Arizona republican., 1906-08-28
Though Companies Not Yet Able to Comply
 Fully With Its Provisions
COmmittee o Railroad Men Will Confer With Com mission Today and Ask for Ruling On Doubtful Section.

New York, Aug. 27.-The new rail- road rate law which applies to all rail- roads doing an interstate business, will go into effect at midnight tonight. It will be enforced by the interstate commerce commission. According to the new law the roads were to have fled with the commission by mid night all their tariffs and charges, showing not only the full cost from point to point but also what items go to the making up of this cost From tomorrow on there will be no extras, " but the shipper is expected to be able to obtain in advance a final statement Of the charges he has to meet.
 It was stated that in fact not sin gle company has been able to comply fully with the provisions of the law requiring it to have all it's schedules on file by midnight. The schedule of switching charges was the most diff ficult of completion and it is said no road has been able to finish it in time 10 file as the law directs.
 Under the law every company which fails to complete its schedule may be fined but it is understood that the in Jerstate commerce commission will give additional time in case a road has given evidence of sincere inten- ton to comply with the law. To dis cuss this and other points a commit tee representing a big eastern road will go to Washington tomorrow in order to meet the commission. This will be attended by representatives of the anthracite coal roads, who are anxious to obtain a ruling from the commission on that section of the law which prohibits a railroad from car rying from state to state any article manufactured. mined or produced by it except for it's own use. This would include coal.
 It is expected that shippers will find themselves benefited by the provision which requires the railroads to include all charges of whatsoever nature in their quoted rates Heretofore a shipper has had to figure for himself on icing, refrigerator and elevator charges and the dozen or more other incidentals, dickering with the separ- ate companies which had a hand in the care of his shipment Now the railroad must do that and the shipper meets but one charge and deals with but one concern.
 All sources of side charges are con- solidated. and private cars side tracks spurs, leTIllHdiS ana elevators are made subject to the law. The new law also requires the railroads tC establish a system of accounting and to keep their books open for inspection at all times by the expert accountants of the commission. The feature is ex pected to go far toward abolishing the rebate evil of the past. The railroads accountants are now conferTing in re- gard to the uniform system of book keeping which. however, will not gC into effect until June 1 next year. 1T the meantime the commission has pu its own experts at work devising system which will be clear enough tC suit the commission.
 Forces of clerks from all express companies have for the last few day! been engaged here in the task of re vising express rates to comply witt the provisions of the rate bill, bu have been unable to finish their tasl in time to file schedules with the in terstate commerce commission befOr the bin became effective.
 The public win reap no benefit iron the new arrangement. The rates vii