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Show ISilOli TO THE freight mm SUM "Western shippers, consignees and railroad men have responded to the appeal of Secretary McAdoo and made 'Freight Moving Week' a big success. Warehouses were relieved of their cargoes and thousands of freight cars were released for new business during dur-ing the present week. That was the way Thomas F. Rowlands, Row-lands, superintendent of the Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific, this morning, summed up tho week's crusade cru-sade for releasing all freight cars. "Freight Moving Week" ends tonight and the new progressive demurrage schedule starts in. tomorrow morning. Superintendent Rowlands was the originator of the slogan, "Not a Dollar Domurrago nor a Dime Shortage," which promises to become a classic in rallroadlngs as his Plcknoy's "Millions for Defense but Not One Cent for Tribue" in American diplomacy. "I think everyone responded to the appeal," continued Superintendent Rowlands. "Every offort was made to load and unload cars as quickly as they were spotted on the house tracks. Thousands of cars were released for new service. Tho great big Idea now is to continue tho same procedure. Merely because 'Frolght Moving Week specifically set aside by the director general Is over, the enthusiasm and alert co-oporation should not wane. "The public service commission of Oregon has struck the philosophy of the entire freight-moving problem. It I hns issued an appeal, in the nature of a set of rules, which, if shipper and consignee will observe to the letter, will cause freight movements to be greatly facilitated. Here are a few of the memoranda: " 'Remember cars are not warehouses. ware-houses. " 'Consign no cars without bona fide sales. " 'Buy from and sell to your nearest near-est market- " 'Accumulate material sufficient to load cars before ordering. " 'Load and unload cars on day received, re-ceived, regardless of free time limit. " 'Bring yourself to a full realization of the situation. " 'Don't expect the impossible of the railroad. "If these rules and ordinary common sense will be brought to bear by every one interested freight shipments will move along in splendid shnps and terminal ter-minal congestions will be so infrequent infre-quent as the proverbial molars of a chicken. If all persons will recognize tho vital Importance of loading and; unloading cars promptly the transportation trans-portation problem will be solved." The new progressive schedule which begins operation tomorrow Is torm-ed torm-ed the "$10-a-Day-Demurrago-Rate." That if, following the first 48 hours, during whloh timo no charges aro made, an upward graudating rate applies. ap-plies. For the first day, following the 48-hour free period, $3 will be charged the second day. $4; the third, ?6, and so on until the $10-a-day rate is reached, when a charge of that amount will be made for each day the car Is hold. |