The Transportation Problem of Agriculture
by RALPH L. DEWEY and JAMES C. NELSON 1
FARMERS have a long-standing interest in the efficiency of the trans portation system and also in the cost of shipping farm products to market and supplies to the farm. In fact the early Granger move ment was a form of farmer agitation that resulted in the first positive control over railroad rates in this country. Today farmers arc again concerned over serious transportation problems. Th e plight of the railroads and the development of other forms of transport make the situation more complex than it used to be, but this is all the more reason to sec fundamentals and opposing viewpoints clearly. Here is a forthright discussion with special emphasis on the interests of agriculture.