The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-11-29

"A xr-at many farmers think that
In the transportation srt or th~ Eseh-
Cummings law. the railroads were
guaranteed n certain profit. This is
wrong. Tho railroads had 70 pay the
government all over ~ PER cent Of
tho earnings. The great complaint
WAS that rates we're ~ much higher
than In 1918. II II = proven fact that
nxc Wholesale price Of cOsnmoditisu
Of living, IN figured In 32 cities, was
~ prr cent higher than In 1919, the
average freight rate. basEd on rcvw-
ern roads. only 70 per cent higher.
"T'h- RAILROADS.. as we'll ~ individ-
uals. are required TO pay high prices
for everything and II some reasonable
method can bc devised for the rcdut-
tion Of the railroads enormous cx-
pcnac for labor and other costs OF op-
Grafton. the railroads would only BE-
too glad Ia lower freight rates. You
cannot afford 10 Atarvr your horses
when working them 10 the limit and
expect them 10 bc 100 per cent eff
Client. and neither can you afford To.
allow the railroads 10 become weak
and impoverished 80 that they arc un-
able to render 100 pcr cent service.
at is shown. and can hc proven.
that the railroads under private own
rrship cut the expenses $SSa. 90
per day under that which was paid out
by the railroads under government
operation, Al u point where y man
was paid $1,000 per month to turn \
switch to pump water, under the re-
adjustment of wages tho government
paid this man back pay amounting to
&sA0N. claiming that this man should
b = termed an electrician and paid as
such Who paid Tor this! You and
|. from taxes. II takcs the railroad
ten years to make good engineer
out of u man. hut during tho govern
mcnt control they paid as much mon
ey t. the man who had taken u thirty
day course 10 learn his work. as they
did to AN engineer who had taken ten
wears to make him efficient in his
line,
"rhc people who favor the Hovrn-
ment taking over the railroads should
think twice before they vote or even
talk nf this move, Give the farmer
u chance and hc will come out Of the
depression and this also applies to
the railroads, Give the railroads a
chance to come out ef the depression
aud they will be- only tro glad to re-
3,He rates when il is possible, Rail
N>sa rates and labor must come down
together and until something can h~
dome ,o bring this about thcrp eantMt
te lewvr freight rates"
sfhAx, <NhN <N,,,~. f,>rs,Naf.> .NN.Ns.yh
~ hear Mr., White were given Es
Of valuable information about rail-
tsAas, AND GStenea u an Interesting
the >seS,re ~ hear MIR, White SyAtn At
SNme later aSte
fulkwsax Mr., Whites address the
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with Awethes aua,s~,r, and then tel-
lewsN the showing vi the hsS feature
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gan ~ wvss3 their Way hNNewsca, hut
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tscMer ssessIs complimentary ~ the
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