| Show MARKETING POTATO CROPS in line with the classic cose case ot of the oyster shippers cited by Pies president Ident hadley of 0 yale vale university in his book on railroad transportation la Is the case ot of the aroostook Aroos took potato growers brought by president tuttle of 0 the 13 boston 0 ston and maine railroad beffie the senate committee on interstate corn com merce nothing could better show how a rall railroad road works lor for the interest of the loca localities litle s which it serves A main dependence of the farmers ot of tho the aroostook Aroos took region Is the llie potato crop aggregating annually eight to te ten million bushels buah cle which find a market largely in boston and the adjacent thickly settled regions ot of new rugland england the competition of cheap water transportation from maine to all points along the new england coast keeps railroad freight rates rater on these potatoes always at a very low level potatoes are also a considerable output of 0 the tee truck farms of 0 michigan their normal market being obeal obtained I 1 la in ine and through detroit and chicago chicag and other communities of that regi region 0 11 not many tears lears ago favora favoring 12 g sun and rains brought brough t a tre tremendous mendo us yield ot of potatoes from the michigan fields at normal rates and prices there would have been a glut of the customary markets and the potatoes would have rotted on the farms arms to help the potato growers growe rs the railroads irom from |
