Show t ShIp y y naIl The Chamber Comber of Commerce Commerce of St Johns Johnsville New York has adopted adopted ted a 1 plan for rehabilitating the I railroads which is unique in its sense common sense common sense simplicity The plan can be expressed in three one syllable words Ship by rail As the St Johnsville News Observer Ob Observer points out the people of this community have ha no with other forms of transport But they know something about the railroads They know that in normal times they are the great great- greatest greatest greatest est single employer and purchaser of supplies of all aU kinds They know that scores of related industries depend on the railroads for all or part a of their income They know that the rails are arc major taxpayers ers They know they have led in indus indus- indu trial and social developments in all parts of the country ever since the last spike was driven that con con- connected connected the East with the West They know that billions of dollars of lifo life insurance sa in savings s bank and private citizens citizen's earnings s are in- in invested invested in invested vested in railroad bonds They know that subsidized competition and one sided rC regulation have de- de deprived de deprived the rails of much of their business and forced them near to bankruptcy The attitude of mind of the johns vine people is of vast importance They are to be congratulated I the they know kno an industry whose exis exis- existence exis- exis existence existence tence is in the public interest when th they see one f |