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...must be represented," opined Senator Underwood, in advocating that the weaker railroads of the country be amalgamated with the stronger. Such a move, he declared, would make for a stable and prosperous condition among the railways, on the basis of which rates could be determined with fairness to both shipper and carrier...
...filed by the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton with the Interstate Commerce Commission clearly shows that it is being operated as a 'plant facility' to the Ford Motor Co. . . . The Ford Company has exercised its power in both directions, both as a purchaser of goods shipped into Detroit and as a shipper of manufactured products out of Detroit. In brief, the one important factor in the increased traffic of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton since 1920 has been the tonnage diverted to it by the Ford Motor Co., which might otherwise have gone by alternate routes. . . . To sum up, no useful generalization concerning...
...successively urged by a farmer (0. E. Bradfute, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation), a labor union representative (W. N. Doak, senior Vice President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen), and a banker (W. W. Head, First Vice President of the American Bankers' Association). If the agricultural shipper, the unionized railroad employee and the financier can agree upon a railroad policy, it would seem that public opinion will soon crystallize about...
...railroad situation may be due partly to the confusion caused by the volume of discussion in recent years about railroad legislation. Government operation, rates, wages, consolidations and many other details, which bewilder the average person whose contact with the railroads is as a passenger or an occasional shipper, and give the impression that the situation is hopelessly complicated...
...their financial situation is such that there seems to be little hope for any immediate economical reconstruction. Then, too, there is the question of the communistic confiscation of property--one of the most difficult problems that the Genoa conference is now facing. It is beyond reason to expect American shippers to reestablish trade relations with Russia with the Bolshevist blockade still in operation. Russia has nothing to offer, her credit is no good, and the risk incurred by the shipper is too great...