The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-10-31
eliminated within the last week. We hope
that 1t win reach 800, 900 tons before

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snrinr 'o0'oo0 .ons oelofe
"a Tn rarar.r.a +. ,h,.-ar
eanaciaiv endl nthar nntin'aa ~ ~ = Ia
advanta 90 ua . there ~ IT.. bs,rg orriad
over senarate i;nea ,,ndar a inin+ tarif.
which ynn did not have n,haro - e. COZ.
ried WHARF hoth roods ave ,,ndar +ha sow.
control for instanca N thas mat+ar -,
hrea King b,,,k or anv+hinr n y, that l,n =.
shiftinr from carss y s'As AA
4. We'll ~ 10 a1r,o.+ q racoss,+y 4,
business 10 tn he ~ oil nar,oanant ~ ha
All tn control . ro+a I've ra+as ~ +be
high seas varv accord,ng 70 the smnnly
and demand for shins and we In orday
to take this business west must be in q
position ia connete To take thn fra ff,c
one day with another, r. NAV he that
another road-it NAV he the line hetween
here and 81 To,,is if the p,,,iin.ton uas
not in a position to work with ,s and
ia continue to unrt WITH nc +hay mish4
flnd same other connect,on that world
give them a largor 5irision 4hon NC co,L1
it was their Interest Ia work with some
o else. Mavhe thew would give them
some other h,,sinass n iie,, ~ +his .nd
we wonid have 70 hive soma ether road
to ha,l that h,,s,ness fron, 81 To,,;s hare
at the best rate we could get We could
not control Is excent thro1ph the ontion
~ aoma o+har roo5 49, ~, 49,
W1fhdrQ" tho 70 fos vofohf ~ OF INV ffmo
refuse to make a io,n4 rata Nth no az
cent IN terms mat would i,a nrnhihitorv
And IN thot MO-, NJ aa,,,S 80 90 ,ar,,
far. We wo,,id uot he IN nosition -
comnete for tha+ h,,sinass We must
either taLa +hat h,,sinass 80 ha ooastN
we m,st taIa oil tha r,ast ho,,nd h,,sines.
we can pat ~ +ha ao.st ~ a1sa NC rn,st
advance the rate nm Tho l,,oher Now
outside of COTTON tale noi1s wire arti.
cles Of that kind. that h,s;nass has grown
to very large dimensions MT o,,r ro+a 10
q very low ons fron, G.aiya Tr,e.' 70 Honrs
kong. n 10 Ak cents . h,,ndrad 60 q Ton
on those commoditias A Niina raachIne 81
Loui and ali the trnnk lines Of the Fast
between at T.onis and chicopo n,,ts no IN
I. vastly difrarent nosit,on. ND hat 10 +ha
reason whv r. u,os ~ s,,ch inanortanca for
us to control the situation. We could NOT
control n ,,nlasa we could piva q nnarLat
for the nrodnction of tha 1ine0nrndncts
raised along orr oad-whatha n was oft
of tha mine ar frnrn +ha Gown ~ o,,+ ~
the forest r. tho mon u,bo ,,rod,,ced n
conld no+ ,o1I a. ~ n,o,,a .toa nrod,,oi,.
And that was the nrohlem we had to
meet and With 10 p~,rlina+on ua And
ourselves ahia - maa+ q
orienta' a
y. MI. Hill, are you able to state the
comparative growth OF that Oriental traf-
$3.50 49, EAR ~. III NAAAAO .
A. The growth has been very rapid. In
some commodities more rapid than in
others. Last year the Increase was very
large in cotton goods, both raw and
manufactured, and in machinery and in
some other commodities it fell off. The
oil, I think, was considerably reduced.
The Patoum oil, by some arrangement,
has that market largely and we do not
carry the oil we did.
@. Taking the aggregate of the traffic,
the total amount of it.
A. Well, I should say that in 1902-the
year ending June 80, 1902-the business
was more h twice as great as it was
the previous year ending June, 1901. We
were in better position to do the business.
G.. a o give US the quantity Of cot
ton, raw cotton or piece goods, that was
carried In 1901 and 1902?
A. I can give it to you exactly by the
Great Northern.
@. Yes. by the Great Northern we are
speaking of:
"A. In 1901 the amount of cotton piece
goods was 1900 bales; 1902, 64,542 bales.
Raw cotton in 1901 was 13,230,00O pounds,
against 41,243,000 pounds the next year.
Continuing his testimony Mr.. Hill ex-
planned that they made their ships large
Tor the purpose OF reducing rates. They
could carry q cargo equal to what five