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Show SOUTH CACHE COUK1ER, HYKUM, UTAH South Cache Gourie Published Everj Friday at Hyrum Utah. J. A. . KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHES WAHiEN, Publisher. Not for style alone smart as it is. Not for quality alone faultless. though it is Not for value alone however extraordinary. But for the admirable and unapproachable way well-nig- h Offls-- s Railroad Chief Declares in which they combine all three style, quality, value do we command to you Kirschbaum Clothes. Freight Charges Not the Cause of Stagnation. FARi.1 PRODUCT ARE CITED iiusiness Depressionand Lack ot Demand the Keal trouble RANDALL PARRISH Washington, D. C.ln tesliiy-in- g Lelore the Senate Luinniutee iii Interstate Commeice, winch is cunaucting an mquuy into the iuiiroad situation, Junus Chairman ot Uie lioard me Southern Tacilic Company, .ent nuo great detail as to the licet of freight rates on produce foieign and domestic. i ne inam points he made m this,' pait ol his testimony were: business depression is not! ihe result of high frcignt rates; second That trie real cause of1 stagnation m produce shipments' is iuch of market, or ne said, in part; Aproliteermg. widespread iuopaganda is being carried on to arouse public sentiment against vistmg freight rates, wuereas tue lact is that even since the rates have been advanced the cost of transporting commodities is' lar less tnan the ioh taken by the commission merchant and the lor buying and selling them. Puciic Misled as to Situation People are misled and conclude that high rates have stopped tne fnovement of a large amount of ireiglit and that the railways would make more money if the would reduce the rates and thereThere is by revive the tralfic. die stiongest reason to believe1 Inat the very gre'at reduction m tialfic has been aue almost en-- 1 tneiy to general business condi- tions that are world wide m their ellect, and that would have come if there had been no advance m ii right rates. Prices of reached their maximum in the first half of the year 1920 and thereafter fell with great iapidity in h ranee, the Urfited Slates and the United Kingdom, the fall in the United States began in May, and was rapidly on it way down-grain September, when the advanced rates took effect. Nevertheless traffic did not drop for at least four months. Siump Not Caused by Higher Hates it was a general donation and fall in prices from the heights to which they had been driven by war conditions that has caused a stagnation of business throughout the world. That it is not, caused by the cost of transportation is convincingly shown ny the laet that stoppage of buying lias caused an overeupply of ships, hence ocean tonnage rales have been recently at the lowest points in their history. Notwithstanding these low rates, ocean traffic shows as great stagnation as rail of traffic, and millions of tons are abroad and here shipping rusting away in idleness. Many commodities would not move even if the freight charges on them were abolished entirely, because fmd no market. producers can in business is not That the decline due to prohibitive freight rates is ivrutt-fci'iiin- ti, First----Tha- t i re-U- Utr i , com-mouiti- de shown by the following examples: the total tills In January of year and tonnage of lines wTst of El Pa-Ogden operated by the Southern Paciric Company fell off 41 per cent. The combined Intrastate freight tonnage In Arizona and IVevada declined 50 per rent although no increase In the Intrastate freight tates In those states has been as yet authorized or made This decrease embraced effective. and livestock, as well os grain, hay ores and other commodities. o Cotton Unshipped for Lack of Markets , Of a Texas cotton crop of over four million bales, 40 per cent remains The average cost of rati and water shipment from producing point to Liverpool has been reduced per 100 pounds in the about $1.28 million race or which about one-habales of cotton less than normal have been exported to Liverpool.. Obviously the freight rate Is not responsible tor During. the iestncted movement. September, October, and November, 1920, 45 per tent less rice, 50 per cent less canned salmon, and 77 per cent less dried rrmt weie exported than during the same months of the previous year, although the reduction in oi ean rates was substantially more than the increase in Inland rail rales, so that the mateilal decline In the exports of these commodities was in the face of a less