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Show H oo BH vn BHfl Ton and all other Americana ion- Hl tribute an sversc of about ISO a BH i yeir apis to the railroads Brroi i harps vko want to . n H this fig -re ran gt If by dividing the H ' population into the railroads total re- H celpta durfhg U While some of us rnsy think we HI never use the railroads st all. for i freight or paswenger aervtce railroad H ! transportation charge appesr in sjs rythlng TS B The flgurs of IS a a year apiece 1 probably is nearly accurals ater- H age. for such things as railroad fol's H have a way of slowly uurtering out B evenly tbs country H They are passed on and on un'l! H the burden la fairly well duided on H the shouMere of the weary army B; known as l ltimate ronsumerv. H 'he b 'he number B jnnr family ind you know how much 'of your yearly coat of living Is due i to railroad service. One trouble with "the railroad j problem" Ls that it has been present- ' ed mostly In terms of billions fig I nre wo Ms; that even the aerage Adu-Ing Adu-Ing machine csnnot handle them, let alone a family that ls thinking In terms of two cents a pound saved on butter. ( Having got the railroad problem , down to a lew figure of 15" a real i aplei e. the question naturslly rise , "What do we get for It?" In return for the 6n. the rsilroiit I perform servke equivalent to hauling j , each American 3S6 miles a vear on I passenger trains and rarrylng. f or 'him. one ton of freight 217 mile i almost across the continent. Back In 1918. a normal yea- hr , railroads did Just about the same pa:'-' pa:'-' senger .md freight Bervlce for the average av-erage American as In 1921. The cost of doing this ws abour I 30 a year for ea h of us. In other words, tho railroads In 11921 performed nearly Die same eer-vice eer-vice as In normal times, but charged two-thirds more The increase jus about matched the expansion of COgll of living. A thousand and one morals can be J drawn from these rnliroad figures The most important Is, that all economic eco-nomic problems at all times ihould bo considered In terms of actual services ser-vices rendered and bulk of common1-, itles changing hands. Instead of In term of dollars, whose buying power pow-er changes constantly like an eternal moving picture. |