Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-08-24
Rates On Cotton Will Be
y Reduced.

FrelgnC raCeS on cOCCOn IOI fdllS-
portion for distances within the
state of South Carolina, ranging
from five miles or under to 120 miles
are to be reduced by an order issued
by the state railroad commission
yesterday afternoon. The order
grants that part of the Seabord All
Line and Southern railroads for ar
adjustment of cotton rates carrying
reductions on "short haul shipments
and refuses the sections providing
for corresponding increases on the
"long haul" shipments. ];
The rates to be made effective by
the order, which as far as they &c
are identical with the rates for short
hauls carried in the railroads petit
tion are: for five miles and UNDER 19
cents per hundred pounds; ten miles
and over five miles, 2115 cents
Is miles and over ten miles, 2f cents;
20 miles and over Is miles, 261s
cents; 25 miles and over 20 miles,
20 cents; 80 miles and over rs miles
80 cents; 35 miles and over 80 miles,
311a cents; 40 miles and over 35
miles, 32115 cents; so miles and over
45 miles, 35 cents; 55 miles and over
SO miles, 361A cents; 60 miles and
over 55 miles, 37112 cents; 65 miles
and over 60 miles, 80 cents; 70 miles
and over 65 miles, 40 cents; rs miles
and over 70 miles 41h cents; so
miles and over rs miles 421s cents;
S5 miles and over 80 miles, IA cents;
go miles and over IS miles, As cents;
95 miles and over 80 miles, 46A
cents; 100 miles and over 95 miles,
471s cents; los miles and over 100
miles, so cents; 120 miles and over
10 miles, 521s cents and 130 miles
aand over 120 miles, 55cents. Re
T.. r.
ductions in rates carried in this
schedule range from 80 per cent. Ito
2 per cent. lower than the rates now
in effect. On all shipments for dis
tances over 130 miles the rates nov
in effect will obtain, the sommission
having refused the railroads petit
ton for an in ncreases i'm the Ions ssls
charges. 80 4. 80
The rate adjustment plan, origin
ally proposed by the Seaboard Air
Line railway and agreed to by the
Southern railway, was refused by
the commission when first presented
for consideration. Later, however,
a hearing was held on the proposal,
the railroads making the claim that
the reduction of the rates on short
hauls would benefit the farmers
and buyers while the increase on the
long hauls would supply the rail
roads with the revenue needed to
meet high operating expenses. The
present cotton rates, the two COM
panies' representatives admitted,
were maladjusted,. the short haul
charges being too high in proper
tion to the long haul rates. The At
lantic Coast Line railway refused to
join the other two carriers in advo-
eating the plan, asking instead that
the. rates now in effect be main
tained until some later date when
after transportation costs had been
reduced all reductions in rates could
be made. The short line representa-
tive also opposed the reduction of
short haul charges. The proposed
schedule, it was pointed out, was
identical with the rates already in
effect in interstate traffic.
Shippers of cotton present at the
hearing, however, contended that
the proposed schedule would work. a
serious hardship on the shippers of
cotton in the state, the greater ma
jority of the cotton being carried,
they said for distances in excess of
12O miles. The shippers also gave it
as their opinion that the loss in rev.
enue due to the reduction of rates
on short hauls would be offset by in
creased business on cotton now car
ried by trucks. This, it was conten-
ded, would make the increase in the
long haul charges unnecessary.-The
State.
al bank building, who has just writ
ten s5,OOOO,oOO policy of this kind
for Adolph Zukor, the motion pic
ture producer. Mr.. Rosen declined
to reveal the name of the applicant.
The annual premium of Mr.. Zukor's