The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

Chairman Conner addressed Mir. cuip that he ~.as sorry the coal producers and consu~iers had been able to get closer to the railroads than the cotton mills of the ss5 the cotaon ysfy deaT mIs Saye been having a hard time during the re- cent years. Their securities have been worked down and they have been unable to take advantage of the great prSSpefc.oy p%I coympton, O ~ of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. said he did not make a difference between furnace coal and cotton mill coal. He read a statute giving the road the right to make special rates to develop and maintain
 As to General Revision.
 Straight testimony here began on the question of general revision of 'aTihS Green rn on of the Southern Railway, was first on the stand. He was inter rupted by the chairman who said he live stock men who were present:
 C. H Ungerman. President or the Birmin gham Packing Company, was stock between Alabama and Mississigo pi MT. Ungerman did not use the same lines in his comparisons in some instances. He did, however nov,eVer ,nside mdSe the State and in Mississippi. These all showed dlscrminations against BIT mingham, according to the sPeaEEer; Etrai ng aso made comparisons on the Centrai
 MT. ungerman told of what he term ed manifest unfairness" in the roads the cattle were billed as through freight. and saying that if the cattle had been removed in transit and pu. into another Ir,e car q. the 1ess charses "ouio
 The speaker said he would ask the same rates on live stock on the Louis, vile and Nashville both North ana ana ed on point of mileage over other roads in the State.
 Chairman Conner here followed with a plea of the road to help the cattle industry in Alabama. especially in view of the fact that the farmers desire to reduce their cotton acreage, put do not know of a profitable industry to sub-
 Written Answer of Southern.
 MT. Green filed a written answer on behalf of the Southern Railway to the
 Mr' Green. in his written showing. reviewed the history, of tariff redue- tions in Alabama by the Southern Rail way. He told of how the existing freight tariff in this State. with the ex- ception of reductions by the Commis- sion in 1903. and subsequent voluntary reductions is the same as was adopted in 1895 with the approval of the Com mission. Prior to this date separate
 
 the Georgia Pacific Railroad and for the East Tennessee. Virginia and Geor- gia Railway and other lines in Ala bama.
 The table of reductions on Glasses c. D and F, including potatoes. syrup and hay enforced by the Alabama Commis- sion in July, 1903; was repeated ro d, py MT MT. terial nature. and at the same time there were reductions made on all intra- State traffic passing over two or lfv,ac xryff ln hn "a ThaGa f. ter reductions were to the extent Of 10
 Since the 1903 reductions the Com: changes, but MT. Green claims that by changes in exceptions to the Southern classification applying in Alabama re- certain commodities. The Southern classification governs the application of the freight tariff in Alabama and all other States except North Carolina. Mis- sissippi and Georgia. Georgia has its own classifica ton. enforced by the Com mission. The Commissions of North the use of Southern Classification No.
 MT Green contended that the current classification of his road Is much more ore States enjoying 1t than are Mississippi and North Carolina. using the classi- hcation No 25. This Is true he said, constantly undergoing changes that re, suit from a study of the commercial necessities of the shippers of the South not contained in the No. 25 classifica- tion. It was argued that large DOT tlon of these ratings represent reduc- tions. As against the Georgia classih- cation, Mir. Green said that there are over 1,600 ratings that are not cvii> tained in that classification. showing many carload ratings that show re-
 Reductions in Alabama.
 The effect of reductions in rates through changes in ratings. contended general attention as reduction in the tariff itself. but the practical effect is the same. and 1t Is through these reduc- tions in the classification that substan- tial reductions have been made in the tariff of the Southern Railway in Ala bama." sons of cotton rates from points within and without the State to points in the State, at which the mills are located with the local scale. He said that the auctions in this sort of traffic in order to laid in the manufacture of cotton within the State"
 called to the fact that although in 1903 the Commission required reduction in hay in carloads and less throughout a desire 10 encourage the growth of hay in certain sections of the State where the soil is especially adapted, es- tablished. with the approval of the Commission. commodity rates on hay, carloads, that are even lower than the reduced Class D rates of the Commis- sion"
 MT. Green next made com mparisons of the agricultural tonnage and that of animals, mines, forests, manufactures, merchandise and other products in Georgia with the same products and their tonnage derived in Georgia: The purpose was to show that. outside of the mine product tonnage which Is of low class tonnage. Georgia furnishes larger tonnages than does Alabama. eX- cept in the case of manufactures. It of interstate traffic in Georgia Is great CT, as n whole. than 1t Is in Alabama. and also greater in proportion to the intrastate business. The "Nebraska