The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-19
w ould Demonstrate
Utility Of Government
Ownership.
REDUCE HIGH
COST OF LIVING
Anti-Strike Feature of
Measure Sets Tim c
Back More Than One
Hundred Years.
ny WARREN G. s1UsT

fG3rrrh Chief of the Brotherhood of
Ranway Locomotive Engines ,
Washington. Dec. 1s.--what we
ara trying to do at the present time
N to defer or prevent the release OF
the railroads.
We have asked the president Ia
retain ocntro, Of the roads for at least
two Years 70 give Us a chance IN
dem thai under normal cor
dftfons, government ownership % the
roads can he made successful,
Furthermore ANYTHING that Il -
Of vital Importance rs tho prin.irle
81 guaranteeing the earnings Of the
roads, proposed in the Cun1rins bii|,
mean an increase in both freight
and PASSENGER rates yarnousiv csti-
mated ut between twenty five and
THIRTY rer cent which will add tn the
aIreads high cost Of living, nov at
the breaking point
Thc American people can't stand
much more.
We want congress 10 take tifue at
teAst to study and understand this
question instead nj taking SNAP iudg
mcnt ard rushing "A bill through thar
~vGn many Of tho senators have cor
Al
and do not understand shenf ewes
The question 81 transportation Wit :
ally cTerte the welfare Of th~ whole
nation ard legislation of this char
actcr s'7ouiA cni. he enacted after tho
most careful rtudr
Thr anti. rtritc pr.,t ss.ons Of the
Curpnqiaa bill are ~ course objection
able ~ ali union labor.
TURNS RACK TTMT,
X means 'aentnc the hands hack
~n tha clock AT least nn@ hundred
wears end makes of the work ing man
elare cn~n more regardless IF the
fact that many af lie worknrs sleep
in Flanders fields to-day after fight
ing TO estanii Democracy.
Ire greatest objection 70 the Cum
minis hill IS that il DOES not dtrpasc
~ srt question II = but wakeshft
~ the hest, il iS vicious IN the ex-
tYtms
u guarantees 10 the railroads three
and onr-haif per cent which may be
increaEeh 10 six rer cent on The hook
value CT the railroads OF which approx
imstciy 100000 reprssents no real
value except the psper +, Is written or
printed uron. tire clear ssv and the
hope OF thc future. but witch al once
he comes rar the minute the govern.
ment guarantee of si1 per cent Is puT
behind IL
RAkEp aND SCHArf:D.
Twenty millions OF Americans
raked and scraned ard denrived them
selves not only of luxury, bur of nsces-
stiles AS well in order to buy the
twent, one billion dollars worth Of
war bonds.
These paid from "a, to Az re- cent
ewing 10 the different issues, white the
Crmrnins bill proposes to pay to the
holders of railroad securities, eight
Billions Of which are shadows. guar
an&Ae Of six per cent
Why should dollar Invested in rail-
road securities be guaranteed sx per
cent while the holder of war bonds Is
only guaranteed from to +1a per can't
We are used to .alkinc In millions
and billions. Few realize how much
. billion dollars really is.
na man has stood beside tho cradle
vf.en Christ was bora and counted out
nSOey al the rate CT 81 per minute.
from then until now. he would still
have 10 keep on counting for eighty
yeays to come in order to count out
bl5fAon dollars
III he would undertake to count out
aAwhS hilton dollars, which We propose
d give TO the railroad stockholders
~ guaranteeing six per cent return
~ IL. figure out how long II would
take him to count II AZ the rate or
dOl}nr minute"