliga
tions bearing fixed charges.
"Fifth, The investor must accept a
subordinate obligation or security with
no assurance of a surplus of earnings
to support it.
"Sixth, Ollier competitive lines of In
vestment present superior attractions.
“Seventh, The railroad business is
largely controlled by [►olitical instead
of business considerations.
Look Forward, Not Back.
“We may debate about what has
caused the present conditions,” said
Mr. Thorn, “but we cannot debate about
what I lie people need. The President
lias taken the view that we must look
forward in this matter and ‘make a
fresh assessment fcf circumstances’ in
order to deal helpfully and intelligent
ly with the problem. Abuses are
no nr< re prevalent in the railroad busi
ness today tiian in any other business
humanely conducted. The groat ques
tion now is whether the existing sys
tem of regulation gives the public re
liable assurance of sufficient present
and future railroad facilities.
“Those who oppose any change must
make their appeal on the ground that
(he present systems assure the public
of Iho continued adequacy of trans
portation facilities. If they do not, no
argument based on the desirability of
the present dual system of regulation
will be accepted by public judgment.
The question of ‘states’ rights’ is not
involved. If the regulation of transpor
tation facilities privately owned should
fail government ownership must fol
low, and then all power of the states
over the railroads would disappear.
“Let us debate this question, then,
not upon any mere theory or jealousy
ns to the distribution of governmental
power, but. upon the large issue of
what the public interest requires in
respect of the assurance of adequate
transportation service.”
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When listless, pale, feverish, full
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The fire department was called
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small blaze at Mr. F. S. Etheridge’s.
A small storage building in the back
yard caught from burning grass, but
the fire was put out by the depart
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The best posted cotton seed products men we have today are
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What are you goinsf to do about your
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