The Washington times., 1910-07-14
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Says 1t Will IN
veshgate All Advances.
COMPUTATION RATE
ALLOWED TO STAND
Milk Tariff In New England SuS-
pended Pending a Full
Inquiry.

Following on the conference Of the
members Of the Interstate Commerca
Commission Tuesday and NNednesday.
chree important announcements were
made by that body an noon today They
were
That the commission intends to s1r=.
uend aI tariffs naming general and
important rate advances pending iu-
vestigat.vn as 10 the reasouabIeness of
the proposed advances.
That the commission refuses to suz-
pend the advanced communication rates
into and out Of New York CITY. bat
directs an Investigation into the rea-
sUuableuess OF the rates.
That the increased milk rates in New
England are ordered suspended pend
Ing inquiry into their reasonabIeness-
These orders are los far the most
important which the commission has
made since the new law went into cf-
feet They make it plain, ID the nrst
place that the commission intends to
make free use Of the power of suspeu-
sion Of rates This tremendous power
is given by the new law and the com
mission apparently is not going TO be
backward in r-erCising it,
Orders Suspended 40 Days
Concerning the suspension OF all tar
IFS naming general and important rate
advances, the commission in its formal
aunounreueur said
No more definite announcements f7
this regard can now be made. but the
specific orders VIII be announced from
time 20 time. as they are entered and
served lt is expected that the susDen-
sion IN each case viii be for $50 dsvs
from The effective date named En the
-arlL but the commission intends n.
subsequent orders 10 provide for uakfue
t1ellSe 5n -ae same day such -.sveu-es
This means that air the general in
=~ En- mat enormous territory be-
Lesel AHicaso and the Missouri river
a-3 oe--Fe-E chicago and lhe Atlantic
sealua-G VIII be suspended and +-a+
VIII be made
-tLleaaE. saeeiaI agents are at vors
"a .llleH@ c5ties Of the country eoUecr-
+ the proposed rate increases
Beverly Statement Not Borne Out.
Il IS Of The utmost importance in con-
nection with the announced determine
. t-on OF the commission es to SusDerr-0r
a gersr1I rate advances that the zoff~--
. laid down does not coincide with the
recent announcements from Beverly as
20 "l4t would he the policy Jf tie
cor Tl4zz-C
From Beverly Il was Recently said. fol-
. lg-Fi-i- conference between the PreS5-
+ dent lni Chairman EuaT,p that 1frS-
PENSIONS would be made cul- in -xr2n-
,lOnaL cases The statement of fEa
compassion TO-DAY is that il viii '.slrs-
pend an tariffs naming general and inn
pOrtauC rafe advances
Railroad managers have been rrrcfu.-
the commission to make Spari0z- r7~e ~,f
the power Of suspension The cor1srnis-
SION however. does not auDesr to t-e 81
minded
The announcement concerning rhe
communication rates IS 20 the effect tha5
the comm 1Ss-iorz refuses TO suSueud EH.a
advanced computation rates into and
OF or NeW YORK city which were the
subject Of g@Scussion at Tues las hear
ing but directs an iuTestiEat into the
/ re- ESCUa 0-@UeSS of these alEr need rates
aS Wei as other Communication Ta+e all
. Eauces i1lC and Out Of New York which
+ have arr za-- become effective
Communication Rates Not Suspended.
The rates iu question viii accordfneIy
, 20 into effect July -. the date TO vyiaicl
they were postponed at the request of
the commission. iSSiCDerS Glen
euts ard Prcuty dissenta5 from the re-
ffslI 70 suspend
This means the commission has -e-
fused tu suspend the New Jersey cu.r-
mutation rates, but that &c holds il has
8 IU-IS1 IctlCn rf the subject and viii IN
EEStiEale the increases in com rn1Ita--S-
rates iT all the territory tributary to
New York
With respect TO the New England milk
rates. the commission meets the re-
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