Milford chronicle., 1945-06-15

trains OF every OtneI railroad lOf dCHNclN AZ any
station on the continent, according to the needs OF
the shipper, through ARRANGEMENTS set up among The
railroads. Without this coordinated through and in
ter-related service, all America producers ana
manufacturers would be able to reach nation
wide markets. and consumers would have the
advantage OF many sources of supply Agriculture
il is known in America. with farms and orchards
sending their products all over the country. would
be impossible. The dinner tables OF American fam
lilies could carry at one and the same time vege-
tables fruits. meats and dairy products from per
haps half the States OF the Union our cities. large
and small dependent as they more than local
sources OF supply. could not exist. American com
merce is built upon through freight service Ameri-
daily living depends upon it.
The railroads required. therefore. both by
law and by the necessities Of this contincnt- wide
commerce. to establish joint through routes ana
Establishing such routes and rates is not simply
a matter of combining the rates and services OF TWO
or more carriers over particular route. Be
tween any points there may he literally hundreds
of possible routes Between the Ohio River eateways
Iacksonvillc Fla. for example. there approXim-
ately 200o open and established routes by which
freight may move. while between Chicago and Jack
s0nvile there are many times that number through
the various traffic eateways Between New York ant
Francisco. any other two points so far apart
the number Of possible routes runs far up into th'
thousands
1t is the policy of the railroads and Of the law
to keep these various routes open to traffic. no
only to preserve competition but insure that the!
shall be in existence and in operation when nec'
arises The way in which these many diverse routes
have helped to meet the transportation demands o
this war upon the railroads is ample demonstration
of the wisdom and necessity OF such policy.
As a matter of practical necessity, the through
rates between any two points must be the same b.
any and all established routes. The rate charge
by any has its relationship to, and affects th
rates charged over every other such route The es
Establishment of such routes. and of the through rate
which arc a necessary part of them. commanded b
the Interstate Commerce Act. cannot be accomplishe
without consultation and ARRANGEMENT among rail
roads
The passage OF this bill is vital to the publ
at large as we'll as the railroads. 1t should get in
mediate favorable action
Do@
ALLIED PROPAGANDA certainly did not wi
the war against Germany but it undouhtedl
helped BY the same token, il is safe To state tn,
our propaganda against the japs will not win or
war against them II but, properly applied. it To-
may help in bringing quicker collapse in that hi
ton 1t is encouraging to learn that our fiers al
which they try to debunk the teachings which hay
been nstilled into all Japanese by their brute mil
tary masters Most assuredy Japan will be defeate
She is already headed we'll toward total military d
feat. This does not mean. however. that the Jal
will collapse without the sacrifice of possibly mi
lions of their nationals, with death the fate for lar
numbers of boys. They must be taught th
they cannot pillage and ron. murder and rape. co
quer and hold. This they will learn i'll time. T
mighty power of air force is just beginning
make itself felt oyer Japan Soon all her cities W
be masses of rubble and dust. Civilians will tt
the sting of death. The wealthy ruling class W
know the meaning of total war and they will desi
peace. Our airmen navy and army will win I
war But propaganda properly applied. may ass
in bringing a change in the thinking of the lit
men and women of Japan 1t is at least worth
trial.