Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-24
RATES PINE BLUFF ljNDl)L.Y
 ASSIST CITY Interstate Commerce Com mission Orders Revise
 Many Tariffs INTERSTATE INCREASE
 WILL BE SOUGGHT Memphis and St. Louis Receive Benefits if New Findings are Made Effective-Reaffirm
 Shreveport Finding

Washington, Dec. 23.-Ordefs in the Memphis Southwestern in- jvestigation, made public today by the interstate commerce commls- sion, revise virtually all freight rates between Memphis, St. Louis, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and in eff. feet reaffirm the decision in the Shreveport rate case that there must be no discrimination or pre- judice in intrastate rates as com pared with interstate rates. In prescribing a new maximum; scale of rates for application in the southwest. the commission fixed charges higher than the Arkansas intrastate rates. It $ expected that the railroads will undertake to obtain an increase ;n Arkansas intrastate rates from ciple laid down in the Shreveport the corporation commission of that state in accordance with the principle laid down in the Shreve- port case and upheld by the su- preme court.
 The commissions report, written by MT. Daniels, made these find ings:
 Prescribed a maximum distance scale of class rates for distances mot in excess of $50 miles between points in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Southern Missouri.
 Declared existing class rates between Memphis and all points on class A railroads in Arkan- sas to be unreasonable and unduly prejudical to members to the ex- tent that they exceed by more than by reasonable bridge tolls the corresponding class rates contem- poraneously applicable for like dis tances to intrastate traffic in Ar kansas.
 Prescribed reasonable bridge tolls.
 Declared existing rates from Memphis to points in Southern Missouri to be unreasonable and unduly prejudical to the extent that they exceed by more than ea!onable bridge tolls the cor responding class rates contempor- aneously in effect from St. Louis to the same points for like dis tances.
 Declared class rates from Mem phis to points in Arkansas to be unduly prejudicial to Memphis to the extent that they exceed by more than reasonable bridge tolls the corresponding rates for like distances from St. Louis.
 Rates and practices of the Mis- souri Pacific railroad with respect to the concentration of Arkansas cotton at Memphis declared not shown to be unduly prejudicial or otherwise unlawful, but rates for back hauls on cotton to compress points should be published of a uniform basis.
 Practice of the Missouri Pacific and Cotton Belt railroads with re- spect to charges for the delivery of cotton at Memphis and at East St. Louis, H., declared to subject Memphis to undue disadvantage.
 Declared class rates from St. Louis to points in Southern Arkan- sas to be unreasonable and unduly prejudicial to those points and unduly preferential to Pine Bluff and Little Rock.
 Class rates from Natchez to cer- tain points class A railroads are held to be unreasonable and un- duly prejudicial to Natchez and unduly preferential to Memphis and Little Rock.
 Class rates from Monroe and Shreveport to points on class A railroads in Southern Arkansas declared to be unreasonable, un- duly prejudicial to Monroe and Shreveport and unduly preferen- tial of competing points in Arkan- sas to the extent that they exceed for like distances corresponding class rates applicable to intrastate traffic in Arkansas.
 Held that class and commodit 7 rates from certain territories in the southeast to points in Arkar- sas are unduly prejudicial that point and unduly preferential of certain points in Oklahoma.
 Reasonable class rates from New Orleans to points in Arkan- sas, Oklahoma and Missouri river cities established.