The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-04-01
Urss Policy to Insure Best serv-
10 at Lowest Cost Consist.
snt With Fair Returns.
OPPOSE NATURALIZATION.
Representative Agricultural Organise
!. tisns and Rural Prsss State Farm
sr1 Attitude Toward Raiiroada
Want Private Operation.


under . policy Of government reguIa-
tea which will insure the best possible
service. ut the lowest cost consistent
with fair returns on money Invested Ia
them Is favored BY representative
farmer organizations throughout the
country. This policy also IL supported
generally BY agricultural newspapers.
which state emphatieaIiy that the
farmers are opposed not only to gov
ssaasnt ownership Of railroads, bat
aiss to all Standardization plans.
In q letter to the members Of the
United States Senate II. G. Attesen.
washIngtsn representative OF the Ma
tisssl Grssgs. which IL said to be the
largest Organisation Of lite kind In the
wsrld. representing more than tO0O,.
900 farm owners In the United States.
states that the agricultural Interests Of
the country approve OF private owner
ship Of the railroads and further de
clarcs that persons purporiing TO speak
for the farmers in support Of govern
! ment ownership are neither farmers
nor representatives Of any considers
1 Bile number of farmers.
!. Favor Private Operation.
4 'oThe Grange" says Mr.. Atkeson
quoting the official action Of his or
\ ganlzation, approves of the general
\ principles OF railroad legislation now
\ pending In Congress TO return the rail
4 roads to. their owners, TO bring about
:. the reorganization of the railroad com
panics into strong systems with CAPT
talzation based on actual value, ant
TO create a control commission which
may enforce the superior interest o.
the public to that of any other intcres
In the operation OF railroads as com
mon carriers and effectively protec
the public against exploitation or In
justice"
Many state aud sectional agricul
,ural organizations take n similn
stand. Immediately after the Nationa
Grange expressed its attitude towar'
TIE railroad question the American
Farm Bureau. meeting IN Chicago. vOt
ed for private operation. and the Ma
tionsi Earners' Congress, In session a
Hagerstown. Nd, voiced like sent
ments. The New York State Fedora
ton Of County Farm Bureau Organl
xations and the Indiana Federation o
Farmers went beyond that and iolne
The Grange In repudiating the alleges
farmer representatives In Washington
who said they spoke for an "ovel
whelming majority Of the farmers"
Urge Reasonable Returns.
The railroad policy favored by tn
Farm Bureau Organizations was sta
cd In the following resolution:
whereas, There have been coniilc
ing statements published regarding III
attitude OF farmers upon the questio
of the future ownership of railways
therefore be 1t
"Resolved, That the New York Stat
Federation Of County Farm Bureau Al
sociations. representing 10000 men
hers. in annual session at Syracuse,
Y, December 10, 1919, hereby indorss
tho action of the American Farm 81
: reau Federation In urging Congress
! promptly return the railways to the
. owners under such conditions as wi
: insure reasonable returns on the valu
Of the property and reasonable rates {
transportation throughout the couI
try"
Views Of Farmer Papers.
' The American Agriculturst stat,
editorlally that the farmers are idea
set against" the scheme to enrhesh II
farmers In the. web Of radicallsm
The Pennsylvania Farmer, discussir
the general demand for private oper
ton Of the railroads, says: 1T Is esp
ciaily true Of farmers, in spite Of Il
declaration Of q few would be leade
to the contrary" The Stockma
Farmer adds:
FARMERS almost unanimously a
prove the return Of the railroads nj
the express companies 70 their owner
The reason 10 mat fArMsrs, as well |
other business men, want service
these Institutions. and they cannot 6
such service under public operation |
they can get undeS the operation
corporations, which have direct ma
>t.t t~t>r..t n u>rNnvmins "