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Show REPORT ON R. R. CONTROL I Business Sentiment Against Government Operation of Roads. WASHINGTON. Aucr. 18 Busincf s. ntiment in the I'nited States is unanimous that ko eminent operation Of railroads must not prevail. Charles A Post, chairman of the railroad com n.lttee of the United States chamber of commerce, told the house interstate commerce commission today. Sentiment as shown by tests mai.j 1 by the chamber is stronuly even over-whelmlnph over-whelmlnph aamsi proposals of tho kind, he declared, because of the k pprlence with j;.'ernment operation durlnc the war. Other reasons acain t It. he contended, were heavy eoeta, and thi- necessity thereafter of flnanc Inc Rovernment extensions throurii congress ion a I appropriations with con-ipo con-ipo nt subjeerion to political influ j ence. Fear Higher Rates. "The opinion of the national chatr-Iber." chatr-Iber." Mr. Post said, "is that unless Ithe povernment adopted the policy of fixing low rates and fares with the tention that any resulting deficit from 1 operations should he placed as an Increased In-creased burden of taxes upon the general gen-eral public, rates and fares would So higher under government than und-. r private operation." Likewise the organizations of railroad rail-road employes might easily exercise controlinc influence upon nationil j politics, he said. Constructive proposals in relation 1o the railroad situation. Mr Post argued, called for return of the lines I to private ownership and management, with consolidation of the numerous 'lines now existing into a limited nura I ber of strong competing system? , Such groups, he said, should be built up by enlarsinK the present large sys-' sys-' terns, and not b combining roads on la ceo raphieal basis Federal inror-'poration inror-'poration for these roads, with a fed-leral fed-leral transportation board to control 'them, and stronger Interstate commerce com-merce commission powers to regular rates and service, la proposed by the national transportation conference, hi i said, had been indorsed by vote A j the chamber's membership |