The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-03
GROWERS 3 SHIPPERS
LEAGUE SECURE RATES
To Mississippi River Points
Favorable to Florida
Growers.

Orlando, Fla, March 1st-Many
traffic problems of more than unusual
Importance to the Florida growers
and shippers of perishable products
are being brought to a satisfactory
termination, and great deal of work
of similar character, which is designed
to be of inestimable benefit to the
Interests, Is under way, according to
a general announcement today by the
FLORIDA Growers & Shippers League,
which is a voluntary organization es-
tabllshed to handle those matters
which all the growers and shippers
nave IN common, and which is now
IN It's third year Of 'existance. The
Importance of the vigilance which the
League maintains over the constant
reconstruction of our fruit and vege-
table rate structure can hardly be
overestlmated. One of the para
mount objects from it's inception has
been to arrange with the railroads
tor the publication of through rates
to every point of any significance in
the United States and Canada, so
that the shippers may be afforded the
facilities SO essential to successful
marketing and establish our products
in remote and hitherto underveloped
sections. The salvation of the Flori-
da pershable industry, it's produc-
tlveness of which is destined to in
crease twofold within a few years.
is largely dependent thereon. Il,
TINS endeavor, as in many others, the
League announces with much salts
faction that it has received commend
able cooperation of the Florida rail-
ways as we'll as a number of their
connections, and as result is enabled
to make announcement for the bene-
fit OF all those interested of the fol-
lowing recent accomplishments:
Rates to the Southwest.
On March 81, there will become
effective new tariff covering rates
On citrus fruits, pineapples, and veg
etables to Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas, from Florida shipping points.
which are arranged in such SIM
pie way as to be easily interpreted
by the railroad agents and shippers,
and which will prove decided ad-
vantage over the past complex stu
alton. Rates are shown to approx
mately eight hundred points in those
states, which embraces every one pos
sible Of development in years to come. |
This is the elimination of persistent
efforts of the League extending over
a period of two years, and was the |
first traffic problem undertaken. It
is here befitting to quote brief
synopsis from the annual report of
the League made in Tampa, last
April; viz:
''This is a matter that has been
agitated for years, but we are still
without through rates on account of
inability of the railroads to reach
harmonious understanding as to by
whom they will be published. We all
know of the great difficulty expert
enced in successfully marketing our
products in that rapidly developing
southwestern section, and that our ap. /
slow progress has been due
% our complex rate facilities. The
'ailroads themselves admit inability .
% quote the through rates correctly
1t all times. The simplicity of the .
ate arrangement from California has
Enabled that state often to take or
lers which our shippers should have .
1ad. The League has been conduct i
NC an extensive camaign during the .
5aSt four months for publication Of
trough rates in a simple way so that
'veryone will be in a position to de-
ermine rates when desired, and as
| result we feel almost certain in
;aying to you at this time that the
ntes will be available for next sea-
on /,
New Vegetable Rates.
New tariffs of the Atlantic Coast
inc and Seaboard Air Line contain
ng rates on vegetables to Ohio and |.
River CROSSINGS, North
IN, Southern, Western and Canadian