The Arvada enterprise., 1914-02-12


pers OF the country.
President Wilson takes this com.
pilation, which Secretary Tumulty
jocosely has called the yellow Jour
nal" and reads it through, depending
upon 1t for light upon the viewpoints
of all sections of the country. The
president, of course. trusts in large
measure to the press of the country |
for information, but it must be said
that the press OF the country cannot |
depend to any great extent upon
President Wilson for Information.
Not In years has there been in the |
White House so reticent a president |
as Woodrow Wilson. His well.known |
phrase 'pitiless publicity" has become |
more or less OF joke among news
paper men 1t is perfectly true that |
he talks to correspondents and tells |
them things, but on the more import
ant affairs he keeps his own counsel |
absolutely, and allows the news to
come out from other quarters. This
is regarded by some of the admins
tration's officials as being bad policy.
Unlike Taft and Roosevelt.
President Wilson in one way is the
exact opposite of either President
Taft or President Roosevelt He
cares little or nothing apparently for
| society as such He attends only such
dinners as he feels that he must at
tend because of his position as presi-
dent of the United States There
gather in Washington constantly con-
crosses of various kinds. The differ.
ent lines of business and the different
lines of philanthropic endeavor which
are followed by men and women
throughout the United States lead fire.
| quently to Washington where great
general meetings are held.
1t was the rule of President Roose-
| welt and President Taft to address
virtually all these congresses. Presi-
dent Wilson rarely attends any Of
them. although he always names some
| official of government to represent
him Whatever else can be said
about Woodrow Wilson, he attends
strictly to the business OF the execu-
tive office, although 1t must be said
some people think that making ad.
dresses which will be sent through
the country as messages from the
| president is part of the duties OF
the chief executive. Again. it is all
| in the viewpoint
Question Of Railway Mall Pay.
Within six weeks a report must be
| made to congress on a subject which
has been veXing the government and
the railroads for years. The question
to be answered by the report is how
much money ought to be paid the
transportation companies for carrying
! the mails
In the last year of the Taft admin
| istratiOn, but when there was a Demo-
cratic house of representatives. there
| was paragraph inserted in the post
| office appropriation bill authorizing
the appointment of joint committee
on railway pay. 1t is the report OF
| this committee which must be made
| to congress soon. The members OF
| the committee are former Senator
| Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. former Senator
| II. A. Richardson. Senators John II.
| Bankhead of Alabama and John w.
| Weeks of Massachusetts, and Repre-
sentatives James r. Lloyd Of Missouri
| and william h. Tuttle of New Jersey
| While the committee, largely through
the activities of Chairman Bourne.
has done an immense amount of work
| in the line of study of a vital topic,
it is said that there are comparatively
| few evidences that n scientific method
OF readiustment has been discovered.
Mr.. BurIeson's Estimate.
1t Is said that Postmaster General
Burleson has filed report with the
| joint committee on railway mail pay
setting forth that according to ascer.
| tainments and conclusion based on the
conditions Of 1909, the railroads in
| 1913 were overpaid about $500 600"
1t may be that another computation
difference would wipe out this over.
| payment margin and prove that the
railroad officials are telling the truth
when they say that It costs them much
more to carry the mails than they get
out OF the treasury for performing the
| service
For year on and on, and for the
last two months exclusively, Dr. M. C.
Lorenz gtatistician Of the Interstate
commerce commission. has been espe,
cially employed by the joint commit.
tee. II. H. Turner, secretary Of tho
| committee and an experienced man In
| matters Of this kind, has made spe.
! cial investigation lie and Dr. LOrrn2
| have worked independently and with.
| ont knowledge Of each others cOnclu.
/ sions, 1t Is said that when their two
reports we're compared II was found
| both had reached the opinion that the
railroads were being underpaid about
! % per cent
The Joint committee has under con.
sideratlon a bill prepared by Dr. Lo.
| REM establishing car-tonmile as the
| united basis for compensation In place
Of the quadrcnnial weighing which Il
| is said experience has demonstrated
| gives rise TO gross error