Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-03 | Page 15 | Forced Merger of Rails Asked by Farm Chiefs

i I FORCED fD MR MERGER fH LOf oF RAilS ASKED l f Of BY fARM mf or WASHINGTON ASHINGTON w Nov 3 1 AP- AP AP II Enactment of a railroad consolidation consolida consolida- consolidation tion I n measure as ag part of the farm relief program was advocated ad today to today to- to day by Senator Brookhart of Ion Iowa a aIn In a statement In behalf beha oi of the group group of western Ind independent pendent Republican senators The farm problem he ho said cannot annot be solved by the mere mere en enactment enactment en- en o of a f farm rm bill There is I no single farm bill that is a curell cure cure- 01 ll for tor the discriminations against I agriculture About 10 per pel cent of the farmers' farmers troubles are due to eXcess excess ex eX- ex- ex cess charges for transportation The he Independents who favor the presidential candidacy of Senator NorrIs Korris of Nebraska one of their gr group up worked on plans today for spreading their views through the middle west est by use of the radio orman 1 Baker owner of a n. watt talt n. n broadcasting station at Mus- Mus ca atin Ia la has volunteered to erect a o small st station here liere by which which which-to tow to w carry catry their messages to his station J J. fp r SHOWDOWN FORECAST iIi Jf f the campaign is pushed into other states than Nebraska it seems destined to force torce a showdown n b been be between b tween een the fani fari forces led by Norris and Lowden both advocates of the vetoed 1 McNary-Haugen McNary Haugen bill Senator Senat Senator Sena Sena- t tor r Borah of Idaho one of Norris Nonis' 11 f supporters voted against this measure measure but in to the cism of him by the St St. t Louis Louia farm conference yesterday he lie asked that friends of agriculture be be- benot not misled mis mis- led lie He also called on the conference conference conference confer confer- ence to name Its candidate Senator Brookhart proposed a bill bil railroads to consolidate by condemnation of their stocks am and bonds providing for their operation In a little private corporation the earnings s of which would be fixed by bylaw bylaw law law- with power in congress to re recapture recapture re- re capture the stock at par The Iowa Iona senator declared dee that tha American farmers received about 1 15 cents a bushel less for their wheat crops than than Canadian because of railroad rate discriminations RATES HIGH CLAIM The American farmer he said Is compelled to pay a n. transportation tion tax of 15 cents per bushel on wheat to the railroads In the United United United Unit Unit- ed States for their so-called so efficient efficient effi effi- private management from which the Canadian farmer Is re relieved relieved relieved re- re by the operated government roads in his country He dc do lared laced that tentative tentative- valuation valuation tion of the railroads by the interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state commerce commission gave the roads a legalized value of 7 more than their theil market value as the the farms are always valued val val- The law Jaw then gives them a a. re return return return re- re turn of 5 4 3 per cent upon this entire entire en- en tire lire valuation water ater and all The farmers must contribute in excess freight rates to pay this return as we tte have seen upon wheat He recalled that in the first year eal after acter wartime government operation expenses of the railroads were inc increased eased by of which which- he said went to labor increase and the balance to graft and the inefficiency of private operation