The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-26

st. Paul, Oct. reconsideration OF
railway transportation rates must in
cludc consideration Of the kinds of
services offered by the railways, was
the statement made this morning by
Pres dcnt John Lee Coulter Of the
North Dakota Agricultural college ut
the opening Of the 18th formal meet
ing Of the Northwest Shippers Ad-
visory board.
adequate transportation service IS
Of first Importance to agriculture,
Dr. Coulter declared. 'The farming
business needs first of all the right
kind of transportation service; sec
ond, the right quantity of transporta-
ton service; third. transportation
service at the right time; fourth. eff
ficicnt service, and finally, it natural
IL wants this service at the lowest
possible cost.
"Pricc is merely the measure of the
value Of an article and if We want
service and goods Of highest quality,
| we must pay the price. More and
more We are asking, not about cost,
but, is it all wool and IA yard wide,
arc the colors fast, will it shrink, is
it adulterated? In other words, is
1 the article full of value? If it is, we
are willing to pay more for it.
Needs Are Changed
referring first to the kind of
service, we may properly note that
from 1875 to 1915 the agriculture of
Minnesota and the Dakotas wanted
primarily freight cars to move grain,
with few cars to move range cattle
and other livestock. and few to move
butter from the more settled districts
OF Minnesota. The farmers Of Mime
sofa and the Dakotas arc rapidly find
ing it more profitable to pursue d.
vcrsificd farming. This calls for i
new kind of transportation service
Thousands of additional cars are
needed to take care of shipments Of
butter. A new type of car must take
the place Of the old grain car. Hun
drcds of thousands of cans of cream
are moving to large creamerics.
IAN entirely new type OF transpor
tation is demanded here. Carloads o.
meats in refrigerated cars arc tax
ing the place Of open livestock cars
and carloads of alfalfa. sweet Glove
and other grass seeds in sacks ar
taking the place Of carloads Of grail
in bulk. Carloads Of poultry and egg
and turkeys at Thanksgiving time AM
! Christmas is u new kind Of transpor
tation service. and this is IA matter o
as great concern as any other pub
lem from the standpoint of our farm
crs.
"A second factor is quantity o
service. Nature performs most fear
fully and wonderfully in the grca
business Of agriculture. On July ! tn
!. farmers of North Dakota may thin
) that they arc going to need 10000
Grain cars in late August and Septem
Der to move l25,OOO,OOO bushels Q
/ wheat. Transportation companic
I may start to move these ears to hay
them available by the first Of Ser
!, TENDER. 1t may be found that one
" half of these cars are not ncede'
;, This situation happens not only
: the case Of grain but in the case {
:, all agricultural products. Constai
" statistical service, accurate estimate
:. and the closest possible Relationship
y between agriculture and transport;
; tion are needed to assure the prone
quantity of transportation faciliti.
:, of each kind
! Time an lmDortant Factor
i crime is an all important facto
So it is that 100000 cars for movi.