Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-23
TERMINAL CONGESTION ONE OF
GREATEST CLOGS TO sUsl.
NESS, SAYS jim HILL.
OF BIG PROBLEM
ONE OF TASKS OF PRESENT
Railway King Sees No Immediate
Prospect for Reief-Shipments Of
Freight Delayed in Yards That Arc
Observation-Disclosures Of Money Re-
quired for EnIarsements.

! the subject Of discussion at the meet
| ing of the National Association of Mil
! lers here today. The subject was treat
ed in paper prepared by j. j. Hill,
chairman of the board Of directors of
the Great Northern railway. Hill was
unable to attend and his paper was
read by Charles B. jenkins, of Mobiles
vile, Ind Addresses also were deliV-
cred by Prof G. l. Christie, Of Purdue
University. and Prof. A. F. Woods, OF
Minnesota agricultural experiment sta
ton, ST. Paul.
Minneapolis. June "a paper by
James ]. Hill was read at the conven-
ton of the Millers' National Federation
today. In part it was as follows:
zone fact. it seems to me. should
give you more concern than almost any
other. because you have already felt
tits effects and because it looms large
and dangerous. This is the pressure
upon existing terminal facilities. II
is future menace and present ham
ldicap You have felt. and viii, con-
tfnue ofeel the present EMBARGO tfaf
traffic conditions have placed upon all
the business of the country; upon
yours perhaps, as seriously as any
other The milling interest of the
entire country except where II serves
purely local demand Is feeling the
pinch of the transportation situation
and will in the future feel 1t more Sc
verely The growth of the country IN
population. in production, in ranspor-
ration business, has been marked.
There has not been a corresponding
growth in the facilities for transporta-
ton.
Delay Nothing New.
"For months past it has been impos-
sible to get freight shipments deifv-
cred promptly If these have TO be trans
ferred at any OF the central markets
or principal terminal points. The Hood
of business that rose to such danger
Gus height in 1907 is piling up again
Nth the additions made by national
growth since then. The future VIII add
in Increasing ratio to these difficulties
as we'll as to the losses they invole.
The only probable relief from the pres
sure upon our transportation agencies.
and especially upon terminals. where
the grea stest difficulty exists. IS the
decline Of our export trade. The de-
mand Of the home consumer is lessen
ing the volume our export OF food
st,lffs. and will effect similarly some
other items on the list. But this
change will bring relief to the carrier
only insofar as export terminals are
concerned
IAN enormous volume OF new traffic
is being developed by the Industrial
advance Of the country between the
Mississippi river and the Pacific coast
All of this must seek its market: and
much of it will be added to the total
that already over-burdens our ter1ni-
nails.
Crisis Now in East.
TN 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
which you represent must suffer with
the other, and therefor it should be
taking thought with others forth fut-
ure. For the same cause will work
out the same effects in the west.
What is the remedy? OF course,
there is none cut and dried. complete
and effective, for an evil that has been
growing for so long time. and which
publication thus far has tended to in
tensify "a Their than to diminish The
best that can be done is to offer sug
gestions for tentative and partial re-
lief, and then to engage the best
thought and effort for the whole coun-
try, especially of business men and as
sociations such as yours, in an effort to
lessen the tension that now strangles
trade. Where terminals can be en-
larged without mourning prohibitive
Indebtedness, that, of course, is the
natural remedy. Existing facilities
also may be made more effective
Decentralization Of traffic termi-
nails offers a partial cure, partial
only, however. because it is applicable
only to portion of the business to be
done. Some of the thru business of
the country can be diverted to other
points than those where it now col
lects. but the great central markets can
not be destroyed nor the bulk Of their
business affected