The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-12-20
A STRING OF FREIGHT CARS
ESQ MILES LONG"


Just think of a. a.sinele gigantic 80, !,
VI freight cars, extending from Port
land. Me-. through Boston. along th,
SHORE line to New York, across Hel
Gate bridge and through the penpsv,
Vania tunnels, south past Pbiladelphis
ana across the great bridge of Susoue-
hanna' and on through Baltimore to
Washington-a single train of freight
cars, with every foot of track space
Occupied.
Or think OF the train as extending
from Chicago east, on any Of the main
trunk lines. and extending. as far ss
Buffalo and the Falls. or east of Pitts.
ourgh past ths famous Horseshoe
curve. to Johnstown, Pa. When you
think Of this you will have some feint
Idea Of what wartime car saving
means. when expressed In terms of re.
suits accomplished by asingIe indus
try. -. 4 =
Before the great war Amo rlca was
prodigal OF her freight space :, O,
everything else. She used freight
cars iavishly. and Ia some places. or
some lines. carload, units became -
small a. twelve or. fifteen tons. With
tnis small unit Of carloading. dealer
storages all over the country W.
Duiie to accommodate q minimum i.
load. 80 It happened tnat there
much waste year after year, becaus,
the freight loading units were on the
basis or trac * capacity and engine DOW.
er or 1870. instead of 1918.
The fertilizer industry in endeayor-
ns to cooperate with the government
ast year und rtook to ship only In tuIl
carloads. or as nearly full carloads ssl
ne conditions Of The trade permitted.
b's entated n tremendous amount of
Work, as does anything which goes .
lgafpst long established custom and
'ractice. The manufacturers had 10
sell" the idea to their statesmen; the
aIesmen had 10 pass It on to thelr :,
ealers and agents; and the dealer :
nd agents had to convince their Gus :
omers-the fertilizer consumers The !.
ountry Over-that II was necessary !.
Dr. them to cooperate I'm the move =
tent. .... {
Customers had to order early. so :
lat dealers could make up orders for :
fulf carload, with the understanding .,
mt some of the customers would haul :,
rectly from the-car. and thus help ~,
'lieve congestion In the dealers stor- - -
70. Dealers had. TO receive cars as a.
'on as they could be sent from the >,
ctory. instead of waiting. as they -
metlmes hive done In the past, until o.
st before planting, season. Manufac- "
rers had to sulrprt this in all ways n,
ssible' but nipiniy by giving prefer 20
CO 10 those dealers who actually did -,
der early and I'm full carloads. =.
The results of this industrial COOP. NJ,
alton have been wonderful. The aS
evious year the average carload Of
'tliiger had been about 90 ns-oni- IN,
II OF the car occupied. LIST We ;h,
S average was raised e. over !, nr,
's per acre. with the net r ut .ns IN,
equivalent OF more tian 1856 ~
ps were saved. ~ nI.u.ler ,h,
~ WS5 srA tFc% rN~ Atf IfSf far
trasrortation OF fuatic'. !, ~ M,
the carrying oflsr - md otSer
ds from the grei's ~anav G. the mo
Lille West TO. .ths seaboard states. S.c
The. transport of co. = the frost .to
ma csties of the, l,ortii. hnr
What wa" done In the fertilizer r ha
try hast yser raust. be done agt sh,,
year. O iicr ingsusirfes must \, =
ow .i'a 9 ne ~phahs Lime, .fee Ia
iiizers. all sorts Of materials MI. ga
shipped I'm fun Carloads: The w, M
accomplish thisas for.consumers { so,v
see their needs; and !fOreseeins
r needs to plae their orders earl. a.,
that there will be time, enough 70 SA'
carloads to be,made un. tmmedi-
shipment as early as possible,
also be the rple-so that neither ~
mapufacturar'S sforoy1 t. A.