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Car shortage sparks complaints and research f
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
nation’s railroads are
“woefully incapable” of
shipping fertilizer or
agricultural foodstuffs to the
marketplace, according to
the president of The Fer
tilizer Institute, in remarks
last week to a House sub
committee.
Edwin M. Wheeler en
couraged favorable action
on a bill, before the House
Ways and Means Sub
committee on Trade, to
temporarily remove duty on
hopper cars manufactured
and shipped into the U.S. by
Mexico. Wheeler said that
there are “simply not
enough hopper cars,
locomotives or serviceable
tracks” in the U.S. to keep
pace with demand.
the industry association
president quoted a recent
news release from the
Association of American
Railroads, which labeled its
August backlog of cars (on
order and undelivered) as
the “highest figure since
April 1975.” The August
backlog was listed as 75,573
cars compared to the April
1975 backlog of 78,860.
Wheeler predicted that
fertilizer products, moving
to farms for Fall application,
will compete with
agricultural commodities
enroute to domestic and
foreign markets. Coal and
other nonfood items will also
be shipped in massive
quantities at the same time,
he said.
“The simultaneous move
ment of these commodities
will exacerbate the situa
tion.”
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Calling on the legislators
to recommend passage of
the bill, Wheeler said that by
allowing Mexican cars to
enter duty-free, the U.S. can
“hopefully ease the
movement of its commerce
to the marketplace and
fertilizer to the farm for Fall
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Myers’ farm for sale
LANCASTER The “Black and White Holstein Farm,
through which thousands of head of dairy cattle were sold
in the past 10 years, will be sold at auction on Oct. 12. The
sale comes by order of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Myers,
owners. The Louis Traiman Auction Co. will conduct the
sale. Myers, who is known to most Holstein dairymen in
Pennsylvania, will also be selling a second farm, known
as Stony Battery Farm, Landisville. The Landisville farm
will go on the block at 1 p.m.; the Black and White
Holstein Farm, which is adjacent to Route 283, will be
bidded on beginning at 2:30 p.m
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with choice of either lift out
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feet for fastening to floor, it
is adjustable from 22 inches
to 24 inches in width with
overall dimensions of 40
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The bill, to suspend duties
on Mexican railcars for two
years, has been endorsed by
the U.S. State Department
and the Office of
Management and Budget.
Meanwhile, scientists at
the USDA research facilities
at Beltsville say that a dual
and installation, says the
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