The New York herald., 1921-10-24

Farland. have found out just what
he did for Mr. Hearst in Boston.
have also found out just what he and
Mr.. Hearst did to the people OF Boston.
Mr. Hyian was absolutely right when
he promised Mr.. Shonts that Mr.. Mac
Farland could get, the fare raised for
the traction companies In New York.
That Is exactly what Mr. MaeFarland
did In Boston, only he never stopped
with cents. but kept on increasing the
fare until the citizens in that city now
pay 10 cents where they formerly paid
only cents prior to Mr.. Hearst's
benevolent interest In their welfare.
Hearst waged hts fight for a higher
fare through his newspaper, the Boston
American. There was no mask or pre-
tence about It up there. Mr. MacFar-
land carried out Hearst's orders there
just as Hylan carries out Hearsts or
ders here.
Let me quote from an editorial in
the Americdn--I mean Hearst's Boston
paper. not his New York paper. He is
playing deeper game down here.
Higher. Fare "Tair and Sound"
This editorial was published early in
1919, and 1t reads as follows:
1T Is not often that the American
finds itself able TO approve of any
editorial position which the Boston
Transcript takes, but the comment
which the Transcript made upon the
suggestion that the contract between
the State and the elevated concc m
Ing the five cent fare be abrogatsi
Immediately. and that the eleyat, I'd
be allowed to charge a higher fare.
with the consent Of the Public Ser
vice Commission before the we'll ma
tured plan of the Public Service
Commission for permanent solu-
tion of the street railway problem In
the metropolitan district is consid-
cred is SO fair and sound that .he
American is GLAD TO QUOTE IT.
WITH APPROVAL
This Is but one of "a long series OF
editorials which the American carried
that winter, and which finally induced
the Governor of Massachusetts to line
up with Hearst In urging that the five
cent fare be abolished and the trustee
system be Installed The IlegislatuIe
acted and passed the elevated punlic
control bill vesting power to operate in
five trustees, appointed by the Gov
ernor Of the State, with authority to
regulate the fare. These trustees took
office on July /. 1918. Their first act
was TO raise the fare In Boston to seven
cents. to begin on August !.
'Iiere is quotation from the Bosom
AaleIicGn of May 23. 1918. that shows
the part Mr.. MacFarland played in con-
sun,mating the Boston plan. 1t is iet-
ter from Gov. Mccall Of Massachusetts,.
The article in the American reads:
1.-The following letter was ~
ceived to-day by Grenville s Ma
- ,p1.jC
from Gov. Mccall: M
"'"NTY DEAR Mr.. MAcFARpAND: J
send you herewith one of the quills
with which I have just signed the
bill for public operation of the el'-
waited railway, I'm token of yojr
earnest, early and effective advocacy
of the bill. Very truly yours
"'"SAMUEL w. Mccall
There you have the inside faet9
There is the evidence that Mayor Hy.on
actually imagined he could get away
with a deal with Shonts whereby, in re-
turn for concessions on the part OF the
In'e.boruugt, Rapid Transit Company.
tho comIanys agreement to the trustee
system. car fares could be raised in this
,,iy from FIVE cents to seven Gems.
Mr.. HyIan and MIR. s5honts and their
fast secre' meeting with Mr.. M.luFcr-
land in August, 1913. according ID the
testimony. At that meeting, whsn
Mayor Hylan told the traction magnate
tla. Mr.. MacFarland would help him
get q scven cent carfare. those seven
cent carfares were already a fact In
Boston, due TO the assistance of this
same Mr.. mcfarland and mis- mighty
patron. Mr.. Hearst.
"Now, where does Mr.. .Hylan stand
with his parrot like cries of five cent
fare? We know that he has no consid-
Grafton whatever for our peoples suffer-
ings from the subway service jam. His
daily jaunts about town in an uphol-
stored limousine make Il impossible for
him to understand what 1t is to be 2
straphanger, jammed and huddled in a