The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-28

rate running from 10 cents to 90
cents on the 500 line.
No Notices Received.
According to express agents and
dealers, 1t is customary for the trans
nortation companies to send tariffs
to the dealers at least ten days or a
month in advance of the schedule OF
rates going into effect AS yet none
has been received in Fargo. this be-
ing SO at the Offices of the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern.
II all seems to me vague PROPOSE
ton" stated George III. Hubbell,
manager of the Midland Produce COM
pany. He stated on June he had
received a letter which suggested that
certain rates might go into effect in
the state and that he answered 1t adj
vising certain changes to be made.
Nothing further was heard from Mr..
Bennett to whom 1t was addressed.
Lowest Rate In West.
If the new rate goes into effect
North Dakota will have one Of the
lowest in the west. On May /, 1915,
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern express companies fled new
tariffs based on the Beatrice and Cobb
interstate commerce commission
findings, which fixed a comparatively
high short haul and low haul.
Early this year the state dairymen's
association protested against these
rates on the ground that they favored
the long haul centralized" creamery
at the expense of the interior plant.
A state-w wide hearing was held at
Minot and each side was given an OPP
portunity to present its case. AS the
result of this hearing, it seems that
the commission has just issued an
order making a reduced scale of rates,
lowering both the short and the long
haul effective July 1.
Means Much to State.
'Tf the rates. which were proposed
at Minot go into effect July /, it will
greatly increase the manufacturing
facilities in North Dakota for it will
mean a bigger net price tie the pro-
ducers. for their products which the
state creameries will be able to pay,
compared with formerly when the
producers shipped to the twin cities"
stated Mr.. Hubbell this afternoon. 1T
was in anticipation of this adjustment
in cream rates that the Midland Pro-
duce company ana other big produce
concerns of the state invested addi-
tional capital in erecting new build
ings and installing larger equipment
to increase the manufacturing FACT
lities."
Mr.. Hubell stated that he attended
the railroad ana warehouse commits
sion hearing held in Minot and that
representatives were present from
both creamery concerns, those run
under which they receive cream by
rail, and those which receive most OF
their shipments from the community
adjacent to which the creamery is
located.
Competitive Cities Eliminated.
AT that meeting" said Mr.. Hubbell,
the creamery representatives got to-
gether and agreed almost unanimous
ly in asking for a certain proposed
schedule of rates. II that schedule
has been adopted by the North Da-
kota commission it will give all the
large and small
some advantage over rates which
have prevailed, making it cheaper to
ship to creameries in North Dakota
than to cream houses in the twin
,ities, which have heretofore been the
chief competitive points.
Net Producers More.
''We learned at the Minot meeting
hat the express companies expected
to increase the rates on inter- state
shipments of cream, which heretofore
nave been unfair and discriminatory
against the creameries of North Da-
kota in that they made lower rate
from some points in North Dakota to
St. Paul and Minneapolis than for the
same. distance in North Dakota. II
he railroad and warehouse commits
sion has put into effect these rates
which were discussed at Minot then
We can net the producers in North
Dakota more money for their cream
and it will consequently be a busi-
ness builder for the creameries OF
he state"
Efforts to get copies of the new
,ariff were made by The Forum, but
agents advised that they knew moth
ng Of the pending change as report
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