Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-23
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS.
SION FINDS RAILROADS ARE
DISCRIMINATING.
TARIFFS TO INTERIOR
POINTS MUCH TOO HIGH
State Commission and Shipping Inter.
ests Show St. Paul and Other Dis.
tant Points Have Equal Rates With
Interior Iowa Towns on Freight
Shipped From Peoria and Springfield.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Oct. 23.-Railroads can
not charge higher freight rates on
commodities from Peoria or Spring
cid, Ill., to Des Moines and intermedt-
airy points than are charged from Peo,
ria and Springfield to st. Paul, which
Is almost twice the longer haul. This
has just been decided by the interstate
commerce commission, and word to
that effect has been received by State
Commerce Counsel ]. H. Henderson
and E. G. Wylie. Of Des Moines, rate
commissioner for the Greater Des
Moines Committee. These two officials
have been fighting for readjustment
OF these rates for more than a year.
Concerning the decision Commissioner
Wylie yesterday gave out the following
statement:
THE Interstate commerce commits
sion has just decided in favor Of Des
Moines and other places in interior
Iowa the complaint fled in the name
Of the State Of Iowa, ex. rel. J. H.
Henderson, commerce counsel, primar-
lily at the request of Des Moines, and
sustains the Des Moines contention
that the veryN many commodity rates
that were complained Of are unreason-'
able and unduly prejudicial; also that
the maintenance Of higher rates be-.
tween Peoria or Springfield and Des
Moines and Iowa cities that are inter-
mediate thereto than are charged be-
tween Peoria or Springfield and st.
l4y
1.-THE commission says the carriers
application No. 1948, which asks for
authority to continue commodity rates
from pes Moines, Iowa, to st. Louis.
Mo..-and points taking the same rates
lower than rates contemporaneously
maintained on like traffic from Des
Moines to Peoria is denied, and the
commission again says that that por-
ton Of the railway companies applica-.
ton which asks for authority to con-
tinue rates for the transportation Of
commodities from st. Paul and points
taking the same rates to Springfield,
Ill, lower than the rates In effect on
like traffic from Des Moines, Iowa, and
from and to other intermediate points
is denied.
Unfairness illustrated.
some illustrations are given by the
commission showing certain Of the
wrongs complained of. For example.
the short distance between Springfield
and st. Paul is 4S7 miles, and between
Peoria and Des Moines is $50 miles.
On aiumina sulphate the rate Is 1914
cents from springfield to st. Paul,
which is exceeded to the extent Of 2
cents by the 171z cent rate from Peo-
ria to Des Moines. The lower rate,
of course, covers service almost dou-
BILE that for which the higher rate has
been charged.
"Other illustrations are: The 12H-
cent rate on bags and bagging Is for
the said long service from Springfield
10 st. Paul. and is cents is charged
for the half service from Peoria to
Des Moines.
"One cent is charged for the half SER
vice from Peoria to Des Moines more
than for the long service from Spring
field to st. Paul for butts, hasps. etc,
bottles, jars. ETC.. glucose. mixed paints,
etc. Then again. the half service or
short distance rate.from Peoria to Des-
Moines has exceeded to the extent Of
II cent per 100 pounds the long dis
lance Springfield to st. Paul rate on
the several groups Of articles that Take
the same rate as the paper group. viz:
tarred. wrapping. printing and CORFU
gated and the same excess Is found
md condemned in the very great num-
Der Of articles of iron and steel.
"The above articles by no means ex-
narsS inc IL. BAT they are represent
alive OF the acts.
"The commission further points out,