Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
From Other Viewpoints
froblrM or lndcrcloped Territory.
by ALFRED ID. WILLIAMS.

When d peon %nS5hE Of the railways died
viii the choice betWee me psyt GreH ~
"@".ooo,""v for continuing liability and. Source
BY pPoces Ss OF teg aonnta t ias
most savings banks som OF n.y.
s, n%S ,s and , hS Gho ION Of the Gntted
eSSG wo@ M Hp and its tomb
Theforc he bnsneHs "g Of hd aayoe @sy Of Of
deliver the roads back 10 their wners in sucb
nHe to live and Serve the pu iIs s sSe
ana Of hos 90 nSI t6 at ta on Of Con,
o S%' Wny and m'Hira and AJAX! 1h9 n
The pending bls provdS Tor every preb IesFf S3i
TIA, is The building of new ra iit1 ,p and
be that the profits OF eSst r oSSns TO
s|een @E ana :!' nes CENT w e be
ne n ,ndeveloped territory can not build for
s9anGe loss indefinite delay Of d inH iSns
rstgrnT as the ex,res possibilities the most
coal or gold mines Viii NO, n Yen on wells or
ener oIh Who has ' met th fhat ; aaeS
s OH ns '0"eSse" frankly that he could
Tne o:uh AMI Is !ha country has been built BY
ana ready TO stake it Oh doubtful or desperats
but as >sp1X All ne Sa,l
S T 70 ell Imi The speculative and
cd ccntcr 'a PS% % ny from the oyercrowd
riHe .of 1 &. y q" their inpulse OF enter
il no3eopcu are o MG S from e ,h"TG who wait
e-Sn 10 tic outer world aud Icavmr f FAM mi
I Hi.itE.5 I" increase congestion in the eli jcs?
me Gme PONY to Keep n mind is that whatever
rah II pili may lie adopted by this Congress
VIII not be hnal irrcircyablc Cam M. -
~ way "WhHrshp. we could hardly re;rarc
our steps Jhc process Of return To owner
IN, We m"'iien by amendments or new act
"rNt year N! c"nccdc that the idea of govern.
W'ht ald Tor new railroads is inpracij cahic
J.l; cHi ,,'fIm.h M has proved that We can moi
~, n."'c human natnrc by any statute, no mai :
DW 'anE MN. brow and upft and fine
.htorcl!tht expectations may back II. Govern
lh,ht guarantee OF returns means jnd rc %
III Hti me returns earned or not Gov
~ HHilh. H"iIhGcincut mems responsibility and
80! hIis ana cons Gu"nt defiance and neglect bv
I S'b9rhihatch. Practical experiences ana ,ct M
oohhiliuha, however. probably VIII inJicaic lie
MtF. AtiIr me roads have been In operation
u.irgta ,anh iant" Will be dcmonstratcd The
| PROOF OF the pudding rs In. chewing Of ,o ;,..
year hence wc viii know far NOR. Than ~, r.;
npH, We arg c3pcrimch;ing We have no pre- :.
! precedent Tor The precise situation in which Tho
! accidents ana demands war and n; In -
aun tnb"adu"ni crcuInsianccH have macon no
li,'" ,one,inn - Telling ~ way and the plan OF
mi ms law really VIII % tentative. Ic IL work g
yin he odihed IL is not foT All Tim" a MG'' nd ~
n"hy herd despair II 1t looks ugly or works
| hIttr III. country has seen Tie cxislin., roads
sc,titd on hrin basis and adjusted so as 10 give
! E"nh slTo 10 thc public. fair payment TO la
% 1n 'n ~ ,nr r.tiu; to Investment. 1t win de-
ana "pening new fields shall he taken I'M nh
ARRANGED. That demand VIII be melted and made
! ,,fiT ny" ny thc dominant instincts Of self
and VII be needed. whether I, he necessary to
appcU again TO the spcculaIiyo spirit or a
IN" ""hc olhcT incentive equally effective.