Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19

wolves more changes than any other
tariff publication ever issued by Amer
ican railroads The work sdone In
preparation for this issue is said 70
have cost the railroads approximately
$500, 900
Most important Phases.
"of the many phases OF the deci.
sion the first Ia Importance are the
rules and regulations The carriers
proposed many changes. These are
applicable to every city, town and
hamlet west OF the Mississippi river
The state commissions made objec.
lions to fourteen OF these rules, and
changes were made or ordered IL
twelve of them
"A concrete illustration OF these
concerns the dunnage allowance
Prior TO the issuance of No. 81. the
carriers permitted the shippers TO use
lumber and boards to prop up rnachin-
cry in a car, the railroads hauling SOC
pounds OF such lumber free OF charge.
No. 81 abolished the dunnage priv
lege. and the commission ordered IT
reinstated When one considers the
thousands of shipments that are made
annually. the importance Of such q
ruling can be appreciated
Another change OF importance &c
the western half Of the United States
concerns green hides The carriers
put in a rule permitting them TO re
fuse TO take green hides for shipment
We pointed out that they could be
stored OF handled In live stock cars
and not contaminate other commodi.
ties, and claimed that the carriers
should be compelled TO accept the
same for transportation. Our position
was sustained by the commission.
Minimum Rate Ruling.
Several hundred advances were
proposed by the railroads In minimum
weights They announced their pol
icy to be the establishment of mini.
NUNS upon the physical capacity OF
the cars. refusing to take into consid.
Grafton the commercial conditions
surrounding the transportation.
Carload MxtUsss.
One OF the most important parts OF
this case concerns carload mixtures
The carriers proposed the elimination
Of carload mixtures on 234 articles
and proposed changes restricting car
load mixtures on more than three hun
bred other articles. One of the most
important changes affecting carload
mixtures, which serves as an illustra
ton of the effect of such changes
concerns binding Irvine. Prior to the
issuance OF No. 81, the carriers per
mitted binding twine to be shipped
mixed with agricultural implements
all of which took carload rates. In
No 81. they proposed to apply less
than carload rates on all shipments OF
binding Irvine made In this manner
This would have caused an advance
of about one hundred per cent in the
4 freight rates on binding twine. and
more than ninety per cent OF all bind
/ ing Irvine shipments, we were told
/ by the largest shippers in the coun
/ try. would be affected by this hundred
per cent advance
"As indicating the policy OF the
/ carriers thirty-two articles had car
load mixtures granted to them, while
over Ave hundred articles we're totally
/ eliminated from carload mixtures, OF
the mixtures were changed or re
/ stricted. The Interstate commerce
commission has ordered the carriers
/ to puroue Numerically the opposite
course. Instead OF restricting mix
lures, they are instructed to make
! them, more liberal
I'm addition to these changes II
/ rules, the commission made specific
orders disappearing advances on &
/ long list of articles. The decision ID
this case is the most epoch-malclne
on Classification matters ever render
ed by the interstate commerce com
mission"