The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-29
MAKING TIE RATES.
Committees of the 8 R. and s. Assoei
ton to Meet in Atlanta This Week.

Committees Of the s. R. and 8. Assoeia-
ton to Meet in Atlanta This Week.
Maj. W. F. shellman. traffic manager Of
the Central railroad, went up to Atlanta
last night to attend a meeting Of the
executive board of the Southern Railway
and Steamship Association to be held
there to-day and tomorrow.
This committee is a higher power than
the rate committee which held a meeting
in Atlanta last week to settle certain
matters brought before it by business men
Of different points who coz planned that
they were disseminated a y inst. There
was-a large delegation from the Virginia
ports before this committee working in
behalf Of Norfolk, West Point anu other
points in that section.
committee from the Wholesale Grocers
Association Of that section was also pres
ent to make an argument in their own be-
half for more equitable rates on certain
classes Of products. The executive board
will pass upon certain matters which were
not finally settled by the rate committee.
ana If there are any differences stiIl proba-
bly they VIII be referred to the board of ar
bitration which is the highest power in
the association
The decision of the board of arbitration
ASANolAl5 70 restore the QiHereQlai rate on
cotton from to IL cents as between the
Virginia and South Atlantic ports has been
published, and is likely that the matter
will rest there until q stronger fight IS
made by the South Atlantic section. 1t is
known that the business men of Charles
ton and Savannah are now in correspon-
dence about the matter and it is likely
that they will carry the fight further if
there is any way in which IL can be done.
1t was the business men of these two
ports who memorialized the association
and appealed for a restoration of the
former differentialrata of IL cents when the
association met last summer at Manhat-
tan Beach. The matter was referred at
once TO the board OF arbitration, and was
considered by that body about two months
before it was decided.
A railroad man in speaking OF the mat
ter said it did not make any difference
what the differentia rate was so long as
Savannah got its full proportion of the
cotton. In other words, whether the
differential rate is 6 of II cents Savannah
will get, he said, its full share of the cot
ton from competing points and territories.
1t is meant by this that Savannah will
gets its fun share under the apportion-
ment of the cotton from competitive
points. This apportionment is made by
the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association.
On the other hand, the business man
who is interested in the situation asks
who has the right to say how much cot
ton is Savannah's proportion? Savannah s
proportion of cotton, he said, is all she
can get with fair and square competi-
ton, and without the division of it
through any such organization as the
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso-
citation. And the same may be said of
Charleston and other ports. At all events,
it may be asserted confidently that the
south Atlantic sea ports have not given
up the fight. Their next step will no
doubt be an interesting one.