New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

BILE use Of the facilities of interstate car
rier.' and with the assurance also that no
other shipper shall fare ratably better at
the hands OF the carrier In effect, the de-
cision Of the commission is against the rail-
road companies, who are required, by oc-
tober J. 1910, to abrogate the rule that has
been hitherto followed in distributing cars
An order was issued by the Interstate
Commerce Commission directing that
hearing in the matter of general advances
recently made in the freight rates of West
ern railroads be begun on August 90 In Chi
caso The order is directed against 202
transportation lines in the Western Trunk
Line. Trans Missouri and Illinois Freight
Committee territories The taking effect of
the increases made by the roads has been
postponed until November 1.
Counsel for practically all the railroads
in the territory north of the Ohio and Po-
tomac rivers and east of the Mississippi as
well as the attorneys for many shipping In
terests gathered a the Custom House this
week for the opening of the investigation
which the Interstate Commerce Commission
is to make into the recently proposed ad-
vances Of freight rates. A charge of $780,
600 00O year within the territory men
toned is represented by the increases which
the commission proposes to investigate BY
agreement, however, the hearing was ad-
lourned until September I, to enable the
ra ilroads to complete the proof they pro-
pose to offer.
The Canadian Pacific Railway obtained
absolute control of the Allan Steamship
Lines feet and business.
'r-The tariff, the trusts and the increased
money supply are the chief factors in bring
ing about an increase in the cost of ccr1-
modities and the tariff and the trusts are
mainly responsible. according TO the report
of the Democratic members of the senate
select committee appointed to invest gate
and report on wages and the cost of living
The report WAS made public by Senator Jo-
seph f Johnston, Of Alabama The ma
jority report was submitted by Senator
Lodge, chairman OF the committee before
Congress adjourned. The Democratic MEM
bers were not ready 10 report at that time
An increase Of almost 3 per cent in the
postal receipts at the fifty largest post
Offices in the United States made dur
ing the last year. The gross receipts in
New York for 1910 were s1,411,951 p, an
increase of 5.52 per cent over the preceding
year The receipts at New York were
larger than at any other city in the coun-
try. Chicago was second, Philadelphia
third. Boston fourth. st. Louis fifth and
Brooklyn sixth. In Brooklyn the increase
was more than 6 per cent
Two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth of articles classed as luxuries were
imported into the United States during the
fiscal year 1910. that total exceeding by
more than $4,000, 900 the figures of 1907,
the former high record year, and being
actually more than double those Of 1900,
according to statistics CT the Department
OF Commerce and Labor.
Despite the protests of the New York
egg merchants. Clement J. Driscoll, Com
missioner OF the Bureau Of Weights and
Measures, stated emphatically that eggs
must be sold by weight in future in this
city The cold storage egg weighs less
than the fresh egg. and there will be no
profit in palnling off the cold storage eggs
for fresh ones. he thinks