Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1921, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921 ‘ b 5 LABOR BOARD IN FIRST DEFINITE R s e STEPTOSOLVE RAILROAD PUZZLE [ S5t § PRE-WAR PRICES g I( e ha e better. The Senate m slzo G fm . A ' President Hamear ldeas on’ ' $85 At 8:30 v = Subject—Securities Holders' Plan. What Congress Can Do. ‘ 2 : It With Any Other Talki coal producers general Compare It “A“.b. ‘h | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Copyright. 1921, by The Washington Star. (‘";“,“i;:’pz:li“l'o rate (This in the concluding article of & mries on | rates are more than LET US DEMONSTRATE ONE IN YOUR HOME the acute railroad and railrad labor prob- | bear, in many instances. and must i | Reasonable Terms to Swit lems. | be reduced Your i Remedies for the railroad situation| It is extremely doubtful that the HARRY C. GROVE, In P ;| situation can be helped by further in this country ‘are offered on every, b e e { side. The doctors dissgree. however, jeEialation by Congress, e L e more economical and e t treatment. p e : sac 3 O The hetion of the. Railfond Labor | ion now on the ‘statute books. The plan the existing machine: Waskiagten's Origiaal Columbla Stere 623 Pa. Ave. S.E.,, 1534 Tth 5. N. W. 1830 14th St. N.W. ineficiency of railroad management during federal control and since. . In the maze of charges and counter- | Charges by the railroads and the | workers as to the reasons for the | to- start immediately, will focus pub- lic attention on these questions, and | fil =hould mesult in benefit. It is expect - + | ed the charge by the railroad work- ers that the roads have given con- tracts for repairs to rolling stock | I und locomotives to concerns in which | {the directors of the railroads were financially interested, thereby putting | money into the pockets of these men will ‘be well ventilated. The men n insisted that this work could en more economically done in 0ad shops. ional Association of Owners o Iroad Secu of which S. Davies Warfleld is president. besides conferring with the railroad work- ers. has put forward a definite plan i which the representatives of the as- We Pay 3% Interest Newcomers - in Washington On Savings sociation contend will bring about are cordially invited to open theiraccounts here. | farmers. for instance, thmough their | v abrogating the so- | Sk portation is to be co-ordinated Efl?:g )ne:i‘:;r:fiyn‘:raemfis. iuverlnx“"fl’;"‘"lw“- are asking for the re- through the organization, by act of railroad employes beyond the train- | Peal of tome sections of the trans. | (UOBER (he ofkanization. | railway men, providing that conferences shall | POTtation act of 1920. particularly that | sarvice. = A& an agency: First. to be held upon wonking rules by the Which provides that the Interstate purchase cars.and other equipmens roads with their men, is the first|Commerce Commission shall fix rates | to be furnished to the railrouds on definite step looking to a clearing up [N freight and passenger transporta- | 4n economical basls, without profit: of the situation. tion that will enable the roads to| gecond, as a means for co-ordinating In the first place there are the rail-| €arn 5! to 6 per cent. road executives, who say they can run What Congress Can Do. the roads at a profit if only the gov-| But there is one thing that the ernment will Keep hands off. They|legislators can do. and Senator Cum. will cut wages and reduce other ex-|mins of lowa, chairman of the inter: penses until their expenditures have|state commeree committee of the Sen- once again come within their receints. | ate, proposes fo do it Thes con bomd | Then ther~ .ce the railroad work-|a Come in—introduce yourself to any of our offi- ‘ cers and give us the opportunity of looking after * your financial wants. facilities and service. The legisla- tion to carry this plan into effect is asked of Congress by the association. | | The advocates of the plan claim j that by pooling these various inter- ests and operating in an efficient manner, {t will be possible to s: the roads millions of dollars annua Branches: . FEDERAL NATIONAL BANK Southeast Corner Fourteenth and G Streets Originators of the Monthly Statement System in Washington who are demaunding that the Plumbiing the last vear—the year In whi plan for government ownership of|they have apparently fallen by the the roads, with the men having a say { wayside o far as making ends meet | in the operation. Many persons out-|financially. As a matter of fact, the | side of the railroad workers—persons | railroad executives have put forward | Wwho believe that all public utilities| many interesting studies to show that | should be owned und operated by the(in efficiency the roads have beey government—are supporting the gov- | making great strides since they were ernment ownership plan. KAPLOW ITZ bros returned to private ownership. But Presents for Children. In between these extremes is to be found a great mass of citizens who desire to see the