Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
ORDER OF M'ADoo AFFECTS
HAWkEYE STATE MORE
THAT OTHERS.
HAS ENJOYED LOWEST
LONG DISTANCE TARIFFS
lntrastats Rates 70 Be increased Along
With Interstate charses-coal Rases
Are Peculiarly Affeeted-Mininum
Charge Of 90 Cents for Shipments
Within sAats.
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many features in the order Of Director
General william g. McAdoo raising the
passenger and freight rates which do
not appear on the surface according to
the statement Of Dwight NJ. Lewis
chairman Of the state board of railroad
commits sioners, who has been for TWEEN
y-eight years in the railroad commis is
sion work In Iowa. In an interview
granted by Commissioner Lewis today
he said:
"oft supreme Importance Just now to
the American public Is the new order
of Director General McAdoo. requiring
railroad companies under federal con-
troll to advance their passenger rates
to a minimum of three cents a, mile on
June 10, and the freight rates to
minimum Of rs per cent on June %.
white this affects the country In
general it has many features which do
rot appear so directly on the surface
For instance, we have a 2 cent fare
law in Iowa, which will. apparently, be
imperative on and after June 10 so
long as the railroads remain under
loQ6TStl COutIOl OAAiCoS VIC sN'ASo~SN
general may, Of his own volition, can
eel the order or make a new one.
"As to freight rates, the change is
even more far reaching. Since 1883
the state of Iowa has had distance
tariff, which has always been reputed
to be the lowest mileage scale in the
United States. The new order does
not abolish the Iowa distance tariff bit
does advance the rates % per cent
with minimum on the various classes
"F'oor instance, the first-class min
imum is 25 cents. Using the Iowa dis
lance tariff as a basis this will make
e Is cent rate en- first-class applicable
for distances of five to fifty miles, in
elusive; the 81 cents second-clasS rate
will be applicable for f1fty-five miles;
the 17h cents third-class rate will ap-
ply up to and Including seventy five
miles; and the fourth class rate OF Is
cents will govern seventy-f1ve to lis
miles: the NTH class rate of II cents
will apply for distances Ave miles to
12o miles and % on thru the. list.
Interstate Rates Increased.
''If, as has been suggested, all state
made rates e4lou1d be cancelled and in
terstate mileage scales be made to ap-
ply, then the Iowa interstate rate
would be increased considerably more
"One OF the most interesting features
of the proposed advance is the way il
works out on coal. The Iowa coal rate
as mileage rate has always been
VIGOROUSLY low and case has been
pending before the Iowa commission
for some time Wherein the railroad
companies were asking a 10 cents pei
ton advance. The new order of the
director general in effect grants the
application Of the railroads, for it says
that any coal rates which have not
been increased since June 1, 1917, shall
be advanced Is cents per ton. In ad-
dition to this advance there is another
advance where the rate, after such Ia
cents has been added, is still less than
so cents per ton, an additional Is cents
will be added to the rate. Where the
rate will then be so cents to SO cents
20 cents will be added to the rate; be-
tween 81 and 81 30 cents will be added
and SO on.
In Iowa sand, gravel and other
like commodities take the coal rate
but the order is different as to these
commodities. For instance, on sand and
gravel and crushed stone the advance
will be cent per 100 pounds. On grain
the order provides that all grain shall
take the wheat rate and that the wheat
rate shall be increased rs per cent but
in no case exceeding g. cents per 10C
pounds.
ION live stock the increase is 25 pei
cent but not to increase more than
cents per 100 pounds.
Minimum Charge so Cents. y
1.-THE minimum charge for any
freight shipment In Iowa will be Sc
cents.
The Iowa classification will be super
seeded by the western classification
which will also have the effect OF in
creasing many Iowa rates. in addition
to the percentages already referred
to.
There has been some discussion az
to whether the Iowa Joint rate. based
upon 80 per cent Of the locals. will
apply to the new war schedules. This
point has not as yet, been definitely
determined but understand thai
Judge Henderson. commerce counsel, il
calling a conference of representatives
of shippers Of Iowa to be held in Del
Moines soon to take care OF this an6
other matters connected with the al.
ready famous order.
II note an editorial in q recent issue
Of q prominent daily intimating thai
never again will state regulation BIZ
tolerated in the handling Of the rail.
road situation. I fear the editor has
written his editorial without full
knowledge Of the facts. 1t is plain his
wish is father to his thought. Director
General McAdoo's order No. % is pure.
~ wartime measure and is so speci.
fically referred to. When the exigencies
Of the war are past. as they will be, anc
when we have with our allies gained
a complete victory over Germany, the
question OF reasonable rates. based
upon cost of service and proper re-
turns for investment, will again oe
the subject of discussion and adjust
ment.
II we had no state commission there
would probably be no interstate
commerce commission for it is vel
known that the pioneer work OF rail-
road regulation has always been per-
formed by state governments rather
than by the federal government
CONSIDER RATE INCREASE.
Iowa Traffic Men to Hold Conferences