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Show is said the plan is supported by millions of producers. These " producers' ' do not have votes enoueh to carry the country, but they hold the balance of power, and unless the Republicans and ' Democrats in congress stand together ! upon this proposition the republic is likelv- to embark upon the uncharted sea of socialism and we shall have a soviet government as one of the very first results. DELAY DANGEROUS. Warren E. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federal ion of Labor, have appeared betore the house interstate ecriin.eree cominit'ee in advocacy of the -Mms bill, which aims at government ownership of railways. Until a comparatively com-paratively recent date it was the general gen-eral opinioiv that sentiment for government govern-ment ownership or control of railways was dead, and that nearly everybody was praying for the return of the roads lo their owners. Congress was being ..ri'.ieised for not legislating upon the .-ub;ci t l;:st winter after the president practically washed his hands of the whole mailer by stating that he had no pk;!i in mind. Since the Itepublicans e..:nc into power in congress on March I the two committees have heard many witnesses and a great variety of plans have been placed before them. It was the intention to legislate upon the sub-'. sub-'. in order that the roads might be urned back by tho end of the calendar year with the interests of tho public I roperly s:i legua rded. If possible the v. ork of framing the new laws should 1- accelerated end the whole matter ,l:iur"d f.f without delay. According '" t!.f .-'.itcnieiits of the leaders it is the unrinimo'j-' opinion of union labor th:.;. tho government retain the rail-io:, rail-io:, !. Whe'her there will be a revival ( f fed in! ownership sentiment remains io be seen, but it is among the posdbil-:t posdbil-:t ies if congress procrastinates. If tho returned in the near future He re will be b ss agitation and the e hoi-' eountry will rejoice over better :-e, .,) y Morrison informed the ""inie''"e that, if labor's plan for op- r.'i'ion of the railroads proved fueccss- ti.ev propov,.. I lo have it applied to 'Hi'-r i lei'-' ne'.. This has always been ' " ..i n "f H.o oei.-ili:,. but we had ! ' I' ) ' " t ll t I lie SO. -ill list ic. !-,' n t v. :. I.-, rg.dy in the minority in i.ii'ou lei.or eireloi. K v id e 1 1 y tiiero I -'i'' b'eu an ad ri nee in the wronf di- ' i a f-t " tic great war. It |