The Mena weekly star., 1908-10-15
Looks LIKE FIGHT
 WOULD BE MADE I ON FREIGHT RAISE p.;Iroad Commission Refuses to Ap- oroye or Accept Tariffs Filed by Trunk Lines. ARE RAILROADS BLUFFlNG? Advances So Unreasonable It Is Not Thought Roads Intend to Enforce Them.
IRE RAILROADS BLUFFING'

Little Rock, Oct. 7.-The Ark rsas railroad commission yester- aav afternoon refused to approve he new tariff filed by the rail- loads un Monday, on the ground hat the advance was exorbitant. Secretary Floyd sent the follow mo letter to the head of the frelght traffic department of each trunk line:
 "I am directed by the members of the commission to advise that tley have examined the tariff cavFrlug he intrasla ate freight r,tes filed by your line on yester- x dsv. sufficiently to warrant them in saving that the rates provided # in the tariff are entirely too high, md in some C tses beyond all req # son: therefore. tue, decline to al,- 
 urovs the same
 a A thorough examiaation of the # schedule by the comm ssioners # and Rte Clerk Swaim brought to hght even greater advances d tban were announced at first.
 "We have discovered that the # rates are more unreasoua ble tn Ian X any that we ever conceived of the # railroads making,' serte # Chairman Allen. We find that & in one case the new rate is thre, * times as high as the old one. # That is in the shipment of bag # ging and ties, commodities that every cotton grower n the state must buy large quantities of, E There are a number Of rates that have advanced to figure twice that in he old schedule.
 Will Cost State $l,300. 900 Year. "In the past year, Arkansas paid out S2,h00.000 to the rail- roads for freight transportation in intrastate business. Now an analysis of the new tariff shows that If we move the same tonnage of the same products next year. I the consumers of this state will pay at least $l, 300, 900 more than last year into the pockets of the railroads.
 II do not believe for a moment, however, that the railroads eve, intend to put these exorbitant rates into effect. They undount- edly thought that it was well to make the figures very high, as iaey expected that they would get more when the commission should come to make the comprn mise Nhich they anticipated II would make But we shall no change our old tariff. until our effort to have the iniunctions up on it removed. h failed. And 1t may be added that we will try to show beyond doubt that our old rates are proper and reason, able 10 the roads"
 Litigation Possible and Probable.
 It could not be learned from the commissioners what their pol icy would be. in case the road are not bluffing and actually dc put the high rates into effect on October IS. as they advertise. l is common knowledge, however, that they or any shipper may ap ply for an injunction restraining the railroads from putting thei new rates into effect. Such q course appears not unlikely, E the general opinion among ship pers of the city, as they feel tha' the new rates in some commodi ties would be coutscatory.
 Rates Compared.
 Following is a partial list O the commodities to which th' commission gave commodit' rates, with the percentage of in crease in both car load (c. |. and less than car load lots 0.c. )
 Pet. Increase
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