The Carlisle independent., 1920-08-05
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the world.
 The railroad problem which holds public attention, and is of constant moment at Washington, does not stand by itself. It is part of the entire in- dustrial problem of the country and is tied up with it in every detail. Hence it cannot be solved by itself. Any disturbance affecting any industry re- acts upon railroad transportation. It may keep cars empty and idle that should be full and running. Then up- on the abatement of such disturb ance the demand for products delayed by it becomes abnormally strong for the time being. There is, so to speak, rush hour" demand, creating temporary need for more than nor nal supply of cars.
 The coal strike of last fall had long extended effects. Ali production in which iron and steel enter was compli- cated by the steel strike. Building has been hampered by numerous local strikes of craftsmen and the long shoremen's strikes have rendered it difficult to get many materials. Traf- fc for export>has been complicated by maritime strikes, both of longshore- men and tugmen. Teamsters' and truckmen's strikes have added to these difficulties. Capital has faced uncer- tainties and partirularly has been un- able to make stable contracts at known rices. Commodities have nei- ther been produced nor transported with the foreseeable an dependable regularity of normal times, and this has interfered with the normal flow of commodities.
 The exigencies of the war period has resulted-unavoidable, it is true in deterioration of equipment and facilities which takes time to over come. The competition for labor has lost to the railroads. many skilled men, The lowered efficiency of labor has af- fected the railroads, just as it has other. industries. This, together with the shortened workday basis, has made it impossible to get the same trans portation results with the same num- Der of employees as before the war.
 Three Autos To Every Mile
 The Federal Bureau of Public Roads shows that there were 7,565,4 ,446 mo- tor vehicles of ali types registered in the United States during the calendar year of 1919, an increase of 23 per cent over the previous year. License and registration fees alone last year amounted to S64 4,700, 900, and practi- caily all this sum was devoted to road maintenance and construction. The highway officials estimate that there are 2,475,000 miles of highway in the country, and simple long division problem shows that there are cars to every mile of highway Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming have one car or less for ev- cry mile and half of their roads But Rhode Island brings up the average by producing more than twenty cars to the mile, Massachusetts has thirteen and two-tenths cars to the mile and New Jerseys average in only slightly less. California has seven and eight tenths cars to the mile.
 Home Studies In Finance
 While the prices of so-called "neces- sites" have appreciably increased, all the official statements on finance given out at Washington show that mort gage security prices have gone down to such point that the investment cp- pOItunitlcS were never D6CCeI than now. Good securities bearing high rates of interest are apparently inter esting people all over the country. and the era of spending is giving way to period of invsstmcn1 Ihe cid time and the home "owenership policy of cal pubic service institutions seems to advice to people to invest in their To- cal pubic service institutions seems to be proving interesting to many people, and the home "oweners.;p' policy of owning the enterprises that serve the public is taking root.
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