railroad problems worked out along other lines. The public is interested principally in seeing a reduction in freight rates and passenger fares. Thefe also are many thousands of persons. who are interested in seeing that the stocks and bonds of the roads do not be- come valueless. They are the own- ers of these securities, and also hold- ers of life insurance policies in in- the exeeutives hawe been among the first to sound the.warning that the roads cannot hope to continue in op- eration unless they are enabled to make enough money to pay their ex- penses and their interest charges. The resolution which has just besn introduced by Senator Cummins pros Poses an investigation to ascertain the causes of the extraordinary cost of maintenance and operation of the roads from March 1, 1920, when the| roads went back to private owner- ! 721 Ninth Street N, W Adjacent to The Rialto sdarancel_companies thal“own ilarEcisninjiito: Marchti) 19215 the. taoion /o2 blocks of rallroad bonds If the se-|(he diminished volume of tramMe in curities owned by these companies 80| the latter part of 1920 and the first down in price, the insurance com-|ponths of 1921 and the efficiency or — 27C 1he efficiency or panies suffer, and through them the policyholders. Security Owners Act. For the first time in history there has been recently a concerted move on the part of security owners of the railroads to seethat the roads are oper- | : Model Costume Suits »Mddels Sfor Women and Misses ated advantageously. In the past it has ltoo ‘often happened that railzoad Only the Better Grade companies, and big systems, were the 2 plaything of the financlers—men who Prompt Delivery manipulated the stock market and made money in their gambling ope- rations rather than from the rafl- road properties. The association of railroad security owners, represent- ing the owners of some $12,000,000 worth of securities, so they claim, has undertaken to deal with the railroad workers, seeing that the raliroad executives apparently were getting nowhere, but heading for a deadlock in their dealings with the men. This effort of the owners of the rail- road securities is regarded by many as one of the hopeful signs in the sit- uation. Another is the manner in which President Harding is going about dealing with the controversy between the roads and the men. President Harding is one of the great- est conciliators that ever sat in the White House. He has the faculty of getting men together. and getting them to settle their difficulties. For instance. after his nomination at Chi-|“Products from Farm to You” cago. the democrats hoped and hoped again for a split in the republican s ! TURD ! Y B. J. Werner 912 New York Ave. PHONE FRANKLIN 7626 “Gro-Nups” Shoes Formerly Up to $195.00 More Brand-New Novelties In HERE'’S something entirely different about these T “Gro-Nups.” Not “stamped out” by the thou- sands like the ordinary boys’ and girls’ shoes, but distinctly original styles adapted for juvenile wear from our newest fashions for men:and women. 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He said in his ‘ilmlm of the transportation prob- ems: “Ifi we can have it understood that Congress has no sanction for govern- ment ownership, that Congress does not levy taxes upon the people to cover deficits in a service that should be self-sustaining, there will be an build. me is halted and production dis- o Railway rates and costs of tion must be reduged.” ile the President does not out- course that must be undertaken. If his suggestion is carried out it ix likely to mean some reduction in.pay to the railroad workers, including a paring down of the salarieé of the ! ’ higher paid officlals, and also in- creased economy in the operation of the railroads by the railrbad execu- tives. It may become his task to pre- vall upon the workers to accept a re- uction. i Ralilroad freight rates have been re- | vised upward to such a point that the rates have brought about a re- duction in transportation business—a very large reduction, according to the shippers. The railroads do not admit this generally, though they do admit that the increases have cur-! , tailed the long, hauls and interfered somewhat with business, But the farmers out in Kansas. and in other states are clamoring because they csnnot move their products, they say, without a great expense that spelis an actual loss to them. The lumber manufacturers on the Pacific coast are “¢lamoring because of the high rates on their commodities, and the the purchase, shipment, blend- Wilkins Perfect Blend Cof- fee. ; who enjoy good coffee attest to the superior merits of Wilkios Perfoct Blend Coffee “Famed For Its Flavor”’ SPECIALS To Introduce Our Pastry Department LARGE moirt P Fsr2sk, e, have | LAYER CAKE, "DANISH R 483" S men s el | COFFEE CAKE, C 1334-36 G Street 1338 New York Ave. 75¢| Farms Lunch “THE BANTAM” 1332 G Street Private Dining Rooms for ot - KAPLOWITZ 721 Ninth Street NW. 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