White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-18
Is PER CENT REDUCTION
IN LIVESTOCK CHARGES

Freight rates on livestock are CON-
ing down and a San Francisco dis
patch of September IL quotes g. w.
Luce, freight traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific Company, as saying
that q reduction of 20 per cent in
freight rates on cattle, sheep and
hogs in carload lots for shipment be-
tween California, Nevada. Arizona
and New Mexico points is under con-
sideration and will probably be ef-
fective September 30.
This interesting information an
pears TO be corIoborated in a Wash
ington dispatch of the same date
which says that the interstate COM
merce commission has granted the
western carriers authority TO waive
the usual tariff rules requiring pub
i~ication of specific rates in order to
permit reduced rates ON livestock in
the west tn become effective Septem-
, br 20. In its opinion III the western
livestock investigation, the commits
sion recommended that western car
riers reduce all rates on cattle. hogs
and sheep in carloads in the terri
tory on and west of the Mississippi
liver and Chicago, now higher than
so cents per 100 pounds. by 90 per
cent. except that no rates need be
reduced below 50 cents.
Under the new tariffs TO become
effective September 20 practically all
rates from points west of the Mis-
souri, river to Chicago, and from all
points west of the Rocky mountains
to the Missouri river. Will be reduced
Inv amounts ranging from | to %
cents per 100 pounds. Similar re-
auctions in all other rates now high
er than 50 cents per 100 pounds are
to he made. In many cases the en-
tire increase made in August, 1920.
will be eliminated by the new tariffs.
The amount of reduction in the carri-
ers' annual revenue which will result
Is not definitely known, but has been
estimated to be upward of $4,000
900. II is the hope of the commits
sion that h reduced rates will prove
OF material benefit to the western
livestock raisers who have been heav-
lily affected by the rapid decline in
livestock prices since July. 1920.
Parcels post competition is another
bugaboo that is bothering the rail
Ioad companies. officials OF some OF
the larger carrier lines having recent
ly discovered that many commodities
formerly carried by freight, and by
every rule OF transportation prece-
dent supposed to be carried by
freight, are being sem by mail and
hustled across country in the mail
cars attached TO fast de luxe trains
at a much lower rate than could be
obtained by freight.
The Nevada State Journal OF We'd
nesday says that hundreds OF pounds
OF meat and other merchandise are
shipped from Reno to Tonopah and
Coldfield almost daily by parcels post,
and that railroads serving the terri
tory are to meet this competition by
reduced freight rates.
Within thirty days. according 10 a
dispatch from Los Angeles, there will
go into effect freight reductions av-
eraging more than 81 per 100 pounds
on lines between Los Angeles and To
nopah and Goldfield, with correspond
ing reductions between Goldfeld and
Ludlow, Cal.
j. r. S~haughnessy. chairman of the
Nevada public service commission
said that the Santa FEES reduction
does not mean a rate war with the
Southern Pacific and that the COM
mission had known for some time
that the reduction was under consid-
Grafton.
The cut is primarily due to the
desire OF the railroads to take away
some of the business that has been
going by parcels post, > he said. we
received announcement some time
ago that the rates would be re-
duced."