The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-05
HIGH FREIGHT
HURTS BUSINESS
RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Would offer Remedy In Lesscnin1
Cost Of transportation 10 sca
aoard-consul Makes
Complaint.

4 washington, Aug. I sn une0eI Slt
fof the rien trade III Brazil, ii IA
leifect the burden of d wall from sr.
ssul General Anderson Hi far away MI
lanelfo, Mf. Anderson lifts up It'll
voice, or rather airs his complaint hi
Ia repcft % the department of co III
Imerre ana labor. 1t would appe III
lthat the United States II losing out sa
liz rich market because freight rates
on American products arr ID higa
that ether commercial nations fai.
cross the seas with their goods MI
laugh competition To scorn, NH. Hi
ilgrspn says
In the matter of rates, there tas
been aln6st internliaahle liscrsssian.
4 has been claimed by some sltiap.4
9oape that rates from Europe IA
Erazil are higher that rates frum lha
United States tn Brazil. The gan s44l
impression has been the other MATT.
Rates are difficult To ght lit, for ttaa
published rates are not always MN
rates actually charged. Then. too. III
the Brazilian trade the evil effects I'll
The conference arrangement ana me
IaNstem 1T giving rebates on fraiaat
shipments are felt. That rates Wiil
aycrage higher from the linfel
States ~ Brazil than from any II III.
pean country To Hrazil III dem9
stfated ~ the fact that the agerags
percentage Of freight EXPENSES t1 cost
'n articles iasprted into Brazil frosa
TIM United stafes for several years
ans beer hieher taan from ans staar
commercial nation. The ofTirial tn,
tnrrs mi rTyraz3f rgir 1as1s tsgs EsIss sssfg
FOR which iigateA are now avai'aise
show that ttin percentages IN frpias
sfe- to eust Ell goods from the ffaifAa
statea was 1909: from GFgas lsr tala
1916; flcm France. 905ss from Il ~
many, tsaT7: from Austria. f1.tl5s
from Belgium, 1885 The avara e
cost n American products. therefore.
~ higher than that from any fha
general competing states Tha rateg
from Brazil To the United States seess,
q ~ much More reasf nable. attao1gh
the amount ana nature of
he freight moved tho rat car
larlly BE- said e be cheap
This II condition az affaifs that
onironts American eo-ameree Win
II the countries Of Latin Aneric1.
Their than BRAZIL MANIFESTO. thsrs
i no reason why goods should not la
aipped as cheaply from New YORK
& New Orleans to Rio Janeiro aud
Their South American ports as from
HaTrs. or Hamburg 10
nose same ports The open sea of
'rs the same clear sweep ~ the
rows OF vessels laden with tie rr
-ets IF American farms. factories
ri mines as il does to foreien com.
ercial sargosIes. Then w.fera lies
re cause for high rates?
II an Investigation were Undertaken
would be seen readily that tie hieh
eight cost is piled mp before the ex-
'rts reach tidewater The American
Iiiroads levy their toll This toll IS
ioFmous in comparison wi,h that CT
e other commercial nations whose
oducts are brought to the saaboarH
! canals or canalized rivers IN
any cases the European majors
I've developed their navigahie rivers
that oceaQ going ships can load at
e wharves Of cities lying far inland.
Until such policy is adopted By
@ United States. the farmer and
OF this country may ex-
ct to see the rich markets lying to
e south held firm in the posses lion
foreien competitors. The Ma.
nal Rivers and Harbors congress
s rcinted this cut. time ana aesin.
i has insisted for tie last six Years
al the government Should expent
{ less than s5o090. 0oo year OF
s Nprk Of internal boft srmcnt. The
.nlt # this campaign @as seen in
passage by the last congress o.
largest appropriation bin fer
ers and harbors work ever voted
a1y national legislature.
The same fight viii have 4 ic
Dc with the next congress. whias
lrenes IN December. Coneress
PSI to be- shown and unless the-.
"a demand for legis' aticn Il 81 Mt
ne t. take the initiative To SUI
this sItr. Captain J F. Ellison. ef
cinnati secretary and treasurer -
organization. Is urging an igte-
q In the question t. i1in anf ie1i
r support ALREADY the resrrnae
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