The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-23

difficulty exists. is the decline nf our
export trade. The demand of the
nome consumes is ~lessening the vol
ume of our export of foodstuf1s aud
VIII effect similarly some other items
on the list. But this change will bring
relief to the carrier only so far as ex-
port terminals are concerned.
An enormous volume of new trAf-
fc is being developed by the indus
trial advance of the country between
the Mississippi River and the Pacific
Coast. All of this must seek its mar
ket; and much of it will be added to
tae total that already over-burdens
our terminals.
In the great markets of the eastern
half of the country, in New York.
Cleveland. Buffalo. Chicago. the crisis
has already arrived. Traffic growth
and terminal congestion are applying
the brakes to business progress. This
means trouble for the whole country.
II is no more disastrous to have the
banks close their doors than to have
the railroads choked. The interest
Nnich you represent must suffer with
the other. and therefore it SHOULD be
taking thought with The others for
u future. For the same cause will
work out the same effects in the west.
What is the remedy? On course
there is one cut and dried. complete
and effective. for an evil that has been
growing for so long a time. ANDY which
ing for 50 long a time III shrd snr
publications thus far has tended 10
intensity rather dan to diminish.
rhe hest that can be lone is to offer
suggestions for tentative and partial
relief. aud then To ngage the best
thought and r for the whole coln-
try, especially of business men aud
ssociations slch IS yours, in an eff
fort to lessen tension that now stran-
giles the trade. Where terminals can
he enlarged witaoat mourning prohi-
bitive Indebtedness. that. of course. is
the natural remedy. Existing faci-
lities also may be made more effec-
tive.
Decentralization of traffic, terni-
nails offers a partial cure, partially OF
~, however. because il is applicable
only 10 a portion of the business to be
done. Some of the through business;
If the country can be diverted TO Duh
err points than those where it now
collects, but the great central mark
cts can not be destroyed nor the bulk
of their business affected.
There is, however, a considerable
element in our traffic aggregate. which
Is capable of decentralization. Take
vour own industry for example, be
cause both your raw material and
your product are bulky and heavy ar
~ticles. you are, perhaps, more inter
ested than others. since you are o
likely to suffer from terminal O
scstion. II is worth while to consid-
err whether a considerable share of
our distributing business could not
ne re-adjusted. III orders went direct
To the Mills from the smaller cities
and towns. and shipments were mad
direct to them. INSTEAD of being oa-
signed To central Agencies, and thence
transferred to BUYERS. it would MAXI
less business for terminals. BY such
a process of decentralization. adop-
might be obtained.
THE problem of terminals is the
greatest problem of the country. the
problem of transportation agencies,
of ~financiers, of the communities di-
rectly affected and of all the indus
tries that depend directly or Indirect
" upon cheap and speedy carriage
for the commodities which they buy
and II. 1t is a problem for every |
body since probably not n business
in the whole country world fail
TO feel the disastrous effects if ii were
to be neglected for the next five years
il has for the last ten. and to
blight every form of activity by parai-
wing the whole trade"