The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-03-21

tariff publication ever issued by Amer
lean railroads. The work done III
preparation for this issue is said 10
have cost the railroads approximately
100000.
Most Important Phases.
"Of the many phases of the decl
sion the first in importance are the
rules and regulations. The carriers
proposed many changes. These are
applicable to every city, town aho
hamlet west Of the Mississippi river
The state commissions made opJec'
! tons to fourteen of these rules anu
changes were made or ordered III
twelve of them.
"A concrete Illustration OF these
concerns the dunnage allowance
Prior to the issuance Of No. 81, the
carriers permitted the shippers 10 use
lumber and boards TO prop up machlh'
cry in a car, the railroads hauling ooV
pounds of such lumber free of charge
No. 81 abolished the dunnage prlYi-
l6Sb, anu tilt toull lllSSIOh
reinstated. When one considers tht
thousands of shipments that are made
annually, the Importance of such d
ruling can be appreciated.
Another change Of Importance 70
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 or handled in live stock cars,
and not contaminate other IN
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 pot
icy to be the establishment OF mini
NUNS upon the physical capacity o.
the cars, refusing to take into consid
Grafton; the commercial conditions
surrounding the transportation.
, Carload Mixtures.
Zone of the most important parts O
!, this case concerns carload mixtures
r The carriers proposed the elimination
of carload mixtures on pa articles
and proposed changes restricting cal
load mixtures or more than three nun
dred other articles. One of the mos
important changes affecting caTloa'
mixtures, which serves as an lllustra
e ton of the effect Of such changes
concerns binding twine. Prior to tn
n issuance Of No. 81. the carriers pei
Q mitted binding Irvine to be shippe
mixed with agricultural implements
q all OF which took carload rates, L
4 No. 81. they proposed to apply les
o thar carload rates on all shipments c
binding Irvine made in this manner
This would have caused an adVanc
4 of about one hundred per cent in tn
r freight rates on binding Irvine, an
more than ninety per cent of all bin'
O ing Irvine shipments, We were tol
by the largest shippers in the coul
try, would be affected by this hundre
V per cent advance.
+ las indicating the policy Of tn
carriers, thirty-two articles had ca
p load mixtures granted to them, Viii
IS over five hundred articles were total
eliminated from carload mixtures, {
o the mixtures were changed or I
6 stricted. The interstate commert
@ commission has ordered the carrier
% to pursue d~iametrically the opposit
course. Instead of restricting mi
lures, they are instructed to mai
them more liberal.
I'm addition to these changes
q rules. the commission made specif
t. orders disappearing advances on
long list OF articles. The decision
~ this case is the most epoch-makir
on classification matters ever rende
ed by the interstate commerce cor
IS mission"