The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-25
Points Out the Bell System as Best Example of What Can Be Ac-
 compHshed.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
Reasonable Rewards to Be Given to All Those Engaged in Carrying
 on Work.

BOSTON, Jan. 24--Prcsident Theo- dore N. Vail of the American Tele phone & Telegraph Company is in cavor of a centralized control of he wire systems. He so states in Ia letter to John A. Moon, chairman )f the House Committee postoffices and postroads.
 We abstract from Mir. Vails let CT as follows:
 In the interests of the public ad vantage, the utilities should not be ,eturned to the owners without some correction of the existing deficien :ies in regulation and control.
 Unmodified Government ownership and operation is no solution because of the absence of essential factor to efficient operation, such as the continuity of administration and con sequent lack of opportunity for the full fruition of incentive and initia i've; lack of rewards both in large opportunity for promotion and such compensation as will retain those to the organization who have devel oped qualifications and accomplish ment, against the rewards afforded in private industry.
 Neither is unregulated or uncon rolled private ownership and opera ion a solution because of the oppor unity for selfish exploitation.
 Between these extremes there must be found a solution.
 There is, in my opinion, possi bility of simple, complete and sat sfactory solution.
 There is without doubt an oppOr unity for great piece of beneficial md co-ordinating all the various ex sting utility services, or those that gre complementary and supplement ary, into one of more well-balanced ,ystems and by combining in a di- 'ect manner and as fast as possible divorced from political or partisan IT class influence, the requisite pow 1T and authority of the Federal Gov 3rnment expressed in a mandate to aquilibrate revenue. operating costs md capital charges. with an operat ng organization, adapted to the re luirements of the service and based n the methods. which experience enterprise and operation in the indus rial world have shown to be effec i've. efficient and economical.
 Government control and regulatiop md restrictions need the same cure hat our utilities do-combination. coordination, co-operation-"on one sys em" interdependent and interrelat ng, with single or coordinated re ponsible control over all similar utilities. and over all the factors hat make for operation, for contin- iity, for permanence, for efficiency md success and above all there must re recognition of the fact that neith Hr labor, management nor capital g independent of the others, and hat neither can permanently get ny benefit at the sacrifice of others. nd that permanent maintenance Of ne~ot:n~ o"@arization depends rpor ~r""r"''N'a re'-"~'s for tho ac.ua' n'rtri'''t'"r c' "~c'' to the work
 Tie ide2l or ono wire sys.c9l. uni 'ersal (n""o~~N. in. o~9crcn9clt. in .crco"'r'.'-'o~4'~~ r-aor r~c control 'ras hoer c"-7istcr',~ rr~suod by nc Bel svs-cm. a-1'nst thc cry O. noao'oly an1 u-urr-''cI and charg 'T c' r'r'~'-~~~ioH ana socallcl com "''.'"r T''''s i1ell hac hccl com N'ctelv vindico 1ed '~ that one syster ' TOW recognized as the only meth for ~rehcnsive telephone scr "ice. cnd is now being urge.. on opposing systems, in5tead Of beinc opposed