The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-10-14
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RAIL.
TRANSFORMATIONS sIa TOLL

American People Annually ~ UuN
Three Timss % Nseh sss TraNs'
pertstien % They Pay sss supper
o. the Government.
Do you know
That the people Of the United States
nay out each year about three times
q much In transportation taxes. that
ID, for the carriage Of freight and pas.
sengers, ~ they nay In taxes for the
support Of government. national. state
and local,
That transportation affects the price
Of everything that everybody buys.
sells. eats. wears or uses In any way
whatever--air, water and sunshine ex-
ceptedf
That cheap transportation benefits
both the producer and the consumer.
making wheat and cotton higher and
-four and cloth lower at one and the
same time?
That the CHEAPEST known transpor.
tation In water transportation, costing.
on the average. from one sixth to one
tenth ~ much - transportation By
rail-?
That the direct saving on the goods
actually carried BY water In the
United States 10 over e550.000.000 .
year?
That railways always make lower
rates when subject TO the competition
Of waterways than where such compe.
tition does not exist?
That the indirect saving. thus
caused. II probably ~ large % the d.
rect saving given above?
That both the direct and indirect
saving would be largely Increased BY
the further improvement Of our water.
ways?
That waterways always Increase the
profits Of the railways with which they
come Into ccmpetitionf For the rea.
son that waterways. by giving cheap
transportation for raw materials. actu-
any create both industry and com
msrcs? A. 10 Indicated BY the fact
That In 1900 there was only one city
n the United States. with population
Of 1900 or over. which was not 10
Gated on . navigabie waterway And
further
hew Frankfort 0snsNtsd.
That Frankfort. Germany. grew
moro IN the twenty years after the
River Main was canaiizcd than II had
grown In the two hundred years b.
fore? And again
That Germany. which b nearly Co..
~ square miles smaller than Texas.
but has one OF the finest waterway
systcms IN the world. had In 1908 .
foreign commerce greater than that 1T
the United States By over 100000
o0o.
That throughout the civilized world
the largest cities. the densest popula-
tiou, the busiest and most prosperous
people are to be found along nAvigar
BILE waterwayss
That the surest snd sreediest way
10 develop the resources Of the nation
and every state and section thereof.
10 Increase the growth Of every city
and community In the country. to pro
mote the prosperity Of every interest.
including the railroads. and Of every
citizen, east. west. north and south. 10
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PROVISION soe po"es.
That the benefits which would -
suit from the comprehensive improve
ment Of our waterways. and the Losses
which would follow our failure 10
make srch Improvement. are no enor.
nous. that tunds should be provided
hy the issuance Of bonds-ss has been
done BY railways--so that the work
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