Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
STORAGE OF COTTON
CROP REGULATED
BY OFFICIAL ORDER
Interstate Commerce Com.
mission rovides Method
to Meet Exigency in South
Caused by European War.

WASHINGTON. Sept 26.-Rulcs govern.
ing Inc storage of cotton in order to
meet the e%igency in the South are TO bs
put IN effect by the railroads by a
special order of the Interstate Commerce
/ commission made public today.
/ Tho Commission announced that thes.
| rules We're for the purpose of assisting
tn' cotton people and carriers of the
south to meet extraordinary demand for
~ H'"IaSe or cotton oCcasioned by the
european war; for the purpose of pro-
talhg temporary warehousing space for
the storage Of cotton under arrangements
approved by the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the Federal Reserve Board, and
~ ~ permitting the carriers to recognize
INC Warehouses as points for the storage
OF cotton, in order that such points
SHouid he given the benefit of TRANSIT
privileges.
STORAGE REGULATIONS.
The regulations governing the storage
ol cotton during the cotton year cnding
lows
y. Cotton shipped for warehousins
ana reshipment must be consigned to the
.'"a"usinS point and freight thereto
'.li on basis of the fun local rate. upon
Mh.'n IN" delivering agent will give paid
"'iENt receipt, which the holder Of the
r"'l"n would retain for the purpose OF
securing reshinpins privilege
pom reshipment from the ware-
housing point, the shipper will be re.
l"'''a L" surrender to the agent Of the
llE" bringing the cotton into the ware
housing point the paid freight bin cover-
ing that Identical cotton The numbe rot
.a'es' marks ana weights of cotton, as
forwarded from the warchOusng point
must conform 70 the paid frei-ht bill and +
IN ADDITION the shipper will be required
70 r"IlliN on the back OF the paid freight I
hiil that the cotton rendered is the identi- /
'ai cotton received Hereunder. The ship
per will also be required to surrender TO
me railway agent at the time Of reship'
mont the bill Of lading covering the moves
iltnt OF the cotton into the WarehOusns
polnt, unless the bill Of ladine for such
Shipment shall have been previously sur
TO the railway.
% Ther"upou the agent will issue
through bill Of lading TO the further inal
destination, at the through rate from the
point OF origin to such further final des-
nation, in effect at the time of the orig
intl shipment into the warehousing point
mus three cents per l01 pounds, provided
sacn further final destination is a point
10 which there are established through
shipment via the Warehousins point tpro-
'idoI, that IN the option of any inter-
aStrd lire the minimum through rate VIII
be that from the warehousing point plus
IN" @topragn charge of three cents per
D pouudsl, Where the rate from the
lIienal uoiut of shipment 10 such further
lnal destination is less than the rate
rom tho original point Of shipment 70
he wareEuusns point the lawful taitn
ate TO the warehousin2 point, plus ths
ttoppa-o chdrEe Of three cents per J"
pounds, will bc charged as minimum
CHARGES OF DESTRUCTION
'1 Shipments viii be way-billod our
II tho "arehousing point at the baiaheo
If the rate. plus the stoppage chaIss
IF three cents per lo0 pounds, The uls'
ribulion OF revenue between cohht't
ng lines shall be on basis Of throush
atns and divisions, except that tts
hree-ccnt stUppsge charge shan aee!ts
@ the line bringing the cotton INTO ~
Farchousing point, Il being a eondlligl
# this privilege that the line lssums
he bin of lading out OF the wareho&5 -
ng point shall be the line bringing
otton into the warehousing point