Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-07-20
COMMISSION RATES
ON LIVESTOCK CUT
Farmers Win Fight For Lower Charges
On South st. Paul
Market

Snarp reQucC1OnS In commissions Il
be charged by livestock dealers on thu
South st. Paul market were to have
been en- effect this week, under orders
issued by the state railroad and ware
house commission. Operation Of the
states order, however, was blocked by
court action begun by representativ
of the livestock commission interests
Until the court passes on the case, the
new rates set by the commission will
be imperative, except that the differ
ence between existing rates and those
ordered by the commission must be set
aside as "a trust fund. Il the courts
.---.ahold the rates established by the
state commission, the money thus held
in trust must be returned to livestock
s; ;:;.s vic ,aid the higher commits
sion rates after July II.
Reductions of from 20 to 40 percent
were ordered by the commission, fol-
lowing hearings at which livestock COM
mission firms and livestock producers
were represented; The cuts in com
mission rates represent a victory tor
tlle FARMERS, WHO eontendsd that
charges for handling agricultural pro-
ducts should be reduced because the
value of all farm products has declined
to prewar levels. Weighing charges
also were cut.
The new commission schedule issued
by the commission sets the following
rates:
Cattle, zoe. a head; $1S car maxi
mum. >a
Calves, soc. head; $40 car maxi
mum. in cars up to sc feet in length.
Hogs. in cars not over 36 feet long,
2Oc. a head, $12 maximum for single
deck cars, $1S maximum for double
deck cars; $14 maximum fOf single
deck cars more than SO feet long, $50
for double decks. *
Sheep. zoe. per head, $12 maximum
for single deck cars, $18 for double
deck cars not more than SO feet; $l3
for single deck, $40 for double deck
cars more than Sc feet long.
When more than one kind OF live
stock is in a car, $40 a car. Sc feet long
maximum; $22 for longer cars.
Less than car lots and driven in live
stock, 80 head for cattle if less than
Is head; 35 cents head for calves II
less than % head; SOC. head for
hogs, if less than rs head; 25c. a head
for sheep and goats, if less than ~
head. Carload rates apply when the
number is larger.
New commissions for buying live
stock are: Cattle, SOC. head with
maximum of SIP car; calves, 3Oc.
a head and $12 for single deck car;
mixers and springers, 81 head and
$40 for a car maximum. Hogs, NC.
a head and $40 AGAR maximum; feed
ing pigs, SIS single deck car or $50
a double deck car. Sheep, 25c. head /;
$40 single deck car and SIS a double
deck car; breeding ewes, soc. head
and SIS single deck car, and $50 a
double deck car.
Officers of the Minnesota Central Co
operative Commission association, the
farmers new statewide selling agency,
submitted evidence supporting its claim
that rates heretofore in effect were too
high. The Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation presented to the commission
a statement urging that in setting new
rates, the commission follow the prln-
ciple that charges for handling farm
products should bear definite re1a-
ton to the price Of those products, to
the actual cost of service, and to the
genera tendency toward defation.