Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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yat RAIL.ROAD BIL PASSES HO0USE; YOTE 203 TO 159 Provides for Private Owhtership and * Ogeration Under Broad. Federal Supervision. DBMOCRATS OPPOSE ACT" After Their Failure to Eliir ate Provision for Government Guar ..antee of Revenues. Washington, Nov. 17.-The railroad bill, providing for pt-ivate ownership and operation of rail carriers under broad federal superiision, was passed tonight by the House, 203 to 159. The measure goes to the Senate, but it will not be taken up) there until the reg ular session in Decembher. A majority of the Democratic mem bers opposed the bill, after th~eir fail ure to eliminate the provision for gov ernent guarantee of revenues of the carriers for the first six months of renewed private operation. Representativ'e Sims, of Tennessee, ranking Democratic member of the House interstate commerce committee that framed the' measure, led the fight on the guaranty, declaring a 'subsidy.' A motion to eliminate it wa~s defeated, 200 to 165, on substantially a political division. Attacks Labor Sectioni The House reaffrmed, 253 to 112 its stand on the labor section, providing only for voluntary conciliation of la bor disputes. Representative 1(i tche'n, of North Carolina, fo'rmer Democra tic leader, attacked the labor section as leaving the settlem~ent of disputes largely with the railway unions. It'e declared "the brotherhoodls could nuul lify the provisions ten dlays after pas sage of the 1)111 by refusing to appoint representatives" to the hoards created to settle controveraies. Preceding the finnal "show-down," by sep~arate roll calls, the Ifouse spetna the. (lay in considering numlerouis ex tensions of the powers~ of the Inter-. state Commerce Commission. Its last important action wvas to place the comn mission in cont~rol of all capital issues of the roads, after members had de clared that if similar provisions had becen in th'e law some years ago none of the "disgraceful'*financial dIisasters' wouIld have befallen several big sys temis. The pr'oposed new rule for rate-mak ing was oliminated afte~r a bitter fight. 1Efforts to prevent the Interstate Comn meree 'Commnaion -from being given )OO Tons I am in apc t may desire. This is the i n ever before hr on. Make You don't h; Get My Pric authority to control intrastate rate imposin n "undue burden' 'on intra state commee were defeated. B this sr-tion, the House enacted int law the famous "Shreveport case. after wfhich intrastate rates in th Southwest generally 'were increased t remove a discrimination found to hav existed against Shreveport in favo of Dallas. The railroad bill, as passed by th House, does this: "Provides capital and. insures lh financial future of the lines dturini the period imnmed iately after privat operation is renewedl; creates ma chinery for the v'oltmtary conciliatio> of labor troubles and extends federa authority over rail transpoi'tation b inctaeasing the power of the Interstat Commerce Commission. General Rate Advance. Iedeati control would end with thi month in which the bill is enacte< and~ raise continue in elfect for si months unless changed. Roads ar ordered to ask the Intorstate Com merce Commission for general rate ad Vances within sixtdy days and gover mient guaranty is dlenied carriers fail ing to do0 so. As a guaranty the government agree that the revenues of the carriers fo the first six months of renewed privat operation shall equal the stand(ardl r( turn paid during federal control a rental for the 'use of the lines. Shor line ra ilroads and express com panie would, also receive their guaranty. Government five-year loans att 4; pe 'ent also may be obtained by the Iline wvithin twventy-,six months~ after th cndl of federal control, andh to carry ou~ the pirovision $250,000,000 is mad available. Funds are Provided. 'The funding piana for settlement o $'7775,000,000 the roads wvil lowe Lb government at the end of this yeae providles for a set off of approximat ly $400,000,000'the amount of govern meat rental. Payment of this unli quidlatedi indiebtedlness would be in Le annual installments. For settlement of' labor troubles th bill would set up machinery in vogu before and (luring federal control fo employes and employer vol untareil; conducting negotiations, with in adde<1( provision for a second or appeal boar< to reach dee-ision, if the former fail No penalt yagast strike or lockou andl~ ont atl boards Lhfe workers and the rail owners would haive eq'uni repre sentation. The bill wouldl give the lnterstat, Comim'ree Commission jurisadictiont o usc. control, niovemen, d(tIhstr 'tl ATE of Nitrate to June 1 sition to book rear that the ft ,-and everythi your contract ave to pay for es on Mixed F .B MANNINC s ar.d exchange of locomotives and ears I - and supply, movement anct operation y of trains and extension or abandon o ment of rail lines. " The authority of the commission e would be extended to prescribe min i imum as well as maximum rates, to or e der the division of joint rates ,to route r shipments and limit (suspension of rate schedules. e The anti-trust law may be set aside by the commission to permit the con e solidation of railroads, or to permit them to pool earnings or equipment. e To insure freight movements as di - rectedI by a bill of lading, a road suf a fering the loss must be paid as though iit had carried the shipment. The bill afects wanter carriers b~y re e peaIling part of the Panama Canal act .So as to permit railroads oni app~roval of the commoission to own and operate boa s on the Great Lakes and Long Island soundi, and gives the c'omlmis sion authority in order connections be ing made between 1al an iid water Io - - *Wayne, N. .1., Nov. 1 7.--T'iwo men - vire killed and two mills were deniol ished b~y a powder explosion at the a E. I. D~upont Nemours plant here, Sev . eral of the wyorkers, many of whom ewere girls, were injured. -'The explosion, which was heard 15) a miles away, damaged scores of houses i of einplIoyes near the plant. It is sup a pos'ed to have' b)eenl causedi by fric tion in grinding powder. e @ You Do More Work, You are more ambitious arnd you gut more e~ enjoyment out of everything when your blood is ini good condition. inipurities in the blood have a very depressing effect on thue system, c.. .sing wettkness. Iiziness, nervousness and'slckness. e (IROVL'S TASThLF3SS Chill TONIC -, restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying e and EnrichIng the Blood. WVhen you feel -its strengthening, invigoratinug effect, see -how It brings color to the cheeks and how - it improves the appetite, you will then a apprecIate its true tonic value. (]ROV[!'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC SIs not a patenit medicine, it Is simply SIRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup. O' So pleasant even children' like it. The u' blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop 1erties niever fall to drive out imnpur'ities In the blood. The Strength-Creating Power of GROVETS .TASTELESS Chill TONIC has muade it t the favorite tonic in thousands of homes. More than thirty--flve years ago, folks woul) ride a long distance to get GROVE'S - TASTELESS Chili TCONIC whsen a immber of their family had Malaria or a needed a body-building, strength-giving tonuie.mwThe formula Is Sust the same to day, anid you,can get it from any drug I store. O n, r bottlin OF SODA' of Soda for January leliveries. your order for any quantity irmers will need Soda more .ng points to higher prices s now.' the Soda until it is shipped. 'ertilizers before you buy S. C. II Just the kind She would like to have Arrived this Week. A Neck Pieces, $18.50 to $95.00 each. 0 Pretty Suits, Coats and Dresses on Display this Week McCollum Bros., SUMTER, - - South Carolina at itti t uziitit t ttitttitttittttttttiiutttittitt t at sttittti tatt mme em+ :..