Show RAilWAY RATES TO BE ADVANCED Public Treasury Will Be Relieved of Burden of Meeting Deficits in Earnings EDITORS' EDITORS POLL IN CONGRESS Heavy Vote for Return of Roads Arouses Interest at the National National National Na Na- Capital Washington Washington The The national nat poll pon on the raf railroad question by newspaper newspaper news news- paper editors throughout the lie country has aroused great grent interest at the national national na ua- na- na capital With 83 per cent of the Cite e editors giving It as their Impartial opinion that the public favors an on early re return of the railroads to their owners owners own own- ers and only 11 per Iler cent favoring Government Government Gov GOY ownership or operation the members of Congress of both politIcal political political ical parties propose to provide speedIly speedily speed speed- ily fly for tor the legislation to make It possible possible pos POSy sible to restore the roads to lo private management before the lie end of the year ear earIn In Congress there Is a n general agree agree- agreement a agree agreement ree ment that the following steps step's will have to be taken before the lie roads are returned returned re reo re- re turned to their owners 1 1 An advance In rates to meet the greatly Increased cost of labor and I materials in order that the Public Treasury may be relieved of ot the burden burden bur bur- den of meeting monthly deficits and find the roads made self supporting The Director or General of Railroads states that the Increase In rates thus far Is about 25 per cent as compared with an Increase In operating costs of from 50 to 00 per cen cent t. t 2 Greater nationalization of public control of transportation transportation-a a single public control In the Federal Government Government Govern Govern- ment of 49 40 masters In the different different different dif dif- ferent States with conflicting laws and regulations 3 Legalization of or consolidations and common use of at lines roes and facilities w whenever er ene-er In the public Interest 4 4 Assurance through an act of Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress that In the future the Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment will approve of rates for freight and passengers that will not only be fair to the public but fair to the roads and that will yield a sufficient Income on capital to attract the 7 to of new capital needed needed needed need need- ed every year for the expansion of railroad railroad rail rail- road facilities How Dow the States voted In the national nation nation- al poll of ot editors on the question of the return of the railroads to private management Is shown b by the following chart That the railroad ques on is n n partisan non-partisan Issue is plain from a 1 I 1 study of the table e FAVORING ING RETURN OF ROADS TO OWNERS O d tJ OPPOSING RETURN N OF ROADS s TO OWNERS O CJ DOUBTFUL OR FAILED TO REPLY CONN I TENN II III I f FLORIDA WYO J IOWA I r. r NY Ari sod sodD i D DEL EL n n w MASS M A z tj II NJ E R. R i S. S SCAR CAR i- i 1 IND Y f J JM M MICH Ie H. H I A-I es it I J TEXAS r j r f. f s 1 tun sex GA lU l i OREGON IE W. W VA Ol ef N. N CAP Jl oa 0 UTAH r irl t II j t I er l' l OHIO r VA IOn AIALA A ALA 4 I PENN hI WASH K KY t t lJ MAINE u MI MISS SSP jJ HJ MONT 60 JJ ILL y r KAN 6 4 MISSOURI 01 eI J b 7 S. S DAK e. e HN MINN 19 o 0 KA 1 0 x NEB CA CAL L. L 4 tJ 11 LA 11 A ARI R I. I n A 10 WIS I i 10 COL 1 t. t I 7 MD 11 RI t Yi 1 IDA l lARK tJ ARK n l AV TOTAL iJ t. t C I |