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back many people from resorting to the entire 

 State control of our railways, but when we begin 

 to compare the cost of managing State lines 

 on the Continent with companies' lines, we 

 shall see that the State lines are more economi- 

 cally managed. 



Mr. J. S. Jeans has drawn up the following 

 comparative statement : — 



It will be noticed that in France alone is 

 the cost of State administration considerably 

 greater than private administration. This 

 difference, Mr. .Jeans tells us, is explained by 

 the fact " that the State only owns the feeders, 

 and companies the main trunks. France there- 

 fore is exceptional. But in the case of countries 



