Arizona republican., 1919-02-17
.IRAFFICbUREAU IS URGENT NEED
 OF THIS STATE
Experts See Present Con- ditions In Shipping As Menace To Industrial
 Growth Of This Section

The one great menace confronting Arizona today is the unsettled and un- lust traffic conditions which are ruawing at thc very vitals of tho -tatc's industrial growth, as seen after an exhaustive research by expert trar- ID men ot this city.
 With Che proposal Co place Arizona Iu zone eXacting 20 per Qcnt more frrIEht rates than California. Texas and other sections. now in a slumber- iuG state and likely tO appear at any Umr with an the combined force back ol It these sections can muster tO make it law. with the long and short haul uiil before congress, which with Its enactment would forever kill such movements as the l20 per cent zone proposal it is absolutely vital for tho shippers Ot MaricOpa county and Ari- zuna Co take immediate steps for in- tuugcut and united action tO combat the one proposal and fight for the other f they are to acquire and com maud their rghtful position as a job hu- and distributing center.
 Evcu should there be no changes in existing traffic conditions in the transition. the shippers will be labor ing under the most diseriminating and unjust regulations ever imposed upon a commonwealth, according Co Arizona trafte men.
 What other section win endure an excessive and discriminative freig ht rate amounting to S25S.i0 on a car load ot machinery into their territory over Lhat of an adjoining section where conditions are equal and where the commodities are us essential in de- Neloping one section as the other where Co be on a parity it would be necessary for them to ship cars to the other section Onet
 What other section will allow with out protest an out -ot- state distributor through favorable rates to come int, their state. county city or wherever it may happen to be and save 41i.. cents per hUldred pounds on com modig In freight rates
 What other county out Of Arizon. will permit a total of sJ40OO0 or I5 pel cent of years freight receipts. Co b, cAacted in excessive freight charge! from one distributing point aloneg
 What other section will allow a ship ment to be hauled 300 miles farther bl A railroad and on basis Of l2 cent per hundred pounds cheaper into thei ughtul trade territory and lift n, hand In opposition
 What other section will permit iron TO to l5 per cent excessive freigh charges crowd out new industries an, manufacturers and sap the vitality O those already established without Of Iering resistance?
 Traffic Bureau Urgently Needed
 Texas. California. Utah. Colorado am other states have organizations wit members banded together to fight C the last ditch just such conditions a these that exist in Arizona. Thes bureaus. are well organized. prepare to present their needs. their problem. their objections intelligently and wit combined weight before the body 0 commission necessary to bring abou thc desired results.
 Arc the shippers and receivers C freight of Maricopa county and Ari lOua Co raise no hand in protest such unjust and prevailing conditions They must combine their strength 1 tno new traffic bureau of the chambt O. commerce at this critical time an take means for self-preservation. An thortes say existing conditions netes Ntatiug the need of unity can be m, with any success in no other way tha that or a strong. we'll represente properly organized traffic assOcis fociatiOn.
 Such evils as these are only a fe uf the duties the new bureau will CT oeaVor Co correct and perform for q members. With complete file of tai Ifs at its command. the bureau can of invaluable service not only in SC, ing that no overcharge is collected. bi getting it back when it is and In hrin, ing action in securing charges in q iaritt provisions Securing Of mo rapid and direct freight shipments tracing of freight. general intra- ar interstate rate improvements gettir shippers together Co arrange for pacl age car and commodity shipments fro
 important points to Arizona. auditir 'reiEht bills of contributors and to a, vance the interest Of every shipper Maricopa county and Arizona wherev and whenever opportunity presents i self.