aggregate cpst of transportation lf . SPRING 1921 One-- of the most popular, most industrious and typically American writers of the day, is Randall Parrish. He deals largely in plots of romance, mystery and adventure. Frequently the setting is in the West, but not always. His 'latest story The Mystery of the Silver Dagger is laid in the East and introduces new characters and incidents. One of its unusual angles is the mystery with which he surrounds the principal female participant. You do not discover unti the final chapter whether she is a dangerous criminal, a foreign plotter, a secret service agent or just a normal, sweet American girl acting from a high sense of duty. Such uncertainty acids to the charm of the narrative. It will be offered soon as a serial in these columns. Be sure to get the opening installment. All Set. Bertram, age eight, was begging his mother to give him some coffee. He had asked for it about nine times, and finally his mother said: Bertram, the net time you ask me for coffee .Ill slap you. The little chap waited for about five minutes and could stand it no longer, remarking: Mother, get ready to slap me. Indianapolis News. ad MERCHANTS GARAGE FARMERS es The Placid Exit. , great philosopher, do you permit yourself such lengthy discourses before quaffing the hemlock? inquired one of the members of the Socrates Yessing club. Its this way, answered the serene sage. lo Nantippe proim'-eslip a cake of jeast nto rtie mixture and I am waiting for it to work. Why, oh, n All Kinds of Auto and Motor Repairing X ALL WORK GUARANTEED Li J d Promoting Human Happiness. Did you wish all your constituents a happy New Year? Yes, replied Senator Sorghum; and I felt it was a pretty serious occasion. When a man in my , position makes a wish of that kind it is considered a promise and a lot of fellows expect jou to got together your Influence and make good. Eyes Occupied. Did yer git that First Constable fellers number? Second Constable No, he was too golderned fast fer me. That was a perty lookin gal in the-- back seat, wasnt it? First Constable She shure was. Hum Bug. - n We have an expert Mechanic direct from Michigan And do all kinds of Ignition work. "J - "''if A. R. JOHN, Prop. f VI of V- -- NO PRICE CUTTING v v t Main Street, Hyrum. '.V Dr. 0. E.PETERSEN M r?sap;5TrsBF"F'3 ka CHIROPRACTOR ' D. C. Ph. C. Office hours 5 to 7:30 p. m. Postoffice Building, Hyrum, Utah Home callsby appointment. Consultation, Spinal Analysis and First Adjustment 135 J. save For Free-Phon- Protection! The Case of the Fruit Growers The troubles of the California lemon grower have attracted much D. D. He claims he is unattention able to ship his product because - DENTIST of the increased freight rates. A removal of all the recent increase Office at Elite Hall, Hyrum of the rate on lemons would not help him. He has a ralp by sea Res. Phone 17. Office Phone 163. through the Panama Canal of less 48 cent of the Office closed Wednesday afternoons. than half per rail rate, yet his lemons are not marketed. The average price of a .cantaloupe laid down in New York in the season of 1920 was not quite 11 cents. As they were retailed at about 25 cents, there is a further profit to somebody of 14eenfs per cantaloupe. The Dr. Leonard A. Jones managers of the propaganda for a general reduction of freight OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN rates have lost sight of the fact that in Oelober, 1920, 1,195,321 Acu?e and Chronic Diseases carloads of coal were moved, be- TEBBS Dr. ing the maximum moved in any Thatcher Building, month in the preceding two years, Phone 392. although it was handled at the Logan, Utah. advanced freight rates, and we have heard nothing as to the coal being produced at a loss or of the coal mine owners going out of njs eq pj business bpcause of existing 93.10. p asoqAl s.ipj jaap 9poa ot freight rales. The percentage aonopajdap in tin freight charges to value aj jo noiimuioaci sqi p jouSjs ti bb.i early part of 1921 is almost ycacl imsaonB Xru io any 94oh s.ip; ly the same as it was in 1914. 1 peoisJSD'jnsiw It is often said that a dollar is your best friend, and many times its true. A dollar when you need it is a mighty help a protection to your family and yourself. Deposits, large or small, regularly made in a Term Savings Accourtt at this Bank paying 4 per cent interest annually, are the best protection yon can buy. Start NOW. Hyrum State Bank HYRUM, c UTAH irfwnY THE SOUTH CACHE COURIER , $1.50 a Year in Advance , |