Show I I I W WASHINGTON June The 12 The truth if if you ou must have it about it-about about this railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road mess is this It is is not efficient to torun torun torun run our our great national railroad system as if it were a lot of little Individually o owned ned private systems ms each competing instead of cooperating with the other When the government had the roads they were run as a single system one big lg cooperating harmonious unit The cars were pooled the engines were Pool pooled labor was pooled if necessary and the chief purpose aimed at was service Freight was sent by the most direct route route route-no no matter who owned the route Freight went through It was not nots s stopped at at every divisional line libe and unloaded and loaded on another train The pooling of ot the cars alone alon according accord accord- according ing ng to Director Hines was equal to adding cars to the equipment The Che rerouting of freight was equal to cutting off tens of thousands of ton ton- miles unnecessary mlles unnecessary ry ton miles But turning back the r. r roads ads to private vate hands has set each road clamoring clamoring clamoring clamor clamor- ing for its Us own box cars and set the engines hauling th them m h home home me I It t has set each road routing routine freight over its own system system system-so earn the freight freight even even routing is the long and n a r route J JIt It has brought back the th of how a a. railroad sh h So the result is congestion car famine and hop hoi 1 clency M MAnd And to aggravate the sit gress put a premium out of this state stat of affairs b by bythe 1 th the railroad law a a. government would makel licit created during th months of private control this month Is double month and each promises a a bigger one the private presidents worthe won wor VOlthe VOl the cost plus System you spend end and the long longer t more you make I That is the genius of ott th tM discovery |