Word: intermountain
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...what the railroads now do in many cases. The railways have applied for a further reduction, so as to compete with the seaborne trade through the Panama Canal. But there are objectors. Coast ports do not object; they have railway and water carriers competing and cutting rates. The intermountain I region does object. It has no water carriers to compete with the railways; consequently it pays the full rate. It sees its competitors on the coast getting cheaper rates, and cries out loudly against the discrimination...