The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-03

In arriving at my results I have taken the average rates on Glasses aa,s,,3o il3, | and Nashville in Alabama, and the av- craze rates on the same Glasses in ef- feet on the Standard roads in Georgia; been added. and for Glasses B-K-M and R 10 per cent has been added, and for | Class c roads 25 and 10 per cent has | been added, and for Class D roads on all the above Glasses, for five to forty miles, rates fifty per cent higher than the Standard rates has been used; for cent was added; for one hundred miles l and over seventy miles 30 per cent was added.
 Tn addition to the comparison on the above Glasses separate comparison of the average rate charged was made on each commodity. and a general average | of all taken.
 | was a comparison of Class rates appli- cable over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Alabama, with the class State of Geofia. This covers all arti- cles classified in the classification in | Classes 1-2-3-4-5-6- A-B-C-D-E-H and
 6o The os results hs aSfrate f eis of & of sad class rates charged over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in the State of Alabama with the class rates eharEed gia. Is less on the Louisville and Nash-- vilie Railroad in Alabama than on all lines. In Georgia. one-third of one per cent"
 In the above comparison none of the commodities and some of the classes are not included, such as cotton, lum- ! Der, cotton seed, and its products, fer tilizer and etc. constituting large part of the daily traffic of the agricultural districts. My figures show. on the above comparison, of MT Compton that charged are one per cent, instead of one-third of one per cent. less on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad In | Alabama than charged on all the lines in the State of Georgia.
 The same comparison, when made on distances from forty-five to one hun. dred miles shows that the average of all of said Class rates charged over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad In the State of Alabama with the Class i rates charged over all lines in the State of Georgia is more on the Louisville 1 and Nashville Railroad in Alabama than on all lines in Georgia, 20.6 per cent; on comparison based rom rye Louisville and Nashville Railroad in l Alabama Is 9.S per cent more than the rates on all the lines In the State of l "A further comparison was made on | 127 commodities for distances. blocks or five miles. from five to forty miles. same distances in Georgia. These con- modities embrace articles which are in constant use by the people living In the rural districts; and are kept constantly rt comp9 r!snn was made for the purpose Of setting forth in concise and con densed form the rates charged on sncn articles and the showing was conclu- sivh that the average of all the rates charged on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad In the State of Ala5ama are 1 less than the Georgia rates. The com | parison was full and complete. It showed the rates"
 AS charged on Class A roads In the
 "As charged on Class B roads in the
 "As charged on Class c roads in the
 "As charged on Class D roads in the | State of Georgia"
 I The results of these comparisons was as follows:
 'LouisvIile and Nashville rates in Alabama .O9 per cent lower than Geor- gia Commissions Standard rates.
 Louisville and Nashville rates in Alabama 24 per cent lower than rates of Class B roads in Georgia"
 Louisville and Nashville rates In Alabama 27e per cent lower than rates | of Class roads in Georgia.
 Louisville and Nashville rates In Alabama ss6 per cent lower than rates of Class D roads in Georgia" not use 127 commodities as MT. Compton did but have taken the Glasses and commodities covering more than l.6oo | articles ana CO[nuOulLleS OA average rates five to forty miles, forty l five to one hundred miles applicanle to | the Louisville and Nashville Rallroao in the State of Alabama and the Geor-
 The results of these comparisons are as follows ..,,.-
 For distances from five to forty miles the Louisville and Nashville rates are | 23S higher than the Georgia Commls- l sion Standard rates.
 For distances forty-five to one hun r4H Q rates are 446 per cent higher than the Georgia Commission Standard rates;
 For distances from five to forty miles | the Louisville and Nashville rates are iS5 per cent higher than rates of Class B roads in Georgia; for distances forty five to one hundred miles the Louisville and Nashville rstes ,, are Gsss sS pe roads se in | Georgia. For distances from five to forty miles the Louisville and Nashville rates are Ills per cent higher than % rates ,,e, tances from forty-five miles the Louis vile and Nashville rates are 3t per cent higher than rates of Class roads In
 For distances five to forty miles the Louisville and Nashville rates are 2;2 per cent less than rates of Glass U forty-five miles the Louisville and Nashville rates are 25 per cent higher than rates of Class D roads in Georgia;
 Further it shows the Louisville and Nashville rates in Alabama to be 26.6 per cent lower than the average of the rates applicable on all roads Tn the
 The figures furnished by me show, not on 127 articles but on more than
 1,600 articles the Louisville and Nash from five to forty miles to be 11.s per cent higher than the average of the rates applicable on all roads In the forty to one hundred miles the Louis ville and Nashville rates In Alabama are SS.5 per cent higher than the aver in the State oP Seoraia on the same