The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-05

81, D, 'e, .th varies in amount, j,
.ent a mile for everysfP
trusting yot travels in certain n
%iles be tosoountry, three-quar- II
parts of thinin other parts. tb
ters of cen, the plain that the s.
Now. it is -rewnn.ss every eayfl
farther the car rtn, If it rams t,
the more it will earn she dol- 4
300 miles it may earn thfJast da, e
lars a day, if fifty miles, onlyS |!
fifty cents. The primary ad-] Il
vantage of owning a private car, d
then, is the mileage it makes. h
Armour says with all the plaus- "a
ibility of utter fairness. to his y
small competitors: a
You have as much right to It
own private cars as | have. Col
ahead and. get them. The rail1F
roads will pay you the same, "a
mileage as they pay me.n In
x Every word of which is truth {
ul-and yet conceals the worst 4
sort. of a. lie. II
.ARMoUR,S SYSTEM FOR DRIVING j
HIS CANS. std
= Armour's small competitor cargi Z
'Swn private cars, but he cannot s
make them runs For that des1 (
n AQds on having great influence Is
T. afNthes railroads. Armour can
p NoNpes make his cars run. E
K i've inindeed is more .ilnpress-Ei
IS trust thae methods Of the beeff j
1t keeping aArlneur's s system Of
IS cars. AT tfNlt of his nrisate 4,
"a, lines is. .Caacfth Arc nnr q
D. the president of tie Corpora ke
y He works in closest. touch yer
0. f. Frisbv, traffic manager OF
y Armour & Co. The head Office
y is in the Home Insurance Build
e ing at Chicago. where a large
: force of clerks is employed.
& There are connections with all
IS the railroad Offices by both tele-
E, phone and telegraph.
Il Let us say that Armour deliv-
~ ers thirty-fve cars of beef-s
81 n-load-to the railroads at
s. one O'Clock to-day. The numbe,
a. of every car is entered with the
u: date of starting, on huge tally.
VI sheet at the central Office. Say
1e the train is bound eastwary by
or the Grand Trunk. At Elsdon
~ Illinois, the first junction point
~ an Armour man is at hand to re
:; g. port the train. At Port Huron
III there is another Armour man
e He fills out blank postal caro-
an an reporting the arrival there, tn,
e time taken in re-icing, whethe
e q cars are out of repair, and so on
Other Armour men stand read.
,rre at the Niagara frontier and a
VI every other icing station through
n to New York City, each report
Ia IL ing by postal card. If part o
W, the train goes to Pittsburg, or t
a9 Montreal, there also are the A,
a eu mour men ready to report ir
R Ras stantly. For Armour has owe
ns seventy regular branch houses i
VI the United States, besides nj
merous local agents, travelin
ED agents and the like. Armour
IN. always on the spot.
aoe SUBVERVlENCY OF RAILROAD ME-
Al TO THE BEEF TRUST.
he Most freight-cars are loade
On. both going and coming, thu
,as saving greatly in cost of oper;
yas ton. Not so Armour's. A
Sc, mour gets the same mileaa
lv. whether the car is running loa'
og- ed or empty, and he requires tl
on railroads to rush his cars bat
for with all speed. 80 deadly is IL
hin system of accounting, so true
ms, lent are the Armour traffic me
at that the roalroad sometimes &C
les. ually side-tracks passenger trail
gis- and keeps American citizel
lny waiting in order that a me
train may be rushed by al
ms. make little more profit for A
ers mour. AS for the freight bu!
ter ness of other shippers, why,
never has one moments consi
aw. GRAFTON when the interests,
hat Armour are concerned; it go
ave on the side-track and waits!
rec would. be ridiculous, indeed, if
,ees were not so serious, to behc
wer the railroad officials dancing ;
nee tendance upon the powerful sht
pers Of the beef trust.
the When President Galloway,