Show r ra PJ 1 r j jA A 1 Wise ise Deci Decision ion THAT the interstate commerce commission still has the right to alter railroad rates initiated by Director Director Di Dl- rector General McAdoo oo is the substance of a decision just rendered There can bo be no doubt doubt- as to the reasonableness reasonableness rea rca of tho the decision maintaining as it docs does a safeguard in fe federal cral operation railroads or of which has been sw swinging nging in the balance There is no justice in the assumption that the rales rates of the railroad administration are arc just The rho contention contention contention conten conten- tion follows the line of f reasoning that the king can do dono dono dono no wrong and is contrary to the principles of our government 0 The Tho case case on which the interstate commerce commerce com com- merce merco commission has hns just j passed is indicative of the tho dangers of the tho tendency to perpetuate federal opera opera- tion The Tile railroads today ore are being being- operated in tho the interest in in- interest interest in- in terest of the war Many rany concessions concessions arc made mado which could not endure in times of peace under tinder our present form fonn of government So it is that railroad control must ho bo considered purely as a n war measure When war is done dono we can settle this problem and efforts made now to perpetuate the present system are arc premature If the interstate commerce commission had granted the thc contention of the defendants the railroad administration administration administration adminis adminis- would have been een supreme It would o Im have had had not only a mon monopoly roly on the the roads but hut a monopoly o on ou l the powers of determining between right and ond wrong a Eza Pa Congressman Welling WeIling says he is a better representative representative tive thc for havin having gone bone to Europe And nd if his visit to Utah is in the same interest perhaps the l longer we weke ke keep p him here the better he will be Pa jet pa Perhaps Congress is going to adjourn bec because uso the Democrats do not want to leave lea n a Republican majority on the job fe l 1 1 3 Some of these tax tat notices would not look so big if we had a few prisoners to feed ta b 3 l Politics is adjourned but the plums go on forever pa a lea Pa b Germanys Germany's note is wireless but it has some strings string attached to it jt l Pa 1 Js t The German note is just ono one more scrap of paper |