South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-03
Mdiana-HIinOiS Freight
Rate Case Shoes Holsters
Are Disseminated Against

Special 10 The News Times.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug g
The Indiana-Illinois freight rate
Bearing now going on in Chicago has
proven that Indiana is paying on the
average, so per cent more than ILL
nois for the same service.
Who in Indiana pays this in
creased cost The manufacturer
suffers but he is not alone The con
sumner pays the final bill If you
wear clothes. eat food, produce
wealth or pay taxes. you also bear
the burden of this freight rate dis
elimination
The volume of the producers
business is reduced because competi-
tors in a neighboring state have
lower freight rates.
The wholesalers and retailers I'm
Indiana must add this freight rate
10 the cost of their goods and stIii
maintain price others can pay.
Mostly this Indiana freight rate must
stand as a loss in the margin which
should be profit.
The consumer buys at price
which includes delivery. The Indiana
consumer pays a higher price on
everything moved by freight
The tax payers pay the freight on
every ton of material used in public
construction. To pay high freight
rates the government must ask high
taxes
Some Telling Comparisons.
For example, the following are a
few of the many comparisons be-
tween Indiana and Illinois rate-
shown at the Chicago hearing With
the exception of livestock. the figures
are for shipments less than carload
lots These figures show the aver
age rates which Indiana has 70 pay
for the same service for which ILL
/ nois pays 81. and are the average Of
| hauls OF %. so, 10, 100. 125, 100,
175. 200. 200 and 500 miles
Agricultural implements, viz.
HarVesterS ................. 1.3O
Plows, Walking. \. o. s. s L.. PSI
Canned Goods, Fruit or Nege-
tables, in glass or earthen-
ware. in boxes ............. 2.39
! Canned Goods. in cans. in boxes I %
| Cotton Piece Goods .......... $50
Fertilizer. y. O. 5. in packages lis
Fruits. dried or evaporated. y.
O :. in packages. .......... 1.54
/ Furniture -.......- ............ 1.22
] Harness, in bales or boxes. .... las
! Livestock carload lots) ..... 2.73
Paints. dry. in boxes. kits or
buckets ......... l.54
/ Sugar. y. O. S........... 1-G4
Soap, in packages. ........... 1874
/ Tobacco. plug CuncuD or smok-
ing (cur or granulated) ..... 2.31
Vehicles. farm .............. lis
/ Wire Fencing. in rolls. ........ 1.23
Road building materials form one
OF the large items in the present dis
( elimination Based on the figures
given by the state highway commits
sion as 10 the quantity of each kind
/ Of material used in the standard
/ specification roads in the state. the
/ difference IN cost TO tax payers
caused by the present freight rates
/ Is $1,000 "A mile more for road con-
/ struction in Indiana than in Illinois
MAY Lose Industries.
The grave Importance of this mat
\ ter affects every person living in In
\ diana. Ii means that under the
/ present adjustment OF freight rates.
/ Indiana cannot offer as attractive a
/ location Tor Industries as can other
states 10 means that Indiana will
I lose lar-e industries already located
I here. II a reimbursement is not Sc
| cured IL means the curtailment OF
! business.
Today this matter is being argued
/ in Chicago before Commissioners
/ Myers OF the interstate commerce
/ commission. Since July p. the com
I mission has been hearing a vast
amount OF evidence compiled by the
/ Indiana public service commission
/ and the freight and traffic depart
! ment OF the state chamber OF COM
! merce. The legal talent and freight
rate experts OF the state cham Der
and the public service commission.
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