The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-01
LOUISIANA COMMISSION.
Annual Statement Showing a Large
Reduction in Rates.
COTTON, CANE AND RICE AFFECTED.
A Raise in Telephone Rates Was Pre-,
vented and the Telegraph Tolls
Were Cut Materially.

Sai fts
VIII he Issued. The report will contain
se"lemeht or the practical results Of the
work of the commission since ire csto1,
llshment In the State in part as follows;
'By practical results we mean some NJ
the benefits which have accrued TO ,hn
shippers of the State of Louisiana by the
rates established by the commission. and
other services 1t has performed In accord
ance with its duties
The delays in settling claims for loss
and damage to goods give rise to froouont
complaints. The commissions rules ronuir,
! that these claims shall he paid in thirty
days.
The commission established reduced
tariff of rate on rice, which became Of.
fectlve in July 1900. The crops of 1900.
1901 and 100l-19o2 moved under the reduc.
tion made by the commission. Tnkin.,
as basis for figures the rate of IL cents
per 100 pounds on the Southern Pacific.
against the old rate of 1Tl5 cents, we have
a reduction of 3iA cents per loo pounds
On the basis of 1856 pounds to the sack.
this would give charge uf 323T5 cents
per sack. as against the new rate 25S
cents per sack, or a saving of OG475 cents
per sack. The crop of 1900 1901 Is general
ly conceded to he 100000 sacks. so that
the industry was saved In freight that
year, 19O0-1901 from August TO August.
Sl3p0I0. 1t is conceded also that the sea.
son of 10Ol-19O2 the crop will run to $500,
0o0, which will make saving IN freight of
SIG G2J.
The figures given are conservative and
can not be called into question bv any
one at an familiar with the movement If
lice. This benefit has been distributed
throughout every rice shipping point In
Louisiana.
In August. 1900 the commission cstah.
lshcd a tariff Of rates on sugar cane.
general meeting was held and the planters
all over the State notified and requested to
be present. Only a few came. Those who
came before the commission complained
| that the rates for long distances. that Is,
distances from seventy-tye to 100 miles,
were too high.
There was no protest against the short
hat! rates at thnt time. it was found ut
the hearing that all the carriers, except
the Southern Pacific company, furnished
cars properly racked for hauling cane. The
comniissiol acting on the evidence before
IT, reduced the rates for the long haul III
lowing the short-h1ul rates to remain un
changed. 1t was proven ConClusiyey that
sucli nn adjustment nf the sugar cane tariff
would benefit the sugar cane planters living
| long distances from factories by inducing
competition, enabling all the factories buy
ing cane TO broaden their purchasing terri.
tory
cents per ton was made to apply over
territory of fifty miles, after having passed
the fifty mile limit The effect II this WAS
% per cent reduction for distances he
tween seventy-fve and 100 miles from the
factory. The actual saving in freight rates
can not even he approXimated, for It has
! been impossible to ascertain the distances
of the hauls during the year IN which tins
tariff has been effective The figures given
above are based on the tariff Of one rail-
road only. The commissions tariff had a
decided reduction In the tariffs of nll roads,
the above instances being the minimum re-
duction.
| from Crosse Tete. Mariugouin ForIDche
and Ravenswood, points on the Texas and
| Pacific railway, over 1o0 mi c5 from New
Orleans, the shippers paid Si25 per ball
| on cotton, and $3.50 per ton on cotton seed,
TO New Orleans. The commission reduced
| the rate on cotton to 81, a reduction Of 20
| per cent, SO that the shippers from points
named saved % cents per bale during the
| seasons of 1900 and 1901. The rate on cot.
| ton seed from Crosse Tcte, Rosedale and
Maringouin was reduced from 81 50 70 s.
| per ton. From RavcnswoOd and Fordorhe
| to 500 per ton III Is estimated TINT mt
| least 10000 bales Of cotton arc shipped from
the points named, which on the above tg
| uration means q saving Of S23cN on frti-ht
on cotton alone to the shippers, from the
stations OF Crosse Tctc, MHriugouu For
| doche and R6ycnswood, ana large saving
| which 1t is impossible to estimate, In the
rates on cotton seed,
Tho rates ON cotton SEED or me Nl'HS'
| burg, Shreveport and PaGinc ialrohd Wore
reduced IN OctHner, lSJ9' Inc minimum
reIu'toh was anout ~ per Gem, ""i,c
| lHlcS llo'I IoHB INSTANCES WIZ i'""Ne" 90
huGh Us oo pcr tvhV' .,...-.t,,,.,.. a
aSeeriinlh m tetn aPP. "N,'t ~ bin
ures lne sntlng III droIsut InIes tn H. tnT Is'p
reIs ol coilun sV1u ~ 't.s i"'ti v"" ofe.e
plaCtica' ihpus9Io,,i 'iE,, IL ~ ato,oi tbtt
',tb a. ~ , tu. rndnction ~ Ok nor p n
| Ia lave i sr,, ~ money has heen saved In
Froicbt rntcs On MS cnmmodfty on th
| roiitnnd
"a Induction NJ 40 rsr conf was made Ia
| tbe rates an cotton seed from Norwood
| Wilson and Clinton on tho Yuzoo and Mis-.
| sIssippI Valley rnilroad to New Orleans,
| ."Thc rates on cotton from points on the
| Illinois Central rallroad to New Orleans
| were also reduced considerably
The rates on cotton on the Southern
| Pacific lines from Opclousas and Lafayette
! to New Orleans were reduced to 81, these
! competitive points being placed on parity.
The rates into the points being slightF
| VARYING on account or tlelr respective 10
| cahties with regard TO the cotton pioduc'
| ing district 49,,
| "A sweeping reduction In me rates on
classes ana commodities from NeW oTiemns
! To points on the various lines Of the ieAas
ana racine railway above tne balon ME- st,.5