The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-12

mandeI by actual competition. IS also set out that the Mobile ana Oti" Railroad Company has expressea thS determination to always maintain thG same rates from Ohio and Mississippi crossings xo Mobile that are estabished therefrof to New Orleans.
 Tine present low rates To hoplle, says the petition. are seriously intu- rious to Montgomery m coinpetins lUi business to territory that Should pc common to both polnts anu esPeciaiti! is this true to Alabama River points ,he ra fes to all these landings are the same from both Mobile and AiontsSn- ery--the advantage, therefore, ot MO bile over Montgomery To thess points Is easily discernable. Further along the petition says
 .sIs1teomery Is located at the part ing of the ways. It Is situated in the | extreme corner Of zone extending east and north to which one baS's CT | rate construction applies, whlle ulltct- ly west and sou'h another Is oos@tN ..a. 1 lative adjustment from the several nv CT crossings: 1t therefore varies rom | the first and causes greater dlsParItS l in the rates to Montgomery as cnn- pared with Pensacola and Moplle. ne | competitive forces of these points are | so great that q harmonizing or the two adiilstments should be enectSd 10 | Montgomery, thereby relieving its pres ] ent disadvantage in being placed eXciu- u- l sively in southeastern territory. ms would correct the suostansilai ditinis niSgl,r,- nader which we labor to serve the ter ritory west and south. which of rlgnt should be open to us on Just anu ta'f basis with Pensacola and MnDile.
 Cannot submit Longer.
 l Tn conclusion the petition says
 Considering the length of time we Encouragement. and the steady accumu- | lation of competitive force rom sur rounding distributing centers, wnlch m creases daily. we are it eonstramIu InncI ionTer % I l with the same patience we have 'vl- | denced in the past. .to disadyantages to which we are placed. due to the great disparity in the pres | ent adjustment. Our competition w!ln w tother points is being suppressed me ne | situation has reached an acute land critical stage. and eondi- tions have become well nlgh ! tntoIerahle to cur merchants;--Nhiie | we have been contending cur compet-
 itors hays heen on the alert; thsy have
 been quick to claim their superior au .
 vantages and have extended their in-
 vasion not only to, but through Mont
 gomery. |. ,n
 appropriate to state, that 1t Is appar- | ent. and to be deplored, the disturcinE
 clements with all lines in the soutn n 1 today is the relative adjustment or
 rates. It may be a presumptuous warn
 ing, btu so lcng as the railroads con | tinue to accede to the requests or m
 6uentfal communities, based on the
 granting. of franchises, encroachment
 of rival roads, and other potential fac
 tors, without granting equal or rela- l tive facilities to other or continguous
 points, so long will 1t be necessary to
 combat the well-founded contentious
 of those points It is noticeable, and l the subject of comment. that the rail 1 roads would fain ignore the rights of
 such communities trusting to ProVi- | denee that they wil remain in ignor- | ance of their disadvantage, and lie dor
 mant under its influence. This condl-
 tfon is not wholly in an embryonic
 state. Unless the railroads come for
 ward promptly and make concessions l of recent years general in their ap- l plication, they will be doing the public | and themselves a great injustice; they
 will aslo be contr9venting tacit agreement made with the highest court | in the land, to the effect that relief , l from the operation of the Fourth Sec
 ton of the Interstate Commerce Law
 would be granted, based on the assur-
 ances of the Southeastern lines that a
 relative and equitable adjustment would be maintained as between the
 different trade centers located therein.
 We ask that you consider carefully the following reductions from Ohio and Mississippi River Crossings, that have been made to the distributing centors
 surrounding Montgomery since Octo' her 1, 1887, without corresponding changes hereto; except second class rate to Montgomery which was only . reduced in 1905, in liue with arbitrary
 reduction of five cents on second class
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