Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1921, Page 4

2 - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©C., FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921 [ RAILWAYS MUST GO TO WALL ISSUES SMOKE WARNING. TRADF CONDITIONS [RATEWAYS MUST GO T0 WaLL S Is Rigidly Obeyed. Court ted from a buil the health office. An additional Inspector has been as- sizmed to enforcement of the Smoke !law. to make possible regular obser-| g after notice from iAppiic:mts for Auto Permits Face Quiz. Have You Done Your Share? = poHlealth Officer William . Fowier | Jations of aj} farge bulldings a4 18- Privates Milten D. Smith 898 B ns who have responde as issued a warning to the m r. Fowl de it <lear that gov-' Foley of the third precinc: have been i & Aze you che of the 4263 pecsons who hs 4 hp Citi agers of office buildings, commer crmment oniiatume. will Dt bb x| actatica to the trafie buseki MeSNE . Wages, General Expenditures. Inadequate to the appeal of the Associated Charities and the Citi- Bt Snd governmert hasGInst Tt | cmedt (oatlding L pot B S | detailed to the trafic buresy ut the R, = o v strict anti-s e s : = & - zens” Relief Association for more members and more e iy e the Xational-Capltals sy line clear| | 575 yiuaiey” in” examining appils . Receipts and Decreased Business Are motey? DeRurpsidisioccs fines Fiania : A e e = § r. Fowler, “the health department iles. ; Bales in Some Lines Improve, CEIpts has been lenient in enforcing the| )ETAILED TO MAYFLOWER. The new method of issuing these Nine thousand dollars is still needed to enable these | permits went into cffect today. Appli- smoke law, because of th < . 2 2 engineers and firemen thas t e qual-| Lieut. Clifford W. Leroy. Naval Sup- | cants will be required to answer ques- Factors in Present Crisis. & 3 et : . 3 ede But Buyers Strike” Is family welfare agencies to continue theig, work. 13" of coal was poor. due to War con- | ply Corps, in the bureau of supply | tions io show bhis ov her know iedge ' Still Felt, U. S. Agents Sa! 5 B owler satd e believes this| 210 accounts, Navy Department. has | § P N i Stiee the Sopil- elt, U. . Ag y. (Readjustment of labor's wages to meet|down. It will be possible to make a They need your help. condition no longer exi and for | been detailed as.supply officer of the cant to wive a demonstr of Return to normal trade conditions did not materialize during the month, although two or three industries showed Realthier activity, but this is attributed after-the-war coaditions mow looms as one of in the industrial life of saving on them, though it is likely to be gradual. There may be some Sav- ing later on interest rates, though many of the interest charges will re- main fixed, and also there may be a Will you give it by sending a contribution to Howard S. Reeside, 923 H street northwest? that reason will prosecute in Police | President's yacht, Mayflower. | abitity to operate the car. : ry—oo ? reduction in the taxes the roads have AN By the federal rescrve agents 1N Hhelr o e such a huge. number of persans; | Lo pay—but that, too, is in the dowbt-| b - : N\ Monthly .survey of business conditions | This is. the first of a series of articles which | ful realm. $ 1005-07 3 to temporary advances due to the spring ;:"lbmr will print on s vitally important | - Tht; roads are pla:nlng_lher;{or& B — e 616 I7th St', N season. Commerce is apparently wait- cut in wages as the main reduction z N §he Tarther Gevelopments pefore moving in_expenditures. They are seeking |determined to bring about a cut in|prescribed in the transportation act. | o o P to anything like normal conditions, the BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. direct reductions in wages and the|wages The Alabama, Birmingham | whereupon the labor board handed South of enna. N reports indicate. abandonment of the so-called “na- down a decision that the Erie was N\ Without exception, the board's ob- » mervers reported that the so-called buy- ers’ strike, felt first last summer, still &howed an almost solid front. So great has been the influence of the public's Tefusal to buy at high prices that where heavier sales are reported in wholesale and retail trade they are ascribed wholly to local conditions. Gain in Employment. The only optimistic expression wa@n ‘connection with the employment sltua- tion, which, the review said, reflected ‘ elightly improved conditions during the last thirty days, attributed to the in- creased seasonal activity in three lines ¢ 9f manufacturing. . Reports from reserve banks touch- . Mg agricultural communities indicate ¥that the cry of the farmers for labor t4s being answercd by persons driven ©ut of cities through unemployment. ¥ere again, however, future condi- tions could not be forecasted by ¢ #8ents of the board because of uncer- tainties in gegeral conditions. Reductions in wholesale prices con- “tinued during March, and on thi | the board declared that post-war re- ;Bdjustment had got been completed, $ut declined to hazard a guess as to Sow long prices might continue to j9drop. In retail stores the drop has €30t been as rapid as in wholesale {trade, but reports indicate the retail lecline has been steady. Liquidation Continues. The combination of conditions in #11 lines has forced a continuation of Jiquidation, it was stated. Frozen |tives—that with proper cuts in ex-|should be by the railroad executives. N credits. continue to be released, yet|Penditures for material and interest |Labor contends, for instance, that the < N