Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-01


enable the carriers. under honest
efficient and economical manage
lneht. and reasonable expenditure:
tor maintenance OF way, structure;
ana equipments To earn an aggre.
gaze annual railway operating in
come equal as nearly as may be
TO return of 5 y per cent upon the
| aggregate value foI~the purpose oil
TINS proceeding. of the railway
property OF such carriers held for
and used in the service of trans
portauon and one-half of one per
cent in addition: eastern group
forty per cent; southern group
20 per cent; western group 35 pei
cent, and mountain Pacific grour
% per cent"
lows:
Most of the factors with which
we are dealing are constantly
changing. II is impossible to fore
cast with any degree of certainty
what the volume of traffic will be
me general price level is chang
ing, II is impracticable to adjust
al rates on individual commodities
Inc rates to be established on the
basis approved must be subject to
such establishments as the facts
may warrant, II is expected that
shippers will take these matters UP
with the carriers, and the latter
VIII be expected to deal promptly
and effectively herewith, that
necessary adjustments may be
made in as many instances as prac-
ucable without appeal to us"
Government railroad operation
was brought into the case by Com
missioner Eastman, who, in an
opinion in which the commission
wholly concurred, disapproved the
method used by the commission in
reaching its conclusions. Commits
sioner McChord criticised Commits
sloner EaStman's position. deelar-
ing ne ''injects into this case large
political questions of governmental
policy nowhere in issue here"
Commissioner Eastman expressed
regret that federal control was Tot
permitted to continue at least un-
Is"uJus'iuen'' Coihmls-
sioner NcChord in his reply said
The congress has. for the time
being, settled the question of gov
eminent operation of the railroads
10y restoring them to private opera.
ton. hedged around by compre-
hensive laws, Vesting broad pow
ers in this commission to regulate
them. III is the duty of this com
nr r,,,.' "a " va.olsT 'he law as con-
~ .l'' "li''e"'
DISCUSSING provisions for rates
between the various groups of
ROADS the commission said that
JOINT or single line through rates
between points in one group and
points IN others should be increased
30 l-3 per cent. 1t also said that
tiie increases should apply to indl-
Vldual. commodity rates now in eff
Iecl.
The commission said It found
grain rates into ana out of import
ant grain markets in the middle
west might be increased bv tho pen.
4lal percentages with the under
that the carriers would,
within thirty days after the service
IF the report, file tariffs restoring
md equalization of the rates
rom important producing states 10
consuming regions
-
In presenting their original an
)lcations for freight rate increas-
IS the railroads commended before
he Interstate Commerce commits |
sion that S1,017,O00, 200 was nee
sssary to advance their income to !
he 6 per cent basis permitted nv |
he new transportation act. Shin I
1ers and state commissions ganer-I
lily agreed that some advances
we're necessary, but they opposefE
10Th the total and, the method OF /
Passenger rates the ca rr;ers MO
,osed. would he loft uncha6ped
md their program of advances an.
,licable throughcut the country
lid not take into account tho wage
Increases later Announced nv tho +
abroad labor hoard
Tho advances DC nronoso,1 o,o.
Eastern roads 9oa lo,. nent