Cargo business of railways of the United States is much more than their passenger service, the

Cargo business of railways of the United States is much more than their passenger service, the income of the freight which is almost three times that from passenger movement. It is only in some of the states of New England, most densely occupied parts of the United States, that the passenger gives the receipt the equal cargo income. Industrial conditions of the United States demand movement of considerable quantities of the big cargo long distances. Our basic areas of grain from 1000 to 1500 miles from industrial areas and coast cities. Our richest iron deposits are in States, adjacent with Lake Top hundreds miles from coal layers of Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The most part of a cotton crop is moved long distances to reach factories of New England and the Great Britain. Actually, the majority of products of our areas, woods, mines, and factories is sold on wide areas. The average distance has gone in each ton of the freight moved within year, finished on June, 30th 1896, there were 124.47 miles; and, as railways bore 765 891 385 tons that year, the number of the bearing one mile of tons was 95 328 360 278.