Show 0 fi Playing Safe With the Railroads j IRL GENERAL OF OP RAILROADS WILLIAMi WILLIAM 1 ADOO his stand for a five year e cx- cx i G. G j MADOO jADOO justifies tension of federal control with tho the declaration that it will servo to stabilize conditions His argument i IB is hazy when it is considered that hot ho opposes oppose tho b the tho law laic for tho reason ono no months' months control provided pro by 1 that it complicates tho thu problem with ith uncertainty i Explaining inin his l latter attitude Mr rr i cA McAdoo oo declares t that t state utilities commissions are aro already questioning t tilo tho right of the tho g government to fix fit intrastate rates in J times 61 of f peace If this is truc and no doubt there thero is foundation for the statement we wo cannot see seo how this I I issue U b it to be he settled by hya a further extension of tho the period It- It o of turmoil I 1 1 r There is no stability in e ex experiment and tho the present control of or tho the railroads constitutes a costly experiment Extension of or the period of or control can per ter servo o o only to I prolong tho the period of uncertainty The rho railroad I tt t fern lem cm is to bo be met and solved at nt tho the earliest possible mo- mo heat 1 in tho interest of the quality desired b by Mr i J. r McAdoo stability The five year under the plan I J of Mr Jr McAdoo would be fraught with kith experiments and md I 1 uncertainty affecting not only tho railroad d world worM but I investments tho tf field of 1 Ft The name problem which is at lour our door now no would I tl us again at the close dose of the year five period 2 The fhe tic t deferment or perpetuation of problems docs does not solve i i them Our vision would bo be no clearer in five years l f 1 than it is today so far as ns an nn cas easy solution of the rail rail- 1 p ron road problem is concerned We V c cannot afford offord to delay dclay del de- de l lay tackling the railroad problem in ill all of or its vexing forms and we tics cannot get ct down to a practical basis of P operation too soon Neither can call we afford to let Mr doo A Mo doo go further in big his plan to gi give e the railroads a rr Er briny ny bath in the pork barrel r us t w PI R to 1 I |