The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-01


mos1. for the autumn days are the
time when the crops are moved. rev
realize the extent of the railroad
mans problem, vet some idea OF It's
magnitude may BE- gained from
statement of the value OF the coun'
RVS agricultural products. This year
the gram crops will approximate
$4,000. Ou0, 900 In value, a SUN lcaif
times that of the national debt ana
sufficient 10 give every man, woman
and child ii the country fifty dollars.
Two thirds spf. this crop will be fed to
livestock or moved TO mills by wagons
IL the districts in which L Is grown.
h,if the remain ng third will travel TO
every part OF the world. and II is. IN
the moving Of this part that the rail-
road man finds his great task
This year will see crops OF such
size that that part Which comes 70 the
railroad will aggregate 1900 900 car
loads Of freight, for the moving OF
which at one time nearly $4,000 loco
motives would be required These
ears and loeomoE YES. # placed In a
single train would reach halt way
araund the world. and since the sup
Div of freight cars IN the country =
only arifae. in exce1 OF l,3D1,ep1
II IN something like $4,000 locono-
alFgs. ons nay imagine the worries OF
lie ral1rtld man IN moving a single
item of IRE 'gat amounting ~ volume
to nearly TIE tr1l capacity OF the
rolling stock 81 the country rail-
roads. To- tie railroad naa /, Il 4
aame of chess played oa hosF.s
900 miles sguasei viii AZ g9t Trains
for pieces To be moved hifher and
thither In hundred mile jumps,
Let HE average citizen picture him.
salf az confronted with this problem;
with the necessity of moving eacn
year within limited per cd l,5o0,Qoo
carloads III grain. II sounds simple
enough til talk of sending trains g
those peiuts from (which grain ship
menfs viii be heavisst, bit when i
il remembered that alf fh' ! grain must
be mcvaa WITHOUT 4 disturbing other
shipping, the average citizen doubt
lesg would be tloTpuIsgd with the
IS,hiam which confronted him, and
READS ID admit The necessity Of :
wonderful system developed BY men
witf, years and years m experiences
and training,
The railroad man, Iii attack ng thi
problem, understands the situation
thoroughly. He has u given amour
al freight Id move, With given faesi
eyolselAfrom years 81 training ami q
u asssrlaiIeA system which iaassisasltafl
American railroads until they lead IL
world, with rates from two 70 thre
times lower than those Obtained
any other country, and beng fre
from government regulation he find
that elasticity 10 necessary chan
Ing conditions are To be met, In
railroad man understands, too ths
his prosperity depends upon Thu pro
parity III the Iarmers and tha In p
der HI move the crops Or indeed eye
I'd make their production altractls
To tha farmer, rates must be mac
Sufficiently low 70 allow America
gran To reach all the markets Of y
world.
The railroad man and the FARM
really cooperate. and II III extreme
difficult. II not impossible. to dist
guish just whore the function of Il
former begins Or that OF the latt
ends. M ss #
Every one knows that the Americ
farmer comes pretty near being 70
81 creation, i nee he feels not 81
this country. but even people in OH
pSrts of me !, world which pr ~
gran. But the cause Of dis post
ii not often considered. II u u
that Ills land Il fertile but otl
countries produce larger crops to
acre and them. too, he pays BET
wages than the farmer Of any ~
country Iii reality it II the co-ops
tiofl of the railroads WA ch make
Ills success HE elasticity oil ra
which nnabIe him to meet chang
conditions. For instance suppose
Il certain grain-producing district
had hard summer, that labor
been scarce, and that baa weather
spoiled part of the crops tn
conditions, Of course. make the
Of production higher for the far
of thar district and Il II out "
question for him TO even u
shipping his grain as ne would !
shipped II had every condition
favorable, but his true partner,
railroad, steps In at this po,nt and
making sufficiently low rate. I
him iii overcoming the hard time
The summer BY enabling him w
his grain on the market at n
able price.
This III really the great bas &
clple OF American railroading--th'
jnsfment to changing commercial
disions AM. the freedom from
ma fast rules which government
ulatioA In other countries has al
bronght about. In Germany. ~
stance. with good times or bad
croi,s or small the farmer pays
Same rate, and these conditions
sq initiated against his prosl
that to-day Ia thai country grain
Hal move by rail- more than las