The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-02-06
new RATE Bill
GREAT FOR STATE
Measure Regulating Freight
Rates Sure to Help arm
ers and Industries.

road rate regulation bill prepared and
endorsed by the Nonpartisan league
caucus, which will likely become a
law during the present week, will
save the people of the state no less
than 81, 100000 a month, according to
estimates made by careful experts.
The proposed bill will entirely elm
mate the discrimination p%racticed
against North Dakota by the trans
continental railroads, and will reduce
commodity rates in general to q level
Of those in effect in Minnesota.
Graduated Rate.
The new rates will be on the gradu-
ated scale, covering from 5 to 400
miles and will apply to 10 classes OF
commodities and 10 classes of mer-
chandise. Several new classifcations
are added to what is known as West
ern Classification No. So, and. all rates
are based on 100 pounds and are tabu-
lated for each Ave miles.
TO illustrate the proposed rates,>it
is pointed out that the new twelfth
class includes wheat, corn, rye, oats,
barley, alfalfa, wheat flour, corn flour
and SO other grains and their products.
To ship any 100 pounds in this class
5 miles the cost under the new sched-
ule will be 4.8 cents; 10 miles, 40
cents; 20 miles, So cents; 50 miles,
ST cents; 100 miles, rs cents; 200
miles 90 cents /; $50 miles, 1912 cents
200 miles, 1919 cents; 400 miles II
cents. The rates are graduated for
each five miles at about the rate of
one-tenth cent increase over each
preceding five miles. The rates OF
each Of the various classes are sub
mitted at figures OF a par about
with those Of Minnesota and 1t has
been figured out that the new law,
when operative on the first -four
classes, will save the North Dakota
shipper the following amounts: 5O-miie
maui will save the North Dakota ship
per $o.1O; 75-mile haul will save ship
per $2.s5; 10O-mile haul will save
shipper $$245; 15O-mile haul will save
shipper $2.5O-practically an average
saving Of SO per cent on every item
handled.
On the last six classes the new
rates, viii affect still greater savings,
and 1t is estimated that on carload
shipments the savins 20 the shippers
Of the state under these classes will
amount to 40 per cent over the pres
ent rates In effect.
The merchandise rate now in effect
Ia North Dakota compels the shippers
Of this state to pay from 80 to 35 per
cent more than those of Minnesota,
and the new bill viii not only effect
i great saving to the farmers on the
their produce but VIII also make It
possible for the wholesale and other
Industrial concerns OF the state to
build up their business and compete
on 4 fair basis with the twin city con
Germs.
Much Will DO Saved.
II Is estimated by rate experts who
have gone over the new measure that
q conservative estimate shows that the
new rate bill will save the North Da-
kota shippers ~ least $2,O0O.OOO on
merchandise, and At least $10,0O0,OOO
d year through the reduction In com
mostly rates. In other words, the new
tarin rates are expected to- relieve the
people of North Dakota of at least q
100000 ! month burden they are
now carrying Ia the form Of unfair
md Discriminatory rates ~
The new rate, IN connection with
ths state owned hour mills ana els-
Syators, packing plants and other N
dustries win put North Dakota n ~
sitien to build up III. agricultural aAa
sindustrtal enterprises, and will attract
sbepplA here tothe extent 0f settling
thS Idle lands and taking pl1GsS tkksthS.
new industries. The new 0rdor Ntl
enlarge tn market ter farm produces
md directly beneAt IA hast1n re-
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