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Show CONSIDERATION ASKED In common frith other business rnter eBts of the country great and. small the ra iroads are feeling the full force and effect of the general depress on Their credit had been seriously impaired by demagogic attacks made upon them long before the European irar started Of course financial cond tions have not m pro ed s nee In v ew of these facts a comm. ttee of ra lrpad exeent res called nppn Pres dent W lson Wednesday to a k his a d in tid ng over the present finane al difficulties While no spec fic plan of rel ef was presented t was the general understand ing that urgent requests would be made j. later First and. foremost the railroad l ejeeutrres will ask that eonsiderat on of ( the railway secur t es b 11 be postponed It is qu te probable that th s much w 11 Ft. be granted f 6r the Demo rat c leaders from the pres dent down are well aware I of the fact that such leg slation would be absolutely ruinous now or in. the near fu ture It had already been decided to let this b 11 go over unt 1 next w nter nitti the understanding that t m ght not be taken np until the rlrt sess on of the next congress The ra Iroad men des re legislat on al lowing the interstate commerce commis s on to take general cond t ons into con s derat on in pass ng on pet t ons for rate increases and the reopen ng of the receatly dec ded advance n fre ght rate cases After conferring w th the pres iflent the representat ves of the railroads called upon the interstate commerce commission and presented a copy of the address left at the Wh te house Pres dent Wilson s said to be n sym path with the appeal of the ra Iroads and has promised to give it careful at tent on It would be an easv matter i for congress to wreck every railroad n j the country and br ng on the worst ; financial d saster in the h torv of the ; United States AH that is necessary is , to- prevent the roads from ra s ng money ; for legitimate purposes and the deed is done But even the w Id eyed fanat cs shoill know that the people would not stand for that sort of th ng and that their party would be swept out of power and nto obi v on iAll the other b g nterests affected bv the war in Europe have called upon the government for help n the r hour of need and the resources of the Tjn ted Mates have been and are be ng used n a perfe tlv leg t mate manne to extend the d s red rel ef The ra roads are en t tied to as much cons derat on as other enterprises The present s no t me to discuss the wreck of the sew Haven or the crookel ncss of the Fr sco The courts w II at tend to those cases presumably w thout far or favjr It s the roads that are o ng a leg t mate bus ress and are non threatened n th 1 saster through no fa It of the r own that need hel It the dut of the adm n strat on to do d n its power to e eve the tens ou n 1c wh ch th ra roals lal o |