Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-21
CHANGE IN FREIGHT
SCHEDULES LISTED.
Rate on Some Commodities
Raised as Much as One
Cent on 100 Pounds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSociat ted Press.
The rate schedule proposed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission under
It's pooled earnings plan follows:
No increase-Wheat, corn, oats, bar
ley, rye, rice, other grains. wheat flour,
corn meal, other edible -four and meal,
mill products not otherwise specified,
hay, alfalfa, straw, cotton in bales, cot
ton linters, noils and regins, cotton seed,
fresh apples, fresh berries, fresh grapes,
fresh peaches, other fresh domestic
fruits, potatoes (other than sweet =,
DRIED beans and peas, flaxseed, sugar
beets, horses, mules, ponies, asses, sin
gle-deck shipments of cattle, single
and double deck shipments of calves,
single and double deck shipments of
sheep and goats single and double deck
shipments of hogs, logs, fuel wood, rail-
road ties, excelsior and sawdust
Some Rates Raised SO.
Increase of So per car-Anthracite.
bituminous coal, coke. iron ore, copper
ore and concentrates, lead ore and con-
centrateS, zinc ore and concentrates,
other ores and concentrates, gravel, sand
(other than glass of molding), stone
(broken. ground or crushed, mine
products not otherwise specified, posts,
poles. piling. pulpwood. lumber, shingles.
lath, box. crate and cooperage materials.
veneer. built-up wood. forest products
not otherwise specified and furnace Stag.
Increase of Sc per car-Phosphate
rock, crude ground or not ground)
sulphur. pig iron. scrap iron, scrap steel.
rough and finished stone not otherwise
specified, crude petroleum. asphalt
natural. by-product or petroleum. and
artificial stone not otherwise specified.
Increase of / cent per 100 pounds
Cottonseed meal and cake, oranges,
grapefruit, lemons, lines. citrus fruits not
otherwise specified cantaloupes, melons
not otherwise specified, watermelons,
cabbage, onions, tomatoes, fresh veg
etables not otherwise specified, dried
and evaporated fruits, dried vegetables
not otherwise specified, vegetable oil
cake and meal except cottonseed),
peanuts, agricultural products not other
wise specified. rosin. turpentine, refined
petroleum oils, all other gasolines,
residual oils fuel, road and petroleum.
lubricating oils and greases, petroleum
products not otherwise specified, Port
land or natural cement, common brick,
brick not otherwise specified, building
tile, common lime quick or slacked)
ice. fertilizers not otherwise specified.
On all other commodities, including
all less-than-carload freight, an IN
CIcdSc Vi & per lUO pOuIluS.
No increase on any carload to aggre-
gate more than 10 per cent.
No increase on lesS-than- carload
freight on a class rate basis for less
than IT'S miles.
Increase of / cent per 100 pounds on
class rate hauls of ITS to $50 miles
A maximum increase of $3.50 per car
on commodities in carload lots listed
above as increased / cent per 100
pounds. and $40 per car where listed at
2 cents per 100 pounds.
No increases above maximumS pre-
viously prescribed on petroleum prod
ucts and furniture.
All switching charges increased 10
per cent. Except in the Chicago switch
ing district, where special orders have
been issued.
No increase in joint through rates tc
and from foreign countries, except on
that portion of the journey within the
United States.
Increases apply also to boat lines.