Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-28
NEW RATES FOR
SOUTHERN PORTS
TO HELP SECTION

| LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Readjustmen
Of export freight rates affecting
| thousands of Shippers, and said to
| De of prime Importance to southern
ports and the Mississippi valley, have
| been announced at the general OF.
ices of the Southern railroad here.
The new tariffs. which, in effect,
| Will grant the same rates to southern
| ports as those enjoyed by New York
| from territory north of the Ohio
river from the Ohio-Pennsylvania
| state line to the Mississippi river,
| so into effect to south Atlantic ports
| December l. and to gulf ports De-
| cember 81.
The announcement by the South
ern railroad OF the reaGy US tnieI4t
Of export freight rates which
| gives the same rates to southern
| ports that are given eastern ports and
| thereby enables them to compete &C
| lively with eastern ports, Is going to
| mean a great deal to the entire
! southeast, declared Senator Hoke
| Smith.
The fight for rate readiustment
| ls one of long standing and one II.
which Senator Smith has taken an
extremely active TT. When southern
congressman and others appeared be-
for the railroad commission last
| spring to urge tie readjustmen:
| Senator Smith made the argument,
| pointing out that l.4e southeast was
| entitled to lower rates from the mid
| die west to It's ports because the east
ern ports were then getting lower
rates for long hauls, becausa the
| southern hauls could be made cheap
er by the railroads than the eastern
| haulS, because southern roads and
| southern ports were not as cOngesC-
| ed as eastern roads and eatern ports,
| and because climatic conditions at
southern ports enabled speedier han
| ding Of loads. Again. when 3oston,
New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore
and other eastern cities protested the
| change in rates, Senator Smith con-
| Quoted the fight against their pro-
test and was largely instrumental in
securing the victory which came a.
| last.
Commenting on the readJustment
| which went into effect Tuesday he
said
Senator Smiths statement
1--WE cannot overestimate the bene-
| Fl. to our entire section of the re-
| du, rates from interior points
| throughout the middle west and north
| Of the Ohio to our southern ports.
| 1t means that freight intended for
export can be brought to our south
ern ports at rates which will facili-
| tate such hauls, and furnish an i'm
| nlensely enlarged basis for our ex-
| port business.
"I have been deeply interested in
the subject not only on account of
| the ports. but because the develop
ment Of our export trade from our
southern ports will contribute i'm
mensely to the all-round development
| Of the southern ports.
1--WE should not think that the de-
velopment Of Savannah and Bruins
wick as ports is simply a matter of
| interest to them; 1t Is q matter of
| great Importance to the development
Of the entire state. We have also
rad reason to complain Of the ship
VI ates out Of Savannah ad Bruins
wick. Those rates have been mod
! fled, and If we simply stand firm
and continuously urge just rates by
rail to our southern ports and by
hips from our southern ports, we
vii grow as great commercial CEN
crs along with the greatest in the
! nation"
AS pointed out by Senator Smith
the new rates promulgated at Louis
Vile mark the elimination OF a long
continued fight to remove the dis
ordinations against southern ports,
to the end that they might develop
| through the establishment of export
relations with Central and South
| A nertca