The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-10-27
RAILROAD
TARIFFS
MUST Be LOWERED DEC. 1ST.
Interstate Commerce Commission Rules That
Further OeiayIs Unnecessary and Hevadas
Fight Will Be Won When Shippers
Are Given Proper Consideration.

Washington, October 22.-The IN
terstate commerce commission de-
eided today that its order IN the
Reno rate case involving class freights,
shall become effective on December lst.
Orders in other Pacific coast cases
involving commodities win become eff
fectiVe within the next few months.
Determination Of the commission affects
all class rates on both east bound ana
west bound traffic destined to Nevada
J points common to Reno. Material re-
ductions are made on the class rates.
Really, two cases were included in one
proceeding, separate complaints ha ying
been institutedas to east bound rates and
west bound rates.
i Vigorous effort was made not only
by the railroads, but by some shipping
organizations 70 secure a postpone
ment of the effective date OF the order
from December lst 1t was argued
that. inasmnch as no determination vet
had been reached in the other Pacific
coast cases, which the commission
heard last autumn. it might cause a
serious rate disturbance TO put the
lower rates to Reno into effect as early
as December.
The commissions opinion, however.
was that there was not that relation
among the several cases which would
preeipitate rate or commercial dis
turbanee, even if the proposed rates
to Reno We're to become effective as
early as November lst, a month before
they are to become effective. In the
judgment of the commission. the car
riers have had ample time since the
order was issued last spring to adjust
themselves to the proposed lower
rates. The commission too, was unani-
nous in the belief that it would be un-
able to achieve anything definite by
suspension of the order.
The rates affected by the order in
elude all the class charges on shipments
from every point of origin east of Reno
to the Atlantic coast, and all similar
charges on shipments originating west
of Reno to the Pacific coast.
Co-incidentally came the announce
ment that the commission would make
its orders to be issued few months
hence in the other Pacific Coast cases,
effective on May next. 1t is prob
able that tie orders will be promuIga-
ted about March /, 1911, so as TO afford
the interested carriers and shippers at
least 60 days notice of the findings and
requirements of the commission.
Ia these cases the carriers were re-
quired by the commission to submit to
its comparisons of the returns on the
rates now in operation and on those
tentatively suggested by the commits
sion. These comparisons were to be
made through series of months. 1t
has not been possible yet to obtain
these comparisons and the commission
cannot determine as to the reasonable
ness of the rates it proposed until the
comparisons are analysed.
In all except the Reno case, the rates
affected apply to commodities. The
cases in question are the Spokane rate
case, which has been pending in one
form or another for several years; the
Seattle, Tacoma and Portland back
haul cases and the Phoenix case, which
involves alleged discrimination against
Arizona points on commodity ship
ments from the east and from the
west