The San Francisco call., 1905-05-14
REBATES ON ICE.


THE Interstate Commerce Commission investigating the
methods private lines Perhaps these lines are not
as numerous Once there the Blue ine the
Red line and of freight used all over the
These belonged to companies separate from LINE n
corporations whose tracks they ran The private INES
paid royalty OF the tracks and power
railroad upon
discovery that stockholders the roads also owners IN
bese rat car lines Having loot in both camps they
od the the railroads that freight their private
the preference that the belonging TO he
That OF tended put all OF the business IN the
private much and hot discussion over this
affairs and in the courts were resod TO or
settlement Since then the railroads more generally own heiI
own private almost entirely restricted
the carrying Of perishable property FOR this reason we
find the Armour and other operating very extensively III
California
OF fruit the overland roads have not encouraged the snip
fresh fruit from this State 1t requires special cars not
adapted TO general reghng purposes and the business IS m o.
other there has been lack OF
between the shippers OF fresh deciduous fruits and the
railroads refrigerator they would be dead
considerable Of Here then
created situation il which private line inevitable
The ours had gained all the necessary experience IN usto
fresh refrigerator and they naturally TELL INTO
ob o s ooed b ofer t en III o "'' shipping business
The nature of the contract between private
vet disclosed 1t known how far the
shares the profits of their 1t is
TEN that seems unnatural But it much resembles the plan by
which the Pullman eeps all the roads, that the
Pumans all alike and there rebates secret
everybody all the United States The complaint
against the private lines is that they do deal with the public
OF equality. 1t developed the pending investigation
that the line carrying fruit from this State has charged
shippers unequay for icing It's No doubt the other lines
done the The harm back the producer If the
companies get passed
the producer the benefit would ia where ought But this
done unless indeed the shipper who the rebate is also the
producer But then he beneficiary of unequal
ege that 5 open all producers
how far the revelations about rebates will affect the
railroads that do the hauling known The
companies undoubtedly subject the law of
they under the oTbiddng rebates
railroads. amenabe the of carriers which
requires such carrier perform like service for all at like price
The list of California shippers getting this rebate
because from Individual shippers clear through
producers who ship through their cooperative
willing
be interesting know by what they compelled the Armour
line line does give anything
keep Its policy phanthopic 1t in business for the
profit If nearly rebates, did
puSOn. What the compulsiOn?
It will probably be found have offer
line rebate and take the trade The disclosure will probably
the practice and will also securing
California appears With the known of the overland
the fresh shipments will
special for that trade, and will
voluntarily there legal compusion thm compel
them?
OF problems may With the West
Pacific there change
all the overland roads toward fresh
question OF facilities than of freight At present railroad
unable figure profit hauling freight
But the fruit shippers
helped by the fast 1t would enable put
London and Paris twelve would
bring Eastern market within four may
ompshed by the discovery OF methods
oading by the discovery that the
taken IN their estimate OF what they do with existing
and methods.
thing shippers the railroads and the owners Of pr
produce all of the inequalities
public sentiment The investigation in operation
OF large business there found out
There condolences in business their object illicit