The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-12-15
PLAN TO RESUME
Rail. WAY IN03|nY
AFTER MARCH 4TH
P(stpOnemen, Forced BY Press
Of Congressional Business.
COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION

tives Of All Branches Of Business De-
mand unifieation Of System Of Rail
wal Regutation-Roads Ask Fewer
Masters. /
Washington, Dec. iS.1tThe Congress
siOnal Joint Committee on Interstate
Commerce. which has iec,l conducting
the inquiry into government regulation
and control OF transportation. last
week decided to suspend ~ hearings !
on the subject and adjourned. subject
to the call Of the chairman. because OF
the pressure Of other work before Con. |
gress. According to the resolution ere
ating the committee. 1t is required to
submit a report by January 9Th next. ,
IT is understood that before thai time
the COMMITTEES will ask Tor al extern |
sion OF time and that the hearings will
he resumed nj a later date. when some
Of those who already have appeared
before the committee will he question
ed further and n great many others
will he heard. 1t is probable. hOwev-
or. that the hearings will not he resum-
ed until after adjournment Of Congress
on March 9TH. In addition to regular
routine business the com
mittecs of the two houses are charged
with the important duty Of preparing
and presenting the legislation asked
for by President Wilson (" make i'm
possible a railroad strike without pre-
vions investigation. This will leave
little or no time for the consideration
Of the general questions Of railway
regulation.
Country Wants Something Oon
Members Of Congress and others
who arc interested in the inquiry I'm
dcrtaken by the Ncwlanis Committee
insist that there IL no intention OF
abandoning. it.
1t seems Doubt ul. indeed. II the
country wonid permit the matter TO
be dropped if there were evidence OF a
desire ON the part OF Congress to do
so. The nation wide evidences of in
tcrcst evoked by the iniiintion OF the
Newlands inquiry show that the PEG
pie Of the country shippers. cois'ini-
ers and investors. as well az railway
men tlemselves-arc alive TO the fact
that the railway situation * highly M
satisfactory and that steps must be
taken without unnecessary delay to
make 1t possible for the railroads 10
meet the growing needs Of the nation.
From reports received here 1t seems
as though almost every commercial or
ganization and business interest in the
! country were engaged in studying the
railroad question. The Chamber If
: Commerce OF the United States has
been conducting an elaborate inquiry
into various phases Of the subject for
many months past. Many local and
state commercial bodies in every part
OF the country have committees en-
gagged in study OF the problem aud
ave indicated n dcs.rr to come here
and present their views. National or
yanizations OF manufacturers. lumber
mon. coal operators, wholesale and re-
mil dealers. have expressed Through
resolutions their desire for the unifica-
ton OF the system Of galway regula-
fioD. The National Industrial Traffic
League. speaking from the viewpoint
Of shippers using the railways. has
Endorsed exclusive federal regulation
, providing it is accomplished ia such a
way az IA give full protection and
prompt adjustment in matters relating
tn iransporiation vii hin the states.
Many interests Studying Problem.
All these organizations represent pri-
marily the shippers OF thc country. hut
they are not the only ones who are
taking u hand in the discussion. The
investors Of the nation. through the;r
own ass""iaiioss and through commit
tees representing the savings banks and
other financial organizations. arc pre-
rariug To show the necessity 81 inn,rov-
ins raii,r nd credit and protecting tin,
rights ~ stc>c whose money Is invest
ed Ia railway securities. Finally THE
railroads. themselves. being vitality con
cctncd IN the Improvement of "yistjne
conditions. mrs p%iannin- TO submit their
views through their executives. orrr
atiHg officials aud traffic cxporis aud
to assert their Willingness 10 accept far
reaching federal regulation along lines
'''' - H'''F' ~ w tthA I
and to provi'ic the facilities needed for
the prompt and efficient handling Of
the connrry'S transpnriniin. business.
Main Trouble is Too Many Masters.
Not all ~ these interests are II, re-.
cord as TO the remedies that should he
adopted. There seems TO no a general
agreement, however. that many of TIN.
dihiculties hich confront The railroads.
and which make il impossible for them
to meet the requirements OF the mn
tons commerce promptly AMI satisfsc-
;oriiy arise from the lapliazaid and
often conflicting measures of regulation
that have been adopted from time. ia
time by The federal government aud the
forty eight states and that what Is
needed Is Il we'll ordered. systematic
scheme of federal regulation that shsI