Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., letter submitted by, approving Warfield
plan

Meyer, B. H., letter submitted by, relative to prohibiting use of cars not
owned or controlled by common carriers_

Page.

3297

3280

Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, letter submitted by, protesting
against inclusion of privately owned oil-tank cars in provisions of
Esch bill_

3410

Midland Continental Railroad, short line not included in Federal control,
objection of (Young)-

2719-2721

Midland Railway, short line difficulties (Brinson).

Migration, effect of, negroes from the South to the North and West
(Murray)

Mileage:

2724

2018

Comparison of, from Fort Smith and South Fort Smith to Frisco-
Oklahoma points direct-as against two line short mileage via
Fort Smith & Western Railroad and Frisco Railroad (via
Weleektka or Warwick, Okla.) (Oliver) facing page‒‒‒‒‒
Steam roads in the United States-

1943

1890-1917 (Clark) -

138

June 30, 1900, to Dec. 31, 1918 (Clark).

43-44

Summary covering, Class I roads operated by United States Rail-

road Administration for year ended Dec. 31, 1918 (Clark) ____3559-3575
Unequal distribution of (Spelling)____

2411

Military roads, construction of telephone lines over, under, or along
(Kingsbury)

1809

Military system, based upon absolute autocracy (Plumb).
Milwaukee Association of Commerce, letter submitted by, relative to
jurisdiction of Interstate Commerce Commission over water carriers__
Mine ratings, complexity of (Loos).

716

3332

2181

Mines:

Having national importance, should be declared national property
(Plumb)

694

Operation of coal, during régime of Fuel Administration, more
stabilized (Loos)-

Letter submitted by Mississippi Valley Waterways Association, rela-
tive to Upper Mississippi River project.

3275

Waterways project of, only half completed (Beek).

2628

Mississippi Valley Waterways Association, letter submitted by, relative to
completion of Upper Mississippi River project...---

3275

Missouri & Illinois Coal Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. (22 I. C. C.,
39)

1978

Missouri, etc., Railroad Co. v. Haber (169 U. S., 613).

2012

Missouri Telephone Association, letter submitted by, opposing legislation
in regard to telephone companies..

3405

Mitchell, Arthur W., statement of__

2026

Monarch Furniture Co. (Inc.), letter submitted by, relative to vesting
Interstate Commerce Commission with jurisdiction over water carriers
Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States (148 U. S., 312).

Moore, S. E. N., letter submitted by, relative to elimination of strikes__
Morawetz, Victor:

Morrow, J. D. A., amendments to Esch bill suggested by-

Including among common carriers, advocated (letter submitted by

E. P. Goodrich).

3328

Proposed treatment of routes of, as common carriers (Johnson)
Use of, for short hauls-

Anderson

Elmquist

Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington (243 U. S., 245).

Movement of cars.

(See Cars.)

Murray, George H., statement of..

1388

1593-174

1242

2011, 2007

Myrick, Herbert, letter submitted by, opposing Government ownership__-- 3421

N.

Natchez, Columbia & Mobile Railroad Co., letter submitted by, protesting
against discriminations to

3381

National Association of Credit Men:

Letter submitted by, on matter of importance of credits..
Resolutions adopted by, relative to credits__--

National Association of Manufacturers, statement of

3247

3731

516

National Association of Marble Dealers, resolution adopted by, opposing
Plumb plan----

National Coal Association:

Amendments to proposed bill suggested by (Rich)

372

ก

2170

Resolution adopted by, relative to movement and disposition of open-
top cars_

341

National Conference on Railroad Control, composition of (Plumb).
National Council of Farmers' Cooperative Associations, letter submitted
by, opposing Plumb plan_-_-

374

National emergency.

(See Emergency.)

National Farmers' Association, letter submitted by, setting forth views
of farmers on railroad problem__--

3440

National Industrial Traffic League, letter submited by, approving Esch
bill

National Petroleum Association:

Letter submited by, relative to—

Car service.__.

