Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 329, 3 December 1918 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND I'ALLADaUM AND btfiVlKLKUKAM 'i ULbDAY, DEC. 3, 1918

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

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The President's Message President Wilson's message to Congress is a disappointment to those who were expecting a masterly solution of after-the-war problems. The only big problem discussed is that of the railroads, and on this topic the president merely advocates that they revert back to private ownership, and that Congress at once take up a study "of the question. The'nation expected an exhaustjve discussion of the many factors involved in trying to restore the carriers to private ownership after months of federal control. The president says: "I frankly turn to you for counsel upon it. I have no confident judgment of my qwn." His tribute to the American soldiers and noncombatants for their whole-hearted co-operation in fighting and in producing the weapons of war is a sincere expression of the president. It is worded in the masterly style of the chief executive. This high sentiment is weakened considerably by his explanation of why it is necessary for him to attend the peace conference. He offers no reason why the senate was completely ignored and why he, single-handed and alone, must shoulder the whole responsibility of the momentous factors involved in drawing up the final terms of the treaty. If the American people, on his own admission, unflinchingly supported him during the war period, it would seem appropriate and fitting that the president would consult their wishes regarding the peace terms, or at least show them the courtesy of respecting the body to which the 'founders of the republic entrusted treaty making authority.

Public Ownership No Panacea Under this caption the Indianapolis Star discusses government ownership of railroads, reciting the experience of European governments with railroads, and concluding with the proposition that private ownership of railroads in America with sensible regulation is preferable to federal control. The editorial follows :

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, speaking before the

Institute of Arts at Columbia University, sound

ed a note of warning against government owner

ship and control. He explained that government

ownership tends toward inefficiency and char acterized as enemies of liberty those "whose in

terests lie simply in extending the activities of government so as to embrace all industry." The problems he discussed are not untried and should

be viewed in the light of experience elsewhere. Canada, our next door neighbor, has had bit

ter experience with government ownership. It

recently has been forced, as a war emergency measure, to extend its railway holdings, but that was not from preference on the part of the people. The government lent its credit to the promoters of some of the great lines that were extended into the unsettled Northwest. Then the war came and killed the business those roads planned to get and the government had to step in to protect the tens of millions it already had invested. Canada years ago spent millions of dollars in the construction of lines into the maritime provinces and later leased those lines to private corporations to operate. Manitoba became so obsessed with the public ownership idea a decade or more ago that the government took over the elevators for the farmers and took over the telephones in the province. The experiment was a failure in each case and both the elevators and the telephones were turned over to private operation. .The experience of European nations that have tried government ownership of railways has been almost uniformly disappointing. The governsome years before the war took over the Western Railway of France and at the end of four years the net revenue had fallen to $5,350,000. The lowest any year under private ownership was $13,750,000. Belgium had under discussion in 1914 the proposal to turn its state railways over to private corporations in the interest of efficiency. The government railways in Russia, in Scandinavia and in other parts of Europe never were conducted as effectively as similar roads under private ownership. American advocates of government ownership cite the low fares on some lines in congested areas. Those are third-class fares. First-class costs as much or more than in this country. Americans would not stand for third-class nor the quality of service that is given on the governmental railways of Europe. This country has the greatest network of railways in the world. We have enjoyed rates and service that are marvels to strangers from abroad. All that was developed under competition and by business rivalry. Much of the progress our railways made was in the face of hampering legislation from states and nation. The railways should not be permitted to do as they please, but if they are given a square deal, as business institutions, they will provide better service and at less cost than the public can hope to get from the numbing influence of bureaucratic government ownership.

Courtesy

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From the Los Angeles Times.

AM just finding out the big reason for the success.

or certain pusiness men, remarKea a "cud re

porter of Los Angeles. "In one word it is courtesy.

