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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
10
A precursor to rate hearings, this piece discusses the Oregon Short Line publications and the Idaho focus on freight rate theory. It frames the Idaho rail issue as part of the national system, promises factual figures, and cites years 1858 1899 1909 as milestones, introducing a Brown Book for Idaho.
Victor O Johnson born January 1 1872 in Bement Illinois later raised in Genoa Nebraska. He studied at Nebraskaentral College Northwestern University University of Chicago and University of Nebraska Law College. Phi Beta Kappa 1896. Practiced law since 1898 with brief Spanish American War service and Omaha Bee war correspondence. Served Valley County Nebraska as prosecuting attorney twice. Later practiced in Oklahoma for railway and corporate clients then moved to Shoshone Idaho in 1910 with Paul Haddock. Gained prominence drafting a brief and arguing in the Idaho supreme court during Lincoln County division election case and wrote The Railroad Problem in Idaho.
A historical summary detailing 1910 railway statistics including total mileage freight and passenger ton miles, passengers, revenues of 2.779 billion dollars, per capita travel, and national capitalization figures. It highlights vast traffic, per person freight movement, and the railway’s economic scale in late 19th to early 20th century America.
The speaker calls for absolute fairness and sympathy for all railway interests including stockholders and employees. Politics should not inflame passions but guide policy with balanced, prospering outcomes and fair opportunity distribution.
A historic argument contends that railway costs have fallen as technology and efficiency grew. Improvements in road beds grades, freight car capacity, locomotive power, traffic density, and longer hauls reduced fuel use per car, cutting overall service costs.
The study shows freight movements requiring thousands of train loads and cars, noting decreases in crew and fuel with reduced rates until 1899, then rising rates from 1899 to 1909. It cites Interstate Commerce Commission actions and Taft era policy, concluding rates likely recede after peaking.
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