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Show RAILROAD HATE INCItKASH AITD I k I 1 THE FAMILY fWWK J i I Frank II, Faynnt, assistant to the I halrman, Association ot Ilillway " 1 Executives, Btntes that If the.cost of I ' ( tiring Is raleo-l moio tlitn 8 pPr , I j ,.nt by the 1.200,00l),p00 Incrcaso j I J in freight charges, t .will bo plain I u j TWcnee that ml(!dloracn and rotall-B rotall-B i' 'j rra are taking an unfair advantage B ' the public. Wo have, passed tho B jHak of our war Inflation. It Is rc-B rc-B , , onablo to bellovo, therefore, that B prices will fall rather than rise at-B at-B f 14-r tho nc urates are In effoct. B The fact Is that In tho production B ' ' ' " nf most articles of common daily B 1 ronsumptlon,. tho transpartichargo Is I co small that on Increase in rates has B j no appreciable effect In tho family B " kudgct. In bulky nrtlclps like coal B I or lumber, whore transportation Is a ( B ,cl7 iargo part ot the process ot( B , production and distribution, an in- B , iueeaac In freight rates necessarily B means higher prices. But even those B - comparatively large Increases In par- B itcular commodities may bo absorbed ' as a result of other forces working for lower prices. B The public will pay M.800,000.000 B !f f additional freight and passenger B jj icrcnue. Tho recent wage award in B i Chicago gave to the railroad employ- B !t M an additional $625,000,000 a year B or an average of more than $300 B racb. During tho two years or gov- B fc' eminent operation of railroads, tho fill 11 1 ' railroad administration raised wages in. ill ty more ttian ono b"llon d0,lar8 a BjfrUi year. Tho total Increaso In wages, B 11 , therefore, ulnco May, 1918, when tho B 1 , lane wage board nlado Its first B I award, Is mom than -tl.GOO.000,000 ( B h , a year, or conolderably moro than B ffl i the now freight and passenger rates M J ' ill produce. Practically nil of the B'i: f additional rcenues of the loada-wlll B)y Ko directly to tho four million rall- H 3 road workers. t! .. |