The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-23
ACTUAL Purchase
NAY Be SOLUTION
Of RAIL PROBLEM
Congressional Inquiry Begins
With Federal Ownership
Issue 0vershadoM-
ing Possibility.
INVESTIGATE EVERY PHASE
Senator Newlands Announces
Intention to Consider Care
fully ACCESSIBILITY Of Ac-
quiring Property.
INVESTIGATE EVERY PHASE

WasiiiistoHs ~. ~, N.Y. 3i'AH LIN
background OF the controversy which
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% eos Aaeo 1919 = $50
this winter over the railroads, and the
cn,ntrv,s transnortation problems.
looms up government ownership as
proposed substitute for the present
1srra,.+s n.a s,han ~. ana
road investigation which begins today
was ordered to exclude the subject Of
government ownership. But SenatoF
Borah insisted on it, and 1t was stn-
ciuded in the resolution.
Ra+,, a;d.. pr.c.r.a
Now, 1T has become plain that tho
government ownership phases OF tne
inquiry are to- be OF great Importance
Advocates OF public ownership VIII
urge their case and present figures to
back 1t up. Opponents OF pubic owner
ship are already Jealous in the prepar-
alton of data to combat IT.
The controversy over federal conrroI
as a substitute for federal n state
control promises to be but a small
share of the battle of opinion, M sta
ttstics which will be fought out before
the joint subcommittee OF which
Senator Newlands Is the head. down
at bottom, congress wants to KNOW
whether the railroads OF the nation
can obtain for the future the necessary
credit to enable them to meet he
growing needY of the country for serv-i
ice. In other words, congress Is going
to nave to deal with the problem OF
whether, nde private ownership, he
railroads can be developed to meet the
expanding needs of the public. Or, will
the needs of the public be more effec-
lively met BY government ownership?
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Whether the members of Senate and
House consider the expansion OF the
roads to meet the growing transporta-
ton demands of the United States or
whether they consider the railroad
capita! and labor controversy they find
themselves facing the interrogatory
whether the roads should be publicly
| owned. The same is true when it comes
to the consideration OF rate contro-,
versies.
Then. too. there is the matter Of pre-
naredness n will he urged before the
ioint subcommittee that the expert
ence of Germany and other European
nations now AT war that government
OWNERSHIP of roads has demonstrated
it's value in a military way.
IF ia we'll known now that little cap-
,+a1 .; 10 $50 q NY ~ n ~ cnas+r,ct;or' pf
railroads. Also r. is we'll known hat
the country has NOT had the sort of
RAILROAD eery;ca mi. f,u that ;ts bust
ness demands The tremendous short
age Of cars in itself is the proof Of
that.
me FIRST session To-Day OF tne JOINT
conSresslonal cofnH1lttee lhVestlSat!ns
the broad subject OF transportation
oeVe!oped lhto a preiillilnaIy nlee.ins
az wLicI Chairman a>eWlalius iiu
general statement o. the oa
tne lnVestisallon anu piaSlieany ~ lno
PROSPECTIVE Wilnessss iaisussts
avoid appear1ng tlr sI Eacn Wan a5e the
uInet ~ saAs ~ a $3.50 ~ tSain,
eiey wailssu ~ "VoAo e '
pia rvs paI5uuiGeu DOT ,e.av +o 90
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on any - n "a ~ haond
1rs Sa ~. l ny p a'aen -, n noe ~
III. eieLns' ~ ct $1,000 - +ha
.oi ipoannaan,1 oo,an,;ttaa 70 In
ynst;gsta Pa abroad nroblems TODAY SEN
ator Francis G.. Newlands, of Nevada.
he chairman. explained that the in
auiry would cover q wide field. He
said:
at will relate to every phase Of the
transportation question, the rail car
riers, the river carriers and the ocean
carriers and the perfection of a mar
monious system of transportation en-
bracing rail, river and ocean carriers
that will meet the demands Of inter-
state as well as foreign and
it will also be applied to telegraph and
telephone lines. express companies and
other public utilities.
r ~ Dr..
10 lover Every Ihass'
1t Will embrace not only the subject
Of government control ana regu!atloh
OF these utliltles' put also me wisdom
and Feasibility OF government owner
ship and the comparative worth and
efficiency OF government regulation
and control as with govern
ment ownership and operation
Senator Newlands said hat a coma
clusion will be more quickly arrived at
IF we have the sympathetic aid OF