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Show WHY FREIGHT RATES WERE LOW H BEFORE THE WAR. IB Farm and Fireside says that one H important reason Tvhy freight rates H from this country were low was that H there was such an immense passenger H business. "Liners wanted all the car- H go they could get, but they must sail H on schedule time, and so cargo in H some seasons camo almost to com- H mand a premium. The real (business, i the real money-making operation of IH these great boats, was hauling people. H To get something into their holds to i keep them steady as they crossed the i Grnad Banks was the real question. jH A large share of American exports went that way; the cabin passengers H actually paid the freight on the farm- H er's products. But the war has changed. - jH |