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PAGE 4 Washington, D. C . Nov. 30.—In presenting Arguments beiore the In terstate commerce commission hear lng (or Immediate application ol freight rate taoreaaes. which wert granted them «ore than one yeaj ago and then postponed, the rail •load men dlplcted a situation that may proprely be regraded with al arm Along with the rumblligs o: new wage Increase demands by rail way workers, the management b confronted with the fact of a dto concerting decrease In freight ton nage and steadily mounting tax burden. As early as last August on mile revenues and fallen bleow tht level of one year ago, and this de crease was further accentuated lr September. The outlook for the tu ure does not Justify a hope fo betterment. With the defeat of Ger many there will be another rapid drop In earnings to a point where the situation of the roads can only be regraded with apprehension. Stress also was laid on the ob vious fact that equipment has det eriorated rapidly during the emer gency, with material for repairs pr actically unobtainable and opport unities for purchasing replacements completely out of the picture. Tr acks and rolling stock need attent- cause of manpower shortage and ion which cannot be given them be- h.ck of access to manufacturing fac ilities. Some west coast roads have been able to obtain a measure of relief by the employment of Mex ican workers, but these are admitted to the United States only on a sh ort-time basis and provide no solut ion for the future. These difficult ies are further emphasized by lack of provision In existing tax laws which would permit the railroads to build up a reserve for repairs and the purchasing of new equipment after the war. Back of all this Is the fact that many of the railroads were pract ically Insolvent prior to the abnor mal prosperity occasioned by the years. Many of them were being op erated under receivership pending war as a result of the depression reorganization and some of them have not been able to place them selves on a firm financial footing Indebtedness has been reduced, but the future s not assured and It will become even more gloomy if earn ings continue to follow their present downward trend. It was contended that the small freight rate Increase previously authorized Is necessary to the continued efficient operation of the roads. Most pepole have forgotten—If they ever knew-that Henry Ford built a robot bomb engine In 1918 similar In many respects to the one he Is turning out now for army ex periments with an Implement dt warfare no unlike the pilotless bomb with which England Is being att acked. The first world war ended before Ford's engine could be used Today, the Ford company Is turn ing ouf a dozen Impulse engines a day, according to report, and they are being Installed in an American type robot at Wright field, Dayton, Ohio. The Wright robot Is not a hit-and-miss affair and It does not require a special launching device to get It Into the air. With the certaUity that the vast irrigation project at Orand Coulee dam will be brought to completion Immediately after the war, with three equally large projects being surveyed In Arizona, and with pl ans now before congress for exten sive use of waters of the Missouri of Irrigating arid lands In several states, the outlook for agricultural expansion warrants speculation as to where markets will be found for all this additional farm production. There Is already a disturbing sur plus of farm products and It has been found necessary to subsldze certain major crops. To be profit able. Irrigated land must be Inten sively cultivated. Costs are too high to Justify the growing of wheat and corn, so growers of these staples have no occasion to view the situ ation with alarm, but this does not simplify the problem of finding ad equate markets for the limited var iety of crops grown by Irrigation The problem of whether to In augurate a policy of making sub sidy payments on exportable sur pluses. mentioned In this column a few days ago. has been further complicated by receipt of notice from Brazil that adoption of any plan which threatens to dlstrub the cotton market will be viewed with disfavor by that government. In this Instance the significance lies In the fact that the United St ates la dependent upon Brasil for Its coffee supply and If Brazil feels sufficiently resentful It may adopt a policy which would decidedly un comfortable to the people of this country who regard the cheering cup as an essential to their break fast table It has been done. rilE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1944 SK I ; i THE BEST INSURANCE A FARMER CAN BUY It’s a BIG farm year-buy BIGGER Bonds! Hero a re 6 big reasons for buying the most you can— $100, $500, $1 ,00 0— in the big 6th W a r Loan. W a r Bonds g ive you: 1. The best and safest investment in the world. 2 . At maturity, $ 4.00 for every $ 3.00 you loan. 3. The convenience of cash—plus increase in value! 4 . Funds to replace and restore worn-out farm equipment, soil fertility, and buildings. 5* Funds for educating your children; a nest- egg for your own security, travel, retirement. 6 . 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No one knows what the future holds in store for us. Make your future secure— make your country’s future secure— by buying BIGGER Bonds NO W ! T BUY BIGGER BONDS NOW/ This is an official U. S. Treasury advertisement— prepared under auspices of Treasury Department and War Advertising Council This Advertisement Is Sponsored By The Following Firms And Individuals Hollingsworth Hdwe. & Imp. Co. Frank T. Morgan Al Thompson & Son Nyssa Furniture Co. Idaho Power Co. Stunz Lumber Co. Chadwick’s Drive-In Gordon’s Drive-In Curry Produce Moss-Ninemire Motor Co. Towne’s Garage Gamble Store Polar Cold Storage Boise Payette Lumber Co. Brownie’s Cafe Nyssa Packing Co. Inter-State Oil Co. Eder Hardware Co. Sugar City Bakery Nyssa Tavern Farmers Supply Co-op Owyhee Drug Co. Nordale Furniture Store Golden Rule Store Nyssa Lumber Co. Gate City cafe Ronald’s Shoe shop Thompson Oil Co. Atkeson’s Clothing Store The Food Mart Nyssa Elevator Main’s Cleaners Wilson Brothers Powell Service station
