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C. T. Russell On The Nationalization Of Railways (1897)

C. T. Russell, The Battle of Armageddon

(Brooklyn: IBSA; 1914 ed.), p. 485.

 

[T]he nationalization movement, except in Great Britain, results not from greater sagacity on the part of the people, nor from benevolence or indolence on the part of Capital, but from another cause which does not operate in the United States; from the governments themselves.

They have taken possession of these to avoid bankruptcy.

They are under immense expense in supporting armies, navies, fortresses, etc., and must have a source of revenue.

The cheap rates of travel are with a view to please the people and also to draw business; for if the rates were not low the many who earn small wages could not ride.

As it is, the fourth-class [carriages] in Germany are merely freight cars, without seats of any kind.

 

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