The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-13
STATE HAS
MANY FREIGHT
RATE CASES
Traffic Expert Reviews Nari-
Gus Disputes Now Pend
ing Before Board


No,,b p,ko+o now IN. 50 man,
i;,f,,o,, froiyb, ,ot. r,sos nnuGiup
Lornrc tbe interstate Commerce. that
!, !, conf,,,inr FOR cv.n thn cyncrt -.
r NJ Ucndrirks Traffic cxnert for
III. u,,to railroad hoard said in q r..
view If the North Dakota freight rate
,;tua+ior ;ssncd here TODAY
"Tbn earliest eases now set foI
hearing ,rc the fine coal ease, which
viii he heard n Fargo. Octohcr o.
said Hendricks "Thcsn cases cove,
thrnc complaints. one filed by the
Conmorci,l Club If Farro. one flied
nv tho Commercial CIuh If Crane
Forks and the third iuintly ky tn,
Valley civ and Jomct,own rhnnbn,
of commerce.
"Thosc cities sock to obtain = re-
duction Of about 80 cent, = ton or
soft coal screenings, rca and slack
from tho Ucad Of thc Lakes. Rate,
on fine coal from Uuiuth and S1Iucr.
Tor to South Dakota cities, such Us
Aberdeen Watortnyu and Sioux Fail.
arc now in effect lower than the
hmm coal ratns mud ,ho roo,nlai,IInp
North Dakota citins feel tha, the,
aro entitled tn the same consider.
alton
The Jirr;tc Casc
"rhc Erni,c r,eo i. %. for hcor.
mo Lororn tho Interstate Comr,,rc,
Commission at Ri,m,rrk an Eovcn.
kcr . and NAV iryolvc ou1v the rate.
from North Dakoia to Minnr+ot;
and Sou,b Dakot, The rrcscn, ljq-
nitn rotoe bctvoon roin,g in Eortl
Dakota were fixed bv Irgislntiyc nc
ton at the 1928 session. In this cas-,
tho railroads arc nvkinr for -, in
crease Of anproyjmatcly 80 pcr cent
II will he recalled that in Eovnn,hor
]923 tariffs were filed with tn,
North Dakota Commission and TN,
Interstate Commission to become Of
fcctive December 6 1901 whirh woul,
substantially increase nil of the liz
mite rates The North Dakota Com
mission susncndcd the increase,
rates insofar as thnv opnIial hntwcc,
minis in North D,kot, and urotott
ed to the Interstate Commission
which resulted in suspcnsjon of tn,
increased r,tcs FROM North D,k,t.
to South D,kot, and Minnesota, Sow
oral hearings wore hold ot which
Iarre ,mount Of testimony and ovi
dcnre WIS received but tho decision
of hath Tho Intarstota Conmorr
Commission md tho Nortb D,k,t
Commission fnnnd That tho c,rri.,
had not iustified tba incrn,sca r,tc
which tbov nsLad Tbe Ir,,r,t.t
Commission suggested that the rail
roads and sbinner. cnrfor md ,rrn
upop new sralc An n,,roemont ",
not reached however and unou va
ouest of the railroads thr intars,nt
commission reoncned tbe m,t+nr "a
further HEARINGS
Grain and Flax Ratios
con Novemb,r lS NJ Eorpo tho I,
t,-stotn Co,,marco Cnmn,;Ss;on vii
hold :, bo,rinr ;nvolvinr four ,-r,;
and flay r,tes from, -, lnroo rnr,ho
of ,o;r,s in Moth DoLnt, "a Nj,
r.,noli>. ,rd Dn,rth The so.ord c.s
il III. comn1,;rt of tbo E,rrn Con
mercial Clnh ,lloyirc that tbo rro,
ont Grain r,tos frone Eorro n nj,
nranolis and Dulnth gro i;scr;r1in.
tory in favor of Moorbe,d Nil,
rho third c,sa i tbo ;oint cnr,,I,;,
of tho No,tb Dnlot, Wba,, Crn,va,
and Tho North D,lo,, F.rn, Ruro,
Federation allar;nr .b,t tbn nroso,
rates on rrain and flaw frnn -
minis in Nortb D,tot, 70 u;,no,r,
IL anI n,,,,,t,, nna . L;,lh ,'L
used ne -, h,e;s for ,n,l;nn ,,tos
Doin+s hoyo,d iva fnrrth
i tb,+ of tho South D,toto pnarJ :
Railro,d Cn,,m;,sinrors oIIa,r;n, -,
r,tos IN rr.;,, ond Ga. fmt,, w.,
Dakota noints 10 yar;ors tarn,;r,
m,rl,ots ;ncl,d;,r Dr1,,,L .,l NJ,
naano,is are zoo biri, anJ di ''"r VA.
tow in f,yor ~ ,bo rata. sran, Nan.
in,1s Tbo Coutb D.la,, r1,,'Ii;,
asks that tho ,atos fron, sonth n,
kota he e;iber reJncod or mo r,,'
FROM Nortb Dako,, Ia ;,.raosoJ
an ,ddit;o, IN those .,an;Ci,. ,,s,
cover;nr North D,Lo,, r,tos .ho -,
l;c,t;on of 10 ,,ortorr r,iIroaJr :.
y pene,,l incre,sn If : nor con,
all freigbt Ito ,o,o,bar ,,;.h -
General ;nveetica,;or of ali r,to.
tho ITn;,od SIT, v,st - Ch;,a-
heinc conduc,ad Nv III. J,tor,, :,
Commerco Co,9,>,;.s;o, ,,.;,I - ~,
loot 70 furtbor n,biic ha.,;,,c,
CHICAGO Octoher % S,n Ernno;
Cal On Novorbor % Dal,,s Tayo
on December and k,rsas "a, NJ,
IN Dacembor IL ~, haou;,,r. ,,
inc N dave b,s ,Iro,J,. Saar ID
Cb;c,ro '''
Ayr;cu,tur. R,s;c I,d.s.~
"Tbn genor,l ;rvnst;o,t;o, - >,
western ratio. u,Jort,kon b.. ~, T. T.
terstate Commerco Cnrr,;.si IT," =
Tho rosr,t If tho uooh g., ;.i, pno,
tion nassod ~ tbo l,.t sns.;o,,
Conoress which Jacl,roJ ,,.n;a, "
to be tho basic indnstrv of r. na t
and directed tho IntorstaIa Cnr,nor
Commission to entnr into roror
investigation If ali fra;gbt ratos :
;he nurnoso of estahl;sh;na r,to.
apriculturaI nrodncts ;ncjHd;nn IL,
stock on tho lowest nos.;hin W.
basis consistent With no :, o;rta
ance ne ,don,,,,, .ra,,snn,. ,.;an w