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

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Rules govern
ING the storage of cotton in order to
meet the exigency in the South are to be
put In effect by the railroads by a
special order of the Interstate Commerce
Commission made public today.
The Commission announced that these
rules were for the purpose of assisting
the cotton people and carriers of the
South to meet extraordinary demand for
the storage of cotton occasoned by the
European war; for the purpose of pro-
Niding temporary warehousing space for
the storage of cotton under arrangements
approved by the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the Federal Reserve Board, and
or permitting the carriers to recognize
the warehouses as points for the storage
OF cotton, in order that such points
should be given the benefit of transt
privileges
STORAGE REGULATIONS.
The regulations governing the storage
OF cotton during the cotton year ending
August 81, 1915, in substance are as fol-
lows:
y. Cotton shipped for warehousing
and r"shipment must be consigned 10 the
Warehousing point and freight thereto
paid on basis of the full local rate upon
which the delivering agent will give paid
freight receipt, which the holder Of the
cotton would retain for the purpose Of
securing reshippinG privilege,
-, Upon reshipment from the ware
housing point, the shipper will be re-
quired to surrender to the agent of tho
line bringing the cotton into the ware
housing point the paid freight bill cover
ing that Identical cotton. The numbe rof
bales, marks and weights of cotton, as
tha mil nj
must conform 10 the paid freight bill, and
i'm addition the shipper will be required
10 certify on the back of the paid freight
bill that the cotton rendered Is the identi-
cal cotton received Hereunder The ship
per viii also be required to surrender TO
the railway agent at the time of reship-
mcnt the hill of lading covering the move
ment Of the cotton into the warehousing
point. unless the bill of ladng for such
shipment shall have been previously sur
rendered to the railway.
5-Thercupon the agent will issue 3
through bill of lading 10 the further hnal
destination, at the through rate from the
point Of origin 10 such further inal des-
tnaton, In effect at the time of the orig
inal shipment into the warehousing point,
thus three cents per 100 pounds. provided
such further final destination is point
tn which there are established through
rates, in effect from the original point OF
vlded, that AT the option of any inter-
ested line the minimum through rate VIII
he that from the warehousing point, plus
the stopraEc charge Of three cents per
100 poundsl Where the rate from the
original uoint of shipment 10 such further
inal destination is less than the rate
from the original point Of shipment 10
the warehousmg point the Lawful tarh
rate to the WarehOuSiue point, plus lhss
stoppage charge NJ three cents per l"'
pounds will hc charged as minimum .
CHARGES or DESTRUCTION. s-
"a Shipments wiz ne way-bill"d. our
uf the warehuuslng point at the balance
of the rate. plus the stopPage cnelR-
of three cents per 100 pounds The als-
tribution of revenue between connet,-
ing lines shall be- on basis Of thrHusH
rates and divisions, except that tls
three-c"nt stoppage charge shall alc,G
10 tho line bringing the cotton INTO my
warehousing point, il being eoEdl','it
Of this privilege that the line ls-u.''
the bill OF ladiug out Of the "arch2a
ing point shall be the line bring 'ns ~.
cotton into ths YaEehousing point