there was only a slight reduction in |the roads could be made to pay for |roads are taking money from one = . . N the total amounts of bank credits out- | themselves. pocket and putting it into another when We dlrect attqntlon to a N N - standing. It is unthinkable that thetranspor-|they pay huge sums for' supplies ob- N N “An attitude of greater. hopeful- /. mess on the part of the business com- {* munity and the expression of opinion {ion the part of commercial e W Ho leaders that distinct improvement in domestic conditions is in sight,” the board said, *represents a forecast rather than an ®mnalysis of actual fact GEN. BEACH HONOR GUEST. Gen. L. H. Beach, chief of engi- meers of the Army, was the guest of honor at the nineteenth annual ban- Guet of employes of the engineering branch of the War Department, at the Hadleigh Hotel last night. John F. Brady was toastmaster and speeches were made by Gen. Beach, Col. C. O. Sherrill, Maj. Charles Garlington and Gilbert M. Eiseman. An interesting program was given, including vocal and instrumental music and char- acter sketches. Abe Martin Says: (Copsright, 1921, by The Washington Star.) The railroads of the United States un- der existing conditions are failing make their receipts cover their required expenditures with a fair return on the capital represented by the value. If this condition is allowed to continue they must ultimately go to the wall. An examination of the conditions to- day and the results obtained by the roads leaves no other possible deduc- tion. Three factors of utmost importance are crushing the railroads. They are (1) expenditures, (2) inadequate re- ceipts, and (3) greatly decreased business. Over these factors the roads themselves have no final con- trol. The United States railroad labor board, created by the transpor tation act of 1920 and supported by public opinion, controls the greates single expense of the roads—wages. It is estimated now that over 60 cents out of eve dollar taken in by the roads goes into wages. The receipts of the roads are con- trolled by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which fixes the rates for freight and passenger service. The business of the roads is con- trolled by the general economic con- ditions prevailing throughout the country and the world, The contention of labor and advo- cates of government ownership, how- ever, is that the roads are not operated economically by the execu- tation system of the United States shall fail. The very life of the coun- try depends upon transportation. In the end, the force of public opinion will settle- the problem of the rail- roads, which has a vast number of angles, as it settles all other great problems that arise here. Loss Is Very Considerable. Today the roads are in private ewn- ership. They were returned by the goVernment to their old owners March 1, 1920, after a period of govern- ment operation lasting for two years and two months, the war period. The government operated the roads at a lose estimated at $600,000,000 for the last year of government operation. The private managements during the year since they received the roads back have operated them also at a loss. The exact estimate is not ob- tainable, but the loss is very con- siderable. Whether_ the railroads remain in private ownership or are taken over permanently by the government, some one has to foot the bifl for their operation. Merely because the gov- ernment owns the roads will not mean that the bills are not to be paid. If the roads do not make enough money to pay for their opera- tion and the interest on.the money invested, then, in the event of gov- to| N tional agreements” entered into with or organizations during the hich fix the working condi- provide for standardization ge scales the country over. n the other hand, is girding up its loins for a finish fight over the proposed reduction in wages and the elimination of national agree- ments. The national agreements many of the workmen look upon as a kimd of “bill of rights” of railroad labor, whose rejection would be a deadly blow. This phase of the rail- road problem is assuming tremendous proportions. Labor leaders insist that if the national agreements are done away with nothing can prevent the men from striking, with a nation- al -disaster as the consequence. The railroad executives, some of them, at least, do not believe that there would a nation-w i uch a strike should occur, not be sustained by an enraged pub- Labor Points to Wrongs. The contention of labor is that it is entitled to the wages it now re- ceives, capacity of the transportation fn- dustry. At least, that is the view taken of the situation by the railroad managers, who insist that this is a false premises,” and that no industry could be operated successfully on such a principle. But labor is mot willing, for is part, to admit that the railroads are operated as economically as they tained from supply companies which are practically owned by the roads, to the detriment of the public and the workers. Labor contends. too, that the railroad managements are taking this opportunity to rout as far @s possible labor unionism, that the elimination of the national agree- ments is part of a campaign t6 dis- credit and dislodge unionism. To this contentjon the executives stren- uously demur. The financial situation of the roads can be judged from the statistics of receipts and expenditures. Figures make dry reading, but they tell the story. Take the year 1917, the last year of private operation of