Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-10-24


ed in our office today and has been
carefully read and considered. II con-
sists Of nineteen pages. and u copy will
be sent 10 you within the next day or so.
II j. only n preliminary decision. but il
seems to me that II ; almost "A clean
victory every point for the conten-
tions which We have made. The recon-
mendation Of the examiner l. that the
class differentials on the general run of
traffic should range from SIS cents per
hundred pounds on Glass h to 22.5 cents
on first class. To give you an idea or
this reduction as il applies to interstate
traffic from st. Louis and various terri
tories. comparison will show the reduc-
tion:
present rates-52.5. 4: SOS. 2: SIS.
3; 59.5. 4; g. 5; 81, A; SO, b; 235, &;
20.5. u; -. r.
New rates-22.5. I; 10, ?; l6. 3; 1875.
a; III, ;; lis. A; ., B; 3, II; z. ID; SIS. u.
This exactly meets our contentious
as 70 how we think this differentiaI
should be provided In addition there
TO, the examiner finds in our favor on
the contention made hy u that lower
class differential should be applied to
carload commodity traffic than would APP
ply on regular class traffic This means
that IN many cases the commodity rates
VIII be still further reduced by the an
nltcation Of this principle. For example
iron and steel articles from ST Louis
now take 81 cents differential. the new
5th class differcntial would be II cents,
but a. the commodity rate N lower than
the class rate from 81. Louis, the new
ditrercntial will be cents 50 that the
reduction would be % cents per hundred
pounds.
The examiner specifically finds that
the Brownsville road should BE- required
70 refrain from participating in COM
mon point rates on vegetables from La
redo while contcniporaneously withhold
ing that adjustment from the Valley.
This means that they will either have 10
get out Of the Laredo business or abol
ish the differential entirely on vereta-
bles. but even should they do this the
examiner finds that the difrercntial on
cabbage should not exceed 3 i-2 cents.
rms means reduction or $500 per
capita in itself
Our contention as 10 the MIXED rula.
was also sustained so that cucumbers
and onions may be shipped in mixed car
loads Of vegetables without raising the
minimum over twenty thousand pounds.
On cotton the dfferential is TO be AboI-
ished entirely
On the transcontinental traffic from
the Pacific coast the differential Is 10
be abolished entirely. This means
saving OF 50 l-2 cents per hundred
pounds on great deal az this traffic
and ~ cents per hundred pounds on
practically all Of the balance. Differ.n-
tials on the San Benito and Rio Crande
valley are 70 be- graded from cents 10
~ cents and no commodity difrercntial
Shaii exceed cents. AT the present
time some Of these are 81 cents.
All OF the foregoing figures are riy-
en- without reference to the ten per cent
reduction and would be slightly changed
on that account We have simply quot
ca them as they appear from the report
We understand that the railroads are
goirg TO put up strong fight Ia over
turn the report of the examiner. and
viii file their exceptions within twenty
days and argue the case before the com
| missioner at Washington. This II only
the tentative report of the examiner and
must be passed on by the commission
before il becomes final II il therefore
Tor the people Of the Valley 10 decide
whether they want 70 keep up this fight
or quit on the eve OF an apparent VIC
tory.
The people OF the Valley pay these
freight charges. and they are the ones
who viii get the benefi; OF the victory"