The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-06
This Is Charge Of Shippers at
Hearing Here
BY N. D. R. R. COMMISSION
THIRD MEETING OF THE WEEK
TO CONSIDER WESTERN cEAs-
sIFIcATIoN NO. 5t--MANY COM.
MoDITIEs ARE AFFECTED BY
THIS PROPOSED CHANGE.

The North Dakota railroad commits.
sion sat in it's third consecutive session
Of the week at the commercial club
today to hear the objections of the
Fargo, shippers to western freight
classification No. 81. Similar hearings
were held at Minot on Thursday and
at Grand Forks yesterday.
"A score of local shippers appeared
before the commissioners this morn
ing and afternoon to interpose their
claims concerning the proposition OF
the new freight rate wherein 1t is be-
lieved that the new classification will
work against their interest.
1t is the charge Of the shippers that
the new classification cloaks a general
increase in the rates and that the
freight lines have contriyed cIassi-
fication under which commodities that
are now shipped under a certain class,
are raised to the next class. This will.
they feel, compel them to pay to the
higher rate.
b A remarkable raise is shown on the
tariffs from Chicago to Des Moines
concerning farm implement shipments.
Under the old system certain kinds of
farm implements could be shipped Cor
$68.40 a car while under the new
classification the rate is $9S.40. The
increases in that respect run from
S14.50 car to $45 car
Some Of the commodities and ar
ticles affected by the new classifica-
tion are: ...
Acids, agricultural implements, am
monia, doors, lumber, ornamented.
polished or shaped; bags, ball bearings
or balls for ball bearings, boiler cleans
ing compounds, boiler parts. iron or
Steel brooms, wire, brushes, candy,
and confectionery, carpet lining,
chains, cider, cider sirup, coffee, coffee
substitutes, cookers, fireless cookers or
steamers, stock feed, coops or crates,
poultry shipping, copper, brass Or
bronze. cordage, corn cribs, portable
cutlery. not plated or silver trimmed.
Cylinders, dishes, pals, plates and
trays (paper), door hanger and hang
er parts, doors with frames, doors or
cases or carriers, egg case or egg car
riers filters, fibre board, paper, pulp
board or straw board, fish, fresh fruit,
dried, evaporated or fresh fruit, con-
ned or preserved fruit, furnaces, fur
niture, German silver, glassware,
gloves or mittens, grading and road
making implements, grindstones,
starch groceries, harness and saddlery,
hats and caps other than millinery,
hay, injectors, steam or water, lad
der, scafGol6s and trestles, leather,
machinery and machines, matches,
newspapers, oils, pipes, pumps, radiat-
crs. rollers, scales and scale parts,
school desks and seats. screen doors,
window screens and frames, seeds,
signs. silos, wooden, spark arresters.
tanks. N. o. /. B. n, tools, circular
saws, and silos.
Appearing before the railroad COM
missioners here today were represen-
tatives from Dickinson, Belfeld and
Hope. Secretary Lathrop of the State
Implement Dealers association OF
Hope was present, together with Mr..
Kane OF Dickinson and Mr.. Bryan Of
Belfield.
Those who appeared from Fargo
were August Hanson of the j. I. Case
Co., George Hall, Thomas D. Hanaller
of tne FARGO Mercantile Co, Mr.. Dob
son OF Park. Grant & Morris, and M.
r. McNulty.
The hearing will probably continue
this afternoon so that all Of the Fargo
shippers rho care TO may have an op-
portunity to register their objections.