3443

Propriety of conferring upon the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion authority to pool tank cars_

3447

National properties, forests, mines, and waterways, having national impor-
tance, should be declared (Plumb)–

National public service commissioners, representative of, on board of gov-
ernors, under proposed plan (Amster) –

Opinion of, with reference to regulation of excess earnings (Johns-
ton)

3002-3

Representation of (Warfield).

1650, 163

Plan of (Walter).

National Railways Association:

Basis of consolidation and capitalization of roads under proposed plan
(Morawetz)

Could operate roads more efficiently than the Government (Plumb)--
Division of profits of, under proposed plan (Morawetz).

Instrumentality through which excess earnings should pass to weak
roads (Rich) –

Method of financing (Spring)

Roads kept out of politics by creation of (Plumb).

National Retail Coal Merchants' Association, resolution adopted by, oppos-
ing Government ownership and operation_.

National Rivers and Harbors Congress, referendum and summary of an-
swers submitted by (Thompson) __.

National Transportation Board. (See Transportation board.)

National Transportation Conference:

Comments of M. O. Lorenz upon statistical aspects of plan of....
Consolidations facilitated by adoption of plan of (Salmon).
Income retained by prosperous roads while individual contingent
fund is being built up under plan proposed by (table submitted by
M. O. Lorenz).

Program of remedial railroad legislation adopted by (Wheeler)
Purpose, formation, and composition of (Wheeler)__

National Transportation Conference-Continued.
Regional control disapproved by (Wheeler).
Securities of weak lines would be strengthened by adoption of plan
of (Salmon).

Speculation in securities would be reduced by adoption of plan of
(Salmon) -----

Page.
195

278

National Wholesale Grocers' Association v. Director General___.
Nationalization of railroads:

278
2417

Navigable streams, construction of telephone lines over, under, or along

(Kingsbury).

1809

Nebraska case_-.

882

Negroes. (See Racial discrimination.)

Negus, James D., letter of, relative to compelling roads to reduce oper-
ating expenses and costs___.

3360

Statement showing need for remedial legislation by Congress
(Elliott).

1398

New England Transportation Convention, resolutions adopted by (Rich)_
New Haven Railroad, decrease in market value of securities of (Ander-
son)____

385

1560

New lines. (See Additions and betterments.)

New York canal section. (See Water transportation.)

New York State Federation of Farm Bureaus, telegram submitted by,
disapproving adoption of Plumb plan_____

3242

New York State Grange, resolution adopted by, demanding return of roads
to private ownership___

Norquist Co., A. C., letter submitted by, voicing views on Esch bill__.
North Carolina Pine Box & Shook Manufacturers' Association, letter
submitted by, opposing Plumb plan_-

3330

3403

North Dakota case (236 U. S., 595) –

1038

Northern Wholesale Hardwood Lumber Association, resolutions adopted
by, advocating return of roads to private ownership-

Gulf between classified railroad workers and (Chamberlain).
Roads to choose own, subject to approval of Interstate Commerce
Commission (Hunt)--.

2146

2095

Official classification territory:

Diagram illustrating that rates in, are relatively low (Wimbish).
Remedy for low level of rates in (Wimbish).

476

476

Table of typical rates in (Wimbish) -----

471

Ohio State Industrial Traffic League, telegram submitted by, opposing
rigid long-and-short-haul clause..

3242

Olcott v. Supervisors (83 U. S., 678).

Oliver, G. L., statement of__

Operating conditions, never better than in 1917 (Wimbish)

Operating efficiency. (See Efficiency.)

Page.

1940

430

Efficiency of, during period 1910-1917 (Wimbish).

Establishment of new methods would result in improvements and sav-
ing in (Wimbish)_

Governmental function (Plumb)_.

Plan proposed by John M. Hart for, as a national unit____
Political pressure should not be permitted to influence (Plumb).
Orders of commission. (See Interstate Commerce Commission.)
Organized labor. (See Employees; Unions.)
Overcapitalization. (See Capitalization.)

P.

