Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1920 — WHATEVER HAPPENS [ARTICLE]

WHATEVER HAPPENS

to the railroads there must be an advance in rates and fares according to the dope in the dailies. If they revert to private management, passenger fares have been proposed of six cents per mile. If the much cussed and discussed Plumb plan could be made practical, there must he a raise to take care of employees’ demands. {Personally our ignorance on the railroad question is criminal, but we see the future passenger travel turning to a light, safe, comfortable, fast, easy on gas and tires, closed car. Few people travel over 500 miles, most tickets are sold for less than 100 miles. 'Call to mind the many tunes the Franklin car has beat fast train time between points nearly 1,000 miles apart, on rough roads. When good roads are common (and the era is in sight) the public wifi demand a fast, nimble, comfortable car which will stand up under long tours at fast pace. Then wfll you see in the Franklin construction what wp see new. Then wri the Franklin become a THOMPSON A KIRK.