The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-19
x.,enees of the Traffic Men Have
Been Held Recently and Seized
uies Have Been Ar.
-a ranged.
CHANGE SEPTEMBER
,,Iv Temporary Relief OF the Car
r;ers is Believed to be Planned
by the New Tariff Regu-
lationa.

xeo,,uk shippers will be interested
- the following from the Burlington
ra,ette. which tells about the freight
&c conferences which have been
hold recently, and which were at
landed by representatives from many
ratio bureaus in the state.
The opening hearing on August
ras held in Des Moines, and it was
then that the carriers filed petition
for advanced rates. A conference Of
tho traffic managers of Iowa was
Mold August a, and the carriers were
raonested to make a concrete pro-
meal of the exact rates. The schedule
was filed the following day.
AT the meeting of the traffic man
oeers held at Clear Lake, Iowa, Aug.
"A Is and l6, the schedule filed by
The railroads was discussed in every
detail The Iowa Traffic league was
permanently organized at this session
and provided for memberships of
shinpers or organizations OF shippers
who were doing business within the
state.
r. f. Sundberg of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. was elected president Of the
league and Leo Golden of Burlington,
was elected secretary. At the hear
ing the views of the commission
were expressed as wanting a IS per-
cent increase. over the present exist
inp rates to take effect Augsut 26
and on September l. The Iowa COM
missions order of the 35 percent in
crease will be based as follows:
The old Iowa classification and
schedule of maximum freight rates
will be taken as the base and to that
will be added Is percent or a fiat in
crease allowed June rs, 1918, under
general order No. %, and upon that
will be imposed the 35 percent adj
vance.
The difference in rates on August
26 and September / as proposed
under general order No. % on Iowa
state traffic is that the western clas-
sifcation governs as minimum.
For example the western classified
ton provides a rating of fifth class
on cucumbers in the brine which is
higher than G or eighth class rating
in the Iowa classification and the
result is that the Iowa rating cannot
be used until it equals or exceeds the
western classification.
Rates Changed September !.
On September / the Iowa classih-
cation will be the governing one, and
the western used as minimum will
be eliminated The result Is that
rates on a number of commodities
will actually be reduced on short
hauls under the present basis, and
because Of this fact that the trans
portation act of 1920, which prohibits
reduction in rates prior to Sep
TENDER l without the approval of the
interstate commerce commission, the
advances will have to come on the
two dates.
The result is that the shippers will
pay higher rates on the five days
between August IS and September l
than they will have to pay after the
latter date on certain commodities.
The last rates will be Of a corrective
nature.
Chairman Lewis, in stating the
views of the commission before the
traffic league met with the approval
OF the traffic managers and pre-
pared statement was not offered by
the league. However, Mr.. Goldman,
spokesman for the league, said that
the views of the league haTmoniZed
with the views of the commission