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Atlanta, Ga.—(Special)—Explain
ing (he necessity for the revision of
freight rates In Georgia which the
railroads have proposed and the gene
ral effects of the revision, the fol
lowing statement, addressed “To the
People Served by the Railroads in
Georgia,'’ has been Issued by Messrs.
E. T. Giimh, president of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway;
It. A. Brand, fourth vice president of
the Atlantic Coast I.lne; W. A. Win-
burn, president of the Central of
Georgia; J. B. Munson, vice president
of the Georgia Southern and Florida;
C, R. Capps, first vice president of
the Seaboard Air Line, and J. M.
Culp, vice president of the Southern
Railway:
"Beginning on June 2C, the Rail
road Commission of Georg.a will have
a public healing on the petition of
the Railroads for a revision of
freight rates within the State.
"A change In the BASIS underly
ing the present system of rates,
along the lines proposed by the car
riers, appears Inevitable. The car
riers are not unmindful of the more
or less drastic nature of the propos
ed revision. They also thoroughly
realize that their prosperity depends
upon the prosperity of the communi
ties they serve. They ask the sup
port of these communities in the ef
fort to bring about this apparently
necessary change with fair regard
for all the interests involved.
“Since the beginning of railway
operation in the south there has ex
isted In ttiat section what Is known
as the "Rasing Point System,” under
which rates to certain points called
"Basing Points’’ are lower than to
oilier points less distant, even though
the less distant points are interme
diate on the same route. To illus
trate, Atlanta and Cordele arc ‘Basing
Points.” The rates from Atlanta to
Cordele are lower than rates from At
lanta to points between Macon and
Cordele through which passes traffic
from Atlanta to Cordele.
"Even when the long and short
haul principle is rot involved,
charges are frequently less for a like
distance from basing points to local
stations and between local stations
than between the basing points them
selves.
Only 60 Basing Points.
"With approximately 2,000 railroad
stations within the state, only about
60 are basing points.
"Public discontent wilh this system
of charges has been expressed with
increasing force for many years and
Is now crystallized Into an imperative
demand for revision.
"The baslng-point system has been
condemned by the Federal Congress,
by the Railroad Commission of Geor
gia, nnd by the authorities of olher
slates. In July, 1911, In its decision
respecting a complaint against long
and short haul discrimination, the
Georgia Commission declared that
"Die baslng-point system is wrong In
principle.”
"Obviously, therefore, the baslng-
point system cannot, survive. Its
abolition ns to interstate, traffic is
rapidly taking place under the 1910
Amendment to the Act to Regulate
Commerce. The most Important in
terstate tariffs were revised in con
formity with the Federal Law effec
tive Jnnuary 1, 1916, and the dispari
ties in favor of the basing points
wholly removed or greatly reduced.
“This revision was not at the in
stance of the curriers.
"The petition which the carriers
have presented to the Georgia Com
mission, copies of which will be
furnished on request, represents the
views of the railways with respect
to a fair substitute for the existing
system of rates.
Rates On Mileage Basis.
“It is not possible in this brief
statement to set down in detail all of
the proposed rates or any great part
of them, nor to explain in detail basis
upon which they have been made:
however, the following general state
ments are made for information of
the public:
“1st. The proposed rates are on a
mlleuge basis. .They contain r.o dis
criminations as between the old
"Basing Points" and other points.
"2d. The proposed rates to the old
"Basing Points" are generally higher
than the present rates, while the pro
posed rates to the other points are
generally lower than the present
rates. The roads could not make the
rates to all the 2.000 stations in
Georgia on the basis of the present
low rates to the 60 “Basing Points"
except at a great sacrifice of reve
nue. We do not believe that the
Georgia shipping public will ask that
our revenues be depleted, as the con
tinued development of the Southern
territory is dependent more largely
upon the prosperity of the railroads
than upon any other agency, and un
less the railroads earn revenue suf
ficient to enable them to deve'op and.
extend their properties business de
pression is inevitable.
"3d. For long hauls (distance;
over 130 miles) the rates generallj
represent reductions, except to tht
old “Basing Points."
Reasons For Increases
"4th. For short hauls the proposed
rates, generally represent advances.
