Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-05-17
PRICES RISE
HIGH COST OF LIVING
HITS The RAILROADS
Service VIII Be Crippled Un-
less Relief Comes Soon.
EXPENSES UP, RATES DOWN

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strips Revenue Chairman nruss'
sehnitt Tells Congress Committee.
Unified Federal Control Will Improve
Conditions.
WASHINGTON Anri, -Th condition
in whn.h tho milrn,d. anh tham.alva,
90 . ro,n,t ,of nons,.nt ,,nra.,o. IN
w.yas urices NJ m.tari.I taxas and
other exnansas willie their r-evannss
mr.. r.stricted nv ,svislotion wac str,k.
In,,,v das.rihad nv Jntns Krnttschnitt
Ch.irm.n NJ tIa Exacntiva Cnmmittas
~ tho Snuth.rn u.ciac Comnuuy IN
h,s t.st,,~nmw a.r,r. III n.st taw Iovs
h.roro m. In,nt C,nyrass,nno, Com.
wittaa m ,rt.rstot. r.,m,naroa which
j., MAILING . st.dv ~ IN. nusst,nu -,
railro,d reputation Mr. Krnttschn,tt
n,.rad Tho comr,ittoo I'm rocn,mmona a
Mon NJ r.a,Ia,,nn wh,oh ,uu, nam.or
rosnons,h,l;tv For ,orn,at,on .nd IT,
,..,l,s In ~. r.doroi unua,rron. sn
,h.t oond,.inns .r.,t,.. I,,,n .v,onso.
snI rayon,,os m.v ho 80 snhioo. ~
r,,,,.n, no,,,,, ;,,,a.a 80 ~. m,.,.,
r,I .nd ,ttom ,,nnin,,nn nnI,,,os IN
ynlvad 4, IN. system NJ r.,,lLn.d ,ts,.
.nd f.a.rs, rsvn,.,ion
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why ROADS Need More Money.
Mr.. Kruttschnitt's testimony also had
a bearing on the reasons for the appli.
cation of the roads to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for a general
advance In freight rates. He showed
that while the price Ut transportation
has declined in recent years, the cost
Of producing transportation. like the
cost Of almost everything else. has rap.
idly advanced. This he illustrated by
showing that II freight and passenger
rates had increased during the past
twenty years in the same proportion as
average eonillou,.y prices Tue rai'foaus
o.,vas e. nnnI.u ,n,. r.. .u,,s
,on,s.,or ~ ,",s .n", .n.n a,s .oa".ns
TIis s.n,,n IN tho n,,I;, ~, 1900
od IN ,,,t. ~ nm in.r..,. 40 90 nov
oan, 4, H. ans. -, n,.rn,inr ~. ,u.r.
h. . r.duo,inn tn +hs ava,.rs ,as.an
o., r.ta M, ,,iIa rro,, on1 ,nn,, l.,
1sos ~ ,us ,nnts t. ,n,s . soa.....
oranor o.nt and hm. nod,.,,on T., .ha
aro,nu. r,at.,ht 80 n.r .nn III. .."n,
on Ellis ~ ,uus ~ ,,IIs T." ,u,s -.
10 ,ar "an, m,r,nn ,ha ".mo uar,n,
.n...t ~ .n.r. ."ua
n.y.. ,,,,n 90 a.nt, 90 :. a,."..
a%,"h,,,. a. 49, 49,. a.""
.,,a mn,ao - ,.n oauan.ot,.,ss
sta, ~ . h",,...in ~ .ha I'a,.",.n"nn. =,
.s.,a.,,t,n" tn"ra..aa ,,r &
r.n.,nr,.,,o 10 nr.o.t,.IIv ,ho o,In
onm,nrd,t. T., n. - 80. h.. 49,.
,noroaso ACKNOWLEDGEMENT =, ,rI.. an,,n.
m. nust tw.ntv va.r. ,.a,aht .na -.
sunn.r h.r,...L.,,., ,.;.,a. .h., H.,
v.rs twontv ,o.r, .,n
zig saving to Public.
II rates had risen proportiOnately to
the increase In the cost Of other arti:
cles Of ordinary use. MIR. kruttschnitt
told the committee. the average pas.
senger rate In 1915 would have been
2.95 cents a mile, or 50 per cent higher
than it was, aud the average freight
rate would have been 1.21 cents. or "
per cent higher than it. was. The saw.
Ing to the public In passenger fares
through this difference was $3l4.OOO..
W. aau III 're'snt rates si'o1o'ooo'Voo'
tbI. r.dnct,on IN r.tos and in.ra.saa
cnst NJ onar.tion no so,I NOS ov,,Iod
onlv hv bs.vv xn.nditu,.s to ,ht.In
inrreossd sfBc,oncv IN tro,n mnvomant
matiny n noss,h,o to borI moro tors y,
fraIvht NOR locomotive Th,s nd , -
ducsd tho .voraoo uns. -, h.,,,no
TIM NJ rro,vht hut ,tha ao,,,na - 49,
svor,go f]re,u,,t r.,. hoa roa,oea 49,
NOT raveu,,. or rho roods rrom ooh .nn
nauIad ~ th. onor.t,rn oo..s -, 49,
r.iIr,.d, ,,oInd,na tho .r,o". - .saI
IoInr md m.tario, oop.,nvo :. -.
vanno 81 ~. nro.ont ,sta = ~. ~
roods w.,n ha In ~. md. 80 s.o.,ra..
hv Io,a m,los. son,. .o,,or =. $500
.,hnItt ,o,a .ho a,.nu,,..as
.nv;u,, =. ~. - ....Ss.
,r,o.. =. at,
=, tha d.II.r hn. }@a,Iop ~ "na
Tho railrnnds arc in N. nos,.,on -, ha