Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-23
MAKING COMPLETE REVISION
NZObbers Greatly Benefited by CLASH
fieation Committee.
MANY SUBJECTS CONSIDERED
In Interest OF Omaha JObberu ,. NJ
Guild Pools with Others 90 Pat
Through Several Important
Matters.

commissioner J. ii. 1ullu Nl AiAE 10lAA-
mercial club returned from Milwaukee sat |
urday morning. where he attended the |
meeting Of the National Industrial Traffic !
league. In reference TO the meeting air. !
Guild said:
what IL almost a complete revision Of
the western classification is being made at
Milwaukee. There the classification com
mittee has been in session for two weeks,
hearing the manufacturers and shippers on
the 400 odd items covered BY the docket
The attendance IL the largest IN the his
tory Of classification work and the meeting
itself IL a milestone In that history There
are thirty-slx general freight agents there
and when / left last night over 30 ship
psrs had already been heard, with a large
number still to appear. The meeting viii
continue all next week. but viii be of an
executive nature 70 decide what action
shall be taken on the presentations made.
The extraordinary number OF subjects con-
sidered is due to the fact that no meeting
has been held BY the classification com
mittee for a year and half and in add
ton TO the usual changes asked for by the
shippers themselves were the recommends-
tons of the uniform classification commit
tee towards a complete remodeling Of the
classification along uniform lines. For in
stance. the new classification. when issued.
will show zl2 entirely new items not hith-
eric provided in specific manner. There
will be little semblance to the present clas-
Eification. which in the Milwaukee meeting
has been completely quilted.
ANY advances made viii be offset BY
reductions IN some Instances and in the
revision of the classification strict atten-
ton has been paid TO making 1t conform TO
commercial conditions and practices. One
Innovation viii be the dropping of the
tern not otherwise specified which will
be superseded by the use OF the term not
otherwise indexed by name. The new
classification viii have an index so com
pIete that any difficulty in locating a COM
modify win be impossible and the shipper
viii not have to locate general heading
and then hunt for a specific item through
several pages as heretofore.
Prominent Men There.
Western jobbing interests were strongly
represented. Kansas City by II. G. VIII
son, commissioner Commercial club; St.
Joseph by II. G. Krake. commissioner Com
mercisl club; Sioux City by George T. Bell.
commissioner traffic bureau; Omaha by
j. NJ. Guild, commissioner Commercial
club, and Denver by F. w. Maxwell. secre-
tary Colorado Manufacturers association.
These pooled their interests and being
vitality interested in over fifty subjects.
divided them equally among the five repre-
sentatives. so that each man spoke to only
ten or a dozen and spoke for ali five points
SC that duplication was avoided and better
. results obtained.
In the interest of Omaha jobbers and
manufacturers were presented the follow
ing five basic principles:
Opposition to all less than carload re-
0uCtlODS where no corresponding Reduction
is made in the carload rating
Objection TO any extension of the mixed
Approval OF as high minimum weights a.
can reasonably be loaded In a car and Cd
position to the lowering Of minimums IL
general
Objection TO the elimination of l.. c. L.
and c. l.. ratings now carried and the sub
siitution of any quantity" ratings.
Objection TO the cancellation OF any car
load rating except where such cancellation
is based on no general carload movement.
with but a very few exceptions these
were the only western eenters represented
the large attendance being from east Of tn
Mississippi river. The great majority were
therefore. seeking changes advantageous
10 their section. but generally inimical Il
the western trade. The committee place.
'. no time limit or the presentation OF sub
~Hscts, but showed a desire TO get to tn
bottom Of every one and learn all of tn
factors that enter into classification max
ing. The conclusions OF the committee wal
be awaited with much interest
while attending the meeting all mem
bers OF the National Industrial Traffi
league and large number OF other ship
y peTs' representatives were in contnuou
session for several days analyzing the pro
posed new rules. Their findings were in
eorporsted into The resolutions. favorin
some. disapproying others and recommend
ing innumerable notifications or changes.