I want to call attention to another analysis turned in by the Department of Commerce in its survey, which divides the tonnage into up and down stream, which is important in the matter of operation. Operators say that the ideal tonnage is 40 per cent upstream compared to 60 per cent down stream. This tabulation shows that on the lower Missouri River the percentage of downstream tonnage is 54 per cent to 46 per cent of up-stream tonnage. On the upper division it is 58.6 per cent down stream to 41.4 per cent up stream. That is important because it goes to the economy of operation, because with the same power you can take 50 per cent more tonnage down stream at the same cost, practically, that you can up stream. Before we knew that this survey was to be made by the Department of Commerce we had the chamber of commerce at Kansas City, the chamber of commerce at St. Joseph, Mo., and the chamber of commerce at Omaha, Nebr., make a survey covering this same field. This survey was made under the supervision of J. H. Tedrow, Kansas City, Mo., W. H. Fitzpatrick, St. Joseph, Mo., and C. E. Childe, Omaha, Nebr. The result of that survey was that on the lower river it shows a total tonnage available of 5,912,190 tons, as compared Senator COPELAND. That would be between Kansas City and the mouth of the river? Mr. MILLER. Yes, between Kansas City and the mouth; as compared with the Department of Commerce figures of 3,729,427 tons, over 2,000,000 tons more than shown in the Department of Commerce figures. In the upper division of the river the tonnage shown available is 14,529,140 tons as against 4,715,918 tons, Department of Commerce figures. The total available tonnage shown by this survey made by the chambers of commerce was 20,437,330 tons as compared with 8,453,000 tons of the Department of Commerce. Senator COPELAND. How do you account for that tremendous difference? Mr. MILLER. There is not such a difference on the lower division. Senator COPELAND. Well, I know Mr. MILLER. But on the upper division the difference is largely accounted for because they took all tonnage crossing at river intersections that might be diverted to river shipment, and the Department of Commerce took only the commerce from the river ports, not going back into the country at all. That accounts for a large part of the difference in the totals there. I would like to put this into the record, also. I put these tables in for what they are worth. The survey made by the transportation department of the Department of Commerce will be put into the record by General Ashburn, so that I need not put that in. The CHAIRMAN. Had we not better have those records together in our record? Mr. MILLER. I will be glad to put that in here. The CHAIRMAN. I think it had better go in. Mr. MILLER. Very well. (The tables submitted by Mr. Miller are here printed in the record, as follows:) |