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Show of railroads," says tho re-solution adopted by the union, "and us especially es-pecially oppose tho Plumb plan of buying buy-ing the railroads by the United States government at the public expense, turning turn-ing them over to the railroad employees em-ployees and guaranteeing to the employees em-ployees that whatever wage thev demand de-mand will bo paid." The Oklahoma Fanners' union put forward the following follow-ing alternative proposition in another resolution: If contrrc-ss, in n3 wisdom, sees fit to Stve these railroad nu n their demands, we ask that congress shall also buv all of the farms hi the United Scales, with their equipment, and employ all of the farmers to operate them, paying to the farmers a wapa equal to two-thirds of the hourly wae that the average rallwav ernplovee receives; and then s-11 all farm products to the consumer y.t cost. The Oklahoma City Oklahoman says that "of courso the farmers aro really not so selfish as to insist that the masses of tho people go lseavily in debt to buy tho farms and insure tho farmers farm-ers a. higher wage. They simply proposed pro-posed and justly that if the people bought tho railroads for the railway workers, they also should, as a matter of business, buy the farms for the farmers." farm-ers." This is also true of every other industry in the United States and the people of the country can draw their own conclusions as to what would happen hap-pen should the plan be carried out. Chairman Cummins of the senate committee com-mittee on interstate commerce recently introduced a bfll providing for the return re-turn of the railroads to their owners and Chairman Esche of the house committee com-mittee will soon report a measure framed by himself and his colleagues. From these two bills a law will he put together and in this law it is reasonably reason-ably certain that the Plumb plan will have no -part. OPPOSED BY FARMERS. At the time tho wave of Populism M.'pt over the central western states somo years ago tho farmers advocated government ownership of the railroads. William J. Bryan took the same view and declared for such ownership and control in his celebrated Madison Square Garden speech in 1900. After the defeat of the Xebraskan the Populist Popu-list ic furore subsided to a great extent and while many of the farmers and politicians pol-iticians of the central west still held to their view, the question of government govern-ment ownership of railroads appeared to be dying a natural death. It was revived by reason of the fact that the administration took over the roads by virtue of authority of an act of congress con-gress which was purely a war measure. At the present time congress is considering con-sidering the question of the return of the roads to their owners, a great variety va-riety nf plans having been submitted for consideration. Among others formally for-mally presented to the senate and houso committees is the so-called Plumb plan, drawn up by an aitorncy for tho big brotherhoods and supported by the American Federation of Labor.' Xo doubt tho labor leaders expected the farmers of tho country to fall in line for tho plan on account of the long-standing dispute over grain and livestock rates. The farmers, however, have had experience with government control during tho war and they know that if by any chance the Plumb plan phouM bo adopted the rates would go i.till higher and that they would bo coin-pi.lkd coin-pi.lkd to shoulder a largo share of tho additional burden. Tho Oklahoma rarm:iV union recently considered the railroad problem and werlt on record as being (.pj.'wd to any form of government govern-ment owiinr..:t,ip. "Wo view with alarm :.;id oppose nn.' go vc rn men t ownership |