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Show ouOITl CACHK CUUKJKK. HYKUM, UTAH mrss And the Cars Came Railroad Make Qoop on Promise to Move yll Business Offered SALE A low freight rate and no cars in which to ship is as unsatisfactory as a low price for bread and no bread. Heretofore, fall harvest has brought a widespread car shortage. Last year it was 140,000 cars. This year there is generally a surplus of cars throughout the country and especially of box cars in the West and Northwest, notwithstanding the roads are handling the greatest volume of business in their history. Thert a Reason! For 1923, all the railroads of the United States joined effort and with a defined program to in a traffic conditions and to establish new standimprove records. In fulards of service, even excelling pre-wa- r filling this program, 134,636 new freight cars and 2,963 new locomotives were put in service between January and October, 1923, a larger number than in any similar perion within the past ten years. Remarkable progress has been made in number of locomotives and cars awaiting per cent, of the locomotives and 93,8 per cars being in serviceable condition in October. More railroad coal has been placed in stock pile storage and more commercial coal dumped at Lake Erie ports than in any previous years, thus making equipment available for other necessary traffic during peak periods. From an average movement of 22 miles per car per day (inmade 29.2 miles in Sepcluding idle time) in 1921, the railroads ' , tember, 1923. In the 42 weeks from Jannary 1 to October 20, 1923, the railroads loaded and moved 40,545,920 cars, which was an increase of 18 per cent, over the record year of 1920. Isnt this a splendid tribute to the efficiency of the carriers ann the of shippers? The roads are spending this year 700 million dollars for new equipmeet and 400 million dollars for other improvements. Years ago James J. Hill, tne great railroad builder ef the Northwest, said that the roads must spend one billion dollars every year for additions and betterments to keep abreast of the countrys growing traffic, but this is the first year in twelve that the railroads bave found it possible to obtain that amount. Such expenditures have a vital bearing on national orosperity, contributing to the expansion of industry and employment of labor, increasing the demand for product of mine, forest and farm. This $1,100,000,000 being spent in 1923 is almost entirely new money, and taken from earnings. The expenditure i based on the conviction that the American people will encourage compensatory rates and discourage attempts to embarrass the railroads in their efforts to provide adequate service. It is not predicted on present earnings for even in this record breaking year, it is unlikely that the roads will earn the 5.75 per cent, on their " Commerue Commission valuation permitted by the Inter-stat- e under the Transportation Act, but which if they do not earn they do not get. d laws prodcue no freight cars. Constructive suggestions are always welcome. Anti-railroa- C. R. GRAY, President. Omaha, Nebraska December 1, 1923. $ NOW i 0NFurnilure, V Rugs, Stoves, Lamps Prices Gut to the Gore Sensible Toys EBB op Now and SAVE! Terms Cash We Pay The Freight. furniture UTAH LOGAN, Poultry and Dairymen Your Credit is Good. Get your feeds from the Poultry and Dairy Service and have the amount deducted from your egg ad or milk check. The Other Roosevelt Roosevelt the shy, awkward boy, held back by ill health and above all, by poor eyesight how unfamiliar that is! Yet, in his writings, he tells us that as a boy, quite unknown to himself, he was under a- fearful disadvantage he was Properly fitted glasses opened up a new world for him. Like Roosevelt, quite unknown to yourself, YOU may need glasses. Only an examination will tell you! - Would Be Expected. near-sighte- Is the editor in? Caller Office Boy No. Well, throw this poem in the d. Compromise. CONSULT He You kept me waiting for over an hour. She Yes, but just think, I might not have come at all. Dr. F. B. PARKINSON OPTOMETRIST n UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM imw Irish Bull. An Irishman, discussing doing things before breakfast," said: I never do anything before breakfast, and if I do I always have breakfast first. An Office Over Utah Power & Light. Logan, Utah YOUVE GOT to USE An Appeal YOUR HEAD A Jr'Vas-K- for Early Christmas When you run a dairy farm. calls for head work. 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