Show 7 W A 7 9 carr carrying ajol aton so n a mi mile aa he for less I 1 e 9 s than affia n a cent freight rates have played a very small part in the rising ming cost of living 0 other causes the waste of war under p 0 o credit inflation have added dollars to the cost of the necessities of life while freight charges have added only benle 0 tile the average charge for hauling a ton of freight a mile is less than a cent A suit of clothing that that sold for 30 before the war was carried 1 miles by rail from chicago to ios I os angeles for 16 cents now the freight charge is 22 m cents rits and the suit sells for 50 th the coat cost c of th lift nit suit as 20 domars the th freight en an it baa has inc feaston only 51 t amnia othair oth transportation charges char enter into tb tho coat cost of the th finished article 11 tk lit 1091 1 wo to this th mill mills and nd the tb cloth to this th but thi these other ching amount to but a low cents enote 01 or the 10 pair of shoes that used to sell for 5 goes from the new england factory to the florida dealer for a freight charge of VS 5 cents only one cent more than the prewar pre war rate B ef pays only two thirds of a cent a pound freight from chicago to new york american freight rates are the tow eel est in the world 1 chis lis is bublis aw by the OW dation of railway C r baw war uh 48 1404 luvurt jurd by awa 9 1 au III 0 SwIff KUM ti di t abood NO |