Show 1 I t I t s s u c TAX ON OX GART BUSINESS Results From Complaints o of I F Railways of Cape of Good Hope Diversion DI from the ordinary routine of making and tl explaining Utah frel freight ht I rates was found b by a n. local traffic of official or- or yesterday In a marked copy y of 01 r tho Railroad Ago Gazette which re referred 10 forred to the serious of or ox cart call L competition with Ith the government go railway rail way aay In the Capo of Good Goot Hope HOlle This I article said sold In lii Its annual report for or 1908 tho thu I general manager of the G Government I railways ns of ot tho the Capo Cape of oC Good HopI Hope complains that during tho the year yeu competition competition competition compe compe- b by ox carts was especially se- se verc and goes on to congratulate cons himself himself him him- 1 self and the taxpayer on th the fact that parliament has lias passed d a IL law putting a a. special tax on ox cart business and thereby forcing the people to ship over o the railways He lie says It Is hOI II that tho tile action now taken will relegate tho the ox wagon wag to Its Hs legitimate sphere that Is to act as a n. feeder to the railways railways rail rall- ways WaS and not as a 0 Beyond the rather startling proposition that ox wa wagons ons should bo be dangerous competitors etl tors of ot a n system of or railways s 's a aggregating ing ng more than miles tho tim possibilities ties ios of oC government go own ownership a aro at 1 shown hown with beautiful clearness nut and simplicity The taxpayer Is called upon pon to build n a railroad and Is then called upon to meet meol a 0 deficit after aCtor p pay pay- nent of ot interest charges amounting In to Then when whon It Is moro more economical to move traffic jy y means of ot carts than by hy railways tho the b business is taxed to such Buch an all extent as asto asto asto to do 10 awn away with competition The rhe fo- fo called Standard Oil method of eliminating eliminating competition was crude and un un- un businesslike compared with the South African method |