East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-18
ID LACKSMITHS coal used here costs per ton at the
mines in West Virginia The price of that coal laid down
in pnrllnA nAn, = 90

ID LACKSMTH coal used here costs 20 per ton at the
mines in West Virginia. The price of that laid down
in Pendeton is $685. the freight being s2765 per ton
IN carload lots In other words nine enths of the this
particular coal is due to the transportation charge.
The facts illustrate how burdensome freight rates are and
now they hamper industry Every Eastern Oregon
suffers from the high of transporting blacksmith coal be-
cause farmer has certain backsmthng work
to do Each time the farmer pays coal 80 cents
that sum goes to the freight coal from the CONT
nent
It will be said that the freight too high yet the rail
road officials will respond with the claim even under pres
t high rates the roads making money They make the
claim that the roads not meeting operating and
the present time worrying their ability to meet
payments on their bonds.
That brings up the question to whether or not the rail
roads being efficiently managed Its nueon which nar
lns of variety answers In many respects American
Ioading is on very efficient bas Our railroad officials are
the Talnmen is good. No one will deny such facts.
But there Is one master bunder being committed by the rail
roads of the They are operating with coal and oil as
when potential hydro electric energy sufficient operate
western road allowed to unused Were the Umatla ra
pd on the Columbia developed there would power to oper
ATE the entire o. w r. N system by electricity still
leave more electricity than being used in large region rbu
tary to the power site.
There figures showing that power can be generated
at low cost and there figures showing that electric To-
OF coal Officials of the Milwaukee road which is electrified
say that experience proves that electrified roads operate better
Electricity most efficient conditions that make
steam rallroading most difficult and expensive
Managers of railroads just Saying much about the
necessity OF reducing and they they are making
headwa toward such end But high wages alone are not
sponsbe high transportation costs The biggest need If
raroadng the northwest source of power They
should use natures fuel and stop using up product that ex
naustbe and the transportation of which in itself heavy
drain upon the roads.
People are complaining about high freight some day
ey VIII rebel IN earnest unless relief provided is time for
the best minds in railroad business to come to life on the
SUBJECT OF railroad eleccaton they do that will not be
long until such streams the Columbia the Snake and Des
cues put to work and big railroad expense
be reduced thereby permitting of that not se bus
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H. G. Wells believes the world should have new bible re-
viewing progress made since the days of Peter and Paul
consider the suggestion sacrgous there is vein of gooG
sense IN what the noted Englishman says.
Some proud from of snobbshness and
others like fire chief have sound feeling eated
The chief has fire truck that throw stream of water
above the highest building in town.
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Down in Southern Oregon ranch has been sold for S25
600 In Eastern Oregon that would be Known truck garden
DEAL
While in state Mary Roberts Rnehart should not over
look the best part of Oregon.
Have you been burglarized yet?