Show Shall We Strife Strife oad Development It is stated by good authority that in III the last thirteen years veirs TS e railroad taxes have hare increased per cent while hi Ie the total sum paid in diVIdends sho shoos shon s in n increase of but 22 per cent At present their taa ta burden amounts to 1 1000 1 a day dav da The burden of this taxation is not borne alone by holders of railroad stocks and bonds but ba b a 3 large per percentage percentage of the people Statistics show that 10 per cent of American securities arc are held bv by b LIfe Insurance companies have hale ha e policies outstanding One thIrd of the endo endowment ment funds of our colleges and Inn universities are so invested in ins s ested as are arc part of the 40 53 sal deposits in III American bank Then there is the more direct cost to the public in III freight and passenger tra trawl el rates Whit Vh this taxation means to the th I A I ra railroads roads is shown sho for example by bythe bythe bythe the New York Central Lines which must pay in III taxes the revenue from fromI 3 miles of road rond out of its total mileage of 12 What a howl would the th air if any legisla legislator tor operating a trucking service were wen compelled to turn over to the got got- gov government the revenue re from every fourth truck In sixteen S states the tax per mile nnie of truck average 2431 five times the amount spent by the tho roads to obtain the traffic that was hauled And in one state New Jer Sl se taxes tares reached the absurd mark of 8 3 per mile An easy eay comparison lon can be made it is known that dUrIn during that vear ear the a net operating income per mile was as a little over o a Such facts speak for themselves no comment 1 is necessary It is up to the th vohn voting and ruling public to decide whether it is wise VISe or unwise to railroad development de and progress by |