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14<br />
WEAPON AGAINST<br />
RISING COSTS<br />
You're looking at more than a million dollars' worth of<br />
diesel locomotives— part of the -ili billion dollars' worth<br />
put into service by the railroads since \\'orld ^^'ar II.<br />
These new locomotives — and nearlv 10 billion dollars'<br />
worth of other impro\'ements — have made for better<br />
service, greater efficiencv and lower costs. Thev have<br />
been a leading eountcrweapon in the railroads' fight<br />
against the inflationarx- forces of higher wages, prices,<br />
taxes and other costs. Because of sucli improvements,<br />
postwar increases in railroad rates ha\e been much less<br />
than would otherwise ha\e been necessary.<br />
And railroads can keep on improving services and<br />
reducing costs — if the monev or credit for further<br />
improvements can be found. But that means earnings<br />
— and raihoad earnings are sharply reduced by out-<br />
dated public policies which favor competing forms of<br />
ti\nisportation. So, the nation is denied some of the bene-<br />
fits of continued railroad progress — and you lose, too.<br />
In vour interest — in the interest of evervone in<br />
America — railroads should be permitted to compete on<br />
equal terms. Thev ask no more; thev should have no less.<br />
America moves ahead<br />
with the railroads . .<br />
your basic transportation<br />
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS<br />
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>A/ASHINGTON, D.C.<br />
«—«<br />
-Au-<br />
Cartoon Contest Winners<br />
. . . HERE ARE the winners of the<br />
Cartoon Caption Contest which appeared<br />
in the April-May issue. In some<br />
cases more than one subscriber sent in<br />
the same caption, so the judges picked<br />
the ones with the earliest postmark.<br />
First Prize, $15<br />
"Needed: General Practitioners."<br />
Gary Gottfried, Sycamore, Ohio.<br />
Second Prize, $10<br />
"Thanks." Henry Mayland, Laramie,<br />
Wyoming.<br />
Third Prize, $5<br />
"Kill hornfUcs this fast, simple way."<br />
Don Markiey, Winamac, Indiana.<br />
Honorable Mention, plastic FFA bill-<br />
folds with names lettered in gold.<br />
"After." Zack McCulloch, Conway,<br />
Missouri.<br />
"Now!" Glenn Champion, Hillsdale,<br />
Michigan.<br />
"Is the upholstery durable?" Jack<br />
Patterson. Sherman. Illinois.<br />
"Tasty hambitri;ers delii.xe." Wally<br />
Carlson, Hector, Minnesota.<br />
"Nervc-rackiiii;." Dickie Jenkins,<br />
Rich Square, North Carolina.<br />
"Wham! Wham! Wham!" Jim<br />
Marsh, Fort Meade, Florida.<br />
"Bound for rough hai]dHng." Dell<br />
Koch, Paul, Idaho.<br />
"Mowing and criisliiiig in one earlymorning<br />
operation." Delos Reno, Yakima,<br />
Washington.<br />
"Hard to wear out!" Harold Verity,<br />
Goshen, New Jersey.<br />
"Replacement parts immediately<br />
available." Mrs. Nelson Stemple,<br />
Moatsville, West Virginia.<br />
The <strong>National</strong> FUTURE FARMER
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