Show THE RELATION OF RAILROAD RATES TO GENERAL to the business man no mai mat ter ier how nn an ii li diance hance in freight raten rates inn b bt to ILA pi we mo mirt must that an lin improve prove anent la in genei at biH b lucHi ie is copen lent on oil a betterment bett beierm be term ermint nt of 0 operating HII mild finati nna inal tal conditions of tin tho railroad railroads that he the operating op opi rating results ri it tilt most unsatisfactory ili reat sei n b the latest INI pit 81 TF HE 1 leporia which hov show that for tile nine months ended april let lot 1910 ekron ralli oad systems all west and north of a line drawn drovin fron from chicago hi cago to at st louls 1 with the flit earn same roads for the same period in lit the eur ur hail had their grna gros oarn barnings ings inc roast it about aft 00 while hito ahir net earn figs a de do er arife ame of nd for the tile month of nf maich itrich on oil the ainu same compall coin parl pon the shu how an of in groe gross and i decrease tw of or 00 in act earning earnings attention tg Is called catlett to hip file fact that the wage increases 1 except a amount were more not in force during thin tills ant from now on it those will grall In tit operating amt I 1 belie saiu ads lind had tin thir ir taxes Inre increased ased ovir the crelous ire loua eur par or hn and hae haie to p ty butr rates of interest on oil their theae ron ronie Is co coteron coter ering tn the tho most pros perou pirt of the country inn nin be con eon eldered of hint ml rail road conditions during hn ho piet three of poor business railroad for were at the tile lowest point and in ili consequence their inathe power and tracks nov now a grater 1 1 n of or opt rating oil ouse no a prost oln 1 has hn been or ts Is being avide for tho the growing demands of the country anti n as trans por tation ig Is tho tile bick lono bone t if business ils vin ut kneas akness or cripple cripples e aery ery other condition because all prod acts are tire valuable in the batio with till their to tho the con suming market it ig Is most important to the hit thit mIl toads nt lit all times are fully equipped to take core of an of hia his business the first eight montha months of ilot demonstrated that lie tile could rould not handle the business be hen of fred fored with mith any decree degree of the financial conditions since have not theau to iven maintain aluir then position lon if tho the then volume of nesi vere were to cora como back auppl b the three earn growth 0 of the tile COul country itry in lit the inter interval at transports tran ion lion be pa parn ralpd lied anti aiji that cost the shipper compared with a it roaf honable advance in ili freight amea newt now buch such an adrance would mould ho the means for Lv ehlt hl impending disaster dla eler TU iron horse neds to be kept in good condition for the sanie reason a as the living horse used for transportation the team str ati st r knova that if hill horse Is not well ell ahod veil ell groomed and well fed and big his harness and magdin apt in good impair that all lie he will raie ou on blich economy will bo be ninny many time times wasted in the efficiency elli clency of hie his irons por tation and aleo also add great expense to the shipper it Is in exactly the same with A ith tie the railroads the shipper has a right to demand that transportation be an anilo ile and efficient the success of bla his business bu elnes and the development of the countr are dependent on it the investor to do this the rail road to ad must show adequate return returns to maintain proper borrowing credit and present 1 t promising source of ment to procure the necessary fund funds to improve and develop the property pio perty as is needa it la Is neither tho the rall railroad road president preal dint nt nor the that controls the situation it la is tho the investor alone who ila bolls the key without hie his un invested Ini ested dollar the railroad cannot ex vit tind or Ini improve no matter how gleat at ane of tho the shipper or the country I 1 ply be bo lh ih nil all the increasing cost of 01 lotion supplemented by ever mer in erasing and burdensome restrict ons on concerning their earnings in face of the fact that the average divide nd rate on railroads was ices it than 3 per cent for tho the past six 1 1 ears and the tile united states supreme court in the cane case of the consolidated gall company stated that ti 6 per cent wae was a n fair return on money invested in lit public utilities with lilt the average fr night rate in 1909 of three quarters of or a cent per ton on pir mile the lowest in nine pare pars ho the average passenger adte rte per alic one and nine tenths cent cents lie the lowest ever m or reached Is I 1 it any won der that the investor h ids id back and mild he the bankers demand elgh interest Inte reet rates froin from tho the the railroads need 11 00 to put their birrs in lit proper condition and to 10 increase Inc renee heir their terminal facilities at all point points hat are even nov no v a biet walty and 1000 00 more for mo torn new now motive rower power and