Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
'IIIRB|NC ADDS TO
R, R. REVENUE,
IS CLAIM
Freight Bureau Members Hear
New Theory Of Rate
Regulation

r.l.r,re lhat governmental regu-
relieving the railroads OF
l", Nv and injurious practices from
ua ,,b thew could hardly have freed
,..,ves has resulted in Increased
"''- IT,, eor the carriers, Attorney
.',,ar watkins president OF the At
' n- Bar Association, In an ADDRESS
'' 49,. ,rrpal meeting and dinner OF
.+snta Freight Bureau at the
Wv Hotel Thursday night,
heoI ii' cot forth the results of the
ce1N - tba Interstate Commerce
ToIh .s,or and the various state
commissions COMMISSIONS in regulating. the ROADS
eoin. nh.sIniny rate reductions.
an tac. that the recent agreement
( ..esr ths express companies ano
r.,.rststs Commerce Commission
ue .htained for Atlanta a greater
haG in rates than the Freight
I'LL, ~ local business men have
.ver asked for, was empnaslzeo oy
Hockaday, genera manager OF
me southern Express Company, IN
NV address on the new express rates,
wbich go into effect all over the Unit
~ states February /.
.O ' aver Rate Than Asked.
~rbe Freight Bureau has been
subting" he declared, for a rate OF
~ N S'' ner hundred from New York to
' s.ionta and under the rates that go
;nto effect February they will get a
lnto 81 of a o. per hundred. The new
r ,o based on the block system and
onnroved by the Interstate Com :
n,arce commission, mean reductlon
-, q ner cent on shipments of a nun
Srad mounds and more, and in many
instances where the shipment weighs
isss Than 100 pounds, the reduction is
more than 80 per cent.
Under the present rate, for in
,tonca rhe rate on a 10 pound pack
are is 81, under the new rates 1t VIII
be IS cents, A..
business men Of the city the neces-
sty for securely wrapping their pack
ages and clearly and carefully ao-
dressing them.
Roads and Public Must Agree.
no intelligent executive officer OF
railroad" said Mr.. Watkins in his
speech. desires to return to the DAYS
when there were no laws regulating
his business, and, while all regula-
ton has not been intelligent and
helpful. the general results have been
beneficial one of the greatest bene-
fits is a clearer understanding of the
respective rights of the public and OF
the railroads; a recognition by the
public that there Is a private side to
the business Of transportation, and a
recognition by the railroads that their
money is invested in a public use.
As commissioners become better
informed and as railroad officials
recognize more the public character
Of their business, cooperation for the
general good will increase and regu-
ation will become of still more
value
Mr. Watkins declared that the abo-
ition Of the secret rebate system
has been one of the most beneficial
results Of railroad regulation, but de-
clared there is still the necessity OF
stopping another kind Of discrimina-
ton that is none the less important
and discrimination against
localities
Should Stop Discrimination.
Unjust discrimination should be
as effeCtually stopped between local.
Ties as it has been between individ
uals,' he said. 1T was easy to with
draw favor from an individual e;
sometimes il is easier to extend a ia
'or to another community than to
take it away from one. Whatever the
methods, the sooner discrimination is
Wholly abolished the better for the
carriers"
In his annual report Chairman w
a Parker, of the board of directors
called the attention of the members
OF the Freight Bureau to the various
cases Atlanta now has pending be-
lofe the Interstate Commerce Com
MISSION, and declared that a favor
aoIe decision would result In the saw
ing OF several millions of dollars an
nuaIi% to local shippers. One case
gloIe-the petition of the Freight
bureau to the commission to estab-
LSu no higher rates to Atlanta than
potaln from Cincinnati to Birming
udH from North Atlantic ports and
Interior Eastern points all rail. and
seq and rail no higher than Nash
e.ie' Knoxville and CHATTANOOGA
VIII result in a saving of s25o,0OO pei
WE Parker announced that begin
m ninjs frlday the board OF directors
WI, audit free Of charge all freight
ana express bills of members of the
ouI eau Ille all claims and arrange
LILY an payments be made direct to
. .. L. This is considered one OF
Inc most important steps the direc.
lion MS olSaiii%d
nj dd'u.,uh1ed prosperity for Georgia
o. l1e South was predicted bv MIR
: , az er. He presented statistics 10
,r ''H me remarkable growth of this
~" m the past few years.
No. o' me old members of the board
ln,,. a.Iee.tors were reelected, as fol-
I, o,,., ;; e Dinkins, Gordon P. Kiser
,.,iia Gholstin, Clyde L. King. e. G.
so quay way, ]. l.. Duncan f NJ Hud
! II p hV,llne H. Jones, E. r. DuBose
Can N"pley c. II. Kelly, w n
NJ p r. j., Rhodes. r. Rosenbaum
:. ~ -, Farker. |. A. Hirschberg. Chas
n p ~ o ea, H. B. Wey, Wylie r, West
~ strauss and S. A. Wardlaw.