Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1925, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. " PROPOSED RALWAY GIVEN DISAPPROVAL! ]. C. C. Experts Oppose Road Across Pennsylvania as Unnecessary. Interstate Commerce Commission experts today recommended disap- ¢ the proposal of the New rg and Chicago railroad new line straight across held by the experts who red to investigate the situa- the new road’'s showing of ¢ for the construction was on should be denied,” “but without prejudice with additional sup- rd that will give broader n to the public interest.” amission must yet act in the Loree Backed Road. The New York, Pittsburgh and atlon assumed impor- . Loree of the Dela- u o\\ that the pro- t advan ta s upon ¢ to effect that large investment re- of any pressing ermitted without the ation of the disadvan- the benefit of result. Joint prop: considerat " | operation by a new corporation unde such conditions, agreed to by tt riers or prescribed by the comm as would secure to the e g car- riers such measure of the of the new route as would capital by them and would at the line. 132 Taken for Intoxication Over the manufacture, with ists were arres! drunk during the two-day pe sale, pos ion, hor- | factus vy | public. n are shown i shown to his the ' eground. , zht. ess who the fun the comedy stunts to be nflwrwl by him and Alirock l'ur amus NATBNAL PHEATO Presi hary and is (wearing over- eping in trim for of this proposal. As an alternative to torship in the new lin should be given to i antages ent the imnecessary expenditure of additional same time secure to the public the doubted advantages the new line \uld afford. e New York Central, Pennsyl- and Balgimore and Ohio were igned in the commi pro- ceedings in opposition to the Loree 194 DRY LAW ARRESTS Week End. Arrests for offenses resulting from possession,* trans tion, sale and drinking of intoxi the 48 hours ending at | ock this morning numbered 194. | for intoxication led the list Pol : while | There es of | anu- | e 53 arrests on cl transportin and drinking liquor in Sejzures included four stills, | ¥ and an automo. of mash were Callor urite for The FH.S Q Smith Building. nO LOSS TO ANY INVESTO! Watches and clocks made in| America and sent to Great Britain in | the last six months numbered five times those in the first half-year of | 1924, First Mm'tg*‘ge Bonds Booklet N 1 mith Co. ‘815 Fifteenth Street R IN 92 YEARS You save the middleman’s profit when we 1 make the measure tory prices Fac- Let us cstimate! Main 4831 Main 8552 [830 13th St. N.W. | Phones W. STOKES SAMMONS, Proprictor Washington 7 Fastest Gy oweng Department S The New Winter heldon Many a diffident under-class-man sud- denly blossoms into a thorough “good when arrayed in his Sheldon mixer” Tuxedo. Correct, ers, Wlde, peaked tapering braided Men’s Shop, at 40 Tuxedo with wide should- lapels and slightly trousers. In the The IHecht Co. F Street at 7th C. 1925, MOXDAY, OCTOBER 35, “LET WASHINGTON DO IT” N IOWA shoe dealer writes —“There ought to be a law to limit the styles of shoes.” As a people, we have come to expect the Federal Govern- ment to perform economic miracles. “Pass a law” has become the national panacea. If we think the price of wheat is too low, we say to Washington—*Please raise the price of wheat.” If we think the price of sugar is too high, we say to Washington—*‘Please lower the price of sugar.” We ask Washington to lower the freight rates and in the same breath re- quest higher wages for railroad labor. We haven’t yet thought of a glorious third law compelling the railroads at the same time to pay higher dividends —and to pay them oftener. Aren’t we asking too much of our legislators? They are not supermen. The cynic says that the trouble with representative government is that it truly represents. It does truly rep- resent—and therein lies its great strength. But it can no more re economic law than it can repeal the laws of nature. WASHINGTON is just a great crosssection of American citi- zenry—hard-working, honest, doing its best under a deluge of instruction from all of us, the burden of which is —“There ought to be alaw . . .” Last year 100,000 new laws were proposed in this land of the free, where already there are 1,900,000 on the statute books. We have come to ask Congress to do everything from enacting a maternity bill to running a three-billion-dollar merchant marine. We forget that our forefathers who created the greatest form of Govern- ment of all time did not design that political mechanism to operate busi- ness enterptises. "The checks and balances, designed to protect political liberty, by their very nature prevent efficient operation of business projects. As Herbert Hoover puts it, “The Government lacks rapid- ity of decision.” Which is proper. It can’t cut corners. There must be de- bate. Even red tape. Business must make quick decisions. Yet we go blithely ahead, asking Washington to enter new fields of busi- ness activity. We forget that every entry requires more laws, more office- holders, more expense, more taxes. MORE important, every law which puts Government into business stnkes at that which has made this Nation great—individual reward for individual effort. Our national legislative mill will soon start grinding again. A large part of its grist, by far, will deal with busi- ness questions; your business and your neighbor’s. For this is an economic age—an age in which industry has become so inter- related that a law directed at one activ- ity extends out and on, affecting a score of others in unlooked-for industries and localities. AN IMPERATIVE need today is a better understanding of the grow- - ing relations between Government and business, and also a better appreciation of the dependence of every industry upon every other. NATION'S BUSL NESS is a magazine devoted to this end. It is published in Washington by the largest business organization in the country, and is founded on the belief that anything which is not for the public good is not for the good of business. That the value of NATION’S BUSIL- NESS is recognized by American busi- ness men is attested by this publica- tion’s growth. The circulation of NATION'S BUSINESS one year ago was 160,890. Today it is 200,947. NATIONSS MERLE THORPE, Editor l PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT WASHINGTON BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES -~