Show GAr CANAL Al CAUSE GAUSE Of I CHANGES CHANCES fOR I i RAilROADS E. E E. E Transcontinental Transcontinental Transcontinental Trans Trans- Calvin Says continental Traffic Is Entirely Lost A readjustment of the fabric of railroad rail railS road rates is a consequence tb that t must eventually follow tho the opening of tho the Panama canal nal is tho the sentiment expressed ex- ex pressed by E. E II 11 Calvin vice rico president an and general manager of tho the Oregon Short Lino Line since sinco his return from a months month's 8 stay on tho the Pacific coast an anin andin and in Chien Chicago go That the tho large manufacturing turing luring centers of the tho United States will ultimately bo be located on tho the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as an economic measure meas recas- ure tire is another r result sult of the tho opening of the canal accor according in to Mr Calvin e The Tho e The far reaching results that would follow tho the opening tho the canal were never I feel icel sure appreciated 1 by br oven en those who advocated nd its building h ho said today e Certainly I they were not by tho the railroads At Huntington Ore Oro Oretho the tho other day I saw an instance at nt first firsthand firsthand hand band that impressed mo me more moro than anything any thin 2 else could have b On the sidetracks si side c. c tracks there were cloven cars carp of Idaho wheat bound boun by rail for Portland and from there thera via the canal to the tho Atlantic seaboard That is the tho first shipment ot of otI I Idaho aho wheat ever carried by tho Oregon Short Lino Line to tidewater bound for another another an an- another other seaport sea port Competition Impo Impossible Dried e fruits have harO a rat rate of 20 a cents pounds from tho the Pacific coast const to Atlantic ports Canned goods have ba a u arate arate urata rate rata of 30 o cents cent Shipments of salmon from Alaska that are something im irn manse menso and have gone gono principally by rail railto railto to Cb Chicago ago and the tho Eastern seaboard will t now v go by way of tho canal It is absolutely impossible for tho the railroads rail rail- li live It roads loads to meet these rates and cannot bo be done e Rates e of recent years have ha been heen Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- ma mado o to foster local industries sands nn s of rates of this character aro am in force all over tho the countr country A piano manufacturing concern in Chicago has found foun out that it can ship in carload lots to Now Nosy York and then by the tho canal to tho the Pacific coast cheaper than by bv rail mil from Chica Chicago o to the samo same point of A shipment of f household household house house- hold furniture from irom Rockford lit Ill to tho the Pacific coast went wont tho samo saino route for tho same samo reason e Ships e can go 0 loaded from San Francisco Francisco Fran Frau cisco and San Diego wo we will say to New York and returning carry frel freight ht for almost any small figure l If thc they have no return cargo they thoy will ha have o to buy ballast Yon You can see s that tile they can cnn easily afford to carr carry freight for almost nothing Loss Already Pelt Felt I I ha have c talked with ith manufacturers in Chicago and th they are all nIl wro wrought ht up over conditions presented bv by the tho completing com corn of the canal Manufacturers in Chicago and tho the Middle West see that their competitors on the Atlantic coast can oven even beat them thom in rates to the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast by a way of ho flie canal That Thatis is why I say that tb the largo large manufacturing turing plants will ultimately ly bo bl found on the two coasts Transcontinental lines are arc already feeling ecliD tho the loss of business Thousands of men have been beeD l laid Iid id off and n will bo be laid off permanent the depression in business had something to do with this m condition condi COntU tion ho was asked To uTa a certain extent yes fes replied replie Mr Calvin But that is is only of a n temporary nature The rhe w war r cr created atell a falling oil olf for a while to be sure sur but business i U. U d. d getting back to normal as asfar asfar asfar far as ns tho the war goes With tho the railroads it means lower rates and a decreased volume of bu business bud busi i ness and naturally fewer employees twill t It It will necessitate retrenchment alon along the th entire line Wo We m must st develop tho local business But Buthen when hen it comes to com cons for transcontinental business or nonperishable I dont don't sep how the tho railroads s can do 10 it They cant can't do doit doit it and live H Railroad men cannot help holp feeling pessimistic pes pee over conditions presented by bythe bytho bytho tho the U big big ditch JJ states Mr Calvin |