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Show MICH DEPENDS UPON MPyjllB HILL Prompt Enactment of Tariff Legislation Will Help Business. Busi-ness. He Says. VASIIIXGTOX, April 3. Lf the tariff is given prompt attention and this year s crops am good, there should be a return of the wholesome conditions of building of 11)00," Baid .lames .7. Hill, head of the Great Northern railroad, rail-road, here last night. "Jt is best that normal conditions should bo stored surely sure-ly rather than swiftly." Mr. PI ill stated that thero were 270.-000 270.-000 idle freight cars in tho country, "let thero aro those who ask why car shops arc not running lull force, and when tho railroads arc going to order new rolling stock,1 1 he continued. "Orders for new cars will bo put in when the old nnd idle ones are iised. The expeditious enactment, of tho tariff tar-iff legislation will help business, but it will not be a cure-all. " He explained that much depended upon the crops. |