Show I I BRYAN HAS NEW RAIL PROPOSAL Dual Federal and State Q Ownership Urged for All 11 Carr Carriers eri WI td lf f fob fl for tor th th f lk n of th the railroad 1 problem presented to tho the National Rivers and Harbors congress today by William J J. J Bryan Luther L tad f Waller of oC Chicago o g general counsel for tor the Railroad Se e curtlY lIo Holders Holders' derol or organization and o other h r speakers Improvement ement of port facilities faculties ties tits was urged by rp Secretary of ot Commerce Com merco merce as a n. means of oC Increasing increasing ing tho the nations nation's foreign commerce t tIn In presenting a dual plan of ot state t. t te and government ownership of ot railroads Mr r. r Bryan predicted pr that tho the roads would d be returned to private ownership at the end of or twenty one one months after peace on the tho same basis as that I Jag when they were ero taken over by the government o unless tho the President should arbitrarily turn them back bacic be be- be I fore tore Ilan Without Advocate I II I The railroads do not want this said Mr Ir Bryan Dran nor nor has such a a. I. I plan tn finx advocates nl t r Q tint hut It Ia I a Ilk to t t. t n h be nC- nC I Pt I because e ei i no Other plan vw n-vw will be bo be accepted b by a majority Mr Bryans Bryan's plan pian contemplated ownership ownership own own- by the government of oC trunk lines so as qs s to give i e ever every state an outlet outlet out out- let for Cor Its it products with the distributing in ing railroads under state ownership He He followed Mr Ur Walter Vatter who presented present present- ed the called so-called Warfield plan of oC oper oper- atlon The former secretary of ot state criticized tho the 6 per cent guarantee advocated advocated ad ad- under this plan saying that E a policy of oC guaranteed n Incomes would riot not be accepted by the American peo peo- Would End Rate nn William Imam R. R Wheeler of oC San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco former assistant secretary ol ot commerce and Frank Lyon of ot Washington Wash Wash- Washington ington en engaged 3 ell In a L debate debate on freight rates for Inland nand waterways and rail rail- roads Mr r. Lyon urged abolition of oC the rate war ar between water and rail transportation while Mr Wheeler spoke on the question ot of lower Jower rates to points of or waterways and tho maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of ot much higher rates to in inland inland tn- tn land points point Secretary Redfield declared In to Ca favor or of ot wise expenditure of public mone money for tor better bettor ways was of oC waterways and harbor harbor harbor har har- bor facilities and deplored the thc delays in loading and discharging vessels in American ports and Inland harbors He lIe said radical Improvement would have to bo be made if America was to compete compete compete com com- pete successfully for Cor the tho worlds world's commerce com com- merce morce Walker alker D. D limes HInes director general of railroads was to have ha addressed the congress toda today but was detained be before before be- be fore the time Senate interstate commerce committee |