New-York tribune., 1921-05-17
Willard Fears
Ind of Private
|RailOwnersllip
!, 4 O. Head Declares 1t
: Cannot Survive if the
Costs and Incomes Re
main in Present Ratio
,,onoses Raise in Rates
e.,ls Senate Committee us.
Control and Operation
Have Proved Ineffective
rs. Tr5sne's Wash9notan Bmreau

i Have Proved AueuGCNiVe
-, Tr45ane's Wdsh}notos Bssreaa
rvasHINGT0N, May Is. -- Private
...s;p Of railroads cannot survive
=. casts and the incomes remain in
!, ,resent proportion. Daniel Will
- president of the Baltimore &
y, declared to-day at a hearing be-
y he Senate Interstate Commerce
q Willard also declared that rail-
,sts levels should not be raised TO
s Int I where traffic is retarded. ''It
I. ?: not necessary TO do this before the
and 1t is not necessary now" he
sal "a. .oon as the revenues and operat-
I .osts Of the railroads can be
rrst 70 a proper relationship the
J '''p-esS problem SIS it presents itself
80 s.~ viii have been largely, 4 not
s-~S s..~slv. solved" Mr.. Willard con-
lssuh gs held that the roads could be
.-.ts5 more effectively under private
.s.-scerent than under Federal con-
prnises Esch- -Cummips Law
:, .his connection he said:
n has been claimed ny some that
=, -zilroads under private manage
- cannot be operated so effective
,-,.a whole and consequently cannot
.,,s,rrt as large 8 measure of service
I, me public as could be done with
Z. sawe facilities under Federal own
.,,bin or control The faIlacy of that
.-san,ert is clearly demonstrated by
ss tset that during the year ended
rsesrber 81, 1920, the more than 1900
i.sarendaut railroad companies in this
.-sntrv reporting 70 the interstate
smmerce Commission were able so to
'sssriinate their efforts that they
S.r9Ied during the year 5000, 900
ID ton miles more than they ever
Isdled before in the same length of
me This effective coordination on
4, psrt Of the carriers was made pos
sle BY the Esch-Cumins Act"
gr Willard said the net ton miles
= 1925 totaled 49.292. .355 600, or an
srsase Of 53,613.303.271, or 1855 per
..st compared with the total for 1919.
Passenger miles totaled 46,724,S80.O00,
. 3 see,5T6260 more than in 1919, while
,asenger train miles increased 4.66 per
cat
THE tonnage handled in 1890" Mr..
Wizard said, 'was the largest in the
ssory Of the railroads, being 9,000,-
5000 ton miles IN excess of that
inied in the year 1918, when, owing
F. the nature of the business and the
Extraordinary measures taken, the
|gsatest tonnage moved up to that time
ss transported.
. 'The increased expenses for 1920 are
rsundly accounted for as follows:
Per cent.
screass In basis Of cost,
lsso over lsls. -. ss77 400 ooo-1s.ss
:ormsd, 1890 over 1918 4os, 500. ooo-11. ss
Total ..............31.s69. 900. o.ooo-31-12
Blames Federal Operation
After providing ror the increased
Aasis Of costs in the way of increased
rses Of pay and increased prices, the
s3titionsI increases in expenses in
M wer 1919 are not out of line with
hs Increased service performed-in
ICED it appears there was q measure
d economy. That the increased bust
zy vas not productive of an even
Anger proportion of net was due in
ai TO the handicaps encountered by
IeasOn Of the so-called outlaw strikes,
be necessity to relocate equipment,
Fith consequent increase in empty car
mileage and the fact that 2 large num-
|leF Of cars were not in condition to
spsrste and an even greater number
we're not in condition to handle the
Character Of traffic for which they were
sagned."
Nj. Willard said neglect of main
finance during Federal control was
aspOnsble mainly for the large num-
aF Of bad order cars. now estimated
4 about u per cent Of the cars on the
|Aes.
Nr Willard replied to statements
Eat the cost Of shipping wheat from
hgsntina to New York is less than TO
aaip it from Kansas City to New York.
" said the Kansas City to New York
$50 included milling in transit"
airgea and il the cost Of sending
~ argentine wheat out of New York
y mill and back again in the form of
NaF to New York were taken into
sseunt the charges were greater on the !
hgentina wheat.
Gives Figures on Wheat
De aaid the charge on q bushel of |
'asat from Kansas City to New York, !
aiading milling in transit" charge, |
as SS,6 cents. He added:
me average haul in Argentina is |
Iah ii1ty TO 800 miles, which would (
asSn tnat the average rail rate on
ss'ansl OF wheat is i01 cents before |
! !. ssstaai!y ~ got TO port for shipment |
' view York. The ocean rate is 1876 /
I. ;sa:s 6ushel while insurance would /
: m.Iseqr-tenths Of cent a bushel That !
sa5a WI mean that by the time the wheat /
,.saed ,,.s'f. New York the costs of trans /
%aEon ,...a would be approximately PAL {
eats q bushe.
! mere are no -four mills to be found /
! !, Ne" York. so by the time the /
"a - could be transported to some /
~ 49,, "aere mills are located there |
ss.la ~. De an additional cost of 12.4
s'sa' ~ and to transport the -four back /
! NV. .e@ York another 12.4 cents. AS /
!, 's.1' w. |nle wheat could be delivered (
/ IuIr IN New York for 1876 cents a
.sHsi y. from Kansas City, the total /
"a "a ~ 81 bringing wheat from Argentina /
q ueiiVerlng 1t IN New York in the /
''Pe o. aour would be 439 cents"
!, Predicts End of Roads (
VA ,ss,A1SIBINGTON, May Is (By The Asso-