People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-11-20
MANY CASES PENDING
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Will Be Kept Busy.
RAILROAD RATES ARE INVOLVED

Complaint of the Savannah Freight Assoc
citation, In Which It Ia Charged That
There IA. Been Discrimination Against
the Forest City, Being Thoroughly In-
vestigatod--Othor Cases.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S-There are a
number Of important cases pending be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion. some Of which may be decided
soon, while others are yet being investi-
gated by the commission.
One of the most important cases be-
fore the commission is the complaint
made by the New York Produce Ex-
change against trunk lines to the Sea-
board charging discrimination against
New York city and in favor Of Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Newport
News. A similar question was decided
quarter Of century ago by commits.
sion of arbitration consisting of Judge
Cooley, Senator Thurman and Elihu Is.
Washburne
In the southwest there are several
complications. and one class which is
considered important is that Of the Texas
common point rate from various points
on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
1t involves rates on carload and less than
carload lots to distributing points in
Texas Nearly all These distributing
centers in Texas get the same rates from
all points Galveston and other sea.
board points generally are not included.
The complaint Is made by the Bust
ness Mems league of st. Louis, which
wants rate on less than carload lots &c
points outside Of distributing centers
the same as on carload lots. 1t IS claimed
by them that By reason Of the carload
lot rate being less than rates on broken
carload lots, the distributing points are
able to compete with St. Louis anu
other large wholesale centers. The Dial
| las people in the same cases complain
against this Texas common point rate
and want lower rate where the haul
is much longer.
Another case coming from Texas
which has behind ii the entire cattle
| shipping interest, is the terminal charge
on cars Of live stock shipped into Chi
cage. Formerly the roads entering
which included delivery Of the car al
the stock yards. In 1894 the railroads
established terminal charge Of SO PEI
car on live stock in addition to the rate
to Chicago. 1t is of the additions
charge that the cattle men now con-.
plain. The Importance of the case il
increased by reason of the fact that IN :
decision about two years ago Jud
Grossoup o. Chi5agi held tha5 oh:sl as.
in q case of this nature were Illegal
Since then, however, the court of ap-
peals reversed that decision. But the
complaint of the cattle men is predi-
Gated upon grounds differing In some
respects from these involved III the case
decided by Judge Grosscup.
From the southern Atlantic seaboard
comes case before the commission on
complaint Of the Savannah Freight as
ISOLATION, in which it is charged that
fertilizer rates from Charleston to points
in Georgia, Alabama and Florida dis.
crimiuate against Savannah. 1t is as
serted that the roads make the same
rate from Charleston as from Savannah,
over longer haul and where the haul
is made over several different lines,
while the haul from Savannah is mada
over one or two roads.