Show II i i I I 1 r l I I I 11 Other Points of View I I 9 Till RAILROADS n. The uncertainty t evidenced c I In n Con rO 8 about bou t a n. railroad railroad rail rail- road policy Is ot reflected In the attitude of or a n. majority of or the public Insofar Insofar os as can bo lo Judged from tram public and int nd private expression opinion seems to bo be almost unanimously mouRI opposed to the continuation of or government gO control and still moro more antagonistic to Jo oWnership owner owner- ship Not a single Ingle class can bo be pointed out a as 05 favoring government Interference with tho the transportation trans trans- system Even Een Socialists whoso political l prInciples prin prIn- principe cipe hind them to a. a policy of ot government goe In Industrial In- In control arc rc not a a. unit In supporting public opera opera- ton tion of ot tho the railroads although their latitude l Is based eJ on other than the usual reasons If It a l strongly ora fa favorable lc tO toward government So control existed anywhere It would bo be thought to he be among the railroad workers whoso whose wages wage have hl been greatly increased sinco the roads have havo been taken over or The Tho last election showed the fallacy of or Jumping at such mch a conclusion Railroad men voted otell as s far tar ns as could rould be learned learne about as aR the they voted In past years without showIng show show- In Ing nn any favoritism toward tho the administration that had been th the means moans of Increasing their wages They were in a n. better position poston than any other class clas to judge of or the success of or government control and wore were farsighted enough to sot aside what hat seemed to be temporary per per- Some gain nf ot tho m for the public good and n In n tho the end end their own h va v. v uc or ownership are arc numbered among amon tho railroad workers Of or tho the attitude of or the tho public especially that part of ot It which cornea comes most mot frequently and lOrl most t directly In contact with the thc railroads thero IB is IR no room for doubt B By fly experience shippers and travelers tra have hart found that rail rail- roads are arc better mana managed under private direction while those who use tho the railroad anI only at Infrequent Intervals Interval understand l that government gO control to late date has cost them Immensely b by adding to the selling selling- price of or rl ne nearly everything every every- thing the they eat cat and wear wo through Increased rates Now the tho director general of ot the roads Is asking Con Congress for an nn appropriation of ot to bo be lent to the lines for tor Improvements The monc money will come como out of tho the hands of or taxpayers taxpayer It IB Is Inconceivable that an any great part of or tho the public should have havo been converted to government ownership on tho the showing made mado since the government go has hall had the tho roads In charge The objections to It BO so grave rae and so obvious h havo ho o only been Increased by tho the experiment Among Amona a nation of or people the only prominent in- in out and advocate of or government ownership seems to be Mr r. Burleson of the thc department I Ih of or what has happened to the postal service under indor h his is management his should not be he permitted to oo o outweigh h In Con Congress those tholo of oC 9 more morp or less o of ot f his C fellow citizens Indianapolis News |