Mower County transcript., 1905-10-25
FARM Ben Col UMN
Assiiss


$SSSl don't wonder that the big firms and
shippers Id the cities are ssfdin 'R with
the.Tailroads in ftin' the preside IS try
to get rates held down where they
ought to be and get things eYened up
for the small shipper. The big fellows
are in the pool and get the rebates and,
what's the matter with lettin theirsads
vantage alone. The Stand ard Oilmade
millions untold in railroad rebates get
tin q better rate than competitors and
thus bein' able to freeze 'em: out of
business. When big company gets q
$30rate and a small shipper payssa $50
ratefor e|ssame Identical haul and
kind Of stuff it's about time for q kick
and howl. When q small ell0W has to
wait two weeks for an empty car when
the big shippers get q train string Aof
'enaS just when they ask for .'ein
there's somethin : item ID N rail-,
road management ever could
see why the railr roa disco ould haul stuff a:
longer distance for. less money than to,
stop off cars at stations between on a.
shorter distance. IS never could see
why railroads should Civ q big shipper
lower classifca ation Of stuff and then
raise the classihcatio when the little
shipper wants to ship. The railroads
are raisin' rates right along by #Taisin'
classification on big lines of goods and
redncin' on small ones, s;5ss
y. .'*sIEssa>~s., - ~ 70 3*
Isee that over iniSwlczerl land they We.
g0tlonto a new wrinkle; in the much
troublin' matter Of gpayin' fare for
children on railroads. Instead sof tax !
in any body's word about age Of child;
rem, they're goin' to- measure 'em and
allunder given height, with mini.
mum, pay half fare and all over pay
full fare. Now this is somethin' like
it. Farmer Ben can't see why there
shouldn't be some discrimination in
fixin' rates of travel. Why should Or
ris Hayes paw the same as Charlie Fox
when they go off on their trips? The
Swiss way of settlin' disputes gets
down to business. If,a child is claimed
to be under ten just have him stand up
I and be measured and that will settle
the whole business. It looks at first
like this might do injustice between
big children for their age and under
sized ones but a Overgr0Wn child that
is as big as man might pay mans car
riage without big unfairness after all.
lift want for the trouble, railroads
ought to. carry all passengers by weight.
,Hav a minimum charge the same for
alland then charge excess pounds same
as baggage. Have scales at each sta
tiOn and it wouldn't take longto get on
to%this whole business; in scientific
way. 49, -.
3 ssss - 9 ri.
If you wantto see thesbig coal MON
OF .fIryv fon ord nf
coal for your individual use. They say
that every car of hard coal is tabled by
the central offs of the combine and il
any agent sells a car outside of COM
bine dealers there's a racket and a row
and threat toscut off all supply Of
coal. it's gettin' to pretty pass when
such things are allowed in this suppos-
ed free country. A half dozen naybors
in Austin can't club together and buy
a car of hard coal for themselves. It's
agenst the rule Of the combine and the
big coal czar won't allow it. It's gettin'
good deal so in the lumber line. You
try and send to wholesale dealers in
Minneapolis or Lacrosse for a bill of
lumber and see what you'll hear from
the big lumber trust. The bosses will
). cheekily inform you that the trust
amt sellin' to individuals in any such
manner and that you've got to pay pro-
{ fits that are laid out for you and you
can't help yourself and it don't do any
good to squirm over your plight. X ou
buy your oil of an oil trust at r0bbin'
profits, you get your farm machinery
ofa trust that, poked up the price of
.harvesters twenty per cent last season,
: you pay for your sugar just. what the
trust manager dictates every day by
telegram, and when you die you'll be
poked into trust made coffin. One Of
the incest signs in heaven will be F"No
Trust Here.',- (> S@ =" s..-... ~ =
y a. ,%, " q o o. 49,. ...< q,
"A BERLIN paper says that the Amer
can army is rotten. Such a silly pro-
position don't scare us one little BIT.
They golots on show and amt alwus
! in it. Russia had a showy army which
was great on dress parade and all
Europe thought they was just. old tits
and was SO afraid of 'em that Russia
bulldozed the whole bunch and terri.
fid and paralyed EN-, i'm allinternatioual
matters. But when little Jap got at the
snowy Russian army he found it just
putty and wind and pumice with no
Y stayin' qualities" It's alWus been thus
. .ly. In the Revolution the colonists
sf1if1n,fS knOw how Stnt drill and dress