The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-11-28
RIFLES SHOULD
/ WORK BOTH WAYS
Mississippi aud LOUISIANA
Lumbermen
PASS STRONG RESOLUTIONS
A Their Recent Meeting in New orleans-Want
c,.dit for Delayed Shipments Present Lack
II Cars Makes the Resolutions Very Timely
and Should be Adopted.

TbeRetail Lumber Dealers Associ-
alton of Louisiana and Mississippi at
Re recent.meeting in New Orleans ap
noiuted committees to confer with the
Gar Service Association of Louisiana
and Mississippi relative to the car
shortage problem, hoping thereby
that relief might be afforded. These
committees met in that city Novem-
her Q. The members Of the COM
m;ttees we're: From Mississippi-W.
n Harlow, Yazoo; Fl. ]. Frerichs,
Cbstawa; J. A. Tucker, Senatobia;
J. L. Strickland, Greenville, and P.
q Gardiner, Laurel: from Louisiana
IA. Gunbry, Monroe; ON. Burton,
New Orleans; e. Stebbins, Abbeville;
la. J. Jackson, Mansfield, and q. Nc
Doweli, New Orleans. All were pres
ent except Messrs. Mcdowell, strick-
land and Gardiner.
The following petition was ad-
deressed to ssMr. N. S. Hoskins. the
manager of the Gar Service Associ-
alton:
/. We beg leave to call your atten'
ton to the rules on the subject OF de-
murrage, which, we submit, should
be framed in the interest OF the ship
pers as we'll as the railroads. We sub
init that the shipper should have
credit for the time saved to the rail-
road company by his unloading cars
in less than the free time granted by
the rule. We further submit that II
any time elapses between the arrival
If goods and notice to the consignee
Mt should be credited on any demur-
rage assessed az ainst the conslgnee.
2. We respectfully submit that
where cars are not promptly furnished
on written demand by shipper demur-
rage should be allowed against the
railroad for each day of delay in fur
nishing cars at the same ra5e now
assessed against the consignee for de-
lay in unloading.
%. We submit that where cars are
properly loaded and notice given to
the railroad, and bills of lading signed
by the railroad, that demurrage
shoul be assessed against the railroad
for each day of delay in moving said
cars, and tn 1t such demurrage should
either be paid in cash to the shipper
or credited on demurrage assessed
against him for delay in oading.
A. We further submit that one OF
the great evils with which shippers
and censignees have to contend is the
delay in transmitting cars from point
Of shipment to destination The de-
lay often occurs at the starting point,
but more often is caused by delay IN
transferring cars between connecting
lines. We think there should be an
agreed average daily mileage for the
travel of cars loaoed with lumber and
its products, say twenty-five miles per
day. and that where car in transit
makes less than twenty-five miles
average per day, without accident OF
unavoidable cause, the consignee OF
shipper should be allowed demurragee
FOR each days delay or detention OIL
said car in transit.
In regard to these requests we 90
not ask that the railroads pay the de-
murrage assessed against them III
cash but that there be settlement
Of demurrage bills once month, ana
that the railroads credit the con-
signees or shippers with the amounts
charged against the railroads on any
amounts assessed in favor OF said
roads. We believe this above amend
metns asked by us are directly in line
with the provisions of rule 10 OF the
rules adopted by the Mississippi Rail.
road Commission, and rule o, adotpeo
by the Louisiana Railroad Commis'
sion.
We believe that the Car Service
Association realize, and will recog'
nizA, that the lumber manufacturer
and dealers represent the largest ano
most Important shippers and con.
signees in the States of Louisiana ano
Mississippi. We cannot accurately
state the proportion of our business tc
the whole amount of business trans
acted by the railroads represented Dy
you, but we have been informed tha'
In the State of Texas the lumpel
business transacted by the railroads II
"a per cent. of the total tonnage OF
the State, and we believe that II
would rank about the same in th'
States of Mississippi and ! Louisiana
1t Is, therefore, of the highest i'm
portance to the mutual interests OF th'
railroads and the lumber dealers tna
the fairest and most equitable rule'
and regulations should obtain in th'
conduct of our business affairs We
pledge our hearty cooperation witt
Your association and with the railroad
Companies in the faithful pertor'