Show PlAN L it SEEMS M BEST T if t RO ROI 1 I II BEASON ON a It 1 Traffic Manager Sees No in Reduction Coming Iy i Freight Rates Even With Private Rail Control ControlS S If i R T must be returned Ax t to their owners owners by January 1 1920 I The Warfield plan now embodied embodied embodied em em- bodied in a bill before congress congress wi with modifications h. h ons will be passed and andi ax i restore the systems to private owner owner- ship If f it does not pass by October 1 t of this y year restoring t the e lines lires to the owners by the first of next year it F will not become effective at all r Such is the opinion of ot Ro Ross floss s Beason traffic manager of ot the Salt Lake R Utah railroad who has just returned If to o Salt alt Lake following t two vo months' months In Intensive In- In study and survey in Washington Washing Washing- ton D. D C. C of the railroad situation and the he bills now pending in congress o NO RATE REDUCTION lire Freight rates lates win will not be reduced r re regardless regardless re- re of ot any change in ownership according to Mr Beason On the contrary contrary con con- he says there is a possibility of an advance This is due to high wages and a general gener l increase in expenses s according Iv to the traffic expert lIe He expressed the opinion that there be be no reduction in salaries Mr 11 Beason Deason reviewed the general ii 11 railroad situation and expressed the opinions of heads of some of the largest largest larg larg- I est systems whom he met at the national national na na- lional capital r Railroads R s are generally agreed said Mr Beas Beason n that they haven't had eno enough gh revenue as a system The remedy remedy rem rem- aj edy suggested is that the restrictions 3 1 be made into laws giving the railroads a a square deal regarding freight rates tJ r The Utah man compared the interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state commerce commission with the f soviet form of ot government stating that these two were the only bodies with the power minus the responsibility W GOOD LAWS SOLUTION It If i i inot not a failure of the administration hon tion continued Mr Beason Deason but the 1 law 1 itself is inadequate Good laws are the solution t. t i At pres present p there re are three bills it which stand out the prominently prominently the the Esch i bill the tle Warfield plan and the railway exchange plan which has not yet been embodied into a bill The features of all three are as follows J. J I 1 If All An plans provide that the interstate commerce commissions commission's powers be 44 t broadened giving them power to fix the the minimums as we well as the maximums maxi maxi- r mums and make it mandatory to see t that at the railroads earn sufficient to pay operating expenses and taxes and a fair return on the Investment The WI i interstate commerce commissions commission's power pow pow- er would be i increased creased giving it control e l lover over the issuance of securities LIMIT CONSTRUCTION 4 The co commission would have the r rig right right to t to prohibit any new construction i that is ill advised or improvident such as two roads through identical terri term I ii t tories ries It lt would have absolute control over overrates overrates rates both state and interstate The state commissions have f full U police powers and with advisory power power- regarding ratemaking 1 The ir interstate te commerce Bion would have control over divisions t a as b between h een carriers thus preventing the lines from strangling the weak The Th Warfield plan provides for a a. split with labor Mr Beason Deason continued t and b because because it is a profit sharing plan phI I believe with modifications it will go t through l It m must st be done dOn by October 1 so that the roads can be ret returned to private af 1 ownership by January 1 I of next year |