American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-10
INCREASED RATES
COST IDAHO FARMER
$4,500,00 IN 1920
G. Ben Ross, Secretary OF State Farm
Bureau Shows Why Farmer Must
Receive Better Cut on Price on His
Product-Yisited City Thursday.

Thirty eight percent of the value OF
all wool. potatoes, sheep and cattle
shipped out of Idaho, went to the rail-
road companies in freight, according
to a compiled statement issued by c..
Ben Ross, secretary OF the State Farm
Bureau with headquarters at Pocatello.
Mr.. Ross was In American Falls Thurs
da on business.
"If the railroads actually must have
so high a rate, / am perfectly willing
that they should, said Mr.. Ross, but
that means that the producer must re-
ceive more for his product. In some
cases the freight eats up n percent of
the price received for the product by
the produced"
The following Is an investigation OF
the freight rates on wheat and pota-
toes shipped from Idaho to eastern and
o0uthern points:
We estimate the wheat crop of Idaho
for the year 1920 was 81. 900, 900 bush
els This is based upon government
estimation together with such direct
information as we could obtain from
those who are In a position to know.
we also find hat at least rs per cent
OF u white wheat goes east of the
Mississippi River where the freight
rate has been Increased &c per cwt,
which became the war rate on wheat,
then the next increase raj 40 per cent.
"Basing Nashville, Tennessee, as an
average shipping point east of the Mis-
0aosippi River and ~ most o fthis
wheat goes into Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky.
The pre- war basis a &c, war basis
CSC, present basis 95hc, plus war tax
on 3 per cent, making q difference be-
tween pre- war basis and present basis
of 36c. All points east of Chicago,
covering Nebraska, Mississippi, I'LL
nois, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana,
including gulf points where consider
able grain IL exported, the pre- war
rate was advanced &c and the war rate
was advanced 33 1-3 per cent, which
is the present rate.
20 Per cent Incresae.
Using st Lotus as an illustration,
pre- war basis Soc per cWt, war rate
Doc per cwt, present rate 74c, plus wal
tax, making n difference between pre-
war and present rate OF 26c per hun
dred. The rates used heretofore are
based on Mississippi points as they run
the same going east, excepting branch
lines, which have a differential on all
markets, and make the people living
on these lines pay a still higher rate.
Rates from the following points,
Los Angeles and San Francisco are as
follows: Pocatello, pre- war basis 45c
per cwt, var basis Sic per cwt. pre-
sent rate 64c per hundred, plus war
tax, making a difference OF 2ic. Twin
Falls, pre- war rate 4Sc, war rate SAC,
present rate 67hc per cwt plus war
AK, making a difference of 21c per cwt.
Nampa, pre- war rate soc, war rate SEC,
present rate 72c, plus war tax, making
a difference OF 23M per cwt. Fairfield,
pre- war rate SIC, war rate 5Sc, pre-
n rate 74hc, plus war tax. making
q difference OF 24c per cwt.
I'VE estimate that 10 per cent OF the
wheat will be milled and considerable
% fthe flour from wheat milled In the
state will be shipped out into the same
district, and Is effected accordingly be-
Cause the wheat 10 stored in transit
and mllled, then the flour Ia shipped
on mtller's in transit privilege. There
fore, II would be an injustice to the
millefs OF the state to reduce the rates
on wheat and not ON flour. In fact II
would automatically cause them To
cease milling excepting for home con-
sumption.
Potatoes.
"We find this commodity Is effected
still more than wheat as 9S per cent