Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-02
COMMERCE COMMISSION
DECIDES FREIGHT
CASE.
GRANTED some DENIED some
Order Means a Small Increase
in the Income of Eastern
Railroads


in the Income of Eastern
Railroads
WNSIII\i iTO\. Aue u "a die
,id.i ,u.rluu toda, Tho Interstate
coulmcryr commission Granted some
OF tho prr cent fr,.sm Increases
asked Iy the eastern railroads and
denied others
Increases viii appI bod .lHp. trrrIto,.
MORT h,r iu, Dhio. aud uuiunIa. rivera.
and from vertical un. driNu
throu-I Inlf,Io and rift.b..sn Yves,
Co.. Ilr Cd. inc NIs.Is..ra rIl,. All
.Ia.. rates and man. r.Iuudlr, rltcA
..r. increased nor ..rf. Do. Than .....
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AtautI, s,phalrl THAT excludes.
from tho ar.a from .,IIrn tnn I.aII.
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Itl.d fn n IA moo, r... .D..h ,.,.t nf
u,nK Nr AI.Cbnrl n,ld .fI.. r..,snrt
which IN, mnfnrit,. n,t o., .s,rrar,
.,r ircro3s, .vost of put.Ng,,,b .auulird
cuualN to tne oast
Tho majority headed D., Chairman
Harlan hold as 4, ratios vest ,f
Putsnurub. that they Vcrr thr Lowest
Crcasp While II was held that tho
income Of Inc eastern railroads was
smaller than demanded in public M
t.;.st ma shown. had baau made
Varrarting a general Increase Tho
real rcier. the commission held. for
the New England roads and those
I'm central freight association terri
tCry. was financial reorgauization
upon a sound basis II was held thai
rather than raising freight rotes tho
railroads should discontinue costly
free services To shippers. develop
efficiency of personnel and equip
hh'hN S'"p gNIIs Ii'' passes ana pos
Sil'\ I'' reuse passenger rates 10 keep
I'yt WY" 'H' HI7 siau' eINl'' ''I
H"".i' "'".'N"s'
Dcn0unC' - the Lobby
The "rri.i," which railroad mlr-
agcrs protested was confronting them
was pronounced to have little foinu,
tIon The commission denounced
what II characterized as a prouaganda
10 Influence its decision and added
there was no doubt il had "spriouslv
augrayatcd the present commercial
acprosslou."
such advances a4 are allowed are
expected TO Increase the income Of the
railroads about -. per cent. such
brinrip.l cast and Wcst roads as tho
New York Central. Prnnsvlvania. Erie
and Baltimore * ohio win benefit by
the advances to the extent that thcy
havc lines running from the east over
into the t.rrilory into which m. 9,.
N4nces apply
coal. winch COMPRISES more than
onc-half the total traffic. will have mo-
adyancc. Neither viii coke. brick.
tile clay starch. cement. iron ore
and plaster There Will be no in
,reascs on hhe an, rail rates
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shmhlI\ "l me decision, pre-
pared hN the commission, follows
me on iHhtl"h OF the railroads
sustained lhe commission Saying that
IL, '' fe, I,i",i'N 'ii,i ~ ,'o t'lli o'uH
taken, as a whole. is smaller than de-
maudcd I'm the intcrcst of both tho
general public and the railroads
THE railroads present fiu1u,iol
difficulties are recognized bv the com.
mission as a problem. not only of t,,,
railroads. but of the public. which
Il ia the duty of the commission to
help solve"
speaking uf the need Of the ,.3,-
ii,rs for additional revenues. the com
mission saws.
1T is our duty and purpose TO aid
as far IS we legally may i'm the souI-
tion of the problem as TO the course
carriers NAV pursue 10 meet the situ-
alton"
The commission uoii.ts out that The
official classification territory am.
braces three rate territories known as
the New England TERRITORY. cas-, q,
the Hudson river. the trunk line ter
rit,ry between the New England Ter