The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-19
DISCUSS NEW
FREIGHT RATES
Southwestern Industrial
Traffic League Meets
at Dallas.
BURDEN TO CONSUMER
Little Attention Has Been
Paid TO Increase in Living
Caused by Advance.

FORT SMITH Ark, sept 1t..-
Changes In Gouthwruoru freight
claHificalious on less than carload
lot ehipmonts which have the effect
OF Increasing transportation ohuED9
on certain foodtuffs 81 60 90 per
cont above rate. iu 'tfact prior TO
August 70. last viii ho tho priuci-
Nubioct for discuysiou before the
Southwcstrrn industrial Traffic
league meeting ut Dailua. S'ptom.
ber H. G.. -. MoWon. president Of
the league. announced hero today
FoodH.utlH packed In gllrs or
oarthcnwuru are advanced from
fourth To- second class Tho Same
articles. packed In metal ems. are
advanced from fourth TO third class.
liy an order Of the interstate com.
ncrCc commission iHsupd August
l., peanut butter, canned fruh.
miuccmoHt ma vinegar were made
subject to those changes.
Tho railroads through tho
woHcrn classification committee
Mr. Muwcn said, caro- now propos.
Ing similar increased ratings on
coffee. cuffe" substitutes. fruit
juice, molasscs, spices. syrups.
canned fish, fish balls, olives. lol-
lies, jams, preserves. plckloa, pi-
mentos. table sauce. soups. ana all
kinds of canned vegetables. thus in.
cluding the entire list OF food arti-
cics and tho bulk ~ the commodi-
ties and tonnage handled by tho
wholesale grocers and similarly on
gagged.
1T is Indicated that tho inter
stat" commission win act fnvorabTy
ON the railroads prcscst request. :"
Hc continued, because, as the rail-
roads point out the advanced clns.
siiicatlons OF August 10 are said to
nave been at the suggestion. not nf
tho roads but Of attaches of the
commission, and II appears thnt thc
commission has adopted the nrlpcl-
pie OF making the western cinsaifi.
cauons conform with the ratiupa i'm
oiilolal Classification territory"
me ctt"ct Mr. Mowen said. will
DC manly felt In the smaller toyns
whore retail merchants buy In loss
thaI carload lots from jobbers I'm
nearby cities ana will be comncIl.d
70 bear increased TRANSFORMATION
cnhlBes 22 10 - per cent i'm exccss
OF the general freight rate advance
., 90 per cent. under changes in
classification. ."
since the interstate commerce
.uInullN'oh granted In the western
Verrtory 20 per cent freight rnte
increase August 2g," Nir. Ntowcn
uuued, 'llttlo attoRtlon has becn
pnlu TO The possible additional nd
vance IN the cost of living thnt ma,
f.suit from the advance OF clas"i'
ii.utloh on foodstuffs in this ter.
Ii'oiS' The calculation of Tho M
bor cent Increase and the lncrcasg
.h ""u 10 the changes In classification
"no" that articles packed In ,,I,ss
o"fthenware viii carry n tnt,I
"t ~ per- cent more in frriobt
,u'ses' while the traneportnfio,
uuS, ,.I7i, OF those packed Ia metal en- r,,
VII increase a total OF 81 nor ccnt
,Th'nn shipped in less thnu corloaG
Though the changes and prono.n1
NS1@aang,s IN classification Of rooI
MiACilNE No SEVEN i'ou
S,uits correspond with tho y, 49,,
az central freight territ,r,,'P ''s'
,p,uuEuIhs Illinois, Indkna. Nficbt,,ar
DDnlo ana parts of New York e,,'
ohnsyFania--the ratcs in a.u
,,,as, v,ass are much higher In In" som,I, "fl
"VateIh territory We have tbn ~
loving comparisons. WV 'o'-
N'dS5 sou west Central M