We have asked for these advances In
the short-haul rates:
(a) To partially compensate for
substantial reductions in rates for
long hauls, and even greater reduc
tions made necessary by the observ
ance of the long and short haul rule;
and
• (b) Because of our conviction
that, due to the increase in number
of Jobbing points, the average length
of our short, or second, hauls will be
materially reduced; and that, owing
to the shifting of trade to primary
markets, such hauls will, in many
cases, be entirely eliminated.
"5th. On certain articles which
are given commodity rates the pro
posed basis means a reduction in the
freight rates on both short and long
hauls, except to the old "Basing
Points.”
"On certain other articles given
commodity rates the proposed basis,
in some instances, means advances
both on long and short hauls. In
such cases the roads have proposed
these advances for the reasons that
the rates in Georgia on su h articles
are substantially lower than rates on
the same articles between other
points in Southern territory; and, as
a matter of fact, rates on some of
the articles are actually lower than
the rates on the same articles In the
territory of exceptional traffic density
north of the Ohio and Potomac Riv
ers served by the Pennsylvania Rail
road, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and
other carriers of great financial
strength.
"There is no transportation reason
why rates on commodities in Geor
gia, lower than on interstate traffic
between points in Georgia and in
other states, should exist.
”6th. In addition to the proposed
readjustment of class and commodity
rates, the Railroad Commission of
Georgia is also asked to adopt tlm
Southern Classification, with certain
exceptions, to care for articles of
the gross or heavy type, such as
brick, clay, sand, marble, granite or
stene, fire-proof tiling, etc., in lieu of
the present separate Georgia Classi
fication.
Uniform Classification.
"The carriers, through a special
Committee known as the Uniform
Classification Committee, whose en
tire time is devoted to classification
work, have since 190s been actively
engaged in formulating a Uniform
Classification.
"More than 75 per cent of the de
scriptions of articles, methods of
packing, carload minimum weights,
carload mixtures, and rules in the
Southern Classification were adopted
by the Southern Classification Com
mittee on the recommendations of
the Uniform Classification Com
mittee, and those descriptions, car
load minimum weights, etc., are the
same as applicable in the Official
and Western Classification territo
ries.
“There is every reason why a
state classification having Intrastate I
application should be uniform with |
the general classification used on j
traffic into and out of said state. ,
The necessity for uniform classifies- t
tlon has been recognized and urged |
by the National Association of State
Railroad Commissioners, various
trade and industrial bodies, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission. i
“The adoption of the Southern
Classification would have the effect
of changing many ratings in Geor
gia on articles not covered 1 y com
modity rates and not assigned to the
Exceptions to ihe Southern Classi
fication. Some of the changes would
mean reductions and others advances
in the present ratings in Ihe Georgia
Classification, hut would result in
ratings, descriptions of articles,
methods of packing, carload mini- |
mum weights and carload mixtures, ,
and rules being uniform with those
generally applicable between points
in the Southern territory. j
"A great many erroneous state- .
rnents as to the effects of the propos
ed adjustment have appeared in some
Georgia newspapers. While we do
not believe that the Georgia press in
tends to distort the facts, it is not
improbable that otho" erroneous
statements will he published, due to
lack of proper inforniat'on. We. |
therefore, ask the shipping public to
call upon the representatives of the
carriers for any information that
they desire, which will be gladly and
promptly furnished."
Will Furnish Information.
In order that any shipper may be
able to secure authoritative informa- !
tion in regard to any feature of the I
proposed revision a comm.ttee of
traffic representatives has been
located at Atlanta with headquarters
at the Piedmont Hotel. This com
mittee is composed of the following: I
C. B. Kealhcfer, general freight !
agent, Atlanta. Birmingham and At- '
lanttc Railway; C. Men. Davis,!
general freight agent, Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad; N. B. Wright, general
freight agent, Cen'ral of Georgia
Railway: J. M. Cutler, grneral freight)
agent. Georgia Southern & Florida
Railway G. S. Rains, general freight I
agent. Seaboard Air Line : Randall i
Clifton, assistant freight traffic j
manager. Southern Railway.
This committee or any member of i
it will be glad to promptly reply to
requests for information frem any
Georgia business man.
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