Show HIGHER RATES i railroad will not reduce their schedules new now york feb 7 Rall railroad road officials who lake make their headquarters here bore seem generally disposed to echo the remark last monday of president james J hill of tf the great Nort heru that the railroads of the country wil will find themselves obliged before long to advance freight rates instead of reducing them the con census of the opinion of these officials la Is that increase in cost of labor and material is eo so tar far outstripping the rate of increase in net earnings only a Tro moderate reversal of business activity will bring the railroad companies face fare to face with a pretty difficult problem as to rates especially in view of tho popular sentiment towards rai ral roads now prevailing in an interview yesterday on the question roswell Nl miller iller chairman of the board of directors of the chicago milwaukee and st paul railroad said that instead of beng able to think of raising rates the roads are actually confronted by a movement for the reduction of rates this movement mr aln miller said wey must of course I 1 oppose owing to the 1 conditions under which they are opera operating ting W C brown drown senior vice president of the new york central agreed with mr miller as regards the needs oi of an increase it will have to come he said president ft underwood of tha eric frie when how he thought the railroads and ther public could be brought together replied split up tho bonds the people cant buy railroad bonds as the caso case stands now and as for the average em erv aloye chenever he never has 1000 together at any time in his life so let the roada roads I 1 split plit up their bonds and let everybody in the railroads would have a lot more friends if they did |