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DAILY EAST 0SSG03IA3, PENDLETON, 0&EG03, SATUBTAY EVENING, tiALCS 4, 1322 TWELVE PAGES FAGS fOUR - .iiir :i , AM BfDEPEKDENT KXW8PAPEB nvifDN iany iaa mdi wffiij, a I V Peafleioo. Oregua. by t&e EAST OREOON1A.V PUB. XX SUBSCRIPTION RATU flit ADVANCE) Dally, en rear, kr null jDaily, (is month, by mill Dily, three month, by mi Daily, en month by mill Daily, on year by curler . Daily, six moathe by carrier.. atered at the pott office at Pendle tarn, Oreoa. aa second olaee mail Bat bar ON I US IN OTHER CTTIE8 tMM4al Ua"VWH ItA 111 Tn.t1 - M ONE riLR AT I Daily) three month by carrier: Ctticaga Bureau, to Security BnlUltna. 'Daily, oa month, by earrier Waahii gtoa. D. C, Bureau 111 Wout- .Semi-Weekly, 1 year by mall 1.61 toenth Street, New Tork. Beml-Weely, efaroonthe by mail l.M lease l k AoU(e4 fries. ,eml-Weekly. three month by mall M Oatitied to the use (or republicatioa "f I ail new diapatchea credited to It or I of Mherwlea credited In thl paper aad I - ei me local aw published heroin. ITeleaaeaa . 1 JIM . Lil . .H . I.li 1.71 1.11 IS RAIL COSTS HIGHER THAN UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL URING the days when William G. McAdoo as director of the railroads in war time, was successfully carrying on the herculean task of rushing: troops and supplies to our east coast he was subjected to much "petty larceny" criticism bjf parties who had axes of their own to grind. One pet criti cism was that the railroads lost money under federal control. - It is now possible to get a comparative estimate of the cost and the efficiency of railroad service under federal control and since that time. The facts as set forth in the following story constitute a real tribute to the genius of "Bui" McAdoo, BY RICHARD LINTHfCUM, v (Special Correspondence.) ..WASHINGTON', March 4. The "Story of the Railroads': as toft by former Director-General William G. McAdoo in his testimony before the interstate Commerce Commlttee(of the senate, was an emphatic and dramatic refutation ' of the criticiam directed at ills administration of the transportation lines dur ing 191 the critical period of , the war. Not only did he knock his critics Into a cocked hat but he demonstrated that It was the efficient control and operation of the roads by the government thnt made possible the short and decisive victory by promptly supplying; the needs of the allies In the greatest crisis of tho whole conflict. . One grea outstanding fact of Interest to shippers and to taxpayers gener ally Is thnt since tho roads were icfurned to llielr owners, based on statistics available to N'ovemlwr, 1921, they lutve (wt tho public at the rate of C."7, 290.72 per annum iimiro Hum under federal control. ' " Properly divided Into three periods the pre-federai control period, the federal control period, and the post-federal control period, nnt reduced to Its vitnt essentia) of facta and figures of record, Mr. McAdoo's testimony muy be summarized an follows! - i . , PitE-FmnnAh insTnoi iRiufi ' The collapse of the railroads In the full of 1917 under tho burden of War traffic had almost cut the line of communication between the American army at the, front (and Us base of hupplles In this country , The weakness of the railroads made them tho strongest alls of the German kaiser. -i . The railroads were) operating In 1917 with the same equipment they had in 1015, which accounts for the cohgcstloh of traffic and breakdown In trans portation tn;the fall of 1911 as well as a year later. In (he full of 1917, the condition of traffic, particularly in tho OCfcist had reached a point of almost complete congest lorn . " f , ' " ' ' i- i , ' V ', ! Under the railroad wur board, appointed Immediately after our entrance Into the war. the conditions of tho rallrouchrgrew steadily Worse, despite the activities of its members. K t :. r S Not only did the roads lack equipment In order to'functlon effectively, but they lacked the money or credit to get It. The passenger traffic was as badly demoralized -as the freight trafflo.,. . ' ' i ,, "This breakdown did not occur over night," says Mr. McAdoh. "It resulted net alone from lack bt unification, but from the Impaired physical condition ft the road extending over a period of years, and from long deferred main tenance and, Improvements." , ' . i t such was the deplorable condition of the railroads on January 1, 1918, wiien William G. McAdoo took over their direction under federal control. . What authority other than Mr. McAdoo' is there for the foregoing: state- ear-iiier. even-inch HAD) Aluminum m Fry Pan LeLj,49C- For limited time we are offering this seven-jncl " Wear.' Ever" Fry-Pan-wWch regul.rfy for 10- .roUedaheet alummum-meUl which .gain and' again ha, been passed through g.gontic rolling milk Md aubjected to the pressure of huge stamping machinfcs. rThu special offer is made so you can see for yourself that Aluminum utensils are NOT all the same V , S.2E the difference FEEL tlie difference KNOW the difference between ordinary aluminum and " Wear-Ew " Get Your Fry Pan TODAY t THE TAYLOR HARDWARE CO.. V wxniui virion II months of 1918. the'railroad executives bnemtln.'