Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

/ TO more than $20,0O00OUO00 comes I'M
der the protection of the government
during the war. 1t is believed likely
an order will go out stopping trading
In these stocks temporarily until the
furry following the governments ac-
ton Is over. Approximately $4,000
miles of railroad tracks come under
McAdoo's supervision.
From railroad presidents all over the
country today messages reached the
| White House assuring the president of
their full approval and cooperation in
| the governments tremendous move.
ON WAR BASIS.
President Wilson's proclamation au-
tomatically places all the great indus
tries of the nation upon an immediate
war basis.
Just as the great transportation lines
reach out into every industrial CEN
ter. practically determining the sue
cess or failure of all commercial enter
prises, so will the government now de-
termine what industries may survive
or perish through ability or inability
to move their products.
Non-war products will be placed last
in the list Of commodities to be moved
particularly in the congested terrific
ries of the east and south. The rail-
roads war board, which will act in an
advisory capacity, with McAdoo al
ready has listed about 500 commodi-
ties as mon essentials" - including
jewelry, liquor. fripperies of all kinds
and Inquiries of every description.
In the same manner, building ma
! fal, ctrin Cd In
shipment to private individuals to pro-
vide a greater supply of steel and raw
materials for munitions.
:. THE COAL TRAFFIC.
Coal will further be confined to es-
sential lines of business and domestic
purposes, by extension of the govern
ment's railroad control to all coal traf-
fic.
Under McAdoo will now be centeret
all the various transportation bodie!
and commissions in the country as wei
as the best railroad operating brain!
the United States affords.
These bodies are: Interstate com
merce commission, railroads wa
board, railroads operating COMMITTEES
of vice presidents in Pittsburg, Amer
|
service committees, transportation
branches of the various government
departments and of the national Goa
association, railroad traffic chiefs o
the shippers association and large in
dustries and the aid Of the differen
state railroad commissions.
, PRESIDENTS STATEMENT.
The presidents statement follows
have exercised the powers over tn
, transportation systems of the countr.
which were granted me by the act o
congress of 1917, because 1t has be
come imperatively necessary for mt
to do so. This is a war of resource
no less than of men, perhaps ever
more than of men. and it is necessar.
for the complete mobilization of on
resources that the transportation sys
TENS of the country should be organ
lied and employed under a single au
thority and simplified method of co
ordination, which have not PROVED
possible under private management
and control.
The committee of railway execu
tives who have been CO operating will
the government in this all-importan
matter have done the utmost that |
was possible for them to do: have dom
It with patriotic zeal and with grea
ability; but there were difficulties tina
they could neither escape nor neutral
ize.
Complete unity of administration II
the present circumstances involves up
on occasion and at many points a ser
ious dislocation of earnings and tn
, eo,,, v,,jftoo waa NJ course xvifho,t