St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-12-05
Decides Long Pending
Customs Brokerage Case

me long pending case OIL u. >.
Emery and company, customs house
brokers against the Boston & Maine
railroad has just been decided by the
United States Interstate commerce
commission, against the railroad.
This case involved the alleged dis
elimination against Emery and COM
papy for refusing to extend forward
the duties and custom charges for
them while fiwoing SO for their own
broker, Mr. Burns.
The. gist of the decision is contain
ed in the following quotation from the
report of the commission. "We find
that the practise complained of re-
suits in undue preference on shippers
who make use of the services Of the
DESCENDANTS agent as customs broker
an undue prejudice to shippers who
employ other customs brokers"
The order made by the commission
contains the following 1.-THE commits
sion having found in said report that
the defendants practice of extending
forward customs duties and brokerage
| fees on shipments imported from
Canada through Newport, VT, when
| its agents at Newport asks as q Gus
toms broker and refusing to extend
forward customs duties and brokerage
fees on shipments handled by other
customs brokers results in undue pre-
| ference to shippers who employ the
railroad agent as their broker, and in
undue prejudice to shippers who en-
4 ploy- other customs brokers'"
cit is ordered that the above named
defendants, and it is hereby, notified
| he
january Is, 1918, and thereafter to
/ abstain from practicing the undue pre-
judice found in said report, said to
exist
Patriotic Booth
/. Patrons of ST. Marks bazaar at
Pastine hall on Thursday afternoon
should not fail to visit the refresh
ment tables where everything served
will be according to the wishes Of the
United States conservation bureau.
The menu has been approved by
Mr. Hoover and analyzed by DR..
Wiley and the guests are asked to
Fletcherize. Mrs. Cunningham will
serve her famous wafflcs. The pro-
ceeds will be for patriotic purposes.
Miss Nerda Spear left today for a
weeks visit in Burlington
! Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Cunningham
/ returned last evening form a two
week s visit to Manchester and Boston
!. Mrs. Nv. Y. Jones and son, Francis
spent the. first of the week in Little
lion $40 :, -, -
Airs. fiarper. Pickle has. gone, to
Farmland Ca.a,s'' where She wifi spend
the winters = !, -. M !. ~ ~
's,Ila r.. II liver. VIM close his
pra ctiee a thisfcity in the near. future
and wifi. 'r1ove-to Montreal where lie
twin open an office =. q. ..sS
Mrs. BENJAMIN c. Brown of Milton
( fs,sisitang hef bdrents, Hon. and Mrs.
! Homer. Fl: Sonlers,
y, The class in surgical, dressing under
1 the direction of Mrs. Gertrude Hfnman
! Of West Derby met iii rooms no. 80
and 81 in the Federal building yester-
day afternoon
II, Mrs, Mabel Adams and daughters
have gone to Bloomington where they
twill spend the winter with Mrs
! Adams, parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G..
| Dutton. -
f Rev G. w Kelley and family, of
tIrasburg is Visiting among his former
Pensioners in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Max SockoI of West
Derby are the. proud parents Of a
daughter born yesterday
| y Mrs A. S. Havehs and daughter
.ssssfhirleys:of vergennes are visistfng at
Mr.. and Mrs. AZ. J.. Tobinsons,
I Miss Lillian Buzzell is very sick at
the shoIncs Of her aunt Mrs. J. G.
1 Fietields on Second street. -
= Clayton Keith of Albany is visiting
relatives in town. *
Arthur Robinson Of Springfield
Mass, spent the first Of the week in
this town. 50