The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-08-13
SCHEDULE HELPS
SOUTHERN PORTS
Proposed Adjustment Import and Ex
port Tariffs Big Advantage
to Gulf Ports.

y. New Orleans, Aug. 1.-THE con
merce of New Orleans and othe
4 Southern ports is due for great il
crease if schedule, received Tuesda
y. by l.. E. Watterau, foreign freigh
+ agent if the Southern railway here, in
dicating the probable adjustment O
=. import and export rates based on th
' Interstate Commerce Commissions re
cent rail rate award is borne out.
! The new schedule would put New
{ Orleans and the other Southern ports
at material advantage over New
York, their competitor, on shipments
originating in some of the heaviest
commerce producing sections of the
country
, The schedule received by Mr.. Wat
terau, it is understood, indicates the
advances upon which the railroads,
after conference with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, have decided
upon, although, it is pointed out, there
is possibility of some change, the in
formation being in the nature of ad-
vance advice.
Under the schedule the export rates
from the Ohio river to the Gulf and
South Atlantic ports will be increased
25 per cent, effective August 26, while
from the same territory to the North
Atlantic ports they will be increased
40 per cent. At present the rates to
the North Atlantic and the Gulf are on
a parity. The new adjustment would
give Southern ports the advantage of
Is per cent differential under New
York
Rates from Central Freight Associat-
ton territory, which includes such !
points as Chicago, Indianapolis, De- !
troit, Cleveland and the manufacture !
ing cities of Ohio, will be increased !
80 1-3 per cent to New Orleans and !
other Southern ports and 40 per cent |
to New York and the North Atlantic
New York and the Southern ports are
now on parity as regards export rates
from this heavy commerce originating
section. The new arrangement would
give New Orleans 2-3 per cent
differentaial under New York.
These are the two changes in the
present rate scheme which are most
important in the tentative schedule
Other changes included in the schedule
are:
Rates from st. Louis group to
Southern ports will be advanced 33 1-3 ,
per cent and to North Atlantic ports
40 per cent.
From best information at present 4
available rates from west of Missis- r
sippi river to South Atlantic ports will 6
be advanced 33 1-3 per cent. Y
Rates to New Orleans 35 per cent
and to Mobile 33 1-3 per cent as COM
p9red with advance to North Atlantic Il
ports of SO 1-3 per cent where through Il
rates to North Atlantic are published, n
md where no thorough rates are pub {
ished rates will be advanced 35 per n
cent to Mississippi river and 40 per
cent from Mississippi river.
Through strictly Southern points
east of Mississippi river and south of
ohio river to Southern ports, including g
Norfolk, rates will be advanced 20 per "
cent, and North Atlantic ports eXclu- v
'ive of Norfolk SO Is per cent. b
Prom present information available O
IMPORT rates from Southern ports and +
rom North Atlantic ports to groups v
before mentioned will be advanced the fl
same percentage as the export rates |;
Ire advanced d
From Central classification territory, a
New Orleans and the Gulf ports have
N the past been able to obtain parity n
Of rates with New York. but no more s
lespite their claim that such rate Il
structure tended to force commerce G
which should flow to the Gulf to the il
North Atlantic seaboard, re- "
sulting in the concentration of ship Il
ping at New York to the detriment of Il
Americas development of stable for r
egn commerce and merchant marine.
The new schedules of export and i'm
port rates, if they go through, will cor 9
rect all this. The Gulf will have the y
advantage of differential that should 5
prove potent factor in fastening the u
change in the drift of Mississippi val U
ley commerce from the east and west
TO the north and souh line.