Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

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much in private financial seem to be able to eliminate would
at once disappear
az the sss%yq, o" ls the qq, control Of the "a. railway va,
ownership
.rI,o cost OF all future nna- called Money trust"
The important point in the governors address
which have repeatedly called your attention in this column
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP WOULD MAKE RAILROAD
MEN INTEREST THEMSELVES IN RAILROADS.
AT present, under private ownership, the railroad Of abil-
iy dividends fights railroads.
cesul violation Of law cutting other
combining o hurt the public
And the big railroad interested in private
for private freight lines to put in their pockets and
take ii out Of the stockholders
They interested in bribng public officials They pri
yaey interested in express companies way
ing the public and cheating stockholders
Able hired much because THEY CAN RUN A
RAILROAD because they supposed be able
of some other railroad
If the total of the ability in the railroads of the United
undoubtedly very greats said be hundred you
safely that of the hundred points of ability
points devoted to the RAILROAD business and ninety eight
points railroad fights, railroad competitions railroad chemng
that have nothing whatever with railroad management
When the government the railroads. post
office, the employees WILL BE INTERESTED ONLY IN RAIL
ROADS.
The able railroad instead of CAPT
tasts who know nothing about railroads and instead of carrying
money making stock obbng schemes will be DEVELOPING
RAILROADS and BUILDING RAILROADS.
Under government ownership ability employed by
people manage railroads FOR THE .OPLE will
hope properly paid people country habit
paying servants they good as much
they could private employment and when they
about times much they could any way
govemment-ha say, the peope-shoud decide
government ownership to decent pay for capable That
viii come
The present postmaster general States Frank
Hitchcock, has saved MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YEAR FOR
THE PUBLIC Tie has naugraed the parcels post wonderful
step
He has himself emty Of Che railroads which
looked people
he interests of the railroad stockholders running the pooice
He gets about onealf the salary that paid first
lace buyer in big department store.
Under government ownership of railroads
any railroad stock jobbng as Governor Foss points out
When start postoffice don't sell five per cent
bonds for all the posoce and then sell preferred
double that amount bearing seven per cent interest and then sell
stock for four times the and make the people
ing the posoice pay interest first the total that the
thing cost the shape OF bond interest and then interest
the the shape of preferred stock and then possible
interest four times the the shape
mat has been the system OF organizing railroads and other bg
monopoles in this country.
No wonder have remarkably rich
money lend to farmers, others THAT PRODUCE SOME
THING but have used the nations financial help
hnancierS engaged stock JoG stock issuing and stock buying
Government ownership Of railroads and other public monopo
The average citizen KNOWS less about governments pays less
ATTENTION to than about thing
from the butcher deal
from the president of the United
immensely important by the different
departmens-they practically nothing ninety
hundred of the people and THEY read by
them.
If important government statement let say
increase price of a communication ticket to the
suburbs how deeply interested would the suddenly
become government.
And government statement meant an increase or
the price coal other necessity as
electric light kerosene ohow vastly citizens
would suddenly become statements And how
carefully they would select their public officials
Just present select fall and spring carefully
officials not at all carefully Government ownership would change
that.
Governor Foss should be congratulated upon the topic
his inaugural address Other will follow
hope that will have all the voting intelligent
officials working for wider power by government
the citizens uniting I'm their government ana
making what ii should b-the powerful agency in the
n kountry i'll every department of life