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Show Ruining Own Credit and Paving Pav-ing the Way for Government Govern-ment Ownership. EARNINGS ARE GROWING Should Stop Complaining and Supply Equipment Which Public Urgently Needs. Washington, Dec. 9. Railroads were accused of trying to ruin their own credit and laying the foundation for federal ownership by Max Thelan, president of tho National Association , of Railway Commissioners, in resuming resum-ing his testimony before the congressional congres-sional investigating committee. "The railroads are in a hysteria of pessimism," he said, "with earnings j beyond all previous records and constantly con-stantly growing larger. Tho railroads seemed to be engaged In the absurd task of trying to ruin their own credit. If they were really acting in tho public pub-lic interest, as they claim to be, they would stop complaining about public regulation and would devote themselves them-selves to supplying the cars, equipment, equip-ment, terminal facilities and extensions exten-sions which the public urgently requires. re-quires. "The talk of the railroads about forty-nine masters is simply language to tickle the ears. No railroad in the United States runs through more man one-third of forty-eight states. Although all other corporations which do "business in different states are subject to regulation by each such state, nobody except the railroads is complaining." nn |