The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
FREIGHT RATE
REDUCTIONS
Railroads Make Rates Demanded
by Commerce Commissioners
big SAVING TO SHIPPER
Pineapple Growers of St. lucie County
will Save 900 AnnuaIly-Fight
waged by Growers Association

At a meeting of the directors of the
q Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
NJ Protective Association held in Jackson
- vile on Wednesday, March 3rd, the
n secretary was instructed to issue state.
81 ment showing what the Association has
n accomplished since its organization in
81 the way of securing more equitable
81 rates on Florida pershable products,
Ematters now pending and questions for
81 future action.
Y In compliance with the foregoing,
y Secretary j. C. Chase, of Jacksonville,
x has issued the following statement,
III which will be read with particular in
81 terest by all growers of fruits and veg
& etables throughout the state:
"a Under the decisions and orders of the
N Interstate Commerce Commission, re-
n cently rendered. Florida growers have
81 made the following substantial gains:
81 On all-rail shipments of pineapples,
8,oranges and grapefruit to Atlantic sea-
Scoast and interior Eastern Markets, in
Ia territory bounded on the west by Buff
E'fao and Pittsburg, and east including
1.-The New England states, the carriers
&are required to establish carload rates
with minimum of 300 boxes or crates
land rates have been reduced from AZ
Gents as high as Is cents per box and
.Eper crate, as follows:
"a Baltimore, reduced from 47a cents to
43 cents.
81 Philadelphia, reduced from 4ss cents
I. to AZ cents
s New York, reduced from 5Os cents to
AS cents. -,
j. Boston, reduced from SO cents to 81
81 cents.
81 Buffalo, reduced from CO.'S cents to
453 cents.
II Pittsburg, reduced from 6O.4 cents to
&52 cents.
N Providence, reduced from SO cents to
Is. cents. =,
s. Corresponding reductions apply to all
&territory adjacent to the points named
Sard tariffs are already effective at the
new rates.
81 The Commission says that "ln their
(; opinion rates to the West from Florida
g Ought to be less perhaps to the Ohio
* river points and ought to be less from
EOhio river points to destination, and
bought not to be higher on the average
#than rates from California. IN event
1.-THE carriers do not put reduced rates
Ito these points into eff ect the Commls-
#sion's attention may be called to the
2<matter later on.
The reduction by the Commission on
shipments of vegetables via rail and
n water to Philadelphia. Baltimore, New
i York and Boston is five cents per crate
Of fifty pounds, which Is reduction
from the old rates of fifteen to twenty
per cent. On cabbage and potatoes via
rail and water the rates have been re-
duced as follows: ,,.
Cabbage, to Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, reduced from 54 cents
to "A cents, and to Boston from 6S cents
to 81 cents per barrel or barrel crate OF
100 pounds. ,.
Potatoes, to Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York reduced from 6O cents
to so cents, and to Boston from 70 cents
to 60 cents per barrel or per barrel
crate of 1856 pounds. The all-rail rate
to Boston was reduced from 81 cents co
40 cents per crate Of fifty pounds, and
from 81. 06 to SO cents per barrel.
The minimum loading of two hundred
crates of Strawberries at the rate OF
81. 80 per crate from Starke and Lawtey
to New York was reduced to minimum
of one hundred and seventy-five crates.
These rates ere in effect and will DC
the means of saving thousands OF ooi'
lars to Florida growers. A.,
This is substantial victory ior tnt
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Shippers
Protective Association, which has con-
Quoted the hearing before the inter
state Commerce Commission, but u i
not all that has been accomplished. IT
its report the Commission states tna'
"all-rail rates on all vegetables are t0t
high" 1t suggests that the florlds
railroads put into effect to Atlantic sea
coast and interior eastern markets a!
all-rail minimum carload and all-ral
rates from basing points as follows:
SO cents to Baltimore, now 4O cents.
"a cents to Philadelphia, now 81 cents
SO cents to New York, now as cents;
AZ cents to Boston, now ~ cents VIII
corresponding rates to interior poinis
This matter Is now pending before I'M
Commission and some difinite action II
promised on or about March 18TH.
At the same time the Association
hopes favorable action will be taken o.
its request that the Florida RAILROADS
insert clause that will enable grower
to ship mixed cars Of oranges ana plh'e
apples, and mixed cars OF Vegetaoie
and Florida fruits into Eastern am
Western markets at carload rates OF
each commodity with minimum car
load not to exceed $4,000 pounds.
At the request of Congressman Car