As a rule the big man that I go to for information is the very soul of kindness. Sometimes I have asked very simple Questions of clerks and office boys and have been insulted for my pains, but I have seldom been rebuffed by a clerk's employer, even when I have asked apparently embarrassing questions. I do not think this is because

clerks and office boys are at heart any worse than their employers, but it is probably because the latter, having had more experience, have learned that it is good busi

ness as well as a source of great satisfaction to be polite." The "cub" is right Moreover, courtesy in the office boy is a mighty good start toward the position occupied by his boss.

Dinner

"Shut that door!" yelled the rough man. "Where were you raised, In a barn?" The man addressed meekly and silently complied, but the speaker looking at him a moment later observed that he was in tears. Going rver to his victim he apologized. "Oh, come," he said soothingly, "you should not take It to heart because I asked if you were raised in a barn." "That's it, that's it." sobbed the other man. "I was raised in a barn and It makes me homesick every time hear an ass bray." The painter Raphael was busy at work when an impecunious confrere entered hastily and said: "You remember that florin 1 just borrowed from you?" "Yes, I do. I am surprised that you do. though." "Well, I came to say I need another. That was insufficient to pay my lodging bill." Raphael handed out the other florin somewhat ruefully, saying: "I know what business your descendants, should you have any, will follow." "What?" asked the impecunious one. "Retouching old masters." The scientist was giving a lecture, during which he said the sun was gradually losing its heat, and that in seventy million years all beneficent effects from it would be lost. "Pardon me," said a man in the audience, nervously, "how long did you say it would be before this terrible calamity would occur?" "Why, about seventy million years," repeated the scientist. "Thank heaven!" exclaimed the questioner, wifh a sigh of relief. "I thought you said seven million." . For the use of shipbuilders a pneumatic driven strapping saw has been Invented that enables two men to do as much work as twenty men can do with hand tools.

Lynn, Ind.

Miss Hazel Hill was in Richmond, Monday. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Newton Reed and son Ed entertained relatives from Sidney, O., Sunday Word was received here Saturday evening cf the death of MIsf Lillian Hinshaw, who had gone west a few weeks ago. Miss Hinshaw had been in failing health for some time with lung trouble Miss Margaret Fowler of Richmond spent Sunday with her parents here. ....Scott Patterson, who has been stationed at Camp Taylor for some time arrived home Saturday night, being discharged Mr. and Mrs. Will Wysong entertained at dinner Sunday

at their beautiful country home near

Spartanburg. Covers were laid for

Mr. and Mrs. Will Swain and daughter

Mildred, Air. and Mrs. Cecil Beetley and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomas and sons, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hinshaw, and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hinshaw and daughter Christine.

URGE IRISH HOME RULE.

Indianapolis, Dec. 2. Resolutions urging President Wilson to use his influence at the peace conference to bring about home rule in Ireland were adopted at a mass meeting here, held under the auspices of the Friends of Irish freedom.

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Our favor'te old guide, philosopher and friend, Beau Broadway, observes that the starving Germans have abolished meatless days and allowed themselves more tread. For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, the heathen German Is peculiar. ' Our news from the peace conference is going to be creeled and then cabled. Henry Ford must have more money than he knows what to do with. He Is going to fctart a newspaper. There can be no doubting that von Tirpitz is brave to the point of recklessness. Ho has shaved off his fifty years' growth of whiskers right at the beginning of a long, cold winter.

The waiters on strike, says a report, do not get much sympathy from the cafe customers. The customers have been expressing their sympathy for a good many years through the medium of substantial tips. If Mr. Taft, in the capacity of oneman comaiibfeion, can clean up the baseball wa. he will be entitled to the

Nobel peace rrize next year.

Judging by the rate at which sanitary plants are being built along the w. k. Atlantic seaboard, the returning

soldiers are not only gcing to be demobilized, but decootled. V Went to see a revolutionary romance in the movies the other night and the young continental officer who was the hero stood talking to the heroine, and as he did so be leaned against a telephone i ole. Some people ask what's the matter with the pictures. , There's nothing the matter with 'em. They're great. Most air the men in this country are brave to the point of recklessness. Hardly any of them wear suspenders any more. People in the different parts of China don't speak the same language. Consular report. And they wouldn't have anything interesting to eay if they did.

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