BRITISH RAILWAYS.
QUESTION OF GOVERN- MENT CONTROL
Under the system of control which has existed during the war very great econoinies in working have been affected on our rail- ways, according to Engineering.
Train
have Bervices
been reduced to about half their pre- war dimensions; the greater part of the railway companies' own rolling-stock is being used in
goods
common;
traffic has been allocated between the different companies in Buch a way as to ensure that it travels. by the most. direct route; there has been a large reduction of the staff; stations and receiving offices have been closed; the cloaring. house establishment has been practically non-existent in short, more economies have already been effected than are likely to be maintained in the future..
The mere restoration of passen- ger train services would involve greater expenditure than would be saved by sweeping away boards of directors or the establishments of general mana- gers in other words, it may safely be claimed that economies in expenditure are at their maximum. yet the estimates now before Parliament show that this year a deficit of £60,000,000 on railway working is anticipated. Tais is entirely due to the con- cessions which have been granted. by the Government to railway employees, and the end is not yet. Negotiations are taking place with the Trade Unions, and as these are being conducted on be- half of the Government we haye little doubt that the Trade Unions will secure the longest end of the stick. As was recently stated by Judge Robert S. Lovett, who has resigned the post of Director of Capital Expenditure for the Rail- road Administration of the United States, nobody can claim that a Government can cônducti a business in the same way as a private corporation at the same expense: cost in every Depart-] ment would mount, and the savings would soon vanish.
What has to be secured is that the financial position of the rail- way companies shall be restored. This can be done by reducing expenditure or increasing. the revenue, and it might be facilitat- ed by a well-considered form of Government control. The Board of Trade have always had considerable powers
-over
the railways, and there 19 ΠΟ harm in transferring those powers to a new authority, especially if that authority proves to be broader minded and less bound by red tape than the Board of Trade... It is also neces- sary to invest some Department of the State with the power of varying railway rates and charges and simplifying the pre- went basis of charging."
Further, as the railway com- panies will not be in a position to raise capital, it is necessary that, under certain conditions, the State should finance schemes of improvement, but having said this, we hold strongly to the opinion that the detailed ad- ministration of the railways should be vested in the in-
·dividual companies, and that the State should not embark on a scheme of nationalisation until the whole matter has been thrashed out in a much more
complete manner than has so far,
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NEW.
GREAT BRITAIN is again able
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the high exchange.
Rolled Ox Tongues in tink Robinson's Patent Barley & Groats, French Sardines in Oil
C & B Herrings in Tomato Sauce
C & B Yarmouth Bloaters Brand's Essence of Chicken Brand's Essence of Beef
$3 & $4.50 each ̈ ̈
Bird's Custard Powder
80 per tin
$1.10
45
75
75
$1.25
90
Oxford Sausages in §16 & 1lb lins
65, $1.10
50
Leaf Gelatine in 1lb pkts Camp Pies for Breakfast or Picnics
$3.00
per plat
85.
per tin
Minced Beef för "Pot Luck" dinners
90
Jacob's Cream Crackers
$1.00
Jacob's High Baked Water Biscuits
$1.00
1
C & B Pickles, Mixed and Mustard
90
bot
Escoffier's Pickes and Sauces
Soups assorted in 11b tins
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been the case. We have advocat LADIES AND GENTS TAILORING
ed that the Royal Commission on Railways of 1913 should finish its investigation, and in our issue of January 17, reasons for suggest- ing that course were
given. If a Royal Commission is objected to, then the Select-Com- mittee which considered the question of transport last year might be re-appointed to enable it to complete the work it com- menced.
To rush through Parliament a measure which not confuses only control with purchase, but is calculated to extend Govern- mental bureaucratic methods to. the transport industry, is in our opinion, wholly unjustifiable.
TO SAVE DAYLIGHT. Montreal, March 27-Despite the reported decision of the Government not to reintroduce daylight saving this year, all Canadian, railways will operáte under the scheme. They were ? ordered to do so by the Canadian Railway War Board today. The order states that the change willy be made at 2 am Sunday morning, the hour on which the. alayiight saving schedule "goes ato effect in the United States. The Montreal Stock Exchange and a number of large factories kan Montreal will also adopt the
daylight saving schéme.
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