Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-10-04

This s1hil' slso ckiains certain
comparison 9f Che ptent or Tar
IN 2-H rates in the Panhandle for
reprcsentatige dis'ancf and between
specific points with rates form
eriy NJ effect under schedules Of
the Texas Railroad Commission
Tho Issues Involved ln b. Shreveport
caSe ftom 10. inccptiotalthough bas-
Cd Bpon no diseriminiion caused by
lover rates lu TeAa territory all
pivotgd upoa the qaItion ~ more
revenue 'or CARRIER Much of tho
tce'imCny wa al0ug tcse l.Hes snd
the decision Of July 1915 much
stress va. ald upod This eaturc
{ pom ono point there pa uo dispute
namely that .n u ing tlc foun-
dfiion for greater rcthus 10 che ear
rlcrs no liscrlmm,fons should ho
Imposed buf that th burdens should
be- lad ls nearly 4 roes'u." npon
an traffic ard rlaN OF traffic in
lus' proportion % rta'nlf was nnt
w the minds of thetnmmieslDu thai
any one SCI nov or dfision Of th" Ter
rltory should Boz unreasonable
and disirs-ssiugly u1onsom" proper
ton 0f the increase hich as BIAS been
developed In the opstiion ~ The 40.
ferentini basis prof. led by Tarii'
2B for pauhanIe application
ANALYSIS shows thaqin the rauhan
DIE the average iucrhse over the old
rates Is g. per cent pn first class. 80
per cent on fourth iiass and 40 pei
cent ON ell other cllsscs jsmg the
representative polut. II is dotcrmln
cd Tint iu the rhcs from TeAa'
common points 10 fris points In tn
Panhandle. the avctgc increases are
on first class % Der cent fourtf
class 20 per cent, lass A ~ pei
cent. and Glass = - per cent
sa---s--
The analysis b. subsisntAliv cor
rohorated ~ the statistics furnishef
~ "a. Fort Worth and Denver roll
.av. the Panhandle and Santa p
railway. and tho chicago Rock U.s.
land and CUR rilwhy. covering Te.
~ traffic handled ~ Amarillo ate
Tariff Pr vent ihto effect SCI
Palmer Exhibits And 2 And e'
,ry analyals o. Aics aud RESULT
from operation NJ b. show that %
tho total increased railroads reven
uer IN tho State a Texas resultinl
from the new tariffs the Panhandle
must pay az least.a very heavy ex
cess over nafnm oriional share u
crease 1hij s.ihc spectacle
oi somparaND KrI but prosper
aus ana enter. ,s section Of coun
r., furinshinN large and desirable
railroad tonnaN handicapped an'
weighed down excessive transpor
tation burdens " tariffs, which ha
been established aud built up undo
recognized and supposedly perma
nent .vstcm OF rates. now thrcatent'
with total ruin because Of an *
IRENE and revolutionary adjustment
and a. time of stress ~ resource
discounted aud an Inducements 10
new investments and new enterprise
sacrificed
These strong terms are used al
vlsedly The evidence adducrd duI
Ing the hearing u this case prove
beyond conclusion that the tram
between Shreveport aud the rauhan
de nt Texas was entirely negligible
In fact. the statements " the raj
road companies al Amarillo coverin
business for the first four month
Of operation under the Fonda tari'
show that there was no Shrcvepor
business whatever during that ~
rlod Il Is thorei ore a long and a.
yiuus road and Tar cry from Oh
complaint ~ Discrimination agains
shreveport 10 the conditions whic
have bccu created In the Panhandl
by the publication Of Fonda Tarii
2B. simply on the excuse that q
years the curriers' had been publish
ing useles, and empty paper rates
aud from this territory on Sreyepo'
business ON diflerential basis. r.
obvious reasons the carriers cuul
have carried out he orders Of N
Commission as to maximum rates b
the removal ~ tho dlfferential has
on shreveport trai &c IN the panhai
ole and thar absolutely withot
creating any Dissemination whatev'
a. 10 any other Interstate traffic
one OF the mos' Important 'eatur'
Of the case cf Amarillo and the Pai
handle Is the position Of Amarill
In the general rate fabric of the coui
try and ITS influence upon The RAJ
structure OF Texas a. gateway
this section OF differential territoi