The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-04-01
FREIGHT LEAST
H. c. |, EXPENSE
Director General Hines Says RAN
road Transportation Costs
Are Lowest h History.
FrsiSht Advances Compared Win R,ss
h Valve u ossds--rranspertasisn
ehsapsst Thins Putas oSva
~ Charge On esms Artislss.

Data COMPLIED 1ren authsribauss
SOURCES shsws that raisfsad freight
rates are The least faessr u ths ssst
u Hvins. Although the preDsstisu Of
the total cost Of oss1s Nat "a ~
ehasesd y tsanspertatisa n nst laSwn
with statistical accsrseg. II y ssetnat-
Cd hat the average trassDsftAt,sa ssst
u thisss produced n tkis ssuasvy =
very mall Dercsatsss Of Ask Shl
csst to the csnsunsr.
Frslshs csst ~ Per Cent 81 rstai.
n . letter 70 ppsssatativs,JsAa =.
Bsch, chairnsn Of the 1euss C6maAi3-
tee on interstate aaA Tsrakgau CsQ-
msrcs. Jsliue Krsttsehnits, s6Alenas
Of the ssuthsra rael6s Ce1paAy.
points out that II The lax Ave year,
the vslus Of seeds incrsassA - - ~.
! ersgs Of Se3 a ton. while fssioAt
charges advanced oRly - csats q ter.
In Ave years, he explains, the aver
age value Of freight carried BY this
railroads increased from $50 to SllS q
ton. The cost OF carrying this increas
ed from 81 to $3.50, paid to the rail
roads. In 1914 he adds, $40 per cent
OF the total cost Of the goods was
spent for transportation. In 1919 onl.
81 per cent was spent.
"In other words" Mr.. Kruttschnit
writes, ''only so cents out of SGD, or l.;
cents out of every dollar of increase In
value OF commodities In 1919 was caus
I'd by increased freight charges Tit
responsibility for the remaining S62.20
or 0S.7 cents out OF every dollar, mus
be sought elsewhere. 1t was not caus
ed by freight rates"
| Rates Lowest In History.
Comparison with transportation
charges In other countries shows tina
In no other country Of tile world 4
transportation furnished Mt 30 low
cost as in the United States. Compar
ed, too, with the cost Of other good
and services today, railroad trsg.Sp0rtn
ton Is the cheapest thing the publ
buys. It Is sold for less than the COS
of production, considering all the els
ments of cost.
In a statement on this subject TO tn
New England Bapkers' Associate
Walker ID. Hines, Director General I
Railroads. said:
IL think It Is 4 fair statement
that at the present time, despite
the increases which have taken
place In freight rates. a ton Of
steel or q ton Of coal. a bushsl of
wheat or the init of any ether
; commodity has 10 pay for trans
portation q less percentage Of the
price OF that commodity than ever
before In the history of the coun-
. try"
Charges on Some Articles.
Before the war n suit of clothin
from one OF the Chicago factories, sci
ing for $50 In retail shop, was ca
ried from Chicago TO Los Angeles Il
1Gh cents The suit of clothes no
retails at $50 or $50, but the freigl
rate on that 2,265 mile haul has Il
creased only 81 cents, while the ,priS
Of the goods has gone up $40 or $50.
The ~ cents does not cover all u
|. transportation cost In = suit Of clothe
the transportation charge for carrylr
the wool from the ranges and Il
cloth to the clothilss manufacturer NJ
other minor carrying costs enter In
the consideration, but the final tran
. portatlon charge Is the principal on
and the other charges add only a fe
cents more.
New England shoes are shipps
from Boston to Florida ut a cost OF lc
!, than 8 -3 cents pair This Is an |
= crease OF only one cent over the pr
!, war rate. The railroads also car
beef from Chicago to New York for
: charge of about two-thrds OF a ce
a pound. Typewriters are carried fru
New York to ST. Louis for 66 cents.
!. $3.50 photograph Is carried by freig
from New York TO Atlanta for SIS
A grand piano lie carried clear acre
). the continent for $50 and In carlo,
a lots for S2s.
These are typical freight rates, al
= they make IL plain that American ra
q roads give the lowest cost service
!, the world
/. Even with 4 very considerable
y crease In rates to make the roads So
\. supporting, transportation Will stiH