The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-25
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Rate Reduction and Freight Increase - Railroads and Law of Diminishing Re- turns - Daugherty and War Crooks No PenrOse Ghost Bridgeport Willing to Help New York.

The Interstate Commerce Com mission has announced rate decision which will have the the oretical effect of reducing the nations freight bill fifty millions. If the cut is large enough 1t may increase the freight bill. The people may ship more goods, up- on which they may pay more freight, though less on each artt- cle. There is a law of business which declares that price should be fixed so that the maximum business will be created. More articles at smaller price may pay bigger return than fewer articles at larger price.
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 Railroads have not made money as they increased rates They have met the law of dimin- ishing returns, which means that ALAOA Q 1ioh VIII SCI SIdNSu "Ien the charge Is fifteen cents, than when the charge is quarter The post offices of the world, directly created on the princi- pie of large business based on small prices understand what is the matter with the railroads,
 
 other thing the matter with the railroads Is too much water. A third thing Is their practice of creating debts which they seldom retire
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 It is important that railroad rates shall be reasonably stable Very high rates carried on for a long time mean revival of nefEhb orhood industry. New England complains that whole areas are cut off from its fac tories by railroad rates Com plaint is exaggerated, but injury has been done. More will be. if the rates stay up. Long per tod of high rates means capital invested In local Industry. Sud- den drop means sudden killing of those tndustries. after they have become established. wastefuli
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 If Hhere are war contract erty should seek them out and punish them. That they sinned under a Democratic administTa.- ton. and may be scourged under a Republican administration Is as 1t should be The justification of party government is, that par ties win compete with each other to do the best work. and gain favor of tho people. Cornbina- ton between politicians is more dangerous. than partisan prose cut3ons, which, are tried by courts. mostly not partisan.
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 The prosecution of Morse Is proper. Court will not convict, if there is no wrong doing. That Daugherty once acted as counsel for Morse makes less difference, when DauSherty prosecutes. It might make moro. if there were no prosecution.
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 The.ghost of Boies Penrose did not Fe&urn to his apartment in waxxdman Park Inn. His ghost ly hand did not press the button which starts the office ouzner. and his bulky form did not rock the chair in which he used to sit. Mary Roberts Rinehart- famous author. who has the apartment, denies che yarn. Penrose would nt come back, or if be did, 1t would bo to the safety deposit box, where he left behind him g EdtEC SuIu III CdSn. SlOStS Ic- turn to the things they hold dear when they lived. They do if they come back, and If transition hasn't changed their natures
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 Bridgeport. incorrigfbiy oucolio. bars speed nends and payroll bandits. While its citizens ad- nire city chaps and are not averse to New Yorks passion for crime waves. they will not encourage me untfm ely demise of their own citizens If there are New York CTS who prefer life to excitement, Bridgeport will loan so much of ifs police department as will put their town in good order, and will give back Payne whitney's $50, if he'n promise to go slow next time he comes this way. whitney Is not compared with bandits. Quite otherwise It Is merely asserted that a gentleman is just as dead. regardless of who kIlls him.
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 Lady Aseor. former American