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provements and extensions at the rate of 

 wages and cost of steel and other material. 

 The great American business machine 

 came to a stand-still while the major ad- 

 justment was being made; and it is perfect- 

 ly obvious and gratifying to know that it 

 will be impossible to make any substantial 

 start on the major recovery unless it be on 

 a right, sound and permanent basis of price 

 of materials, transportation and labor. 



July 1 5 is a possible "decision day" pro- 

 vided the railroads are willing on that date, 

 simultaneously, to put into effect perma- 

 nent or emergency rates on agricultural 

 products, building materials, road materials, 

 coal and similar heavy lines which go into 

 the matter of the nation's food and build- 

 ing needs. 



These freight rates were, on September 1 , 

 1920, simultaneously raised 25 per cent to 

 40 per cent. The nation's business is so 

 closely related that the present program of 

 "nibbling" at one rate after another, and to 

 such an inadequate degree except where 

 water transportation is forcir.g adequate re- 

 ductions, obviously does not meet the need 

 of the situation. 



The decreased rates must be put into 

 effect simultaneously, at least on the above 

 lines, in order to make possible the necessary 

 simultaneous stimulation which is needed to 

 get business really started promptly. 



Steel and material of all kinds for build- 

 ing and railroads' construction, which are 

 materially above a pre-war price, must also 

 put in emergency prices for a while, and 

 simultaneously, if they would have general 

 business resume witncit further unnecessary 

 sacrifice; and labor^ (.n the same date, must 

 be willing, for the time being at least, to 

 accept such a wage as the traffic will bear. 

 The question of profit, on the first few 

 months' business is immaterial. The farmer 

 produced a whole crop 1: ' year at a tre- 

 mendous loss below the cost of production. 

 No corresponding sacrifice will he i-i-uired 

 from labor or from other lines of business, 

 if concerted actio i and co-op -ration can be 

 secured on July !5, August i, or Septem- 

 ber 1 — whichev;^ day is determined upon 

 as "Decision Da) .'' 



It is unreasonable 'o force 60 per cent of 

 the nation's traffic to do what has been 

 done during the past fen- months, namely, 

 pay to the railroads a hi,-; ler gross and net 

 income than 110 per cent traffic produced 

 in gross and net incc-.ie one year ago. 



On julv 1 the railroads received a dis- 

 tinct and material decrease in their labor 

 costs and improvement in the classification 

 and rules affecting the employment of la- 

 bor. This succor having been afforded by 

 the government's action through the labor 

 board, it is perfectly right that the govern- 

 ment should insist that either permanent or 

 emergency freight rates should be put into 

 operation; and these freight rates, in the 

 above lines, should approximate the basis ob- 

 ( Concluded on fage 13) 



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