Arizona republican., 1921-12-25
PRODUCE FREIGHT RATE |S
 GUT ID PER GENT
Southern Pacific An nounces Reduction In Effect January 1-Ex- cepts Only Grain And Its Products

Rates on farm products other than grain, grain products and hay will be reduced 10 per cent by the South ern Pacific railroad, effective Jan. l, and grain rates by Jan. 2, it was an- nounced in a telegram received yes terday by Press Bancroft, freight and passenger agent for the Arizona Eastern, from E. J. Fenchurch, South ern Pacific assistant general freight and passenger agent at Tucson. An- other message received at the same time announced that the Southern Pacific had filed with the interstate commerce commission a tariff effec- tive Jan. 1 which continues in effect the 20 per cent reduction in livestock rates which was intended to expire Dec. 31. The two telegrams follow:
 Announcement Made
 The 10 per cent reduction in freight rates on farm products other than grain, grain products and hay recently announced by the Southern Pacific company will become effec- tive Jan. 1, 1922, on both state and interstate traffic without exception as to territory. The reduction will ap- ply on the following commodities in carload quantities: Butter, cheese, eggs, poultry. wool and mohair. cotton and cotton linters, cotton seed, to- bacco (unmanufactlred). fruits, fresh or green and not including canned or preserved fruit, dried or evaporated fruit other than candied, cystalized | glazed or stuffed fruit; fresh and | green vegetables, but not including canned or preserved vegetables. dried or evaporated vegetables. These rate: are granted for an experimental per -f rs~ lfr-swa l 1922, with the hope that in the mear time operating expense as represent ed by labor costs will be reduced SC that the rates can be continued. Tn,
 reduction will not apply on any rate
 that have been reduced by the car riers 10 per cent or more since tn rates were advanced Aug. 26, 1920 Owing to complications that hav' arisen in connection with the Ques
 ton of rates on grain and grain prod
 ucts it will be impossible to make tn
 reduction on these commodities ef
 fective on Jan. 1, 1922. but by ex erting every effort the Southern Pa cific company will put the reduce
 grain and grain products rate in ef
 feet not later than Jan. 7."
 "The Southern Pacific company ha
 filed with the interstate commerc
 commission tariff effective Jan. 1, 1922, which continues in effect tn 20 per cent reduction on livestock tha
 was intended to expire Dec. 31. Thi 20 per cent reduction applies only { rates that are in excess of 30 cent
 per 100 pounds but all livestock rate not affected by the 20 per cent reduc tion will be reduced 10 per cent Jal
 l. 1922. if they have not already bee
 reduced to that extent. This 10 pc
 cent reduction should materially hel
 the shippers from nearby shippin
 points, while the concessions tn
 longer haul shippers have had wi
 be continued as stated above. The
 per cent reduction also applies
 farm products and is for an exper
 mental period of six months and UT
 less the carriers are able to substar . tially reduce their expenses of whiC | the greater part is labor costs in u | meantime the rates will expire Jul J 30, 1922"