Pacific Coast Traffic League, letter submitted by, opposing vesting of In-
terstate Commerce Commission with jurisdiction over port-to-port
rates

Pacific Railroad Removal Case (115 U. S., 1)____

3437

1305

Pacific Steamship Co., application of, to the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion for cancellation of concurrences issued in favor of certain rail
lines (W. L. Clark)

2371

Pacific Trading Corporation, letter submitted by, opposing vesting Inter-
state Commerce Commission with jurisdiction over privately-owned
oil-tank cars__

3430

Packing-house products:

Articles not entitled to be classified as (Manker).
General discussion of (Haney)_.

Panama Canal (see also Water transportation):
Should be kept under Federal control (Smith).
Tax on, referred to (Cowan) ‒‒‒‒‒

2421

2478

872

Panama Canal act:

Amendment to, relative to ownership of water carriers by railroads
(Rich)--

Failed of its full purpose (W. L. Clark).

2157

Necessity for, doubted (Clark).

Interstate Commerce Commission has not exercised its full jurisdic-
tion under (Small)____.

2005

2634

Proposed amendment to, so as to permit trunk-line roads to operate

2931

Parcel post:

Parallel lines, consolidation of, discussed (Cowan)----

Restricts transportation and competition (Rich).

package freight boats on the lakes (letters submitted by Board of
trade of the city of Chicago) –

3422

877

Service sustained by the railroads (Robinson).

Passenger service:

Passaic Gas Case (1 Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey, 433).
Passenger fares. See Rates.

Substantial part of freight business has been taken from short lines
by (Robinson) __.

1962

1960

1173

Bledsoe

Average mileage traveled by passengers in year 1914 (Cass)_____
Not bearing its just share of transportation costs-

1928

Cass.

1446

commerce law__

Paxson Co., J. W., letter submitted by, suggesting changes in interstate

Passes, according of, to railroad employees (letter submitted by Ernest
S. Hobbs).

1930

3294

Peddler cars.

3274

(See Cars.)

Page.

Pennsylvania case (242 U. S., 208) -

835

Pennsylvania Railroad Co.:

Approval of stock issues by State commission of Pennsylvania
(Cuyler)

1166

3289

1167

1165

2012

365

Future of (letter submitted by Hon. C. C. McChord).
Outstanding stock, Dec. 31, 1900, and Dec. 31, 1917 (Cuyler).
Stock of, has never been issued below par (Cuyler).
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Hughes (191 U. S., 477).
People v. Stevens (197 N. Y., 1)‒‒‒‒

Permits:

Handling of transportation under (Clark) –

Jurisdiction of Interstate Commerce Commission over (Johnston)
Philadephia Board of Trade, letter submitted by, with reference to
demands of railway brotherhoods and acquisition of railroads by the
Government and their future operation__.

13, 123
1080

3242-3247

Philadelphia Bourse, views and suggestions of, on remedial legisla-
tion____.

Adoption of, would eventually bring a reduction in rates-

Plumb.

Stone

Amortization by a sinking fund provided for in (Plumb).

2832-2834

1487

1713

676-677

1466-1485

594, 821

2045

683

553

632

Comprises Government ownership, but not Government operation
(Plumb)----.

693

Congress would never be obliged to levy a direct or indirect tax to
meet the obligations of the service under (Garretson).
Constitutes the rankest kind of class legislation (Barrett)

818

2196

Deficit at end of first year would not necessarily prove to be a fail-
ure (Garretson)

Elements of, not half as revolutionary as other plans (Garretson).

Fictitious values of railroads would be eliminated by adoption of
(Morrison).

560

High cost of living problem will not be solved by (Stone).
Holders of securities effectively eliminated under (Cuyler)....
Indorsement of, would not be developed through strike (Stone) -
Letter from Division No. 20, Order Railway Station Agents, South
Bend, Ind., voicing opposition to (Morton) ––

553

1163

535

2055

Letter of Harry A. Bard to Hon. J. Stanley Webster, indorsing-
Minimization of possibilities of strike under (Garretson).

751

798

Operation of roads under lease as provided for in, would take opera-
tion out of the political control of the Government (Plumb) ––

636