Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-19
FARRELL SUGGESTS
PLAN TO RELIEVE
CAR FAMINE
Santa Fe Publicity Agent In
Defending Railroads Asks
That Change be Made in De.
murrage Rule.

murrage Rule.
Topeka. Kan. sept ls--"Conserya.
ton 81 "a wutohWurd boo tho United
States said d. D. Jurrcl. publicity
agent OF the santa BE-. today It is|
H new word Ion our ovrrg dul Hlk. Tho
cNtravHRanco of th, American people
lu The use uf water. forests. fuel ana
agricultural lands Be- 1un confessed
on ali Sides ana the people have risen
ln their ml1hI Tor Hu organized rNort
Co conserve those natural resources.
"Th,rc is also 81 great annual waste
la the us, 1i rliiWuE equipment aud
10 this would direct the attention 81
leaders
"Tukr. for Instance ths shipment ~
wheat ana IT, products The frcgiht
iarin provides FOR % milling 10 tran.
sit arrangement, that is. 90 unload
wheat 40 tlc mill. and after IL "a made
into flour. move tho manufactured
product 90 destination az one rate.
same az ii tho car oi wheat had gone
through without unloading. IL is q
proper arrangement, boa accord with
public policy, but there rs o. waste,
ana conservation ls needed. Again
for instance.
"a farmer az Pawnee Rock sells
B car load 90 wheat 60 q miller az Great
| Bend The car can't bo too big for
tho farmer. &C for the miller, for that
matter. ao the farmer loads TO the
capaclb'--S0,uU0 pounds. Under the
milling ana transit arrangement the
la
mill. and when she flour Is ready for
shipment. 10 goes ont Ia minimum car
load lots OF $4,000 pounds, requiring
three cars To haul the product OF the
one car Of wheat. and at the same
price which would have been charged
for tle wheat through o. destination
ir IL had not been stopped for milling
Tho Kansas law fixes the minimum
for car load Of flour az 2iVOl.
raX on road Equipment
The railroads DO not object 20 the
milling in transit feature. In fact
they are In favor OF h. II ~ good
tulng for producer. manufacturer and
consumer. but tho requirement Of the
law which practically compels tho
railroads. to use three cars TO haul
from tho mill the manufactured pro-
duct OF q volume of wheat That nad
been hauled 90 tho mill lu ono car Is
% tax on the equi pmsut which not only
Us a burden 90 the railroads, but also
To- the public, because 10 is big face
tor loo causing car shortage troubles
that come every fali
"Thc miilcrs claim that tho flour
ltradc objects io buying in lots greater
thau % 900 pouuds mo ulnlmum ra-
lpa,lty of 70 car .t aAya uy law. Don't
want 500 much money tied up Boo iI1nr
is tho reason ou.red ny tho tg'dc
| The mlllorR cauTpt DO anything to
r.ucvD the situation and tho railroads
Iare prohibited from raising the can
lminlmum Tor flour. As a result many
La farmer h'8 ta whit with wEorovoI
p patience Do. can command Cor r1r.
which are t,I up in The flour trade
by o. foolish Legislative enactment
"rhe railroad oorl0opigs report ina
|, lf ,bry were permitted to hHu. 'h'
= flour from the min in the anm' sol
, lumo per car us that ~ tHo wheat haul
I'd 20 tho m.U they rould ho able q
:. supply for tho 90. demand q greo
y many more cars per dav than the
can uow furnish
" conservation of natural resource
D, rs government .1uDaon--stnto gov
% rrnmout as H,I as national govern
] lmeut As the uat, and national SOY
p lrrumCutg have fut,n over the rrEuIu
/" luton oi the railroads, why should the
q. not also consider tine conservation %
= transportation nstlues' why Shout
/" turv not remove the obstruction
, prprr,ss which ties up large uumbo
~ OF freight cars ,y,gg dag without suu
d serving any public interest
shippers Prefer DemurIagc.
" Tho wheat aud flour incident
p" only one ~ many Shippers an uv'
a., tho country uso cars every day &,
:. Iaturaga purposes. paying the dcmu'
\. rage charges in preference" 10 GA
. higher charges cog transfer aud ware
AZ houses Tho inn gives them iho PRIV
uege and tho railroads. arc holpl's
NJ Thousands ~ ears ut hay and oih
. feed are shipped daily without % pu
no chaser, tho owners paying domurlu'
r. on tho ours until the mnrkeiH 90
ir them Tho shipping public SUITE
RI. thereby Conservation is sortly nee.
IS, cd IN this respect
ra Hundreds of grain ears ar" h"
In, FOR unloading loo cities awaiting u
No pleasure OF government and state i
spcctors. n is thr law, and tho iai
- roads simply have 60 grin and bear
ne A requirement Tor prompt lnspecu'
a. would De valuable conservau'
nd measure,
us "Ono case which gives a railroad
ne lot OF trouble is reported this WEE
ais from central Kansas town. \ m
no which had its storage elevator ga
ordered % cars OF wheat ,o
pound capacity box cdrs-and, ha'il
no place 90 put the grain, held q
/. cars on tho sidoir8ck from August
4 to september A. The domurragc
these cars amounted Go practical