The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-19
of INTEREST
TO LUMBERMEN
DoINGs WHICH CONCERN THE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TRADE OF THIS TER
RITORY.

important decision announced during
the week by the Interstate Commerce
Commission at Washington, was that
in the suit brought by E. Sondheimer
& Co., of Carlo, ILL.,, and Memphis,
Tenn. against the Illinois Central
Railroad, seeking to have the same re-
shipping or yarding privileges granted
to Cairo dealers as was enjoyed at
Memphis, and claiming that the rates
then in effect at Carlo were discrimin-
atory against that point by reason of
the privilege granted the Memphis
dealers. The commission held that
the rates had been discriminatory
against Carlo. The decision has no
present effects, however, save that
reparation will be asked by the Sond-
heimer Company, as the railroads
withdrew the privileges granted to
Memphis dealers when the suit was
originally brought.
Yellow Pine Reparaton Cases.
The compromise agreement drawn
to cover all the remaining yellow pine
reparation claims arising in Central
Yellow Pine Association territory has
at last fully materialized. Arthur r.
Thompson, of the Washington railroad
clearing house. has been hard at work
on the matter for several weeks Mr..
Thompson has had some difficulty
harmonizing the conflicting interests
of various parties to the controversy.
After a lengthy series of conferences
and much correspondence, the docu-
ment was finally completed and sent
to Judge Clements. of the Interstate
Commerce Commission at his sumner
home at Leesburg, Va, for approval.
Judge Clements has approved the
form of the agreement and authorized
any claimant desiring to do so to set
tie his claim on the basis specified
That basis is CT per cent of the PROV
able amount of the claims The total
number of claimants involved is about
40, and their aggregate amount is
said to be approximately $25OOOO.
Status of the Lumber Tariff.
The Conference Committee of the
house and the senate are now hard
at work on the tariff bill at Washing
ton, and it is rumored that the minor
details of the work have been disposed
of and that the vital points of differ
ence have been reached One of these
is the schedule on lumber and wood
products, and it is over this that one
of the hardest fights is expected. AS
a general proposition it may be said
that the senate conferees are standing
out strongly for the higher rates the
senate voted for on many articles. On
the other hand Chairman Payne. of
the house committee. is understood to
be equally stubborn in support of the
house;s policy of downward revision.
That is technically supposed to be the
of the other House conreroes.
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committee with the avowed intention
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