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Interstate Commerce
Commission's Report
A Washington, dispatch, datod
Doc. 5, says: The immediate unifica
tion of all the railroads of the United
States for the duration of the war,
ither by the railroads themselves or
by the President, the suspension of
the anti-trust law's and anti-pooling
laws, and a government loan 'and
government regulation of security
issues, are recommended by the in
terstate commerce comm'ssion in an
important and unexpected special ro
. port made today to congress.
Commissioner McChord, in a sup
plementary report, doclares that any
voluntary pooling plan would fail to
moot war exigencies because of the
unavoidable influence of selfishness
among the railroads, and emphatic
ally urges government control be
cause "the strong arm of the govern
ment authority is essential if the
transportation situation is to be rad
ically improved." He asserted that
railroad operation is approaching a.
chaotic condition.
The railroads' own proposition for
the solution of the present war trans
portation difficulties of the nation, an
increase in rates in order to attract
capital, was characterized as entirely
inadequate by the commission.
Even with more funds, the report
. said, the shortage of equipment could
not bo remedied materially because
of the inability of industries to man
ufacture it with sufficient speed.
Doubt also was expressed as to
whether hew capital would be at
tracted, in view of, the enormous flo
'tatibiijDf government war securities.
,,,.-;' Prompt action of some kind to im
v Vt'vprove-the railroad situation for the
prosocution of the war will undoubt
edly bo taken by congress. The report
mot quick response in both senate
and house.
Senator Newlands, chairman of tho
special congr sslonal railroad investi
gating committee, arranged a confer
ence with President Wilson for next
Monday, to receive executive recom
mendations. He declared tnat de
cisive and iramodlate action C'y the
government is necessary to insure
efficient operation of tho . railroads
and provide sufficient capital.
Chairman Adamson of tho house
interstate commerce committee ex
pressed opppositicn to the sugges
tion of repealing tho anti-pooling
provision of tho Sherman act, and
advocated loaning money only to
weak roads. Representative Sims,
who will succeed Representative
Adamson as chairman of the com
mittee, advocated government oper
ation. Representative Gillett, act
ing republican leader, said he fa
vored almost any plan short of gov
ernment control.
that were created by Mir. Bryan's ora
torical periods and by the smashing
speeches made by Dr. Ira Landrith of
Tennessee. Dr. Landrith was tho pro
hibition party candidate for vice pres
ident in 1916 and is the national
chairman of the new national party,
organized recently in. Chicago. He
preceded Mr. Bryan, at Medinah tem
ple and followed him at the church.
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DRYS INCREASE FIRE ON WETS
From The Chicago Journal, Nov.
21.
"Chicago is going dry; there is no
doubt about it."
This was the war cry today by dry
leaders as they girded on their armor
and prepared for increasing the in
tensity of the oratorical bombard
ment started Tuesday evening by
William Jennings Bryan and others.
"The nation is going dry! -Will
you help?" shouted Mr. Bryan at the
climax of has speech Tuesday evening
at Medinah temple.
"Yes! Yes! Wo will!" shouted back
nearly 3,000 people. . ''.
"Alcohol is poison when taken into)
the body. It weakens the physical1
man; it. weakens the mental man; it
menaces the moral man," the speaker
told his audience.
"If it is Jiot a good thing for a
man to use liquor," .continued the
Nebraskan, "how can it be good for
a community to permit a saloon to
sell that "which does harm? Every
community in which saloons flourish
is a partner in the liquor business.
No saloon can now' exisi without
votes."
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TALKS FOR A DRY CHICAGO
TFrom The Chicago Tribune, Nov.
21.
William Jennings Bryan, at. his
best, gave the dry Chicago campaign
an inspiring start last night. Three
thousand men and women at Medinah
temple and 1,500 at an overflow
meeting at the La Salle avenue Bap
tist church were aroused to an in
tense pitch of enthusiasm as he
opened the actual fight to wipe out
Chicago's saloons at next April's elec
tion. Prefacing Mr. Bryan's speech at
Medinah temple, Philip Yarrow, gen
eral superintendent of the Chicago
Dry federation, made the first definite
announcement of the preliminary
campaign for signatures to the neces
sary petition. He predicted an over
whelming success in this detail.
"We need a total of 106,500
names," Mr. Yarrow said. "More
than one-half of that number are now
signed to petitions that have -been
turned in and counted, and many dis
tricts in the city have made no re
port. There is not the slightest doubt
about the petition. We want to com
plete it ready for filing by Dec. 1.
Certainly it will be ready before the
holidays."
Mr. Bryan spoke, to men and wo-men-who
swept over to the north side
meetings from every part o Chicago,
fThe crowds were as notable for the
diverse character of their membership
as for the rolling tides of enthusiasm
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Mr. Bryan's New Book
"Heart io Head Appeals"
. Mr. Bryan has made a careful collection of the
Heart' to Heart Appeals, scattered through the speeches
delivered by him during a quarter of a century (1890
1916) in the belief that they will be of permanent in
terest to the reading public, especially to students.
They cover all the issues before the country during
the eyentful period ' covered by his connectidn' with
American and world politics.
The twenty-two chapters deal with, topics ehnumer
ate in the table of contents below: '
CONTENTS
I. Government
n. Tariff.
III. Income Tax
IV. Money
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V. Imperialism
' VI. Trusts
VII. Labor
VIII. Popular Election
Senators
IX. Publicity Campaign
" Contributions
X. Initiative and Ref
XI. Equal Suffrage
XJI. The Liquor Question
Xlfl. Issues Past and
Present
XIV. Chicago Convention
XV. St. Louis Convention
XVI. Baltimore Conv'tlon
XVII. Pan America
XVIII. In Foreign Lands
XIX. Peaco
XX. Religion
XXI. Ideals
XXII. Miscellaneous
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Mr. Bryan is sepocially anxious to get the book into
the hands of University, College and High School stu
dents. Any student desiring toact as agent can obtain,,
terms by addressing the publishers, Fleming H. Rovell
Co., 158 5th Ave., N. Y. Readers of The Commoner can
secure the book at one dollar per volume by addressing
The Commoner or the publishers.
It will be sent FREE to any subscriber sending in
three subscriptions at on6 dollar each. Address , '
THE COMMONER, LINCOLN, NEB.
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