Show THE TR V SPORT AND TRUCKS nothing Is stable over a long per iod the sailing vessel gave way to the steamer the first railroad got a lot of opposition from canal tow boat interests the railroad has been bad ly hurt by the more flexible small unit truck the airplane t gone along far enough yet to give a good perspective but it Is here to stay fills a place and is compete tion but in all the argument for and against the one basic fact remains that the railroads are alone in keep ing up their roadways whereas ev ery other reans of transportation Is receiving public aid in some sort or another gasoline bought to run this lino type pays its proportion of the utah and federal federal tax which largely goes into roads not foil fop the rails but for the rubber tired means of tran tation it if for business or pleasure one is called to take a trip by auto some one appears for a free ride free of upkeep fice of tax INU nu one but a rod hanger would ask that accommodation from a railroad this Is no brief tor for rails but they pay a high tax with never a rebate never a concession yet ta fa boards are constantly tak ing off some of the he taxes on others othera should the necessity arise wherein a railroad could be permitted to de pos t its taxes in a court awaiting tho the un ot of a legal scrim ma e there Is hardly a county ana mo e especially in a county remo ed and lacking other industrial en teri rises like this one but that its schools would have to close or bor ro in anticipation of a favorable ver lica on that money impounded I 1 alls ails are bit hit any one who has stocks in them knows this salar ies will have to be cut discriminations will have to be evened up so that if they are regulated so also will the competition of rails have to be similarly imil arly and to that same degree regulated it if a railroad serves a town then a utilities commission can limit the unfair competition by forcing trucks to certain regulations and require deits me its or withdraw them from th roads to that town just now rails with heavy invest ments yardage depots etc etc are at a disadvantage As railway age points out it a earner earlier is supported directly or in directly from taxes it is a special help to subsidized carrier that Is all the people pay for special service rendered to a few the railroad coordinator each utilities commission and all careful thinkers are keenly aware to the gravity of the transportation len which isn t ironed out yet by a great deal |