The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-15
AN-APPEAL FOR THE PORTS
Effort TO Remove Rates Which Are
UljuStly Discriminating.

Committees From Savannah and
Charleston Will Meet the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association
at Manhattan Beach Next Wednes-
day-An Effort to Put a Stop to All
Unjust Determinations Against the
South Atlantic Ports.
The Southern Railway and Steamship
Association is going to find hard fight
on its hands in the efforts of the South
Atlantic ports to maintain rates which
are not discriminating in their effect upon
the traffic of these ports
The association will hold an adjourned
meeting Of its annual meeting, at Manhat-
tan Beach, Tuesday, for the purpose of
completing the work of formulating an
agreement for the ensuing year, which
was begun at a meeting held in New York
last month.
The MORNING News announced Yester-
day that Savannah would send a com
m{ttee to Manhattan Beach to appear be-
fore the association at its meeting. Sa-
vannah's committee win cooperate with
the Committee to be sent from Charleston
for the same purpose. The commercial
bodies, in taking this course, are cOntinu-
ing the work begun at the meeting be-
tween Savannah and Charleston, held
here something over month ago.
sAvANNAH's COMMITTEES.
Capt. d. G. Purse, president of the Sa-
vannah Board of Trade, has appointed on
the committee to represent that body at
Manhattan Beach, Messrs. j. p. Will
Jams, f. S. Lathrop and c. :. Ellis, who
is now in Wilmington, n G. Capt. Bierne
Gordon, vice president of the cotton ex-
change has appointed a committee and
will 90 on himself TO aid in the work.
Besides Capt. Gordon the committee will
be Capt. }. f. Wheaton, Capt. w w.
Williamson and w, II. Daniels. Mayor
McDonough has appointed on behalf of
the city Mr. j. d. Weed, who left for New
York last night.
Savannah's committees will leave the
city for New York tomorrow at noon,
and will DIN the Charleston committee at
that point BY arrangement with Presi-
dent j. Adger Smith of the Charleston
Cotton Exchange the committees will
meet for conference at the Westminster
hotel, New York, Tuesday afternoon, and
Wednesday morning will meet at the
Central hotel, Manhattan Beach.
WHAT THEY WANT To ACCOMPLISH.
The committees from these commercial
bodies of the two most prominent among
the South Atlantic ports are in earnest in
this work. They have asked for a con-
ference with the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, which will be
given them July Is
q The desire of the commercial bodies is
to stop the pooling Of freight in such a
manner and through a system of rates
which discriminates against the ports OF
the South Atlantic Especially do they
hold that this is true with regard 10
cotton. The cotton, it is said, is divided
out among the different railroads. and
when one line gets more than the share
allotted it the rates are so manipulated
that the traffic is shut off from those
lines, and by means of a lower rate the
line which has not had as large shipments
begins to get the trafic until it has made
up its share of the business.
WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF SAVANNAH
In this manner railroads to the ports OF
the North Atlantic, or TO Norfolk, as that
is the main point, can come right into Sa-
vannah or Charleston's territory and take
cotton TO that port cheaper than it can be
brought to the nearer ports. They can,
1t is claimed, come within twenty or
thirty miles Of Savannah or Charles ton
and take cotton to Norfolk for ship
ment at lower rate than it can be
brought into Savannah or Charleston.
This is the evil of which the commercial
bodies of the two ports have been for so
long time complaining. and, it is be,
lieved, they will have to a certain extent
the cooperation of the railroads of this
section in securing some measure of re-
lief. They are working in the interests
of these ports, and it is believed that
much will be accomplished of advantage
to them.