The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-07-01

lhaL alter peace WAS declared
upon proclamation Of the presl.
dent The roads were to be return
ed to the PEOPLE, and that the
president had issued this procla-
nation He stated that the war
was over and that further exten
sion OF gov rnment control of
operation Of the railroads could
have been justified only as a
premise Tor final permanent gov.
etnmeht ownership Ut The trans
pottatlpn sis.em, which would
have cost the people as much as
lwenty billions OF dollars. With
an outstanding Indebtedness al
ready of s26, 900, coo, ,UU0. he sla.
ted That . uid not beIieve the
American people coula aIUrd TO
nave an additional twenty bli.
lions oi dolIars thrust upon them
adding that had h. been in favor
Vt government; ownership he
would have ied,to return toe
raj roads to lrivate owners hIp
because the government was NOT
able to buy them.
Mr.. Y enable said that there
had been much criticism oil The
railroad bill because it guaran-
teed certain per cent Ut return
10 the owners OF The railroads,
AMI stated that this criticism was
made 10y people who We're misin-
formed. lie declared thai this
was not the case, but that the
Interstate Commerce commission
had been directed by Congress TO
fix rates SO that the railroads un-
der wise and economical man
agement and operation would
earn a fixed interest rate, and
that if the roads did not earn
this rate, the government does
not make up the deficit. He sta
ted that if the railroads earned
lnore than a maximum interest
charge Of approximately 8 per
cent the commission would take
the surplus earnings and create a
revolving fund TO be used In
making loans to-Ieedy but wor-
thy railroad enterprises.
The speaker was emphatic IN
his opposition to the Plumb plan,
and declared that he would fight
it with all tie ability he possessed
as he conceived IL to be but a
move which would mean the
eventual soclalIz ton industry
Throughout the county, and II
view Of the example Of Russia,
he believed that this country
must not try The experlment d.
believed that tie type OF social
ism hat was tfJlng 10 gel u foot
nod through the Plumb plan
would euslave rather than Tree
he people, and he fell tnaU the
plan was contrary to The best IN
lerests Of this country aud would
fight Il as uc!t.
Russia was pointed 10 as to
what 1t would mean u lhlS cuun.
try. The effort OF a certain ele-
ment to have the government
take over the ruiiloa . ana tol
emp oSes 10 operate them was
socialism in its widest form, and
was simply a step toWares suclal
IZlng the governmtnI III this
country. A lnllhon aad q h Ii VI
the advocates Of lhe PlmnD plan
the socialists ard othe. had com.
bined 10 defeaf congressman VIII,
voted against the l'lumb plan
He was resdy for the fight how.
ever, 1t meant socialism and the
wrecking Of the home life, as
shown by Russia, where ali g
couple had to do was TO 90 and
say TO registrar that they were
married, and their names were
written on the book as such, and
then if either of them wanted tc
separate, they could 90 to the
same officer and so state the fact
aud they were divorced. A mai
could get new wife every day il
he wanted to, and the woman
could do the same thing as to a
husband.
The discussion of the soldier
bonus bill was next taken up by
Judge Venable, which he branded
as all attempt 10 get votes of the
soldiers BY pay ment OF a bonus.
1t was not TO go into effect until
1922, after the election, was d
fraud, and the republicans had
put congress under the gag RUE
not permitting any alteration OF
the measure or improving it;
furthermore IT only provided for
the payment of Is cents a day to
some OF the soldiers and Z cents