Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-03

mere fur or se-vIces y vo- s---
s-a-ve, Lhsre e 10 longer z Dem
cratic faru o. Eove--e--
The Cu-nEns b-l dea-s VIII rs
sz-1a-ioc ~ PROHIBITING strikes E2oE
the par If the uer 11d lockout
--,o1 -A5 part q tne employer. ne
T7ruvIsior Is -1-r-. That Ur - ecG-v-
als-t uus- be a-ac-ac : W zrE -
we Under Z government ~ lcw and
NOT by force. # -as e..zC---1e-- Of
-czs legislation means -c.---cad
STRIKE viii or without sympathy lei
= coEA. z soc2s1y Cannot s--v-vs
Lhst contest = Is nor worth --aserv-
III
The ElsLlo- presented ~ these
TWO provisions CT L1e C'GU--ns hi
rne -eveEua provision and -As STRIKE
provision, & Eliminating and s-z--as-
tive On Las one E1--eUe sLzn1s Nj
-4OTe-L-, stating thar his Eloz Pa
OK lay prey al hb-E1 Upon -he
people Of this COUNTRY aoe -24r IL
practical way ca1 De found Il eEec-
-Ively prevent l. Upon The cz.ae-
s1reue Is MI GonDe-s. asse-----E
rs -lgt- I'd demand and 1A-zL- run
he public whatever ns secs f. jus
WHARF, Il al TITS IL yg- AID : come
=" ."
Es saIz that tn coE---y was pass
NE through = stats CT soc-aL hys-er-
ICE GoG that h. doubted w!2@rl=r '--r=
campaign against ne so-caLeC ~ecs~
w0LId accomplish - rU--,oHe- AID
nE
NhG THIS County needs s less
talk and more work Le- Is STOP
l-vesL-a--g and cc-fa--1r- and %
soDs-Ecg The era g these
TWO PROVISIONS Il the CCl--s ban
would have & most wnoies1ue =
tec- upon the whole ra1l-oa5 s-rua-
rio1. indeed Epcc tbs wacle SOCIAL
s1--.a- la-. 1cr : would serve notice
upon Lhe extremists SO much Il ev3-
1-nce that -11s 1alo- Sill 1as 1ae
power Of constructive an seE-1-e-
-ec-vs legislation
II G4s-1ss1ng the New England
si1Ea-Ion Ar. P-oUTy saI5 that nc-
o1e q the New England railroads
was earning Anything Ike enough
&c pEy r.1e I--a-es- upor - morEzEe
Indebtedness.
H dealt a. fE-Ea win -ha Boston
& Maine railroad, sayls Interstate
commerce couUlssico Valuation
placed the Cost IF -e2ro6Q c-io- II
the systen OF June 30 III : less de-
p-ec1al0- ana pEus the press-- va1us
Of 1cs land I'll about s223. zoe. 09a.
TO HF n1na." ne wsn1 az. there
Is nc WY Y WITCH 70 take ezra OF
the Boston 4 Name and these other
Ines except by e increase Il their
Erose rsvs11es- Il The main TITS
Eusr crne Huu an advance Z their
transportation charges While L Is
Cae that bort passenger aoc freight
rates have been increased r Is aIso
-r1e that these rates are Still COZ
pGartgel5 low. Cas-. o: -anspo--z-
-ior has ordinarily increased less
than any ether considerable ns- II
cnst entering into 2 DanUeez curing
total
@Nar do believe that the business
Of View England would be ss-lcuslE
crippled by a further advance L
freight rates. provided that voC-
competitors were forced 70 bear the
same increase il their transportation
charges. Some Increase uls1 II my
cuEclnn be made That Increase
saori5 De Just as Little as L czI ee
and serve The purpose"
Upon the other hand = -hA raj
roads OF New England could be pEr
t--o as 3-gle u1--- that system could
stand OF al lines bringing traffic 70
tna confines Of New England. ona
arzans- the o-he- and Il addition
MGR. have the benefit e Canadian
competition r tne ROADS Of View
England were AZ Independent Evs-er
rhey cpuid perhaps De q more as
s,sraace n connection with voEr
wafer transportation n Il they we're
pos.d ID with other Ines Of rail
roads which ere competitors WITH
that ocean" III P-uury reiterated
nis belief wher he SAID he had sx-
pressed within a year a--sr he be
cHne a. member Of the Interstate
commerce commission quarter OF
a century ago that the only complete
solution Of rns railroad problem was
government ownership
"On March /" Re said private
operation enters upon IL nlaI rest
Z Il makes spoG. z VII became the
permanent policy Of this country. II
r fails. pubic operation Eas- come
! believe II VII fal brit hope Z VIE
succeed and VIII DO an Y III power j