The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-05

~ the countries ~ the Continent without
calling into PLAY an elaborate rnSchAn-
Ism that ~ the general advisory council.
the general Larif committee OF the con-
sIltAtivs ~Jmmi'tee. a. ~ is variouAly
called. lhes. hpdies, composed of mem
hers - the various Governmental Min
istries. 81 representatives Of chambers ~
c"n'm~rcs NJ industrial and sRr,ciitura !
socie;;ss. are 49, large az often In ~ I'M
wIe.dy = u claimed that Though
their deliberations the rates are adjusted
tur the best interests ~ the country bit
the tact IA that in their deliberations -"
many con,ending interests are represented
that particular districts nttsn have q"
suffer because II the opposition ~ other
districts 10 rate adius-r1rnt that would
tsneht them IN competition With their
rivals. Prominent business men ~ Ger
MANY vigorously Hsssr- that the rates ~
the ra,i-nads are held At too high a level
In Fra noe che periods Of time required
for the deliberations Of the consultative
committee and Ministerial approval are so
long that the occasion Tor 'hp 'u1Sing If
rate pt'entimes has passed hetoTe the de-
Cision IL reached
The attitude ~ the Continental coun-
tries tow ard the pooling Il trsffic has from
the first hem utterly different from that
Of the people Of the United States Com
pe,itIve traiic has been pooled from a.
early as 1873. ~heu q pool ~ss made %
the tvsffic hetwesn Cologne and Hamburg
and Bremen Pools nov cover various
channels Of national and International rail
traffic There 10 Prussia H ollAnd Belgium
pool. . Observation-Disclosures pool.
and ~ on. Through rates and pooling
contracts are adjusted by conferenoes be-
tween the Representatives Of the railways
Of the different nations concerned. oon-
ference ~ the railways interested IN one
pol - attended nv the representatives ~
other railways whose Sraffic may b af-
fect~d nv lie action For example. trans
atlantic trsfhc IN the German interior by
~ay ~ Rotterdam. Amsterdam, Bremen
or Hamburg oompet@s with such trafiao by
~sy ~ Genoa or Trieste and the repre-
senta''vse 81 zach interest attend the con-
ferenc~s held bv the other
That the industry and commerce and
consequently the trarhc OF the Conti-
mental countries are Ear less advanced
than that ~ the United States 10 no more
s'rikinglv evidenced than in the differ
In EUROPE ara n" such powerful loco
motives and caCacicus freight cars. no
-uch hesVv trlIns The freixh, cars in
ordinary usn IN the United States narry
from fort~ =" fir''' tone. thcse ~ the Con
',nen' from ten To hfteen tons Some
rars of twenty tons have been intro
dnr--d ~ GeT1nsnv h'It their number
toes not NrtnE che average CAPACITY above
TftS~u tons Scr,s 'Wentv ton cars have
also h~en PLACED m usc IN France. and
iu rn~ sSc~utionsl instance h~.ween lie
northeru coal fields and the great heds ~
IRON ere forty and Hftv ton car- are used
u H. -ali that az The manufacturing
7lants are not adapted ~ the receiving.
'he Iosding ar,I unloading 81 cars ~
-r"stAr "spzCitv the Introduction 81
larger tSan NFtAsn ton ears would neceesi-
tote -i,,t rnlv the rebuilding ri many ~
The appliances aud structures NJ the rail.
rolds bur al-r - 'ha manufacturers
This ~ course - true bay me United
States vs-s~d through similar condi-
iiOnS aud nPtthsr 'ha manufacturers
nov the railroads hesIt7ted lnnG ~ scrap
ping 'hstr cid plants that they might
pToyide new plants ~ greater capacity
- meet the demands ~ an industry and
commercs fhs' i- KEYED zap so q -w1ftsv
pare and , greater productive capacity
TRAN in anv other land or at any other
tune This high development demands
the pouring N ~ vast quantities q raw
material and The regular taking away
~ al points ~ the compass ~ uIanufac-
'Irsd products In great volume
n - Stgnifcsnt that in Germany. the
one country ~ tho continent that most
nearly approaches the United States N
energy and enterprise and m thorough
uee- often S~a~is - The grssr manufac-
'prsrS are rhshnG because flr~y rr~ held
toVr - tho Use ~ 'he smaller cars Here
ore time Rsilvav Minister said that a.
only The larger shippers could make ~"
- such care - 'n'l'I'e them m the equip
rleur would Ri,a 'rp large AZ advantage
over small shippers % bich would If course
IT, tis irr'11''on thai r0'lii moi ~ tol-
--a'@i Two ~ three Of 'hs great manu-.
furtn-rrr rfar's having their own interior
~liI~ ld~ E-' their exclusive usa have
..qur uai 90 IN wiih powerful locomotives
and fr--g mi CIV ton freight carS ~
'as i.luU'trturuE plants ~ general m
.r~s-s % ~iys sri number tho demand for
larger -ars I1y~r necessarily ia n'-s
urgent and the Government IN The end will
undn,btei'v bS obliged - rehuild and 70
eI,,p the railroads that th.v may ~ sluaI
to tho demands ~ ths rrlf'r thai r. h.lnR
c"uductsi on an increasing -csis
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