The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-18
To Control the Transportation
of Tobacco.
Illinois Central, l.. ami N. and L. III.
and st. Louis to Shut Out
Atlantic Lines.
1T AFFECTS THIS SECTION

The Louisville and Nashville, the
illinois Central and the Louisville
Henderson and st. Louis railroads
have formed an air tight agreement to
protect the expoi tation Of tobacco from
the lower Ohio river territory, includ-
ing this section, acting in favor Of
the ports Of New Orleans and Peusa-
cola as against the North Atlantic
ports. The effect Of the agreement is
that all shipments Of English strips
fer export must be handled to the
North Atlantic lines at Louisville and
Cincinnati by the roads in the con-
tract. and that no bills OF lading will
be issued for shipments solicited by
the North Atlantic lines on through
contracts. In cases where those roads
wish to carry the business it will be
necessary for them TO notify one of
the three local lines Of the lower Ohio
territory, and the line so notified will
bring the tobacco to Louisville or take
IL to Cincinnati, as the case may be.
Il will at those points turn the ship
ment over to the road carrying it for
export upon the payment of the arbi-
trary through rate established by the
agreement. which is less than the
local, Int which the North Atlantic
lines claim forms . combustion that
10 so high ss to be prohibitive.
The agreement of the Louisville and
Nashville. the Illinois Central and
the Louisville, Henderson and st.
Louis has been under consideration for
some time.
The Pennsylvania, the Big Four,
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern.
the chesapeake and Ohio and the Mo-
non. the fast freight lines operating
over those systems, are the companies
from whose hands the business IL
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ruling, and it is said that retaliatory
measures are being considered by the
traffic officials Of those lines, effecting
other commodities which are billed on
through rates from north of the Ohio
river to points in the south on the
three roads which have taken the ar
bitrary stand in regard to tobacco.
The action of the three roads in regard
to Southwestern Kentucky applies to
all shipments to London, Liverpool
and Glasgow from Henderson, Owens
boro, Cloverport, the Green River
country and all territory included
under the term Flower Ohio river"
The volume of the commodity over
which the agitation has arisen is be-
tween $4,000 ami 30, 900 hogsheads.
all of which usually moves for export
during the months of May, June,
July and August.
The situation is complicated beyond
Its usual intricaoy this year, for the
reason that the season is very late, and
just as the growers were thinking of
making their export contracts the an
nouncement came that England has
imposed an additional duty Of 8 cents
. pound on all imports of EpRlis
strips. while the unstemmed tobacco
is left without additional impost.
The trade in the United Kingdom at
once took up the action of the govern.
ment, claiming that snap action, such
as had been taken. left the tobacco
dealers open to immense losses, and
that, while the duty was thought to
be IN itself unjust. the trade is en-
titled to warning before the added
duty becomes effective. The ruling |
was appealed, and is now under con-
sideration by the chancellor of the ex-
ohequer. The tobacco trade is daily
looking for decision in the case, and
little OF the lower Ohio crop will move
until the obanoellor's position is an
nounced.
A great deal of tobacco is shipped
from this section, and the above agree
ment means it will go to Europe via
New Orleans, instead of via New
York.