Arizona republican., 1918-05-28

credentials forms, the purchaser shall be given the benefit for the distance travelled of a net basis proportion ate to that which would have ap- piled had the entire book been used according to it's contract.
 Section 15 All passenger fares lower than those herein before pre- scribed, such as mileage. party, sec ond class, immigrant, convention, eA- cursion and tourist fares shall be discontinued until further notice, ex- cept that tourist fares shall be TO- l established as prescribed in section eight, paragraph B hereof.
 Long Haul Eliminated Section Is. Tariff provisions in- tended to assure the long haul to carriers and which prevent the free
 interchange of traffic shall be elim-
 mated
 Section r. Stopovers on ore-way
 tickets, side trips at free or reduced
 rates, discounts by use of excess baggage permits or excess money coupon books and the sale of one
 way tickets bearing limit in excess
 of time necessary to make trip by
 continuous passage, shall be discon-
 tinued.
 Section IS. Optional routes may bt used only when specified in tariffs. Section IS. In; publishing fares and
 charges under this order, tariffs may
 be used which increase the present
 fares by fixed percentage to bring
 them to the basis authorized herein
 even though the actual fares so con
 structed may be fractionally more
 or less than three (5) cents per mile
 Section 20. General, where the In
 terstate Commerce commission, priol
 to the date hereof has authorized ol
 prescribed rates, fares and charge! which have not been published at tn,
 date of this order, the rates, fares ol
 charges initially established here
 under by applying the increases herein prescribed to the existing O published rates, fares or charges ma. , be subsequently, revised by applyin! the increases prescribed herein to tn , rates. fares and charges on author ,, ized or prescribed by the 1nterstat Commerce commission. Instructions for Tariffs , Section 21. All schedules, viz: tar ifs and supplements published unde the provision of this order, shall bea 7 on the title page the following in bol, face type. The rates made effectiv by this schedule are initiated by tn president of the United State ; though the director general of Unite States railroad administration an ' apply to both interstate and intra state traffic This schedule is pub lished and filed on one days notic with the Interstate Commerce com 1, mission under general order No. 2 .. . of the director general of the Unite l. States railroad administration, date
 May p, 1918.
 . On passenger tariffs use wor : fares on baggage tariffs, use wor , charges" end quote.
 | The accompanying statement is a
 follows: quote: United States rail :, road administration, W. G. McAdot r director general of railroads. . Director General McAdoo made tn : following statement:
 Il "The United States has taken ove n the railroads as a war emergenc n measure. They must be operated Q f a war emergency measure. The s must be operated efficiently if tn
 war is to be carried to a successfl
 conclusion and they must be operate z under the high cost conditions tt u war has created.
 Il Mounting Costs of Coal
 These conditions are strikingly i
 lustrated by the steady increase i
 the cost of railroad coal, as indicate $ by the following table: 1915 - 122,000,000 tons at $1.13- = 1860, ,OOO
 d 1916 - 1ss, s,oOO,ooO tons at s1.32- e s179,520 ,000
 f 1917 = 154.57O,ooO tons at s2.12- . s329 00O00.
 g 1918 - 166,OO,OOO tons at s2.s5- = s4S9, 100000.
 T. 'The increase in cost of fuel C 't consumed by the railroads and in u n cost of other railroad materials ar s. supplies have likewise been enormou '- These increases have contributed il '- evitably to the increased cost of li' oI ing, which in turn has created a d. 'r mand for increased wages for raj j. road employees. This subject W; II exhaustively considered recently l y the Railroad Wage commission, col
 sisting of Messrs. Franklin K. Lan 'e Charles c. McChord J. Harry Co Or ington and William R. Wilcox, WI l. have unanimously recommended il Ie creases in wages which they estima II will add to railroad operating cos
 not less than $500 1000 900 in u III year 191S.''
 T. The director general has put t so recommendation of the Wage cor