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


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roads at ghaeT price acquired system the trust u can MOI,
the interest rate would be cut long soFyy. Railway ownership
-Tbe cos. of all tu,ar. naa- called Money trust"
The important point governor
which have repeatedly called your this column:
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP WOULD MAKE RAILROAD
MEN INTEREST THEMSELVES IN RAILROADS
At present private ownership the railroad of ab
y interested dividends fights railroads.
cessfu violation of law cutting hurt each other
combining to hurt the public
And the big railroad interested private
for freight lines put money their pockets and
take il out Of the stockholders.
They interested in bribmg public officials They pr-
yatey interested express way of overcharg
ing the public and cheating stockholders
Able hired much because THEY CAN RUN A
RAILROAD because they supposed be able the bet
ter of some other railroad
If the total Of the ability in the railroads of the United
SYSTEMATICALLY greats said to be hundred
safely that Of the hundred points ability
points devoted the RAILROAD business nnetyeght
points to railroad fights railroad competition railroad schemng
that have nothing whatever do with real railroad
When government owns railroads. The post
office, the employees WILL BE INTERESTED ONLY IN RAIL
ROADS
able railroad men, instead of being the servants of CAPT
tasts who know nothing about railroads. carrying
money making stock obbng schemes will be DEVELOPING
RAILROADS and BUILDING RAILROADS.
Under government ownership of ability employed by the
people manage the railroads FOR THE PEOPLE will let us
hope be properly paid by the people This country habit
of paying its when they good about
they could private employment and when they bad
about times they any other way
is say the peopleshoud decide under
ownership decent pay for capable
will
The postmaster general States Frank
Hitchcock, has saved MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR FOR
THE PUBLIC He has naugurated the post wonderful
step.
He has earned for himself the enmity railroads which
looked after the interests of the people instead of
lie gets about oneha the salary that is paid to frstcass
lace buyer in big department store
Under government ownership Of railroads be
any railroad stock iobbng, Governor Fo points
bonds for all the postoce and then sell preferred stock
double that bearing per interest
common stock for four times the amount and make the people
the postofice pay interest first the total that
thing the shape bond interest and then
he amount IN the shape OF preferred stock and then possible
interest four times the amount in the shape of
That has been the system organizing railroads
monopoies in this country.
No wonder have grown remarkably others
have remained need No wonder the banks have had
money to lend to farmers or others THAT PRODUCE SOME
THING but have used the nations financial help
fnance engaged stock bbng stock issuing and stock buying
ownership of railroads other public monopo
lies will mean GREATER INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT and that
average citizen KNOWS government pays less
ATTENTION TO government than about other thing
from the butcher deal
from the president of the United States
departmenshey practically nothing ninety of
every one hundred OF the people and THEY are never read by
If an important government statement meant let us say re-
ducton increase in the price of Communication
suburbs how deeply interested would the suddenly
become in government
And if another government an increase or
decrease the of coal other
electric light kerosene ohow vastly interested these citizens
would suddenly become how
carefully they would select their public officials
just present select fall and spring carefuy-pubic
officials all carefully Government ownership would change
that
Foss should congratulated upon the main topic of
hs inaugural address Other viii follow him Let us
hope that will soon have all the voting intelligent
cg "orme Tor wider exercise power by government and all
the citizens uniting 10 interest themselves in their aud
akmg p what u should hchc most powerful agency m the
Sskonty in every department of life