New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1930, Page 6

6 R. R, EXECUTIVES ASH BETTER DEAL (Continued Fr which harass them a not place the peting services. Tess men of t to them that portation roads shou only agency regulatory ods,” Mr. Brister ared. Appeals for Shippers’ Aid Vice President C! S. B of the Lehigl r railroad ws or T mpoveris unfair t exorbi ation or ates to Tc profit to t About lsaac Hardw sestion es to 1 souther: Lwelve changed. From 1915 whe Haven first began to see ing need of cnlarging iis f to 1926, when we reached t of our freight business, the of revenue freight moved one increased less than 5 per cent ear. From 1926 to 1 there a decrease of & 08 T the three years. Fro which was the p ger travel, passenge mile increased about 7 year, while from 1 was a decrease of 0 in the nine vears. “The cause leading to treme decline in railway traffic in recent years are,—the constantly increasing number of motor trucks, passenger -coaches and privately owred automobiles operating over years moved Dar ce to 192 per cent there this ex- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1930. — public highways, improved wa- ways, oil pipe lines, high power tural laration of policy with s general railroa arding ' growth o stated | further r Why Railroads Protest Railroa tecommendations Fair Competition Preyvented Traffic Plcture Member of the Family Your hardware store is the logical place 1¢ purchas tie practical zifts which will be so popular this vear. You are especially invited to come in and inspect what we have to offer. SPORTING GOODS Mazda Tree fights ELECTRICAL sy 3100 Set APPLIANCES Waftle Grills ! 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The trouble with raiflroad rates is that while everyone who deals with the railroads recognizes that they should have sufficient revenues to maintain their tems and to maintain their systems and to maintain their credit, | there arc people who pay railroad s on their products who seem to have the belief deeply imbedded that they are paying t0o much and that paying too little; | consequently / they appeal to the | commission for relief from what they consider to be their own bur- len. Then other people whom the man thinks is paying too little conclude that they are paying teo ich, and they veal to the mission, and it becomes a > of little backs to bite them, litile real everyone else is first big fleas have fleas eir com- | | lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. Rates and Revenues Down commission has to hear all these cases, and decide them. Some- times it decides one way, sometimes another, but the general result has, Leen a lowering of railroad rates, and a consequent diminution of Tail- road revenue. It would not be fair. howevter, to say that the commission has done all the reducing of rates that has been done, but it is fair to say that the reductions that have been made under orders of the com- mission have been more sweeping. and have had a far more reaching affect, than any reductions that have been made by the railroads them- selves. Many railroads have been forced, through destructive unregu- lated, -and often irrespansible come petition, to lower their rates, inor- der to keep part of their traffic, 10 a point at which they could meet | this competition and often these (Continued on Page Eleven) Henry Goldsmith & 25 MAIN STREET TAILORED MARQUISETTE CURTAINS Silver Se Ecru — 3 inch hems 69¢ Pa " (OTTAGE SETS Well Made All Colors 57¢ WINDOW SHADLS STAIR CARPET, QUILTS AND BLANKETS WINDOW SHADES ast and h- | W Irregulars of | Sold ever our $1.49 grade. 0712 ANMINSTER *23 95 RUGS cach . 1’RI> 93 aan 49¢ o $1.00 $2.98 ., shahle CONGOLEUM | RUGS $6.75 | i CURTAINS Pl o CHENILLE RUGS CO. 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