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Show Farmer Would Pay If thei railrccds were to be abandoned, or taken over by the government for op'rationi, the. first ffsot would be felt by the farmer. Oufi of his pocket would comei -mainly thie millions now paid by thei railreads oi the- valuation of trackage and other faciitiel and quipment which thisy have provided pro-vided for themselves. Tim highway high-way service which he now arks to retein at costs ba ed cm a comparatively com-paratively nominal rate of taxa-ion taxa-ion would require vasMy more, for gcvernmint railroads would oonitribut nirthing to highway buildng or ro-intena.TWi, to t'niei upkeep of rchcols, health depart-mente, depart-mente, visiting nur les, public libraries, li-braries, and the multitude of other administrative services to which thei public hair, become accustomed. accus-tomed. From the Middletown, (N. C.) Timee Herald. |