Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
C|IRB|NC ADDS TO
. R. R. REVENUE,
IS CLAIM
freight Bureau Members Hear
New Theory of Rate
Regulation

,.r;,,, that governmental regu-
h. relieving the railroads OF
.t.ir and Injurious practices from
.,.b tbey could hardly have 1reed
'..-,servey. has resulted in Increased
,.,srpe for the carriers, Attorney
r5sgr Watkins, president OF the Al
80, Bar Association, in an ADDRESS
Tho annual meeting and dinner OF
-. Atlanta Freight Bureau at the
n,.5,,ont Hotel Thursday night,
,,ori,. set forth the results of the
- the Interstate Commerce
TTeU,,,,ission and the various state
oo,,r,issions in regulating the roads
WI obtaining rate reductions
rio fact that the recent agreement
>.4n,ssn the express companies and
.ss Interstate Commerce Commission
~ obtained for Atlanta a greater
roJrction in rates than the Freight
p,,rosu or local business men have
~ asLe5 for. was emphasized by
y Hockaday. general manager of
w. southern Express Company, in
~ address on the new express rates,
'Ibch Ca into effect all over the Unit
81 States February |.
Lower Rate Than Asked.
oThe Freight Bureau has been
e.btjrq" he declared, for rate of
20 "A ner hundred from New York to
,lanta and under the rates that go
ina effect February ] they will get
,o,o If S305 per hundred. The new
rstas based on the block system and
o,nroved nv the Interstate Com
merce commission. mean reduction
NJ o. ner cent on shipments of hun
6rod mounds and more, and IN MANY
Instances where the shipment weighs
less than 100 pounds, the reduction is
more than 20 per cent.
Hinder the present rate, for m
stance the rate on 10-pound pack
age is ST. under the new rates 1t VIII
be IS cents.
Mr. Hockaday also urged upon the
bY.iness men of the city the neces-
Stv for securely wrapping their pack
AGES and clearly and carefully ad-
dressing them.
Roads and Public Must Agree.
oNo intelligent executive officer OF
railroad" said Mr. Watkins in his
! sreech, 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
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
genera good will increase and regu-
lati9n will become of still more
value
Mr. Watkins declared that the abo-
lition of the secret rebate system
: has been one of the most beneficial
results Of railroad regulation, but de-
cl3red there is still the necessity of
stopping another kind OF discrimina-
ton that is none the less important
and injurious discrimination against
localities
Should Stop Discrimination.
Unjust discrimination should be
''' INV 'bt' ny CNOppCo b0tNCCI ioNiii-
ties as it has been between inditid-
uals' he said ut was easy to with
draw a favor from an individual;
sometimes it is easier to extend ia
Vor to another community than to
take it away from one. Whatever the
methods, the sooner discrimination is
Wholly abolished the better for the
carriers"
al rE iva,
A. Parker, of the board of directors,
called the attention of the members
o. the Freight Bureau to the various
Eases Atlanta now has pending be-
lore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and declared that a favor
aDe decision would result In the saw
hg OF several millions of dollars an
h1aIIN to local shippers. One case
a'one-the petition of the Freight
bureau to the commission to estab-
I,n no higher rates to Atlanta than
OBTAIN from Cincinnati to Pruning
nam from North Atlantic ports and
interior Eastern points all rail. and
ga ana rail. no higher than Nash
nne' knoxville and Chattanooga
VIII result IN saving of s250,000 per
.''' OF NVl announced tndt DP2ln-
mig Friday the board Of directors
WI, audit free of charge all freight
toa express bills of members of the
bureau, file all claims and arrange
g.'l all payments be made direct to
D.saImantS. This is considered one of
t, r most important steps the direc-
ton MS vi ~"
49, ssonnnued prosperity for Georgia
f pa. me South was predicted by Mr..
s rdINer He presented statistics to
s sao. me remarkable growth of this
's, ,r m the past few years.
Az. Of the old members of the board
directors were reelected. as fol-
1--WE, o,,,. ;, 6 Dinkins, Gordon P. Kiser.
Co o1.S thoIstin, Clyde L. King, f. C.
s .a'" W @y, j. l.. Duncan. f NJ. Hud-
T0nl Boiling H. Jones, e. r. DuBose
cam, Mooley. G. H. Kelly, w. Fl.
W w" p D. p. H., l.. Rhodes, R. Rosenbaum,
m, IN. Parker, |. A. Hirschberg. Chas,
n r. ~ ga ga. II. b. Wey, Wylie r West,
We ID. strauss and S. A. Wardlaw'