The Winslow mail., 1923-03-23

Un nlDUUL nnILO lii
| TO NORTHWEST STATES
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in session at it's office in Wash
ington, D. c. on Feb. % 1928, handed
down a decision in favor of the Ariz-
one Cattle Growers Association that
railroad rates on range cattle from
| Arizona points to northwestern sta
tes will be reduced The date of the
change Of rates as ordered by the
| Commission is set for May 10, 1928,
and means that northwestern buyers
of range cattle will be able to receive
! the benefits of these sweeping rate
I reductions, this spring.
| Traffic Attorneys for the Arizona
Cattle Growers Association went be-
| fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on January "A, 1928 at Wash
/ +ington, and conyincingly proved to
the Commission that existing rates on
range cattle into the states of Nevada,
Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Ore
gon and Washington via the Salt Lake
! line from Arizona points were prOhi-
bitive and caused the loss of former
sales Of Arizona cattle to buyers in
these states.
A few years ago over so per cent OF
| the spring cattle sales were made to
range men of these northwest states.
| These buyers once looked upon Ari-
zona as the breeding country for their
range herds and came in the spring
of each year, buying trainloads Of
young cattle and taking them into
the northwest country. During the
high price period the freight rates
scared beyond the possibility Of these
northern buyers to so continue COM
ing into Arizona for stockers and
feeders. AS a result less than 10 per
cent of Arizona spring cattle move
mentS now go into those states.
The only route left possible for
even this 10 per cent movement was
through Denver and here is where
, one big hitch came. Immediately, in
such travel through Denver, our Ari-
IONA cattle had to compete against
cattle from New Mexico and Texas,
going also to northwest ranges.
The Arizona Cattle Growers AS
sociatiOn in the case contended that
Arizona cattle should not have to go
through Denver to reach Wyoming,
Montana, Utah, Idaho and other
States, and thus compete against
states much closer to Denver than
Arizona herself. The relief was seen
for Arizona by getting an established
rate over both the Southern Pacific
and Santa F'e roads into Daggett, Cal
ifornia, at which point the Santa Fe
lines cross the Salt Lake line. This
route was termed the Daggett Gate
way, and is now so established. 1t
means, for example, range cattle at
any point in Arizona, sold to a buyer
say at Butte, Montana, instead of
being routed through Denver, will af-
ter May 10, 1928, travel west to Dag
gett and thence through Salt Lake
and On into Butte, at a very much
reduced freight rate.
From Phoenix, Arizona to Butte,
Montana, by way of Denver, is 1904
miles going via Daggett and Salt Lake
it is but 1898 miles, or sos miles less
by this western gateway The pres
ent rate for that run via Denver is
$305, per 36ft. car, while the rate for
the same car through Daggett, much
closer route-was 1857.
After May 10 the story will be diff
ferent and much to the benefit OF
Arizona cattlemen and the northwest
ern buyers, for the COW man Of this
state can now look forward to build
ing up our past good trade with the
men of the northwest country.
Here is the rate that will be in
effect soon as compared to the pres
ent prohibitive tariff that has stopp
ed the northwest trade.
AS stated above, from such a point
as Phoenix to Butte the distance is
1898 miles by way of Daggett Gate
way The new rate effective after
May 10 of this year for that distance
will be $204, per 36ft. car, or an act
ual reduction of $153, from the pres
ent rate through Daggett, and an act
ual reduction of $151 even by way of
Denver. There is proportionate
reduction from all other points in
Arizona to all points in the states
listed above.
From Ash Fork, Arizona to Butte,
Montana, the distance via Denver is
1910 miles or $29050 per car, and
only 1896 miles via Daggett, and the
rate will be $204, whereas the pres
ent rate thru Daggett to Butte is
$355.
From Tucson, Arizona to Butte via
Denver, the distance is 2,015 miles at
rate of $25850 per car The newly
established rate will be via Daggett,
distance of 1919 miles at 1892, as
against $4O9.50, which is the present
rate through Daggett from Tucson.
Once this big question was laid be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by capable traffic attorneys
it took the commission but a few days
to hand down their decision in favor
of the Arizona Cattle Growers Asso-
citation, and to cause the order to be