Show 1 H IT I H- H I I 4 H I M H I I- I i t H I Are The People Interested In Iii Railroads H- H HH H- H HH H H HII IK H H It should be fairly common know kno know know- ledge knowledge that eight million people in the United States are directly dependent for their 11 livelihood upon the rail rall- rail railroads roads That the savings of every sa swings band depositor or holder holdel of a life In Insurance insurance insurance policy are arc invested ested to a sub sub- substantial sub substantial extent in bonds That four billion dollars of such bonds are arc 0 owned ned by savings banks and insurance companies That railroads purchase annually SIX billion dollars worth of goods produced by our industries and farmer farm farm- farmers farmers ers er wiM That in addition to the foregoing the railroads ds an indispensable sable sen service Ice to the n tIon n day and night 1 These fe few little facts would indicate cate that the t people are interested In railroads and that in a urge Irge mea measure sure their very Cry prosperity depends upon them I What does at 15 per cent freight rate increase mean to the average Industry or the tho th average family In dollars and cents compared to the loss inconvenience and ard virtual dis disaster aster that woul would fact this country as the result of a a broken down crip- crip crippled crippled crip crippled pled and bankrupt bankrupt t railroad system One has but tp remember the car shortages durm during wal wartime time and the inability of the roads loads to correct the situation because of circumstances beyond their control to the Incalculable sums which industry loses due to inadequate railroad ser serVIce service service VIce I IOnly Only public cooperation at this time I In considering and remedying mg the problems of the railroads will pre pre- pre vent prevent ent a transportation crisis |