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

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s the New York Central Railroad
;;te.Was on the stand before the In
Idustrial Commission, he said:
1--we do not do these foolish
i things from choice. I will say
tthe lhing is just as bad and stu
Ibid and foolish as can be, but
What are you going to do about
4 it? We have built up these
.i dressed-beef men and they have
aliigot their own cars, and they
cap dictate what they are going
.stoS pay. They just keep these
ears humping. We unload them
anl get them back to Chicago
IlGgS as quickly as we can. The
i EPennsylvania people were very
Emuch disinclined to allow or fos-
Ater this dressed-beef business,
but were forced into it."
This is testimony concerning
1.-THE power of the beef trust over
1.-TWO OF the greatest railroads in
4 America. When Armour's exac-
!, H2Its,, became intolerable, even
+ lorisy-as ~or7II railroads did not
4 the combineGears. holy and fight
Edare to come out ope. h9loyed an
i him, but secretly em1hicago-
E.agent-Mr. Midgely of CProught
!. whose disclosures have t agita-
) about much of the presen%e,
ton. Ibis?
'5ls. What is the result of all BUR
sF By merciless driving, Armt 90
8 often makes his cars run lof
miles a day. The average, us
(. coarse, is much lower. Let w
sIshe very conservative and foll,ef
Hhes findings in the famous bttf
.Ltrist report of the Bureau O.
Commerce and Labor, which
carmot certainly be charged with
= overstatement. After present
ltjng much conflicting evidence
6 this report concludes that the
e|ayerage daily mileage of all cars
! EoTned by Armour and his asso-
!. fciates and used in the beef busi-
Illness is from 80 to 100. Upon a
Fl basis of 100 miles a day the re-
port calculates the net earnings
elman the refrigerator-car bust
= roll 2,is OF ll5 rIiiless3 s3therenort G
70 to ,iates ret earnings at 24.4 p
- 1Gnt. On cars used in the fri
', OF business where there are il
nee nee mense additional profits fro
I'D icing charges, the net earnin
rye have been conservatively es
ed;; mated at thirty per cent. The
an figures are all probably much
ele- low, but let us be very conserN
:. tive and set down the avera
Nv net earnings of Armour cars
ID twenty per cent.
her HOW A TRUST MAKES IT'S ON
the FREIGHT RATES.
llly- To the initiated some very
oay markable things were said in t
py recent cattle and beef rate ca!
ton,' tried in Chicago October, 16OI
mt It has been the understanding
re- people that the railroads W.
lfon jealous of their rate-maki
IAN; rights. Railroad presidents
'aId the dozen appeared last win
the in Washington, told the SEM
Sher committee how delicate and di
on. cult a task it was to adjus
'ady freight-rate, how it requil
q at long practical experience in r.
ugh rooding, and what danger wo
ofts ensue if a, government comm
OF sion, or indeed any outside
IF 10 terest, should meddle with
Ar wonderful. finely adjusted L
IN fabric! What shall we belle
over then. when we hear two gr
IS IN railroad presidents giving sw
nu- testimony in court that the r
'llhS roads do not make the rates
lr is the shipment of so importan
commodity as beef products
MEN all! Listen to A. B. }Stickr
president of the Great West
Railaoad Company:
aaeo In fixing the rate on dres
thus meat we don't have very m
'efa- to say. The packer gener
Ar makes the rate. He comes
cage YOU and always makes you
load- that he is your friend. Their
S the osks how much vo,, charoe f
back certain sb;nynent of Sres
) the meats The 'nnhi;shed tariff =,
'ucu- be twenty-three cents hund
men, hut he will NOT nav that
act COW to him. "T'U carrv ,
rains noe.t for o;whteen cents -
izens cows "ObN No Won won y
meat WON'T nav that - Then Won
and "Weil what will yo,, now for