Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-11
Cheap Transportation Has
Built National Prosperity
This Is big American freight engine.

This Is big American freight engine
tits an achievement of AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENIUS "a
built to HAUL LONG TRAINS loaded the products
lean industry from the mines farms mills markets
Of the country for shipment across the seas
In all the wonderful history of American industrial progress NO
PIECE OF MACHINERY HAS PERFORMED SUCH SERVICE AS THE
BIG FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE
Freight carried railroads LOWEST RATES IN THE
WoRaD while we pay our railroad workers the HIGHEST WAGES
IN THE WORLD TON OF FREIGHT IN EAST CARRIED
THREE MILES FOR THE COST OF Tw0CENT POSTAGE STAMP
Cheap transportation of the biggest builders Of prosperity.
The big freight engine with its ace power the big steel
freight car with Its great carrying capacity and the heavy rails and
rOcbaasted rodcd support the weight great engines and
which have low freight broad markets. have
enabled US products the markets the world competition
But welmeanng but shosighed leaders Of American
railroad workers who say to the railroad managers
SHORTEN YOUR FREIGHT TRAINS that the enginemen and
Uanmen can haul the tonnage faster the roads, make
miles pay in eight hours they do in ten hours"
To the State Legislatures these spokesman for the railroad
en
pass laws LIMITING THE LENGTH OF FREIGHT TRA1Ns-w.
oppose big tonnage trains"
To the Farmers, Manufacturers, Merchants they say:
with shorter freight trains railroads your products
to the markets"
To the American Public that pays every railroad bill
and "A cents Of every dollar paid for transportation wage
they say: 8&&
Cali that the railroads have do higher
wages to shorten their trains the freight rapidly and escape
the penalty of overtime wages"
What would be the taking leaders Of the $4,000 train
employees at their wdshn freight trains that they
at higher speed2
Increasing the number handle the same tonnage would
call for employees do the tracks yards
terminals more supervision and it that there would be
geston OF traffic and greater hazards operation Hundreds Of mil
lions would have be spent the railroads their
ties and to operate the bigger plant
IT WOULD BE AKIN 10 USING HAND sHovEIS INSTEAD OF
FIVE-TON STEAM DREDGES TO DIG A PANAMA CANAL.
American railroads have spent reducing grades
cutting down mountains and filling valleys increasing the hauling
power Of locomotives and the carrying capacity Of putting down
rock ballast and heavy asa for purpose lower the
operation.
the public that has rapsd the beneatin better cheaper
railroad service
the railroads moved their tonnage shorter trains speeds
the public 1t would have shoulder great burden
creased cost Of transportation.
Would the public get value received for its money!
OF the tonnage the roads of Chicago per
coal COKE stone and other mine products To the public
consequence whether this freight is few hours longer road
long there continuous and regular coming
markets.
FoURFTTHs OF ALL THE TONNAGE MOVING IN THE EAST
Is MADE UP OF Low GRADE SLOW MOVING FREIGHT CARRIED
AT THE LOWEST RATES IN THE WORLD
To abandon the big freight trains American
Increase the speed which the bulk Of the traffic thereby
enable the train employees to higher shorter hours would
place great burden American industry without giving the public
any tangible benefit.