Hope Not Yet Abandoned
For Lower Freight Rates
Siiiijiciion (SI I'miilt'iil (.nolidge That Kailroads Grant
l.i)iicr>?ioiii On \\ heat lor Export And Goal May Be
Heeded, Despite Impression To Contrary
11) DAVID I-AWRKM'K
(C?Mri|k|. 1923. By Th? A4?anc?i
Washington, October :J1?Hope-that the railroads may yet
I)'.' able to make a voluntary reduction in the freight rates on
grain for exports has not been abandoned by Government offi
cials, notwithstanding the published reports from New York
that the railroad executives were drafting an unfavorable reply
to the reijuest of President Coolidge for a downward revision.
Thi' jriiiLTal liclief here
uni members of Congress
from the Northwestern states
is that the Eastern railroads
are well able to make the re
duction, but that they have been
persuaded by their Western
colleagues not to do so because
the Western roads are doubtful
of their ability to stand the de
crease.
President Coolidge first talked
about the grain rate reduction with
Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pa
cific and then asked Samufl Rea.
president of the Pennsylvania rail
road if he, too, would give the mat
ter personal consideration. Besides
a cheaper rate for export on grain.
Mr,.Himiidjie. f\sked that thje freight
rat?- on coal for domestic Iranspor"
tation should be reduced to equal
that which the railroads now give
for coal destined for export.
!>' Mils of the n finial of the roads,
to ;.rant the President's plea have
not yet been received here hut the
administration hopes something can
yet be worked out. What the rail
roads fear, it Is said, is that if they
agree to voluntary reductions on
.urain and coal, the shippers will de
mand decreat-es all along the line.
Were it possible for the. administra
tion to give assurance against such
a contingency, a different face might
be put on the whole situation. I
But the railroads are confronted
with an even more serious set of
circumstances if they do nothing for
the relief of the farmer.
When Conuress returns and the
farm bloc and radicals take the
reins, discussion will unriuestionahly
be renewed for the repeal of the so
called "guarantee" clause of the
Esch-Cummins transportation act. a
clause which has been a thorn In the
side of the farmers for some time.
Probably no piece of legislation
baa lieen more generally misunder
stood. It isn't a guarantee clause at
all. It Is simply a provision in tne
law which says it is the duty of the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
li\ rates SO that the railroads as a
whole, or in any particular rale
group, will be able to earn as nearly
as may be a fair return upon the
value of their property devoted to
transportation purposes.
This does not mean that the rail
roads are guaranteed anything by
the Government. As a matter of
fact. Congress said that for a period
of two year** a return of f? per cent
would be a fair return, but since
.March. 1f?20, when It took effect, the
railroads as a whole claim they have
not earned that rate in any slaule
year. In 1921 they earned a little
over three per cent and in 1022 less
than four per cent on their combined
value.
The champions of the farmer
have, however, insisted that the
rate* which the roads are permitted
to earn are loo high. The rate at
present Is five and three-quarters
per cent but It Is known that many
railroads are not able to earn that
much.
Agitation for the repeal of the
clause Im based on the idea that tlie
Interstate Commerce Commission
will be freed from restraint and will
be able to order reductions In
freight rates upon their own Judg
ment irrespective of what the law
has fixed as a fair return on prop
erty invested.
SImiiiM tin* railroad* fail to plu
ral* the \Ve*t? ;"i? sentiment in i\?n
t!*??>* will 11 ml tin light for a
repeal of flu* to-ralb d "^uiraiitoc"
clause will be renewed with vitor.
A Committee of the railroad execu
tives are cominu here tomorrow to
explain their position to President
Coolidge. On their final actum prob
ably depends the turn 'that will be
taken at the next Congress with re
spect to amendment of the present
transportation law. j
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lower than the aver
age for all commod
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finest of all Good
years, the new
Goodyear Cord. De
spite this, price* are
lower now than
in 1920, and 30%
lower than in 1914.
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Chase Mosquitoes
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Manila, November 1?The Philip
pines department of health and the
Rockefeller Foundation will soon
alart _Qajnpaign to rid the Is
lands of mosquitoes Which "TTaVe"
come numerous and -because of their
continued presence in many homes,
dangerous.
Til** depailment of health hns H
sued a warning to the people to
fight the "residential" mosquito as
they would a bitter enemy. The In
| sect is blamed for the rrequent re
I currence of dengue fever.
\VHOOI>l\<j <OK.H MAY
CLOSK H\KIH\(.KIC SCHOOL
_
? * P.owellri* Point. Nov. 1?The school 1
|at Harbinger may have to be closed
on account of an epidemic of whoop
ing cough that Is raging in that lo
cality.
FOSTKIt-VOUV \
Powells Point. Nov. 1.?The mar
riage of Miss Susan Vollvn of Har
jblnger to Mr. Orlando Foster of
Powells Point was solemnized Wed
nesday evening at 7 p. in. at the
home of the bride, llev. J. L. Wald
rep officiating.
The bride Is the pretty daughter
of Mrs. I.illle Melson and tin- brlde
jgroom is the son of the late Mitchell
Poster, prominent Currituck County
; seaman.
NOT MATES.
America's shortest and tall
est Boy Scouts are members of
the St. Petersburg FJa.t "Sun
shine City Council." They are
George Presstman, age 14. who
stands six feet four In his
ttocklng feet, and Jimmy
Rimes, age 12, who Is
three feet seven IncheB.
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