The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-17
Should Come in 60 Days.

SIOulO Come III 6O Days.
The reduced rates should now be
put into effect within sixty days. l
understand the railroads already
nave the data prepared for printing.
This is quite VOluminOuS and it Will
take some days to get itin printed
form. After being printed the tariffs
will have to be fled with the Inter
state Commerce Commission and
will go into effect thirty days after
being SO filed. The Corporation Com
mission intends to secure copies of
these tariffs from the publishing
agents for distribution among the
business men in the State so that they
may be advised as to what the new
rates are. We WOul be glad to have
shippers who desire them to advise
the Corporation Commission OF this
fact 50 that We can forward them q
copy of the tariffs when received by
US.
81 feel that it is due to the city OF
Knoxville that the public should be
advised of the generous attitude taken
by that city as a representative Ten
ncsscc point in this proceeding.
Knoxville had interviewed on the
ground that the proposed rates to
North Carolina were in violation of
the long and short haul clause as
against Knoxville. which was a fact,
and for this reaSOn Knoxville had
much stronger ground to oppose our
application than the Virginia cities
had. At the argument OF the case
in Washington, 1 asked the rcpresen.
} tative OF Knoxville not 20 oppoSe ON
reduction in rates, and promised hin
that if he would not press his Obiec
tons, | would join him in asking tn
railroads to make some renuctions il
the Knoxville rates, and L felt sure
that the North Caroline public woult
appreciate lis compliance with III
l request. He then very wiiline1
agreed TO this course. ook no part il
the argument, and let it be know
that Knoxville would make 40 resist
l ancc to the order we were asking"
: Explanatory Of some portions o
the order, The News and Observer
Washington correspondent yesterda
: sent the folloWing:
l Interstate Commerce CominiSsior
granting North CarOlina's petition Q,
: rates says: ~"Authority should b
gfanted 10 establish the rates pro
posed from Ohio River crossings an
! st. Louis, but rates proposed froT
Memphis should be established as pro
Dortional rates only. Applicable 0
9 business originating in territory Yves
{ of the Mississippi river and SO limite
in their application as to prevent II
creases of discrimination against in
9 t~e3mediate points or origin"
:, Travis Tells Meaning.
e To this. MI. Travis replied on be
ing interviewed by The News an
e Observer:
; The provision in ihe order Of IN
Interstate Commerce C0nlDiSSiO
authorizing the establishment OF pro
portional rates from Memphis t
North Carolina points applicable o
business coming from points west {
e the Mississippi river TO be SO Unite
in their application as 20 prevent il
T. creases in determinations as again.
I. Intermediate points OF origin, has tn
b effect:
= The rates agreed upon from Men
II phis to North Carolina points al
- lower than the rates from some int.
il mediate points to North Carolina de-
lg tinations. This order, while n
f. authorizing such rates III shipmen
n originating at Memphis tprOper) Go'
B. allow these rates TO be used as pr
10 D~ortional rates on traffic originate
l. beyond Memphis. west Of the Mi
n sissippi river. This grants to II
I'd State the important part Of the a.
a justment in respect to Men1phi
X. Memphis as d point Of origin is n
ne important 10 North Carolina t~erritor
ID but it is an important Mississip
river basing point for a large teri
IL tory west OF the Mississippi rive
ID This latter is the important ira ftic
re hich We wanted the reduced rat
to apply and the effect of-tAat pa
Of The order is to allow this. In {
other respects the order grants e
relief asked by the State and permi
the agreement with the railroads