Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-06-03
INCREASES REACH To
THIRlY-JNE PER CENT
Undaunted by Action Of the Govern
ment Under the Sherman Anti
Trust Act, Many Other Railways
Advance Freight Charges--To Ask
Dissolution Of Injunction.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, ~. T., June z.-Un-
daunted by the governments proceed
ings under the Sherman antitrust
act, by which part of the proposed
increase of freight rates in the terri
tory west OF the Mississippi river was
suspended by injunction, railroads in
the East and Middle West today filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission tariffs embodying increased
rates. Attorney General Wickersham
declined to indicate what course he
will pursue in behalf of the govern
ment, and the senate, just on the
verge today of passing the admins
tration rate BILL hesitated, and final
ly postponed action until another
day.
Many oystems ACT.
Tonight nearly every system in the
North, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, had filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission legal notifica-
ton of proposed increases in com
modify rates. The increases filed to-
day range from three to thirty-one per
cent.
The day started of by the filing of
schedules of increases by the Ne,
York Central, the West Shore, and
the Delaware, Lackawanra and Wes-
tern. Then the official proposal Of
the roads, traversing the territory
from Chicago and Milwaukee to In
dianapolis and Ohio river points,
twenty-three in all, was brought into
the commission.
During the afternoon increased
traits from the Atlantic seaboard to
Chicago, ST. Paul and intermediate
points were filed. The latter tariffs
included those of the b. & O., New
York, New Haven & Hartford, the
Boston and Maine the Erie, the Della
ware and Hudson, the Lehigh Valley,
the New Jersey Central. the New
York Ontario and Western and the
Philadelphia and Reading.
The Baltimore & Ohio also filed
with the commission a revised traiff
of commodity rates from Chicago to
the eastern sea5oard.
Per Cent. of Increase.
The increase proposed by the
roads IN the Middle West range from
six TO thirty-one per cent. Those
from the seaboard to the West varied
from three to twenty per cent The
Baltimore & Ohio's Increase of rates
from Chicago to the seaboard average
about ten per cent.
These increases we're figured ap-
proximately.
The time set for the increases to
go into effect on the Eastern roads
was generally July ;. On the roads in
the Middle West, July 1 was the date
fixed
Before the revised tariffs began to
pour into the Offices of the commits
sion. Attorney General wickersham
vas receiving kilograms from IVES
tern shippers, asking him to take
action to nav, the injunction issued
by the federA court of Missouri ex-
tended to otfEr commodities. especial
ly wool.
Replies wTe made that it was now
too late. l. was explained that the
government included in the bill such
rates as lad been called to its al
tention ans that failure Of other rates
TO be Included must be laid at the
door OF tie shippers.
hurry Not Necessary.
As to the course OF the govern
mcHt ir regad to the railroads in the
East AID Middle West, the attorney
genera was not ready to talk. I'm
mediae action is not necessary. in
ssmudl as the rates are not to 20 into
effect foI about a month.
II . believed the railroads viii lose
no tine in fling any other tariffs on
scco.nt Of the probability of the ex.
pectd early passage Of the admins
traton rate bill.
Tie bin. in its present form gives
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sjoi the power TO investigate the
rcsonableness OF proposed increases
in rates and to suspend their going
ino operation as long As ten months.
viii Ask Dissolution.
ST LOUIS. NO, June z.-The
twenty-five western railroads tcmpor-
prily restrained from advancing
freight rates IN the territory Of ives.
tern trunk line the committee will
ask for the dissolution Of The inyunc.
ton. following a conference IN Chicago
next Monday.
Martin L. Gladly. vicc-presidcnf ana
sencTai solicitor Of the Missouri. Pscif-
V system. said he expected that the
conference next Monday would be a..