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valley shippers have entered a pro-
test against this feature of the order.
stating that a minimum Of $4,000
pounds Is essential to handle the DO
tato crop Of the Valley; that the Val
ley ships none but new potatoes, and
that loading $4,000 pounds to the car
would result in loss of the entire
shipment. The matter was taken up
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by telegraph Monday.
The effort to secure general re-
adjustment of Southwestern rates
was started nearly three years ago,
the Oklahoma legislature making an
appropriation to carry on the work in
that state. All proposed adjustments
were combined in what was later
styled the CONSOLIDATED Southwest
ern Cases. Two years were devoted
TO research, the commission sending
experts to practically every
ity in the Southwest to study the
local rate problems, and hearings
were held at practically all import
ant points.
No Further Delay
The order of the commission aban-
doning all rate structures throughout
the Southwest territory was ordered
effective December 5, 1927, but upon
an appeal from various commodity
shippers and the railroads il was
suspended until February 8, 1928. A
plea for further time resulted in an
order from the commission that the
rate become effective April 3, 1928,
without further delay.
This is q voluntary order Of the
commission" Mr.. Blanton said. "a
study Of the order indicates that il is
the purpose of the commission to de-
crease the rates OF vegetables and
other farm products which may be
classed as necessities, and increase
the rate on commodities upon which
the increase will not be passed on to
the consumer, including automobile
tires, dry goods and similar com
modities in which the freight rate
has little effect on the retail price.
Approximately 90 per cent Of the
shipments from the Valley will be af-
fected by the new rates and they will
mean an annual saving to the Valley
growers and shippers of at least
81 ,0OO,0O per year." Blanton said.
Il have not yet made complete cal
culations on the effect the order will
have on rates into the mid-Western
territory, further than TO ascertain
they will result in a reduction OF at
least $40 per a on all seed pota-
toes shipped into the Valley"
Reparations Insignificant
Relative TO a report which ema-
mated from San Antonio that Valley
shippers would profit TO the extent
Of 100000 as the result Of a de-
sision on a reparations case filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
two years ago, Mr.. Blanton stated
there was no ground for the report.
The firms of Leonard Crosset a.
Riley of Cincinnati and McDavitt
Bros. Of Brownsville filed application
for reparations on cabbage and pota-
TO shipments into Cincinnati on
which a rate of SLIP for cabbage and
$I.05 or potatoes was fixed. They
asked for a l2-cent reduction and
reparations for three years This
was granted. and the railroad re-
quested a rehearing. The final de-
cision of the commission granted the
firms PREPARATIONS to SO cents, the
rate fixed by the board in the order
Of June 2, 1927, allowing re~parations
Of % cents on cabbage and is cents
on potatoes shipped into Cincinnati.
The reparations allowed will amount
to approximately $1,000. practically
all of which is due the Cincinnati
firm.
The report emanating from San
Antonio rave the impression that
separations were allowed on all points
east and that a huge sum was in
volved, whereas the decision affected
only 81 carloads going into Cincin-
natl.