The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
Foreign I rade And Destiny
 Are Both In Mobiles Fauor
Import Traffic Has Advantageous Diferential To
 Mississippi Valley Cities

and Mobile. And the relationship of rates from intermediate points in the Chicago Mobile rate schedule was re- stored by the gulf foreign trade com mittee after a series of conferences with Mississippi valley shippers to make the rate basis from Ohio river points and St. Louis to Mobile the same differential under the Chicago Mobile. rates as of prior to 1914. But from Peoria to Mobile prior to 1914 less than from Chicago to Mobile, but as now in effect are slightly higher on classes l, 2, and 5.
 Saving On Rates Apparent
 To be more concrete the differentials in export rates on few important com modities moving through Mobile on the New York rates are: Agricultural inn plements moving through Mobile from Chicago, Milwaukee and Cincinnati to Central and South America and Asia save the shipper $1.S0 a ton on the New York rate. On traffic to Europe and Africa Mobile has the ad- vantage of $500 a ton from Chicago and Milwaukee, B a ton from Gin cinnati and $5 ton from St. Louis. In addition, favorable mean rates give Mobile a sufficeitn advantage to war rant shippers routing their export tarf- fife through this port On manufactured iron and steel products the port of destination has no effect on the rate but the savings in dollars per ton to shippers from Chicago is $29O, Mil waukee $230, Peoria $4.5O, St. Louis $6.6O, Cincinnati s and Louisville 0.lO. Likewise on packing house pro- duets routed for export through Mo bile the destination in immaterial to the savings in dollars per ton to ship pers from Chicago $21O, Milwaukee $40, St. Louis $5.40, Cincinnati $2.1O, Louisville $3.SO.
 Rates on iron and steel products for export through Mobile from Anniston Birmingham, Florence and Chattanooga to all ports except Cuba favor Mobile. 10 Cuba the export rate is in favor of the South Atlantic ports.
 Rates on intercoastal freight are passed on the tariff in effect on all classes and commodities from points on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Chi cago and from ponts in Illinois, Iowa, Wlsconsln and Missouri to Mobile, to aPply as proportional rates, ship side -. Oh AIi AIclSHL WlCn point Of ueS- tination on the Pacific coast and British Columbia when routed by way of the Panama Canal.
 With the 1922 reuctions, the rates in effect lower the transportation costs more than one-third on Pacific coast traffic through Mobile. The following table will show the actual savings to shippers in using the port at Mobile using as base the Chicago Mobile rate Tn cents saved per hundred bounds
 Class 3 s old rate .266.5 19s 159 I37 109 gf Saving 84:5 ss.s s4.5 4' SSii Sss 5s.S 4sS 4sS
 Bear in mind the former rates were governed by the southern classifi- cation whereas the present rates are controlled by the official classification,
 special rates and conditions as an. pled to freight may be found in In terstate Commerce commission tariff numbers 531 and J90 and Agent F, l.. Spelden's tariffs members 122 and 126 as supplements and reissues. And to shippers of specific commodities will give the special information desired. But Tn general way this article has covered the question of import and export tariffs as applied to the port of Mobile. f-