The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-11

average rate charged in Europe is fully
twice as hlgh as in America. The con-
dltlons in this country change very rap
idly nile rates have been cut in two in
twenty years, all kinds of labor AMI
material used by the RAILWAYS have adj
Vanced from 80 to 80 per cent Nothing
but the Increased volume of traffic has
mace IL possible to reduce rates as they
have been reduced Today we find the
volume of traffic so great east of Chi
cago that the railways are not able to
move II under the present conditions.
How will these conditions be changed
and at what cost2 VINO will build new
lines or increase old ones? These are the
questions which I will not undertake to
answer farther than ito say that the
West must have the facilities or suffe.
for the want Of them.
The public must always bear in mind
that bankrupt road cannot furnish
good service. The railroad must be able
to furnish the service demanded from #
at fair and reasonable rates The prob
lem we have had to solve has been how
70 feduce the cost of operation so that
we can furnish transportation at the
lowest prices. This can be done only nv
increasing the volume of traffic. The
question tT as simple as raising a given
amount of money by taxation The more
uollars worth of property taxed the
lower the rate of taxation will be and
the greater number of tons carried the
lower the rate of transportation will be
inns IS one OF the main reasons why we
81 SHAiOuS 10 develop the enormous
through business that is rapidly growing
up along our lines
Every ton of new business that we
ormg contributes its proportion Of net
revenue ana enables us to reduce the
IaIe OF transportation on our local bust
ness The interstate business on our
INES in North Dakota TODAY constitutes
20 per cent of the whole and still you
ENJOY all the facilities furnished both
passenger and freight, With the increa sed
NUMBER of trains necessary to handle
inns business, everyone of which is an
addltlonal accommodation to you
NORTH DAKOTA
Is MARVELLOUS STATE.
1t will be thirty-two years next March
since first saw the Red river waller
At that time there was not a single house
on the west side Of the Red river from
the Bots de Sioux to Pembina. During.
the past twenty years all of my time
and effort has been given to bl1ildiny
up the Northwest, and no part of the
northwest has given me more satisfa,-
t1on or IS giving me more satisfaction
To-Day than North Dakota Its growth
IN the past has been marvellous The
. !II, years IN all new countries are
marked by hardship and self-denial but
curing the past few years YOU are get
ing the reward of your labor; people
are coming into the state by thousan IS.
the NaIue OF your land has advanced and
viii advance beyond your reasonable ex-
pectatlons. and I hope that together yoGr
property and our property will work side
by slde ana shoulder to shoulder to car
~ forward the best interests of North
No man. no hundred men in your state
represent the same interest in your wei
fare that it is my good fortune to rep-
resent, and l hope i'll the future tina
with better methods of cultivation and
more knowledge of what is required
your condition may be constantly i'm
proved, and If your condition is i'm
proved, ours viii certainly share it with
you. As the volume of traffic increases
our rates will be reduced.
Remember that whatever haIns vo.,
helps the railroad, and whatever hur4
you or restricts your growth, restricts
the growth of the railroad serving YOU
poor together.