Show MERE MATTER OF MONEl Chairman Knapp Believes Railway Companies Can Secure Needed Telegraph Operators Washington Feb 7 Martin A Knapp pp chairman of at the interstate commerce commission said before the house committee on commerce today that he did not believe a railroad had good reason for not manning its tele telegraph telegraph telegraph graph stations with a sufficient num number number number ber of men when it was a question of higher wages or no operators This was in answer to questions put by Various members of the committee concerning the petitions of railroad companies asking for tor an extension ion of the time limit in which they should have a stipulated number of telegraph operators at each station Mr Knapp said that in many cases the railroads have not tried to meet the require requirements requirements requirements ments of the law The commission will not undertake to say whether the roads could not get getman getmen men man if they were were to pay the price suggested Mr Sherman Mr Knapp replied I II The roads I believe can get men I In a reasonable time i If they pay enough for them |