(, ... It of 1162,439,6m: the Ia.t i rKJV.'fn ern- er i..ciiL siiuwen a aeilclt of 1162 439 Ru- , i .. - dlreci federal control showed deficit of onlMSJ 666 02o" 1918 Un' McAdoo?" aceom:pl'.shment of fi control la thus stated by Mr. ro,l uttonf l I thnt after private operation of the railroads had Zn. , .'I"1" t.hem 1917 ,0-'such 0 adorable condition a" to be a menace' to the countrv th (rm-r-mmcf . u" " , .nr.i..n :. - :,"u im"e ronas 1918 with year me same lack of locomo- practisally the same nlauf lives, the eame poorly repaired freight cars. thfl C?,T?,: and terminals ahd out of date roun.Uim, ' ' "-KU .i . n it ii i if nti nrnuA ttn V ! ?' ,T: ,mct CVery d.en1,m, th trnnaportntion svstem . . .... vUm,.,, ,,um u living wage 10 inDor; pa d to the owners over ilirtn 000.000 n rentals, which hey could not possll.lv W. , JrJZ .1 ,!! l2i:: control. It is unfair and stupid, if not worse, to challenge th efficient operation of the railroads during 1918 under the stress of war conditions, because after paying mora than $300,000,01)0 to the owners Iiv rentals there was a deficit of about $216,000,000. all of which, on a fair comparison and adjustment was Incurred by the railroad executives In the first five months of 1918 'Putting aside the fact that this deficit would, have been met and overcome by the in crease in rates which went into effect about tho first of Julv, had these in creases been in effect from the first of January, a money value cannot b put on the great achievements of the railroads under governmnt control in meet ing the desperate emergency bf the war and making certain the ultimate do feat of Germany." j ... ' . POST-FEDEnAL CONTROIi PEltlOD. Although the railroads In 1918 were managed with but one primary object; to assist In winning the war, and no consideration of cost of operation was permitted to Interfere wfth this fundamental purpose, a faVorablo comparison is drawn by Mr, McAdoo with the results of private operation. He says- "The railroads as public utilities cost the people of the country whatever amounts are paid for the 'transportation of freight and irfenta? The Iiterstate Commerce CommlsHlon records and testimony of the lrect appropriations or grants are made from the public funds by the railroad officials themselves. g The railroad wur board, composed of Fairfax Harrison, Julius Krjittchnltt, Pamuel Rea, Hale Holdetl and Howard Blllott, made a report December 22? 1917 that "the railroads needed proximately 2000 locomotives and 150,000 I'd In in addition to those then on order, the cost of which was placed at $500, UOO 000; they asked government aid to, secure for them the capital on their individual credit.) The railroads had on order then 1,902 locomotives and 42, S7 freight curs, so that by their own confession they needed In order to he a ' well equipped machlle, as they now claim they were, 3902 looomotlvca and 1T9,066 freight cars, ' i )- The board also reported that "tho rallrdads are finding it Increasingly dif ficult to keep their equipment In repair on account of the shortage of skilled ll)bnr, etc." . 1 - i Mr. Rea In a letter to Director General McAdno, January B, 1918, In answer t a complaint of his failure to get a larger transportation output, wrote: ' v "Until severe weather occurred we handled 80 per cent more trafflo with practically the same railroad plant na In 1916. i ; The demoralisation of passenger trafflo Is shown by a check on the arrival and departure of trains at the Washington Tormlnnl, which was typical of other stations, for December, 1917, when there were 2340 arrivals and depart ures on ttaiie and 4511 mte, making total delays on all trains In the one month of eight months, 15 days and 15 hours. . " The Interstate Commerce Commission on December 1, 1917, submitted to congress a special report on the critical railway situation which; faced . tho country, Of this riort CommlfmlonT Altcheson said: , "The conclusion which we all reached was thnt existing conditions were in tolerable and constituted a menace to public safety." Knmucl Uea, president of the Pennsylvania systam, said before the Inter state Commerce Commission, March 22, 1917: - " "Wc really that the contlHlon of the railroads today presents a menace ' to the country, not alone to the owners of the property, but as atfeotlng direct ly the International situation.". When Mr. McAdoo took control as director general January 1, 1918, hero were 145,000 earn of freight in excess of normal In the territory east of Chi cago and Ht Ioula and north of the Ohio and Potomnc rivers an evidence of extraordinary congestion In that territory. On January 1, 1918, there were 943 less locomotives In Iho service than on June 30, 1914, three and a half years previous. . Senator Ciminilna, chairman of the Interstate Commerce committee on February 11, 1918, filed a minority report on the bill known as the Federal . Control Act, In which he said: - ' "fti bringing forward the minority views here submitted It must be clonrly understood that no objection Is made to government possession and operation. It must have been obvious from tho