Show NEW SENATOR HELD f ER Attack On Rail Managements Draws Hot Answer CHICAGO Jan Samuel 2 2 Samuel M Fel- Fel Felton Felton ton Fel-ton ton president of the Chicago Great Western railway and chairman of ot the western railway presidents committee commit commit- committee tee on public relations Monday sent an open letter to Senator Hen Hen- Henrik Hen rik rik of Minnesota criticising ing log him for tor alleged misrepresentation of railway matters In a a speech In washington on December 6 5 Mr MI Fel- Fel Felton ton ton declared railway union leaders who supported Mr In his n campaign seek the adoption of the Plumb plan of government ownership and employment management man of the a s but that the public will a determine de- de determine de determine termine the future of ot the roads M 1 QUOTED Sir Mr Ir Felton took up the senator senator- senator elects elects elect's reported statement that farm ship she J sheep to market and then get ge g bUh for tor the balance of freight charges charge due What they get for the sheep will not c even cen en CO cover COOr Or the cost of ship ship- shipping shipping ping On the On-the On the day the speech was seas made I Mr Felton sale sais sa s sheep sold at South St Paul for 6 cents a pound or for a II carload of ot pounds The I freight rate North Northfield Minn Minna a e point was nas 18 1860 1850 60 orless or orless less than 2 SA per P cent ot or the aching price Sheep sold old In Chicago the same saMO I day at ot 5 cell cents or for tor a II saMOI I carload I 1 he freight rate from No eld to Chicago Is 62 2 50 so fromI or I eight pel pet cent elIt o ot or the selling price Mt II Mtr r elton said From Crookston Minn Ito to South St Paul the freight would be 41 46 45 or per cent of ot the sale prIce I Ij BOR COST ON OX TR I TRAINS TRAI S Another statement made by you ou continued Mr Felton reton was nas as follows tollo i A A railroad train operated by fl the e men can now carry earry ten times as os much as a could be carried twenty sears hears ears ago et etIn e ein In spite spile o of oC the gl great eat labor cost re- re re reduction per ton mile It costs the farm farm- farmer farmer farmer t er more to ship and labor does no not get enough to keep it from striking Mr 11 relton Felton said the a average train now hauls twice take Ice as much as 20 ears ear ago Instead of ten times as much and an I that Instead of ot a labor lallor cost reduction i there had been een an Increase from 4 4 16 1 mills per ton mile in 1901 to 9 02 mill mills I IPer per ton mile In 1 1321 1921 21 while tl freight rates have lIa advanced 47 7 per cent In twenty learn ears CO CO ING STRIKE This great Increase In the labor cost coat ot of operating the railroads is due o of course he ho said to advance In n stages ag s and has his been the principal cause causo of ot the tho advances ad in freight rate rates o or which many farmers complain You also said The fhe rho inefficient man man-I man man- management man management of ot the railroad operators In declining to settle the strike last test summer sum- sum mer when the strikers practically of- of feted to give ghe in will also help to rob rot the gho farmers through expensive opera opera- operation operation operation tion resulting You con constituents among the farm farm- farmers farmers farmers ers can hardly overlook o the fact that thai the real cause a of ot the expensive e oper- oper operation anon atlon to which sou ou refer leter 1 efer was as the th strike of the tha shop es and that that justification strike was entirely without justi justl- justi- justi justification It was a 0 strike against a decision of the labor labor- board II a government bod body hods awarding awarding- a I rel- rel rel relatively small reduction In wages Vh do you iou ou criticise tue I lie he railroads for not no the and ond entity ty from the thO men for striking W GE GE DILl Even now the railroads are pay pay- payIng paying pay Ins Ing their es 0 over er one billion dollars moro more In wages than fl five e years ears ago while the tha railway companies m re recel receiving Ing a quarter of a billion dollars dollar less net return annually than fire he ears ago It Is a well known fact tact that the rail ay labor leaders lenders who supported you In your recent campaign for tor or sea sen- senator sen senator ator aloe are seeking adoption of ot the Plumb plan of government ownership and es cs management and in their efforts to destroy public confidence In private ate management they use the same Mme kind of ot ml misrepresentations that you do |