The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-24
 FLOUR SHIPPED AS MEAL. Mr. Knox Says MT. B. B. Conner Is a
 Clever Manipulator. Sent Meal Sacks to Tennessee and Had Flour Shipped Back in Them. MR. KNOX SAYS MR COMER WAS THE BENEFICIARY Mr. E. Wilkinson, Who Was Corners Competitor, Called the Attention of the Railroads to the IreguIarity. Charges That Wilkinson Is on the Other Side Now and Makes Excuses
 For Conner.

weigh six to eight pounds more than If it had been filled with meal.
 We have undsputable evidence that this
 misrepresen was praetieed on nine cars seven of which were consigned to
 MT. B. B. Conner himself and the other two
 to the Birmingham Mills which were be- ing operated at the time by MT. Conner. The details of each transaction are set out below.
 On or about September l. 1892, Mir B. B. Conner received from Carters Creek,
 Tenn, Louisville and Nashville car No.
 6274. The contents of this car were repre- scented to be 217 sacks of MEAL weighing 20,SS2 pounds. The MEAL rate at that time of 16 cents per 100 pounds was as- sessed on said weight, making the total
 freight charges 3,3S. When the investga-
 ton was instituted at your instance, it was discovered that the shipment actu- ally consisted of PIT sacks of flour weigh ing q, 100 pounds and that the correct l freight charges at the flour rate at that | time, of 20 cents, per 100 pounds. should
 have been $4S 40 The undercharges re-
 sulting from false classification and false
 weight in this case amounted to $10.07,
 equivalent to 1 64-10O cents per hundred
 pounds, or 2S-10O cents per barrel of flour.
 On or about September 6, 1892. the Bir.
 mngham Mills received from Carter's
 Creek, Louisville and Nashville car 466s, representing to contain BIO sacks of
 MEAL, weighing S4O40 pounds The
 MEAL rate of 16 cents at that time per
 100 pounds was assessed, making the total , freight charges $54.46.
 As in the case just referred to it was
 found that the shipment actually con
 If up, ,lr ,f l.
 3LOO0 pounds and that the freight charges
 on basis of the FLOUR rate, at that time
 of 20 cents per 100 pounds, should have
 been s74. By false classification and false
 weight an undercharge was brought
 about. amounting to $19.54 equivalent U
 5 2S-l00 cents per 100 pounds, or 10 56-100
 cents per barrel of flour.
 On or about September 9, 1892 Mr. Conner
 received from Carter's Creek Tenn N
 c. & St. L. ear 5497. represented to con
 tain S47 sacks of MEAL weighing 31 ,924 | pounds. The freight charges assessed on basis of MEAL IAsTate at that time of 16 cents per 100 bounds. were S51 .0S. The shipment actually consisted of s47 sacks of FLOUR weighing 3i70O pounds which at the FLOUR rate at that time of 20 | cents per 100 pounds, aggregated $69. 40. By false classification and false weight, therefore, an undercharge of SIS 32 was
 brought about on this car, equivalent to
 5 2S-100 cents per 100 pounds, or 10 56-100
 cents per barrel.
 On or about September 13 1892 MT. E.
 B.. Conner received from Carters Creek,
 N. X. w car 1926 represented to contain 302. sacks of MEAL, weighing 27,7S4 pounds
 and the freight charges on basis of the MEAL rate at that time of 16 cents per 100 pounds, amounted to $4445 The ship
 ment actually consisted of BOP sacks of FLOUR weighing 302OO pounds. and on basis of the FLOUR rate at that time of | 20 cents per 100 pounds, the freight charges should have been $60. 40. An undercharge
 of s15.95 resulted from the false classi fcation and false weight in this case. The undercharge was equivalent to B-1OO cents per 100 pounds, or 10 56-100 per bar rel.
 On or about September 20 1892, MT B. B. Conner received from Carters
 Creek N. c. & St. l.. car 5993 represent ed to contain 20O sacks of MEAL weigh ing IS, 400 pounds on which freight charges
 of LA had been assessed on basis of the MEAL rate at that time of 16 cents
 per 100 pounds The shipment actually
 consisted of 200 sacks of FLOUR weigh ing 20,oOO pounds, and the correct freight charges on basis of the FLOUR rate at l that time of 20 cents per 100 pounds should | have been $40 so that false classification and false weight in this case resulted in an undercharge of $l0.56 which was | equivalent to 2s-1OO cents per 100 pounds
 or 10 56-10O cents per barrel.
 | On or about September 27 1892, Mir B. , B. Conner received from Carters Creek,
 N. C. & St l.. car 5993 dhe same car
 referred to above. it having been return
 ed from Birmingham to Carters Creek
 for another load) This shipment was
 represented to consist of TIC sacks of
 MEAL, weighing 16192 pounds. The freight | charges on the basis of the MEAL rate
 at that time, of 1G cents per 100 pounds amounted to $25.91 The shipment actullay
 consisted of 176 sacks of FLOUR, weigh l ing LEGO pounds, and the correct freight l charges on basis of the FLOUR rate at
 that time. of 20 cents per 100 pounds should
 have been $S5.2O, The undercharge result | ing from false classification and false
 weight in this case, amounted to S929 but l through an erroneous calculation the amount was stated at the time to be $9.21.
 The undercharge was equivalent to 2l-lOO
 cents per 100 pounds, or 10 54-100 cents per | barrel.
 | On or about october 11th 1892, the Blr-
 mingham Mills. operated by MT. B. B. | Conner, received from Carter's Creek, N, c. & St l.. car 832. represented to con
 tain 360 sacks of MEAL weighing a, l2O
 pounds, on which freight charges amount | ing to $5299 were assessed on basis of the | MEAL rate at that time, or It cents per
 100 pounds. The shipment actually con sisted of 360 sacks of FLOUR, weighing
 36 900 pounds. on which the freight char 1 ges should have been s27 on basis of the 1 FLOUR rate at that time of 20 cents per | 100 pounds. The undercharge resulting
 from false classification and false weight | in this case, amounted to $19. .01, equivalent i, to 2S-100 cents per 100 pounds, or 10 56-lOO cents per barrel.
 1 On or about October 4th, 1892, MT. B. E. | Conner received from Carter's Creek N,
 c. & St. l.. car 5154, represented to con
 tain 364 sacks of MEAL, weighing S ASS pounds. on which freight charges amount | ing to $53.5S were assessed on the basis | of the MEAL rate at that time Of lb | cents per 100 pounds. The shipment ac-
 tualIy consisted of 364 sacks of FLOUR
 weighing SC, 400 pounds, on which the freight charges should have been S2.sO on | basis of the correct FLOUR rate at that time of 20 cents per 100 pounds. The un- dercharge of s19.22 was equvalent to 2S-
 100 cents per 100 pounds, or 10 5s-lOO cents | per barrel.
 1 On or about October 9th, 1892 MT B. B. Conner received from Carters Creek | K. c. F. s. & M car 1i43O, represented to contain 150 sacks of MEAL, weighing 13- ] 800 pounds, on which freight charges amounting to $22. LOS were assessed on basis of the MEAL rate at that time of 1e