The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-13
COMMERCE BOARD
!. FIXES NEW RATES
INTERSTATE COMM SSION HOLDS
' TARIFF ON COTTON IS NOT
sSs EXCESSIVE.
SIX IMPORTANT CASES
Are Disposed of--Higher Rate In
South Necessary Because Of DIFF
ferent Conditions COVERING
Shipments From There.

Washington, May Decisions in
six cases ere handed down today BY
the interstate commerce commission
One of the cases, that. of the Enter.
prise Manufacturing company of
Georgia against the. Georgia Railroad
company and otheis, involving the
rates on cotton goods and cotton
aste from Southern points to Pacific
coast terminals being of great i'm
portance. The decision in this case
was rendered by Commissioner Lane
and is against the complainant. II
being held that the higher freight
rates on such goods from points in
the South to the Pacific coast are.
Ilust and reasonable In Its announce.
ment the commission says:
The fact that such rates from the
| Southeastern states are higher than
| those obtaining from the New Eng.
/ land states does not in and OF itself
establish The unreasonabeness Of the
| higher rates. as the conditions exist.
| ing in The two localities are dissimilar
The New England mills, which suffer
| BY the competition Of the more favor
ably situated Southern mills from the
standpoint Of the production, are en-
titled to such advantage in rates as
they have from being situated at
points closer to ports here cheap
water competition has been estab
lished to the Pacific coast points of
consumption. The existence of lower
rates In the somewhat remote mast
does not necessarily prove anything
lof value In ascertaining the reason
lablleness of rate existing today
|. c, Is, the Defendant.
In the case Of the Holycon.b-Ifayes
company vs.. the Ilinois Central Rail.
road company the carrier admitted
that the insertion of certain rate in |
IT'S tariffs. which applies to complain
ants, particularly shipments of cross
tise from Hopkinsville. KY. to points
In Illinois, was the result Of a cleica'
error. Subsequently this rate was
voluntarily reduced by the carrier.
Upon complaint the carrier expressed
to pay to complainant the
excess collected by reason of such
error II protected by an order OF the
interstate commerce commission and
thereupon the commission having sub
stantiated the facts, ordered such
special reparation. The complaint is
therefore dismissed.
In the case of the Tomlin Harris
Machine company VS.. the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad company and
others, It was shown that the rates
% coal and pig iron from Birming
ham, Ala to Cordele. Ga, are $I.70I,
per net ton and $2.75 per gross ton
respectively, and from BIRMINGHAM
Q Macon, Ga. are SLIGO per net ton
Ind SLIGO per gross ton, respectively,
ycrdeIe being nearer point
Cuts Down Pig Iron Rate. T.
Upon complaint that rates to Cor
iele are unreasonable and unduly dis
the commission in an ,
'rinion by Commissioner Lane holds
hat upon the facts shown the coal ,
ate 10 Hoi uiTtdSDHdDle uiSCTifHlUH-l
oFy. but that the pig iron rate is un-
ust and excessive. The carriers are I,
'rdered TO put in force on or before
Iune Is. 1907. rate of $2.l5 per
ross ton on pig ion from Birming-
lam to Cordele.
In the case OF Hale Hatsell Grocery
pmpany VS.. the Missouri. Kansas aad
Texas railway company and others.
he complaint alleged that the car
iers' rate on sugar. in carloads from y
lew Orleans, La, TO McAlester, |. T.,
4 80 cents per Too pounds was un-
easonable and unduly discrimina-
ary because their rate on sugar from n
Jew Orleans, La. 10 Muscogee. |. T..
nearer point over the same line. "
ias only 35 cents. After the case z
fas set for trial the carriers offered u
> reduce rates on sugar from New
'ileans TO McAlester from 3S cents j
D IS cents pe.10 pounds. thus maxi "
az The same rate as applies, to Mus a
ogee. which offer was carried Balt by D.
he filing of a tariff naming such rate y
he complaint was therefore diSI
Kissed