The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-09
AS
STATE TARIFFS
Commercial Club Takes the
Proposition up With Them
|. Before Making Decision.
EQUITABLE SOLUTION
SAY CLUB OFFICIALS
Believe t1at Adoption Of Rates Is .
Fair Way to Settle North Dakota
Problen,-Works Adxantageously
For Different Places.

The Northern Express and Great
Northern Express companies are will
ing to accept the new interstate COM
merce commissions express rates as
North Dakota intrastate rates.
CIV. Graves, secretary of the Com
mercial club. declared that the club
had taken the question UP with both
companies and in recent communities
tions they expressed their willingness
to accept the tariffs, should the North
Dakota commission adopt them.
According to the rate expert and
commission. the adoption Of these
rates as the state tariffs will be of
special benefit to Grand Forks. This
city. they say, will be able to ship
to a large number of North Dakota
points much cheaper than Fargo.
Local Commercial club officials de-
clare that the situation will be fairly
we'll equalized.
Use Same BasiA
When the state railroad commits
sion meets here next Wednesday, the
local club traffic bureau undoubtedly
will recommend that the interstate
rates be adopted as the Interstate
tariffs. No definite decision has been
reached. but the general opinion is
that the club will do 80.
When the question was first brought
before the state commission, local
club officials made thorough study
Of the North Dakota express rate
situation, and prepared a table Of
tariffs which they thought would be
acceptable to all.
Would Remedy Conditions.
Since the PRONUNCIATION of the new
! interstate rates and their adoption as
intrastate rates in other states. an in
VHnn ktSnk
ertire!v rtFetas the North Dakota
lsituatioH:z providing stthe c0nrnil 4,
adopts them. AZ. h
The interstate commerce commits
sion has urged their adoption by the
state commissions and according to
reports received in the city, the ma
jority Of the states have done so.
Adopted Without Fight.
After the interstate commerce COM
the express companies of the country
decided to adopt them without maxi
ing q fight The officials OF the COM
pany announced that the rates were
entirely satisfactory, and all they
asked was that they be given plenty
of time to adjust the new tariffs.
The companies also have been per-
fectly willing to have the rates adopt
ed as intrastate rates.
Block System Responsible.
In speaking Of any advantage Grand
Forks may have under the new rates,
Mr.. Graves said:
IF our commission adopts the in
terstate rates as intrastate rates,
Grand Forks undoubtedly will have
advantages in some respects, but, 1
think, we'll find that Fargo and other
places also will have advantages.
THE block and sub-block system,
which was devised and adopted by the
interstate commerce commission is
responsible for the differences at vari-
Gus points. While we have thorough
ly investigated the situation. we have
not found that Grand Forks will
benefit more than other places. It
is true that we will have advantages
in shipping to some points, but Fargo
will have them in shipping to other.
So you see the situation is pretty well
equalized.
I'VE believe the adoption of the
interstate rates and intrastate rates
is the most equitable manner Of solv-
ing the North Dakota problem