Show d l s i 1 I Other Points of View I FINISH TlE THE RAILROAD Jon JOB Within tour sour weeks the American railway system m Is scheduled to go back to s Its owners Congress therefore is now on Its last lap of ot tho the legislation which Is Indispensable sable to save ave the tho roads And saving tho the roads road does doea not hot mean mean merely snatching them out out of or tho hands hands of or tho tl sheriff It I means saving them from failure to meet meet thom their monthly pay a r rolls ls' ls It I means means saving them from a a breakdown breakdown break break- down own which will wl knock American industry and amI business galley west and so doing so-doing loing take talce tae out out c cf the mouths mouth of or AmerIc American Amer Amer- Ic ican ean m workers their bread and butter Thousands of ot miles of or our railroads are arc ac dead broke broko in spite pite of or the guaranteed rental they are aro now getting from tho ho he government Tens oC of thousands of at miles mies of or cur cur ur railroads rail raU- rOMS roads would be dead broke without the the go government rental rental The reason is that tho the railroads of ot tho the United States tho the big and the little Itte the good bad and indifferent are aro be beIns being ben be- be ing Ins n eaten alive alvo by br their operating expenses cs II If I the roads stayed sta ed in the hand hanf of or the government tho colossal deficits they are arc now piling ping up would burst ethe e even en n the United States treasur treasury unless Congress re resorted to new taxation This country countr is done dono with higher taxes So it It mu must t be higher traffic rates Government operation or private o there theres is no getting a from the higher rates if ir tho the national transportation system I Is to tobe tobe be saved saved saved-rew New York un Sn un and Herald |