Show A. A R. R PU PUBLIC LIC OWNERSHIP SERVICE I IC IS C CRITICIZED R-IT R I C II E H H. A. A Wheeler President U S. S Commerce Chamber Blames Stifling of Ell Enthus Enthusiasm lUS- lUS Ingenuity on Policy OMAhA Neb cb Feb Fel 18 harry 15 Harry A A. 1 president of or the thc United States Stales chamber of or commerce Washington Wash Wh r hin h- h in ington on told 2000 delegates to the Trans Mississippi readjustment t congress con eon gINS gress which opened its session here lucre today that better railroad service is obtainable under private ownership of the railway lines than under public pub puh- lic lie ownership There has been a stifling of enthusiasm in ingenuity and initiative c under government con COIl control he lie dec declared Mr Ir Wheeler analyzed the thc lie reach far ach- ach hug ing effects of or a l league or of nations of-nations ami and amIa a added ded that this country under present t w- w conditions Lit must e r. more nire or s entangling alliances He Ito viewed Ic these entanglements l as having been brought T out nn for Cor a might 1 soo good cause T au Ht hl O IJ u III CUIl rc Ogden Armour of or Chicago who was prevented from Cram attending by Illness decried the spread pread of Bolshevism In inthe the thc Un United tc r. He ne said in part StatS StatS- t to toi i w 9 t for fop o J r Pr m w where wo we stand nou no there are two roads one of or them lead to Bolshevist IHn It has brou brought ht to the time worst forces that are tiro in men We e find it manifested in excesses of or de destruction do- do savagery sa and complete disregard disregard dis dis- regard for Cor the rights ts of ot others It llo ina In Ina a a. desire for liberty gone one Insane fund and andis fundIs nd is unthinkable in the thc United States The other road roud leads back to lo Individual t and corporate freedom which Is lImIte limited lim him Ite only emily b by the thc rig rights of others Lot Let us not forget that what the malcontents call the thc lie old order of or thin thIngs 8 has haH made the thc United States tho time richest of or nations an and made American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican citizenship worth more moro than any 0 other th erThe er The Thc road Is a well marked one The first guide post says ears Faith In business business bustness busi bust ness the next doe employment for nil all and the thc third gradual readjust t- t ment Faith in the thc future business of or this lila country countr is justified All AU the lie elements which make for tor prosperity are arc present Prominent Westerner Pr Present ent Addresses were made tonight before beCore lie Iho general sessions of Iho tho congress congre's by A. A C C. Carpenter of ot New ew Orleans Orlean on Waterways an and Their Influence on Forel Foreign n Trade and b by J J. J F. F 1 special of the Czechoslovak Czecho slovak al nation nallon on Trade Possibilities With Our Allies Ames C C. C C. George president pres ident of or Omaha chamber of or commerce presided Man Many leading men of or time the middle west are In attendance among them being I former Go Ammons of or Colorado Mayor Mills o of Denver Den Gov GO GOS S S. S 1 R. R Mc- Mc lo Kel of or Nebraska George Georgo C C. C Boardman Boardman Board Board- man of oC the lie Pacific Coast A Associated Chamber of ot Commerce San Francisco J. J n R. R of or the tue United States State de department department de- de I of or labor Washington J J. J A A. I Continued d Ill on fin Pa Page lage e 2 I iR R. R R. R PUBLIC CONTROL I I I SERVICE EIS IS CRITICIZED I I I Continued rr from m 1 Page 1 I. I Shoemaker general manager ot of the Union Stock yards Denver An address which J J Ogden Armour of Chicago had planned to make before tho the Trans Trans-MIm Trans Mississippi lIs flea congress was read tonight to tho the delegates dele dele- gates ates because c Mr Iro Armour was tunable to attend the tho meeting The Tho ad address ress In part said sald al This congress can do tho tle nation no noI greater service than to make plain to I the public the tr true e relations between wages and the cost of or production be le tween profits and the tho cost of oC l service e between ins investments and tho returns returns returns' t thereon I have come to the conclusion conclusion sion that tho thu greatest need ivo wo 0 face toda today Is that of oC understanding As humans wo we are aloe prone to place I 1 a higher hiher value alue on the thing out of our reach than we do on the things In hl our grasp IJ TJ-o TJ i cow risks scratching her hez neck on the tile barbed wire In or order er to nibble at the grass outside the tho fence and ln neglects bolter better grass rt 3 w within An Any driver rl knows tb tint l the other side Bide of ot the road always s 's looks more inviting There TheN arc are times when I envy emy the tram tramp his freedom from front care It Jt Is m my that the Con Congress ress of oC tho the United States should take lake cognizance cog cog- cognizance of ot the ne need d for tor giving our returning re returning returning re- re turning soldiers opportunity to engage e ein In productive c work I think this matter matter matter mat mat- ter is of oC sufficient Importance to Justify Justify Jus jus- an extra session o of the Congress If It n rued ed be Our government possesses millions of acres of oC arable arabia lan land It has millions mil mil- millions lions Hons more moro that can be reclaimed and made mado arable I advocate ocate opening of ot this government I land nd an and Its apportionment apportionment apportionment among soldiers who wish to to enter III Into to productive work worl I 1 I |