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Show Do am nil for Standard Hull. "I don't pretend to know raucli about he railroa'l business," said the superin-trndeut superin-trndeut of ono of tho great rolling mills ,f the Illinois t-'teel company, "but I don't see any i.ceessity for tho diversity ft tl:e steel rails in use by our railroads today. Tho fact is, each, road or system i f roaushas it j own particular tnn nf fail and will use no other kind. Yon fan reaflil.v perceive bow this handicaps tho rolling mill men. Tart of our works tiro shut, down at present lioeauso we can-uot can-uot safely go ahead and make a stock of rails to bo sold in tho future. If there ere but ono standard of rail in use wr? eoubl do this, Ikviiuso then there would V market for our products al. all times ' if ono road did not want our surplus I ' trulls another would. J "I have talked to a half dozen railway i magnates at. least, and every one of them ' blds precisely the same views that I do Upon this subject. Hut no one seems blo to suggc st any practical solution of $he difiiculty. Kach of tliem' said: i heartily agree with you. There ought to be a uniform rail in use throughout the country. And our road has liie best tail that has been invented, too. 1 onld like to pen it adopl"d as the standard stand-ard rail. Of course our rail is fully protected pro-tected by patents, but for a proper consideration con-sideration wo would permit other roads: to use it.' "There it is in a nutshell! Kvery mad vnnts a uriform rail; every one wants Its own particular rail adopted; every cue. hopes to grow rich by its patent rights if a uniform rail is tube agreed upon. It is impossible, I think, to establish estab-lish a uniform standard. Dut it would prove a good thins for all parties if it could bodono. Koliiiut mill:: then might bo busy every winking day iu tho year." Chicago Mail, |