New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
ELLIOTT LAMENTS
RAILROADS.&C.
N. II. Chairman Says Re-
pressive Policy Caused
Transportation Crisis.
SENATOR WEEKS CALLS
VALUATION USELESS
Tells Development When Con-
gress and |. {. {. Have Put
Roads Near Bankruptcy.

The rcpressivc and depressing pol
transportation business has stunted rs
growth, until now The country IL frcc
TO face with Inadequate facilities, &C.
cording 10 Howard Elliott. chairman
Of the New Haven. last night NJ
Elliot; Was speaker al tho dinner 81
tho Railway Development Association
q, the McAlpu. and he declared that
development work tn which the United
states is interested is he,rg halted
because ,he railroads cannot meet the
demand, urcp them.
MI Elliott said that much precious
,,me had been lcS iu che last -
years IN preparing zoe Che neNt ~
upl,t, IN business GNcd ter'rct sud
~. ercestien Nv an. no said. we've
needed So MAKE transportation feeih
tic~ adequate, ant slNe safe mAfs'N
fsv tatvre dcmeud,
United state, SENATOR Week, si
Nssssshu~sste. va, Alss sNeaAsi
S~s Re declared that a. fssNlt 80 'Ns
operations - tAs lstssststs NSmmsiNs
Communication SD ths laws which have
ve,>s3 Congress shs vsi''ssd 'Ns'eM
~ me t'~ttsS States wss SN tNs sstss
- NsnNFar.sN NJ Meek WNs .
sne - zee SsFah'issn candidate f's
President. ss,S thAs ths sssi 80 sFste
f,a- hsd sees 'rsgssstrs esesiANtlN
,~ resref NeAy, ptfsut aNN ssftvs
eseStrK tesssess tr ere srvss ssfnlrks
Sc Sttl thss fNte> we've controlled ft
tht SeSsgsi ass STATE svtuwtssisns.
uhts thste -. es N,Hl,atien sn thc
SIS. 81. sgerzttse TALES, ssmethtr ;
uAs 4ere. he ,Ai3 gAs,e mgsl seen
.s~ts .s.a, collapse the SsaAt3t
as, sAt,s4 tAs physical valuation ef
:>s railroads ssU beias "A3e ~ ere
Interstate Csz,i-sgss Commission ase
,sss as = waste - asney.
NJ E.Ae.s $40,
HAurcA3 sWrers snd railroad man.
AGES hAve as&s srgegs. eat uafcrtun
A.s.y ;AeSs er~crs hsys been msgninet
~ .scs< We ei.esr car-1, o. DO 40,
see "a: -hs -epTesslvr and de-
pressing rclicy 81 the as ten
wears ;cwA-a tAs sportstlon busi-
csss ccuii have het cne eject IN
.hs lc-S -. namely, that % stunrns
- --cW.r. Some O. - II -.e oIsl
ass ave .-ie& 20 make this clear. and
ws ave been callsG calamity howler'
s-t re..ir.is.s Instead What we were
-ry.rs . 90 vas 20 have a reasonable
Margin 10 ne transportation bushes.
80 ia. ne plants could De added 20
constantly ard be ready 20 serve tre
PEOPLE when The peak load came. Ins
cad urcr he transportation bushes
las been very heavy, and railroad own
ers and managers have tried hard @
CARR ..
They axe in the position o. tryir.
20 serve 100 900 900 people. 20 treat
fairly nearly 100000 employees. 20 re
spond 20 the consietins rules, regula
lions and demands Of forty-eight SOY
sreign states. and 70 pay close atten'
ton and obedience 20 the nation, act
ing through Congress and the Inter
state Commerce Commission. Meantime
the country has been growing, and the
result has been diversion OF energy
Of the owners and managers into chan
nels tina: were not productive for ths
country as a whole. and the railroads
have not been able 20 DO the best they
could 20 prepare for an increasing vol
ume Of business
Nr. Elliott also said there could be
only Americans for America; that the
hyphen could no longer be counted. lie
urged each to do his part in provin.
that there was only one kind Of loya
citizen