beginning that transportation would nec- : essarlly be withdrawn fronl private control and assumed as a publlo function," Chairman Hall nhdl Commissioners McChord und Clark both endorsed tho nkfng over of the roads. i. Julius Kruttschnltt, no wnccuscd of being an unfair critic of federal con. trol operation, said at tho committee hearings: ."I only said what I did say before from the opinion I have gathered from general intercourse with railroad executives, that they have ull accepted the Situation as the best thing to bo done (federal control)." ,, Mr. McAdoo quoted hcdriniu ns far back as 1910 to show tho lack of rail ways In functioning effectively. The physical collapse of the roads in 1917 Is shown by abundant testimony. Of the advisability and necessity of fcderul control there has never been se rious question, ; l'EDKRAIi WXTROli PFlUOn , When Mr. McAdoo took control ns federal director, the railroads at Ills re quest submitted budgets for expenditures which showed Improvements Im mediately roqulred und chargeable to capital account aggregating $1..S29,. t.i.o,ooo. . , . I ". In addition to motive power and cars, these Included bridges, trestles, cul verts, main and yard trackage, stations and office buldllngs, shop machinery and tools, engine houses, electric power plants, etc The total amount advanced by tho railroad administration to tho corpora lions for capital expenditures during federal control Was $1.144, 681.582. , After stating that the number of locomotives only on on roads having 100 or more at the beginning of federal control was 58,309 and that at the end of ledum 1. control 65,100, and. from other tables concerning equipment and re : . pairs, Mr. McAdoo makes the following deductions: "Had order equipment at the beginning of federal control was blocking the terminals and nopa and roundhouses, untl during federal control a higher standard t maintenance thun before wus maintained, so that at the eud of federal control the railroads were in condition to get the heaviest traffic dc, inandu la their history," . The remedlci applied by Director General McAdoo nuy be summarized as lollows , , An agreement with railroad employes to extend their hours of service to 70 Per week, common use of shop facilities, consolidation of terminal faclll-1 ties, elimination of unnecessary expenditures In roundhouse operation, con- alructloa of shops and equipment; all government traffic was coordinated and priority orders eliminated, cross hauling of coal was prevented; 2,000 locomo-i tlves and 100.000 freight cars were ordered; modification of the draft as ap plied to railroad men wus obtained; free time for unloading cars reduced; de-1 jmiiraK cuuisi- iimrowu, im.T'iiKiT iravi-i curtailed in Interest of troop movement, and other Improvements In detail of operation. ,1 Tho director general s staff was made up of the ablest railroad men in the I'nlted States, and full credit Is given them for the efficient work they ferformwlj tnnether with- a deserved tribute for the faithfulness slid efficiency Bi rauwav cuipiuj cu, th first five' '""s" n-r uuuucuiis assets remaining in me Hands of the. Snvernment During the ,26 months of federal control, the gross reveniis paid to the rail roads directly by the public amounted to $11,036,672,500. , Director-General Davis recently estimated that! the ultimato cost arising from appropriations by congress Would be $l,496,28i;,961. Adding this to the direot cost in revenues. We have a total cost to the public amounting to $12,532,854,470, covering the entire. 26 months of federal control. J "Bince the termination of federal control, statistics are available for 20 months of private oontrbl or until November 1, 1921. These show a total operating revenue paid by the public to the railroads of $9,972,306,818. To this must bo added the amounts which must be 'paid by tha,publlo under the 6 months guarantee period. Tho Interstate Commerce Commission estimates that this will be $525,412,135. This, sum; added to operating revenues makes a total cost to the public of 20 months" of private control amounting to $10, t.08, 242,716. Reducing the cost of ench to a comparatively monthly .basis,' glyes the following result; ' r. , ' "Cost td-tlio Pnhlic Per Month. ' ' ' . "Railroad Administration '...$470,637,464 : "Private Control ,.....'.....,'825,412,135 , : "Expressed In terms of dollars and, cents, therefore, the cost of operating the railroads under privato management has been $54,774,731 per month more than It was during federal control or $$657,298,722 per annum." , vv Pictorial Patterns Review Just those three words mean a Avhole lot to the woman who does her ovra sewing. Without a .question, PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS are th emost popular dress pattern on the market today. They have the style, they are correctly sized, clothes made from them, fit perfectly., We are agents' in Pendleton for: ' , ; Pictorial Review Patterns. Pictdrial Quarterly. . s '-' ' The Pictorial RevieW Magazine. The Pictorial Crochet and Knitting The Pictorial Embroidery Braiding Patterns. 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