The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-26
THE PLUMB PLAN.

There are some curious things
about the Plumb plan for re'or
carnations of the nation s trans
portation system. In the first
place, it provides for government
of the roads, which, OF
Eourse means that the people will
WIN them. For some reason I'M
explained, the master mind which
cAcocted the scheme allows the
peple to be represented by five
of Ne fifteen directors who are
to Ave charge Of the big ma
chino
No\ we are wholly at loss to
underNnd why the owners
should\e allowed any voice at all
in the Management of the thing.
The deA people, you see, are
nothing bre than the proprietors
OF the c%ern and why in the
samhill slNld they have any
thing to sy about the running
of it2 TrG they are also the
users oil 1t, paying fares and
freight charS, and they must
foot any taXSill which may be
necessary IN King over and OPP
Grating the Inn but why should
little thing " that give them
any right to hA a say-so about
it? Mr., PllmNas been guilty
of an act of nj rdonable gen
eroslty IN perml@g the people,
who are merely \e owners. to
have five DIRECTORY
We gather from y remarks of
Mr.. Plumb and thd who advo-
cate his plan that THEW scheme
is to be a boon to ri Aoad work
ers, by rising their Ages. while
at the same time rat@are TO be
reduced and the pAc is TO
share in the profits ofb estab-
lishment. Probably yd,can flo
ure out for yourselfbow all |
these things are to be me bit
we arc unable to eXplainA unless
it is to be accomplished w tbe |
clever little device knowbs the |
simple twist of the wrist The |
information we get is At in
countries whore the govcAnent
owns the roads rates are leAer
and wages lower TIM they d in
America but is that any reon
why we shouldn't try to depn-
strate that the system Will Srk J
the other way in this couny?
The experiment couldn't st
more than a few billion dolls
and whatell do we care for k
penses.
Mr.. Plumb would have UNI |
Sam borrow 4 per cent money
buy the roads but what assuran
has he that anybody will buy
per cent bonds at present or
the near future? Your Uncle Sail
had to raise a vociferous patriotl
roar to get money at something
like that figure to run the wan
and with Liberty bonds below
par, it may be seriously doubted
there would be any bar
gain counter rush to buy his rail
road bonds.
Now, pray, don't get the idea
hat we are passing on the merits
IF Mr.. Plumb's S plan or anybody
Else S scheme for solving the rail
road problem. We confess that
We don't know any more about
he profound mysteries of rail
'oading than we do about run
ing a peanut stand and hence
We hesitate to hand down de-
ision which would affect the well
are of the whole country. The
mere fact that a few million 9th
r fellows have off-hand opin-
ons on a subject to which they
ave never given more than fif-
cen minutes serious study
oesn t make us any more willing
. wade into it and decide the |
natter before we know anything
bout it. In the meantime you
ill pardon us for musing on
ome Of the curious points about
lr. Plumb plan while we arc
seking more light. and, paren-
letieally, we believe this is a
lirly safe attitude for Mr.. Aver
ge Citizen to assume instead of