Show r CROPS PA Y V BIG BG RAILROAD RA TES TS f f AF b From Farm Products o of 1004 o Placed at t S Mode Made by so eo 5 Producers In the United States S nt at l J I Vu yH t rr U n nF port i moving the tho crops of ot FOrt F N the country count grown during 1904 1901 I the railroads will receive a 1 gross I revenue j nt at i Ii This w estimate Is le the t e re ul of ot a n 1 care caie I wl ful compilation made m 1 e by the traffic do lie doP I P nt of one of the largest eastern I railroad systems and submitted for lit ha of at men who are In ln InIn i In Wall VaIl street t and who own owna a controlling or a substantial u In Into to In many of or the large railroads Matt t and ami west The figures figure Ih lh detail are Set to In n full in adjoining column The 8 statistics from which the able revenue to b be ba derived from the th crop movement of 1904 90 Is le estimated Were fere om plied after he h hg labor I bor of othu hun bun reds or of trained experts from all parts parts or 1 the country The Tha obJect of oC the corn com was Willi to inform the tho railway magnates regarding the probable In t Co result ment m 15 of 1906 1905 an and 1 lh the amount of equip Q end power foller r th that wm wilt he be n necessary e ary A the principal agricultural cultural In n Vii Of the Pre present U year arriving at th the estimate esUm til o off the tM W WV U I I I U W uw WN ww V w W u U w gross gro revenue has been given to the tho tact fact thAt much of oC the tho property proper I will be transported d by the railroads railroads several times limes In different le 18 to und mind from the man manufactories and tho the general 8 markets In at nl the total value of tho the principal crop products the ex exports exports ports have MV taken conservative con figures which In almost every overy case cal wo lUe under tho the present market values of the pro products products ducts Th total crop valuation Is lIes es estimated at and If tr all of at atIt It is III n moved moed It Is shown that the rho crops would nil fill freight cars CIU which are aro now at nt at an average capacity of 30 SO tons It Is U also shown that the trans trane transportation tax on tho the whole Amounts to bout about 8 S per cent of the valuation To transport the entire crop cro of 2400 bushels of oC corn alone there thero would 1 bo 00 required a total of 2 cars care while the estimated production of ot 62 tons Of or hey hay would require ears earn If It was nil all moved at t ono one time timeTo timeTo timeTo To transport all nil of or the estimated 60 head of or cattle would require 2 OOOO cars care while the tho estimated ll wheat production o of bushels could be carried In cars Not Nol all of or these theeo farm tarm products pr how 2101 however however ever will be moved by the tho th railroads ns as n a great IreM deal of them are destined for tor home consumption consumption It Is I said laid for tor example hAt that hot nor more than 76 15 per percent percent percent cent of the tho various grains grain will with be mob mo mord rd ad by the steam roads probably only 2 per cent of or the hay 20 p per r cent of or orthe the potato crop 20 p pr per r cent of ot the cat eM tl tie and nd 75 76 per pel cent c of ot the hogs Mg th the production of the latter being estimated ed cd at head hond headIn hondIn headIn In arriving at the number of car care loads load based upon this estimate It IL Is found that the total cars needed to move the crops at once would be US Corn Is le the largest movement the CArl care estimated being and |