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Show fill a 1 y a x o r. d e -.1 a r. d screed upon. I :i the c-na, however, we believe a satis-f satis-f a c 1 o ry 1 n will be w r i : : e n into t h e I statute books and That the covemmer.t ownership of railroads question will be settled for ail time to come. "We hope ! so at anv rate. I ' . A DANGEROUS PLAN. Lawyer Plumb, who is the father of the railroad ownership and control plan backed by the big brotherhoods and the Federation of Labor, has so far failed to make an impression among the great mass of people of the country. coun-try. Government ownership and operation oper-ation has; been tried in the United States and proved a disastrous failure. Government -ownership without control would aiso end in disaster. The prcs-jeet prcs-jeet of taking over these, properties is r.o doubt alluring to the railway unions and the thought that, the big business concerns might be operated on the same principle is no doubt pleasing to the federated unions. The taxpayers of the country, however, want none of it and it is inconceivable that any such measure as the Sims bill can pass congress. The railroad problem prob-lem will be w orked out in- such manner man-ner as to bring the greatest good to the greatest number and the properties proper-ties will be returned to their owners in due course of time. The railroad situation in Great Britain Brit-ain is even worse than in the L'nited states. Government control has extended ex-tended over a longer period of time snd the loss has been much greater. The burden of debt is so heavy and the roads in such bad financial condition that many publicists hold that the gov- eminent can never let go ct them. Nationalization- has, in fact. been, accepted ac-cepted as a foregone conclusion. If this is dene the government cannot Biiord to put ur any more ruoney, but will have to m&ke the roads self-supporting, self-supporting, which means higher freight end passenger tariffs. There has been s-ome talk of nationalizing the British coul mines in order to ensure more wcges for the miners. Lord xi other-mere, other-mere, in discussing this subject, recently recent-ly eaid: The rovernrnent as very properly laid down the principle that the nation na-tion cannot continue to subsidize the coal in dus try. T hey say thai -the higher cos: cf coal must be borne by the consumer. I shall no! enter into -.he merits of the coal controversy. 1 am only concerned with the principle That, to ariiy the word of Sir trie Gcdies. "The coal industry must stand upon its own fee:.'' The same is true of all industries. The principle should be applied at once to transportation. Whatever the cost cf passenger fares and poods ireiithts. we have absolutely no right in time of r?:ur to subsidize the railroads rail-roads o u o f taxation. Those who u s e he railways, ' whe ther for travel or for sending merchandise, should pay for them. I'ron the Question of the natiottal-iaation natiottal-iaation of the coal mines or any other key industry I will only say this, that the position of our national finances --r.tirelv preclude? rny further vast c:sburse:r.er,t? lor purposes of nation-aliuatio;1.. nation-aliuatio;1.. I may add that experience 1 she tvs that state control is almost invariably in-variably v.r.prc : liable. I'e went on to say that the war had , left Great Britain "with an almcst un-j imari.table load of debt. When a pri- ' a t e individual incurs h e a i y 1 ! a b i li - ' t.es his first step, if he is a sensible I rr.sn. is to cut down expenditure. A? a nation we are coins precisely the re-erse. re-erse. Ve are recklessly entering "upon he:rc5 which, T.L:uever :ho;r value rr.iiv l.c. n;;:: cnorz;ous:y ii:crria e our r.rP.i-'r.al ir.dobt edne??. There ift one is f-.ie Trhi',h trufeen is even the hous-: hous-: nT probiem. ar.d that is'o :s cs'ior.al hankrup'y, ehich r.iean? general ra.in. T-r:nkrupPcy cr. vp; in siht, b v t t.n:P? ve rijijiy conircd expenditure it r-.ay socn be vifib'.e on the horizon' This country has riled v-v a national rierd amount :n;r To ruaay billions of dollars dol-lars nnl i wou'.d be absolutely ene-ir-?3 to add to the burdens tha,t have bpt-n placd up-n the bars? of th tax-y tax-y syers or bnr.kr-p the national trcas-i. trcas-i. ry ;n b"yir. 1 r . ra iiroa ds for the i r. f 1 1 c f h " n e, h o are employed in a ri ri;s rr.paoit on the 1; n f 3. y, r. Flur.h t :. inks it n ould be all r'tht, or f-ays pn, which axouuis to ' t h fa;ne thirr: v. t this time. But Mr. Th'un-.b hap be-n r-tained by the bre.th-crhoods bre.th-crhoods for this - cry purj-ofe and his tr'urj-rnt? have no n;ore v. eiht than the p'cadin of any ot hr a torn y who 8Tf-pts. a fee to act rnunrtl. The l"ni'"d ?:at-s is a very rich country, but thrt a rr, n have nr.t vet re- o rr- from h- f f fct s of the "war an' a f a a a - ' ; ! y n v. r n 1 an u t r iT.p - ii ;:;-y -yi ( r th f-.--: th ;t the ' .'cral r'Ti e bnrikfi are viid .'is a t h ''." :-' :. t .-.. 'I );' o'f.-r S'r.a'or Cum a. in, f !. i i r.T :i n f-f th" 5- r i a ' j;Pfrtate r-.rn-r--r- c(.n. :;. i ' ' r, p:M- -'.; ran rrn that tr.'i r'L.iro ; b: d w n ,', 1 o. .r,n 1 o r- r-z d Ty h;s ron.p.'tt. No do-ibt n lnj l-latr; l-latr; v. .'.J e r- f ;e P, m-a":;c is |