The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-17
GREAT GAME, YES
FOR ATLANTA
FREIGHT RATE REDUCTION
SAVANNAH MANUFACTURERS PRO-
TEST AGAINST ACTION.

Claim That Their Interests Have
Been Slaughtered in Territory in
which Reductions in Favor of At
Ianta Have been Made-MOtives of
Railroad Board Appear UnfathO m
abIe-Other Centers of Industry
Will BE Hard Hit BY Order No. 3OI.
So far as the action of the Georgia
Railroad Commission in reducing rates
from Atlanta to Athens, Macon, Au-
gusta and Columbus will affect Savan-
nah, the results will be distinctly
handicap against this city.
The extent of the handicap is only
limited by the volume of business
transacted by manufacturers and deal
ers in the sixty or more commodities
on which a reduction in freight charges
has been ordered out of Atlanta.
Unless corresponding favors are
shown Savannah, the possibilities of
increasing the business of jobbers and
manufacturers of the articles in the
list in the territory in which Atlanta
has been given a preferential. are
EIGdlly utkIGd0tu' LII ldNLs NhtAC litA =
tofore there was a chance of competi-
ton by reason of lower freight rates
on raw materials from the East by
water to Savannah, Atlanta has been
given carte blanche by reduced freight
rates.
Sample of Discrimination.
Take one article in the list of prefer
entail rates given Atlanta-that of con-
fectionery. Before the cut in rates by
the commission the rate on confection-
cry from Atlanta to Macon was 20
cents, and under the new schedule pro-
mulgated by the commission the rate
is Is cents. The rate ON the same class
of goods from Savannah to Macon is 40
cents.
Thanks to the action of the Railroad
Commission. the cost of candy shipped
from Atlanta to Macon has been prac-
tically reduced one-third of a cent per
pound Other things being equal I'M
der the present rate, Atlanta would
naturally get all of the business. Not
only will Savannah manufacturers and
dealers in CONNECTIONS be hit. but the
Macon candy factories will also suffer
heavily. The Atlanta manufacturers
have been given a rate not much high
er than the cost of drayage from a Ma
con factory to local dealer.
AtIanta's "Infant Industries"
Local manufacturers were indignant
yesterday over what they were pleased
to call an effort of the Georgia Railroad
Commission to extend aid TO the I'm
FAINT industries of Atlanta at the eX-
pense of other manufacturing points IN
the state. Just why such favoritism
Ehnll6 he shown NOT prQGnph
Under the present schedule, the
freight rate from Savannah and At
lanta to a point equi-distant from each
is practically the same. In other
words, Savannah is on par with At
lanta in the matter of freight rates.
with this city having the advantage
of water shipment from the East by
reason of it's favorable location. Sa-
vannah being a sea port town, while
Atlanta is an inland town.
AS first presented to the Railroad
Commission, the demand of Atlanta
was for low rate from Savannah and
Brunswick to Atlanta and in the OPP
posite direction, as matter of course.
If Atlanta could obtain rate from
Savannah it would. of course tend to
neutralize the advantages of this city
by reason of ocean freight facilities.
Having obtained this much desired OBJ
ject, Atlanta would probably drop the
freight question like a hot brick, and
leave the rest of the state to fight its
own battles.
Schedules of Changes.
The following is a list of the articles
upon which a reduction of from 80
to 80 per cent. has been made be-
tween Atlanta and Macon:
Baking powder, present rate per 100
pounds, 81 cents, new rate 20 cents;
betting, leather, AZ cents to % cents;
brooms, AZ cents to - cents car
IMAGES, buggies or trotting wagons, Sc
cents, to so cents; collins, plain as
cents to 25 cents: collins, boxed or
Grated, AZ cents to % cents: collins
carriers risk, AS cents to % cents
confectionery, candy, value limited to
cents per pound, owners risk, %
cents to Is cents; same, limited to
20 cents per pound, 80 cents to 16
cents; confectionery, N. o. S., car
rier's risk, As cents to 25 cents; cot
ton gins, owners risk, 81 cents to 20
cents; cotton presses knocked down.
% cents to Is cents crackers, % cents
10 IL cents; domestic and other cot
ton factory products is cents to II
cents; bedsteads, iron, 81 cents to 20
cents; bureaus, of hardwood. 81 cents
10 % cents; same, of common wood
81 cents to 20 cents. chairs, wooden.
AZ cents TO % cents; same, owners
risk. 81 cents to 20 cents; chairs, hard
wood or metal frames, As cents "a
% cents; bags. cotton. for flour. is
cents to IL cents; mattresses, woven
wire or springs, 81 cents to 20 cents:
mattresses, straw, cotton, shucks, hay
and excelsior. 80 cents to is cents:
mattresses, spiral spring compressed
Y cents to 3S cents; tables of hard.
wood. set up, owners risk, 90 cents
10 so cents; same, owners risk, Z.
cents TO So cents: tables, of hard.
wood, fiat or folded carriers risk, 81
cents to 20 cents; washstands, of hard.
wood, wrapped or Grated. owners risk
AZ cents to % cents; same. of com.
mon wood. 81 cents to 20 cents: fur.
mace, heating, carriers risk. 81 cents
TO 20 cents; same. set up. % cents
TO Is cents; garments, cotton, sucf
as jumpers or jackets. pants. over.
ais, unlaundered shirts and drawers
and knitting factory products In origi.
nal packages, carriers risk, % cents
TO IS cents: horse collars, carriers
risk. ~ cents to % cents: mantels
wood. Grated. owners risk ~ cents
10 p cents. pants, mixed cotton OF
wooden, and shirts As cents TO 25 cents;
paper boxes, carriers risk IS cents
70 % cents; paper bags. carriers risk
Is cents TO II cents; paper, print.
ing or wrapping, carriers risk. IS cent?
10 IL cents paper. writing or book m
boxes. A. cents 10 % cents: paper
roofing. carriers risk. % cents to 1,
cents. plows. set up. owners risk
~ cents 10 p cents: sash. blinds doors
and frames otNnGfstc rfelf aantr .