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

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the interest would be Railway ownership
"rhe cost of all future naa- called Money trust"
The important point governors
which we 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 abi
y interested in dividends railroads.
cessul violation Of law in rate cutting hurt each other
combining o hurt the public
And the big railroad private schemes
private freight put money pockets and
take it out of the stockholders.
They interested in bribing public officials They pr
yaey interested way overcharg
ing the public and cheating stockholders.
Able hired much because THEY CAN RUN A
RAILROAD because they supposed be able
ter of some other railroad
If the total of the ability railroads the United
SYSTEMATICALLY very greats said be you
safely that Of the hundred of ability
points devoted to the RAILROAD business nineyegh
points to railroad fights railroad competition railroad schemng
that have nothing whatever do with real railroad management
When the the railroads. post
office the employees WILL BE INTERESTED ONLY IN RAIL
ROADS.
men, instead of being the servants of CAPT
as who know nothing about railroads and instead of carrying
money making stock obbng schemes, will DEVELOPING
RAILROADS and BUILDING RAILROADS.
Under government ownership of ability employed by the
people to the railroads FOR THE PEOPLE WILL
hope be properly paid people country has habit
of paying its servants they good as much
they could private employment and they
about ten times much they could other way
gOyernmenthat is say the peopleshoud decide under
ownership decent pay for capable
will come
The postmaster general of the United States Frank
Hitchcock, has saved MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YEAR FOR
THE PUBLIC He has naugurated the parcels post wonderful
step.
He has for himself enmity the railroads which
that he has looked after the interests of the people
the interests of the railroad stockholders running postoe
TO St-claS
lace buyer in big department store
Under government ownership railroads there wouldn't be
railroad stock obbng, Governor Foss points
When start posofice don't sell five per
bonds for all postoce preferred stock for
double that bearing per interest
stock for four times the and people
the postofice interest first the total that
thing cost the shape of bond and then
the amount in the shape of preferred stock and then if possible
interest on four times the amount the shape of stock
That has been the system of organizing railroads and other big
monopoies in this country.
No wonder some men have remarkably rich and others
have remained neede No wonder the banks
TTIISc t I I H. VI VeS noOuNE 0OSlf-
IHNG but have useI the nation financial help
nance engaged in stock obbng stock issuing buying
Government ownership of railroads and other public monopo
lies viii mean GREATER INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT and that
is what this country needs
average citizen about government paws less
message from the butcher great deal than
from the president of the United States And
Immensely important by the different
departments-hey practically nothing ninety
every one hundred Of the people, and THEY read by
them.
If important government statement us say re
ducton increase the price
suburbs how deeply interested would the commuters suddenly
become in government.
And II another government statement increase
decrease in the price of coal other necessity
electric light kerosene ohow vastly these citizens of
would suddenly become in
carefully they would select their public officials
Just present select fall spring carefuv-pubie
officials all carefully Government ownership would change
that.
Governor Foss should be congratulated upon the topic
his inaugural address Other will him Let MS
hope that Will have all the voting all the intelligent
officials working for wider exercise of
the citizens uniting interest themselves in their government and
making II what should bthe powerful agency i'm the
n country in every department of life