the roads, before they were taken over by the government, and the year 1920. Total operating revenues in 1917 were $4,- 050,463 total operating expenses, $2,858,212,210; taxes amounted to $182,778,423 and uncollectible accounts to $614,726; the net operating income was $974,778,937. In 1920 it has been necessary to estimate figures for the last quarter, but it is shown that the total operating revenues amounted to $6,225,402,762; total operating ex- penses, $5.826,197,474; taxes amounted to $281,380,620 “and 'uncollectible ac- counts to $1,226,574; with other de- ductions necessary, the net operating income amounted” to only $62,264,421 for the year. Practicajly all of the roads have and Atlantic went into the hands of a receiver, and the receiver undertook to reduce wages forthwith, although the transportation act specifies the manner in which wage reductions are to be brought ahout. The men went on strike. Under the transportation act, the roads must first seck to ad- just wage differences with their em- ployes. If they fail, then the rail- road labor board must be appealed to. The decisions of the labor board, however, are not legally binding. The power of public opinion s depended upon to enforce its decisions. How great is this power of public opinion, however, can be understood when_the case of the Erie road is der. None of the roa by actin, not stand in the courts. Now in the way specified by the act. The labor board is face to face a tremendous task—two tasks, in matter of the national it speedily. It will be put to irrespective of the earning|- considered. The Erie recently under took to reduce wages peremptoril without going through the formula gress. TYLES may come and/ styles may go, but the Shepherd check goes on for- ever! particularly special offering at $35—single and double breasters. Not forgetting the smart Brooks model. The Tashion Shop acting in violation of the law, and the | Erie rescinded its wage-reduction or- s want to arra the feeling of the public against them in violation of the spirit of the transportation act, even though the decisions of the labor board might Erie and many other roads are going about the matter of wage reductions the first one being a decision in th agreements and the second the award in the many Wwage issues that are sure to come to test as to whether it is possible for it to function as intended by Con- ! Pa. Ave. the with fact 7222 the W, % 7227, W 727 With a 1,000 Pairs ".Fine Worsted, Flannel and Cassimere MAN’S STORES We Give the Values and Get the Business THE “BIG SIX” For a Busy Saturday 500 Sterling Young Feller and Conservative SPRING SUITS 53375 Beautiful Line of Elegantly Tailored and Trimmed Garments, Sizes 33 to 46 ” Here We Go Again! $ Sale of Avenue W) 95| TROUSERS [w=z=a| ernment operation, the government will have to make up the deficit. That UPTOWN: DOWNTOWN: e A L . Fitteenth nd O Strosts NI thd 2, ifers out_ ol fthe taxpayary’ P Next to Keith' . Cra P criticism naturally arises that the (GRANULES) ~_ o : P Tre“n'ry ‘Wash aptonal :;nd and non-traveling public helps to pay the | l o 3 road: transportation bll of the travelers For INDIGESTION Rochester Tailored-Clothes T 1l Bav! and the non-shippers help 4 Of C h W ll bills for the shippers. Manhattan Shirts . Interwoven Hose ourse ey 1 uy. On the other hand, if the bills of the roads are to be paid under private ownership, receipts must be increased or expenditures decreased. Rates are high today—higher than it was ever imagined they would be. The railroad ISNBARS QUICK RELIEF! at the Right Price ALSO IN TABLET FORM nagers have no idea of asking for N NEW SPR’NG fr‘.:rea.ud rates—or that they would MADE BY SCOTT & BOWNE 4 \\ ; . be granted. They do intend to cut M'Axmlor = % $ down expenditures. And right there SCOTT'S EMULSION 10 N is where labor steps in. §\ Problem Is Finaneial. | \\\ The problem of the railroads today § $ is, first of all, a financial problem. But the labor problem looms up as the crux of the entire situation. Solve it and the financial problem of the roads will be solved in large part. Nearly two-thirds of the gross earn- ings of the railroads are paid out in Other large expenditures are upplies, including coal, steel rails, ties, rolling stock, etc., and for interest on the money invested in the 108 The prices of coal, of -steel rails and other supplies are coming SPECTAL NOTICES. WANTED _ADDRESS OF ANY PARTY WHO witnessed the accident to 16th st. bus at 16th and V sts. n.w, March 9, Address Box 28-E, Star office. THAT mxgflgfl WANT Pearlman’s Book Sl:fip 933 G St. NW.’ It not in stock we gan, get it on short mnotice Open Evenings Now that capital an’ labor are lin’ ther interests how would + it do fer th’ public an’ state melishy t’ git t'gether? * Next t’ bein’ a travelin’ um- breller mender nothin’ pays + poorer returns than spite work. Copyright National Newspaper Service. SPECIAL NOTICES. Jesus will wait on some Christians here- after.”” Paster E. Hez Swem Sunday night. large chairs (men like them): auditorium re- decorated and carpet: organ. Centen- t. Ch., 7th and Eye n.e. JTAVING SOLD_ THE SHOE-REPAIR SHOP 61 Dix st n.e., I assume all prior debts there- of and will pay just sccounts presented at 57 X st ne. EUG W. JUNTA. e H K WO8D. DESTIST, Dow located a G st. n.w. Phome M. 5798. $2.89 GOING LIKE HOT CAKES! 300 Suits $l. 89 all the new shapes all the new shades To The Merchant ‘Who Wants a Permanent Location on G Street Northwest 1. 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