equipment to amov their e r freight re abt with promptness and gioan on only bore ii ere can they get the money ly by d earnings earn lagi ami ad d in cd od ran rates annl tin I 1 by no so doing better iorli it t dal b attra ling the id td dollars thai that an or now going tai U ohr other more attractive but lee less productive la in vi ati n e halwa W what h ill a wilt the advance coit cost the ul consumer poors oa 01 tbt tilt average haul of all fro freight light in IW IM wa use tl aniles rhe avera averie rate in 10 1909 was wa thru fourth fourths of a cent ier ton per mile milt 1 billit borago lulal total rile rale for the afef age total haul it to be the th ae an 1 1001 would he lie 1 per ton an of on thin this rate irate would Iner easo I 1 he the cost 10 cents per ton or I 1 silo or a cent ceu I 1 per tier pound an ad vence rf it 10 on oil lie tile present 1 rates would increase inn cane tile he 1 of dressed beef in ill new now york ship poil from lil tago 41 d 4 bonts too pound pounds Iii nned neti flah in bi iula louls still hotti main 1 cente cents 1 pound flour fleur in lit now es nork ork from front min till neapolis 2 1 bents it bult ut of clothes othia rl in bl go fill fir boston mi cent the ntine for or it woman it bult suit on a in a outfit coat groustra ra shoes anil and hat fw I 1 ahland to valley not lu to nd 1 cent hio fhe consumer cm cin multiply ahme Il lustra eions the manufacturer joller jot I 1 r inid and re taller could easily absorb ihle this slight adane because it ha hs business lut I 1 ut one unit that would mould mole thai than pay tho the increase 1 i coet cost on oil ailt hundred units id net t awnings thua thus in ceased tho the railroads would have a ready mar kot for thir th ir securities and walh lilt the tho money thug thus obtained again atari start all tho the bub inso and anti now roni com pt idle hat that are directly or in dependent do pendent rn rik their property hie tile g mn would lo 10 fully em plod their fa millen would again I 1 lur ur chase cicely and that means good bugli tess for everyone ahro are railroad em it takee takes 2500 men to sup ply illy what lint the railroads rall roada need and a vast number of men inen fire tore in still pa ing lit lie I 1 ii needs of the above ll 11 QUO OUO melt and their families rt p 1 resenting 1 people faery kind mild of la is dap adent in some on railroad tiro high coit cost of living it it hat golbien not aten for the riven given rull road ln estors in lit tit h abt chiro would we hue hie bian oua o ua a or our food supply ahey opened lit uj Inous ands of miles of undeveloped and unproductive land and anti lt t our food la Is high licauco of lick of supply our ie Is in erta slug fasted than our food prodie tion if it the tile investor slope ai as ho lie now has her ther i ill bo be an art advance in food rates in of oz 01 that will be tar far greater than increased freight rates bunh food meant high labor and fifth lalor labor high berthing over eer thing rc foru rote thu tile ultimate consumer and the state stale and Nat national lonal governments should ie le col in developing lend that will mill produce bountiful food product products half MR of the country most of he the mic nil sIppi ie Is not used and will not be until covered with till railroads rall roada who would wont mant to build roade roads in tie landa lands when those in cultivated country will barely pay the lowest rate of interest and the owner owners and wan man agora agers are tire being harassed and maligned As in no other buil bual rca ress thie this condition will ill only improve the business man realize that the inventor investor doea does not provide the source of hie his own investments he ile walla malto for ou to do that in some de tie form lly by our individually I lt it t ting ling things drift and doing nothing hiir legislator with no buel busi neoe nean ex per lence hearing no advice and ing no direct information which he kindly gladly would from ou quito quite likely you do to not cien know hie his nami ills 11 ten tens to the only voice voices heard the inter or the aggress aggressive ivo shipper hose of the bu buel alness neen world are ob by looking out of the niall small hole hoie of or a funnel diorec ed at hi his own plant of othar condition of far for more to hia ills own him than the raice rates such men its these bv by heir their vigor have stirred ui ula I 1 copular anti corpora ion lion agitation that has ha cowed all till par tie ties and they bey are 0 so o scared of being charged na as owned or bought that all questions nf of principle equity or the general good are the rail road man draw drawn hi his whether the road piya or not be do doen not own it if he 0 cloea 0 ON fri ay iy y anything he ie in at upon the stock holar ae an a body are I 1 ou ell am arp the sul and the thil only ono who would bo be listened to ill you cot not study your own inter agta find out your legislator narae name and tell him the real situation other wise we so must wait until grim nw oily starves out the present anil anti rail road fever june C 1910 1010 T A I 1 advertisement 11 |