The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-07-01

motive power and equipment to move
their freight with promptness and econ.
omy Where can they get the money!
only by increased earnings from ad.
yancod rates. and by 80 doing better
their credit by attracting the unlnyest.
cd dollars that are now going to other
more attractive but less productive In.
ycstmonts
What viii the advance cost the VI.
innate Consumer poors Manual says
the average haul Of all freight IN 1908
vas ii2 miles. The average rate In
1908 was threcfourths OF q cent per
ton per mile
The average total rate for the aver.
age total haul. assuming II 10 be- the
same as 1908. would be- tiOG per ton
An advance of roc, on this rate would
Increase the cost 10 cents per tOu
Or 1900 of q cent per pound An ad
vance Of lU', on the present specific
rates would Increase the cost Of 100
pounds dressed beef In Ncw York,
shipped from Chicago. ~ cents. 100
pounds canned nsh iu st. Louis
shipped from Maine. $40 cents; 700
pounds flour in Now York. from Min
uonpulls. 2 cents. % suit Of clothes In
Chicago. from boston. u cent. tho
same for a woman'a suit on a mans
outfit coat. truI.rrs shoes and hat
Sew England TO Nil.i sippi Valley, not
iu exceed cont The Ultimate
Consumer can multiply these lllustrn
uus indefinitely The manufacturer
ubhcr and retail ~ could easily absorb
this slight advance because. II his
business Increased but one unit. that
would NOR" than pay the Increased
cost on one hundred units
Railroad net earnings thus Increased.
the railroads would have u ready mar.
ket for their securities, and with the
money thus obtained again start all
the business and industries now com.
paratiyoly idle that are directly or In.
directly dependent on their property
Tho working men would be- fully vm.
ployod. their families would again pur
chase freely, and that means good
business for everyone
There are 100000 railroad ON.
ploycoH II takes 100000 men to sup
ply what the railroads need. aud vast
number NJ men are employed In sup
plying the personal needs of the above
iOOO.OOO men aud their families. ron.
rcsonting 100000 people Every
Kind NJ business Is dependent In some
measure on railroad prosperity
High cost Of living: II It had not / cen
for the encouragement given railroad
Investors In the past. where would We
have been to-day Tor our food SUPPLY
They opened up thousands Of miles
Of undcyclopcd and unproductiyc land
and yet our food IN high. because OF
lack Of supply. our consumption IN In.
crcaning faster than our food produc.
tlOn. n the railroad investor stops ns
he now has. there will be an advance
In food rates soon that will be TAI
greater than Increased freight rates
High food means high labor and hikh
labor means high everything There
fore the Ultimate Consumer .nd tho
state and National Governments should
be Interested In developing land that
will produce bountiful food products
Half Of the country west OF the Mis-
slaslppl Is not used. and will not he
until covered with railroads Wht
would want to build roads In unproduc
tive lands when those In cultivated
country will barely pay the lowest rate
OF interest. and the owners and man
ayers are being harassed and mallgnet
as In no other business?
This condition will only Improve
when the business man realizes thai
the investor does not provide the
source NJ his own investments II,
waits for you to do that In some de-
sirable form. 10y your Individually let
ting things DRIFT. and doing nothing
your legislator with no business eN
perienco, hearing no advice and rcccly
Ing no direct information. which he
gladly would from you (quitc likely
you do not even know his nnmcl. lis
/ tens to the only voices heard the agl
tator or the aggressive shipper whose
| views OF the business world are Oh
/ tanned by looking out NJ the small
/ hole of a funnel directed at his own
/ plant, unconscious OF other conditions
/ Of far more Importance to his own
business than the freight rates. Such
men as these by their ycciforous ylgor
have stirred up a popular antlcorpora
/ ton agitation that has cowcd all par
| ties, and they are so scared Of bclns
charged IA owned or bought that all
questions Of principle, equity or the
general good are ignored The rail
road man draws his salary whether
the road pays or not. he does not own
| a. II he does say anything he il sat
upon The stock holders as q body are
dotonseless You are the sufferer and
the only one who would be- listened
to WIN YOU not study your own inter.
ests. Hnd out your Legislators name
and tell him the real situation? Other.
wise We must wait until grim neccs
sity starycs out the present antirall
road fever
June q. 1910
T. \ GRIFFIN
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