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<br />MISSOURI RIVER FROM KANSAS CITY, MO" TO 'THE MOUTH. 11
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<br />U. The commeree for the calendar year 1914 is not yet fully tabu-
<br />latcJ. For 1913 it was as follows:
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<br />Amount.
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<br />~ustoma.ry untta.
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<br />f;raio..... ......u............ 253,940 bushels.. .... ..........
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<br />I"I'I'(] a~d .ri~~''':::: ::::::::.:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
<br />r .il. _. 46 barrels.... .................
<br />~!.Illllri~t;lrcd- ir~n.and. si~~i . _.. __....... ._...... ... ........
<br />I.i\~~tock.... .......... _. _.... ~,~ henft......... ..... .._. ...
<br />I-:alt.... 14~ba.rreI8..... ...............
<br />Han,[ ;lnd'gravei: :::::::::::::: 1.735 cubic yards.............-
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<br />I~rl!' 4.SOO. _.... ._....... ...........
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<br />~'tll('lfh\lUding materiaL...... .... _............ ...............
<br />,tailrUild Ues.................. 12ti,908.. _ ." ..................
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<br />i Ij~ .pllaneouR..._...... ........ . _.. _...._....... ...............
<br />s"J~" .mr:11umber rafted........ 4:~.OOO feet b. m................
<br />._anlJ and gravel barged. ..... _ 23~,136 cubic yards........ J...
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<br />Total..................._ ................................
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<br /> Aver. Rate
<br /> Valuation. .~. per ton.
<br />Short haul. mile.
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<br /> Mil"..
<br />6,701 '195,303.38 123 to. 0091
<br />114 2.019.66 106 .0156
<br />33' 9,53K~ 8 .0670
<br />'2 315.00 8 .0Il!3
<br />'1,6.55 897.790.50 291 .00ll9
<br />9-15 137,039.20 31 .0103
<br />22 259.00. 9 .0510
<br />2,513 1,616.00 9 .0557
<br />16 56.90 9 .0349
<br />107 1.152.00 26 .03l6
<br />183 2.976.60 13 .0333
<br />15 I,ORB.OO 10 .0-115
<br />10,312 82.697.50 H .00>15
<br />196 22,370.40 125 .0114
<br />fW7 2,135.60 9 .1002
<br />13.579 2,520.731..0 Zl7 . OO!J3
<br />107 473.00 150 (I)
<br />309,577 71,555.00 1 (I)
<br />34.7,235 3,929,212.32 ................
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<br />10. The items that are not benefited by improvement of the river
<br />nl'e the sand and gravel ba.rged and the logs and lumber rafted.
<br />:nll'Y amount to 309,684 tons. Ferry traffic is not counted in report-
<br />IIlg the commerce on the Missouri River.
<br />1.1.. Eliminating the logs and the sand and gravel harged, the re-
<br />mlllJllng traffic is 37,551 tons, divided into classes which are carried
<br />OWl' average distances of from 8 to 291 miles. The total freight
<br />ehll.rge on this trnffic was about $41,000. The Kansas City-Mis-
<br />'oun River Navigation Co., the only through line on the river,
<br />orrrating between Kansas City and St. Louis, charges 80 per cent
<br />o the railroad freight rates. . Assuming this to be .the relation
<br />hle~ween the rail and water rates for the entire tmffic, the saving to
<br />s l~ppers by the use of the river in 1913 was about $10,000. It is
<br />cV\d~nt that this saving is entirely inadequate to warrant the serious
<br />conSideration of an expenditure by the Government of $1,100,000
<br />per year in interest and maintenance.
<br />12. The reduction in rail rates resulting from the possibility of
<br />~Ilter transportation is not a simple subject. There is no question
<br />'_~Ilt towns having water transportation are for that reason favored
<br />,\ I~l low~r. rates than other places having no water transportation
<br />an .r~qUlr.tng equal rail haul. It is my understanding that this
<br />I~n.dl~on IS reeognized by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
<br />1 IS r~quently argued that if the improvement of a river gives
<br />ow\r rail rates, such improvement is justified even if the river never
<br />catrles a ton of freight. This might be true if there were no other
<br />M~~hod of lIontrolling rail rates, but in these days whim the railroads
<br />T1 that they are being regulated too much, there appears to be
<br />~o ac of governmental machinery for controlling them, and it
<br />~Is not seem necessary to spend $20,000,000 to bring about a proper
<br />rill rate be~ween KansM City and St. Louis.
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