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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Murphy Siding</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by MichaelSol</i> <br /><br />Well, we disagree. I used the numbers for a specific purpose, and I stand by the purpose. Trying to apply them to a different purpose, to reach a different conclusion, is what I object to. <br />[/quote] <br /> Fair enough.(shrugs) Then you should have no objections to me, as I still don't understand what you <i>are</i> trying to say.[:)] Carry on. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Murph, <br /> <br />Just out of curiousity, are you using an abacus to derive your lumber sales figures?[;)] <br /> <br />I understand what Michael is saying, as should anyone who has at least a college education. What Ken is alleging is simply untrue, aka his contention that <i>real</i> rail rates for hauling grain out of Montana have gone down, when in fact the <i>real </i>rate has gone up since the consolidation of the Hill Lines into BN and the departure of the Milwaukee. This even you can comprehend, if not be in agreement with, because even you understand the basic economic principles of "competition = lower rates; lack of competition = higher rates". Ken's allegation goes contrary to this basic economic tenet. <br /> <br />The proof is in the percentage of farmers' gross income going to transportation costs to get the grain from farm to market. <br />In 1980 the percentage of gross income going to pay for transporation was 10%. <br />In 2000 the percentage of gross income going to pay for transportation was something like 40% or 50%. <br /> <br />From 10% to 40% is what we in fly over country call a rate increase. Ken calls it a rate reduction. Hmmmm........
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