Show Al A Mainstay l of Agriculture At According to a recent authoritative surrey SUI ey It t c ts the farmer less o 0 market his cattle ind hogs today to- to to today day thant than it t any ether ther time hOle in 10 the past SL six years oon Out of eve every dollar doHar spent Pent for far lIve lIvestock livestock stock in 1924 1 i the he study states 5 G 6 cents was spent for freight and three cents for er other marketing m costs coats such i as feeding bedding and com como commissions commissions missions 1 the he produce producer received 91 4 cents In 1919 thc freight cost taken out o of each d dollar was as but 37 sr cents cents lOUt and other costs costs tots tota-d tota d two o cents while centen cent cents wen en to 10 the producer The stud study a also so c loses loS s that be- be between be between tween t 1 1924 and 1 l r J the price paid fir f for r liv hv stock from to d i l i per hund hund ad pounds an 10 mcrea of 63 p celt cart Yet marketing cos coe s pr 3 1 cents cems per hundred tn In n each year e er r As a n result re- re re result sult suit the entire increase of 3 88 per hunared went scent to the producer r In short snort the mor more or les less common that a large part of the arnor's economic difficulties have resulted re- re resulted re resulted from high freight cost costs coste IS false says a national authority on transportation questions The prIces of many of the commodities he sells have gon gone u up wh while e transportation I costs have either decreased or rem m rem lin lined ed stable In addition service is bet bet- better bet better ter now than at any other time in 10 our history Trains carry more make higher speeds speed and car shortages are practically unknown The Am- Am American Am American railroad industry try is one of the mainstays of f American |