The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-01-21
WILL THE GOVERNMENT KEEP THE ROADS?

of the country specializing to the final dis
may make with the railroads the
try may readers learn of the opinions OF the
press the probable status OF the railroad question he
Literary Digest of this week states:
control of the railroads in the hands OF the Government
editorial observers confidently predict they will
private ownership for the New Orleans Item remarks OF this
the END will be reached until the United States
Government its railroads well operates them The
will be rcndering the roads according
the Fargo which tells that it took wodwar
prove that the railroad system of country is n its very
best calculated be handled monopoly
Congressman John NJ Baer of North Dakota wtc the New
York American that government operation the FIRST step
government ownership which liberation of the civic and
social life of the people from the corrupng influence exred by rail
lobbyists and their professional allies every
city and capital throughout the country for the forty
Mr. A. c. Townley president Of the League
New York American calls the largest political organization of farm
in the United States that journal that he does
how the action of the President in taking control of the railroads
anything else than ultimate ownership the railroads by
the people Private ownership will always dividends before
service he further quoted saying and he purpose of railroads
should be service before dividends" American also Mr. c.
S Melen former president of the New York
ford Railroad makes statement from which Gull the following
regard the change with optimism step forward the di
ecton must further travel for the benefit the whole people and
continue in the old course which dsnvey
tit of the few opposed to the benefit of the many
Not experienced railroad enough forecast
the future of the railroads after the observes the New Haven
Journal Courier but is generally agreed that their will
never be the same with other human
agencies they have been surprises the war
and must in be affected by them will easy
to unscramble the railroad egg after the the of the
Nebraska State Journal which thinks McAdoo
Will have more to do than else convincing the
whether not it make government operation railroads
permanent Government operation for warpuposes
neapo Tribune may enable the question of gov
rnment ownership for shall have experience of
an that OF other countries and rather than the theories
confident economists who have already decided question: We
read, too, in the Savannah News that
The Governments experiences during the remainder of the
war as operator OF the railroads of the country may actually
ze puohc OPINION against government ownership and this
the order of the President brought double bene
faction to the country Tor it will not only have efficient
use OF the roads during the have taught the public
mat the best practical solution of the problem roads in peace
times is their operation private hands government as
tector both of them and of the public
Government operation all successful according to the Mil
Waukee Free Press will most likely limit State regulation
weaken the competitive theory and strengthen perfect Federal
control and the New York World thinks that successful admins
taon will show that all the advantages unified and coord
mated and economical conduct of the railroads can be had without
government ownership"