The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-25
RATE INCREASES
BIC SINCE WAR
Secretaries McAdOO and Red
field Make Their Report
10 Senate.
SUPPORT OF GOV ERNMENT

Washington. Jan 70. Evidence of
extraordinary advances Ia trans
Atlantic freight rates since the out
break Of the European war. amount
ing In some instances to 800 and
even ! 100 per cent was presented to
the senate today In Joiut report
from Secretaries McAdOor aud Red
field.
while this report is being writ
ten the statement says, information
Is received that rates are higher than
those given IN some VI the tables pre-
scented and that oven at these extra
ordinary figures, 1t is difficult to ob
tain cargo space for earlier Saiitngs
than March aud April
The report contains numerous tn
bes 0f rates uu various commoditlr,
to European points aud summarizes
the principal advances since April /,
last Ms follow.
New York tu Rotterdam on grain
800 per cent ON flour, 500 per cent
on cotton, 7OO per cent
New York 10 Ioyrrpoo ON the
same commodiue- from SOC to 500
per cent
Galveston to Liverpool ou grain.
ia per cent ON cotton 1851 per cent
10 Bremen ON cotton lO6I 10 1870
per cent
The report declares thnt iu one
wear. II American exports maintain
the December 1914 level tho increased
rates will make charge u S2i6.22O
600 on American shippers aud that
the imports be- Included ON the same
basis NJ calculation the amounts
would reach 8ll, ,s04 iOO or lIld
over the usual cost
II normal rates ARE taken I'm con
junction with the abnormal on the
December basis. tine freight charge
ON both exports and imports In d
wear, would make the grand total oi
SI32. 10000
Discrimination Charged
The reports contains several -cor.
letters from business men over tn,
country declaring their inability T.,
get bottoms FOR their freight and
charging discrimination by such car
rlers as ARE iu business against
relght that pays low rate and the
breaking of contracts by ut least on'
" the big trans Atlantic steamship
companies
The report contains also letter
from the Panama railroad company
which says:
"Our stock NJ conl has been re-
duced from 10000 10 10000 tons HnC
both the earn line aud our company
ARE securing the charter market II
an effort To secure tonnage to carry
60 the lsthmus the amount of coal i
IS imperative We should keep there
1T will be- observed says the re-
port that the greatest increases b
rntcs and the heaviest tax has heel
made upon the products In which th,
American farmer Is most concerned
namely grain ana cotton
The government hats no power &,
control or regulate ocean frclgh
rates The steamship owners can in
'"''' NV ,''''.'' ''',''' '''' "I'''
."r ,''N'"''' "''' '"' '"'''''' '''' NV
"'ll''SN.
''' I'l"r' '"'','','' VII" '" ''Eu @
,ne"' j" ,"'"' W '"' S"," Pu',''"S'
u''. u" W"''" '"' ,,''"', '' '''''''''''
'"", N"', '''''""' ','-,' '''' E's' !
,''' ,"''". "''' '','"' ''i ,''n'"'E
u'N ""'u,''r W ''''' "S'''''' '''7 u"
,"" i'''", "'' ",'' Auie' ''"'
.l,'l'' VI ~, W., ',"'' .'' 'u'"''' Nv ""'"
N''''''''''' ""' ','' 'n' ""'e"u "
WI, 'N'''"'l '"'' '"N '".P7 '''"'"
HN'""."'" are '' tue l"'''En ''hu'
h' S"h''' tue .b"'"'''l " U'nue' ''
report 0"NN 'h"l 'l' 'Eo'erlll'
'n"u'H NOV U' N'N'h''E w '"lhl%''''",
WIN 'ulN N"'"""'" "I priNh'e 'hP'
laI invested 100 'hllS, although Ior'lg
'r"ue " ,''l 'n'''ul 'hilIe'l ~ '''
mercy q" I'','-u 'h'pplhg interest,"
ana the IrNIN'N eulnIl amount q
'Nplml invested m shlps engaged j
the lo'''E,l UN''.
herchahl MARINE
Ihr wlIon s. '"mhlhed exports an
imports Tor the ilN'al year ehue
juno 81" wa lhe report says ''
ialcd N''N' 4"4.o2.
"li mUN he well asked u COutlt