Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 29, Hammond, Lake County, 15 July 1918 — Page 6
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Pae Six. THE TIMES Mil II II .ULiJMUJH Mosdar. July 15, 1918. RATE DISCRIMINATION i PROMISED BY UlfilE Si
Times Bcreac. At State Capital. IXDIAXAPOLIS, Ind., July IS. The federal railroad administration has promised immediate investigation and jelief where necessary in the alleged discriminations against Indiana ship-
Itis, brought about by the application!
or the 2a per cent increase order, recently put into effect by the railroads under authority from the railroad administration. Paul V. Haynes and John V. McCardle, of the public service commission, and O. r. Gothlin, chief of the rate bureau of the commission, on their aeturn from a conference on the rate discrimination subject with federal officials at Washington, say that the particular rate discriminations complained of are particularly apparent when Illinois and Indiana rates, under the apI llcatlcn of the new order, are compared. The commissioners took protests on eeven groups of alleged discriminations to the federal officials and in practically ell Instances either the interstate commerce commission or federal officials attached to the railroad administration v ill make careful investigation of the Indiana position and recommend relief
to the railroad administration, the In- j idana commissioners were told.
In the near future, under plans in process of development at Washington, practically all rate matters of this character and other matters affecting the shippers of territory in this region, will be referred to a local commission, which will be created by the railroad administration either at Chicago or Cincinnati. This local commission will be composed of one shipper and two railroad men and its recommendations will be reported to the regional commission, to sit in New York. This regional commission will be composed of two shippers and three railroad men, according to confidential information given the Indiana commissioners, and Its fndings in rates and similar matters will be reported, with recommendations, direct to the federal railroad administration In Washington for final action.
th.it the railroads be required to carry
One of the appeals taken before the I
federal administration by the Indiana commissioners related to the combination rates on coal, affecting towns of from 200 Inhabitants to 10. OOO inhabitants, which thro"v excessive rates on these places, because of new combinations of rates applied under the new increase order from the federal administrationThe Indiana commission asked that & distance tariff be fxed to apply to such communities in Indiana and suggested a tariff scale, ranging from a TO cent a ton rate for a ;5-rrsile haul to & 12 a ton rate for a 325-mile haul.
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coal by the most direct routes. These I requests were referred to late experts j of the fedora! administration and to the
fit ?t assistant, to li rector toncr?.l Mc-
Adoo, and the Indiana commissioners believe their requests will be acceded to j In the near future, although they do not j
t expect their complete suggestions as to j j rates to be accepted unchanged. j j In their second appeal the Hooster I 1 commissioners aske i that Indiana ship-j pers be placed on the same classification j (basis as the Illinois shippersthe llli- j
nois freight classification having been ' adopted bodily by the railroad admlnts-j
nation, in its rate-Increasing order, and no other state received a similar favor, according to the Indiana commissioners.
I l.uthcr Walter, assistant director of pub- i
lie serv ice at Washington, said he would j recommend that the railroad ndmlnistra- j tion tall a joint conference of the IUi- j nois and Indiana publi: service comnussions and two members ot the Interstate ' commerce commission to meet at Chi- j cago in the near future and attempt to j straighten out the tangle against which
Indiana shippehs are up m arms. Another appeal was for relief 1n the matter of rate comparisons between shipments between Indiana and the Twin Cities in the northwest and rates
between such northwestern points ami ' Chicago and St.. Louis. This alleged
discrimination is to be referred to the. interstate commerce commission for investigation and a report to the federal railroad administration. The fourth appeal from Indiana took up the queatlcjA
of discrimination existing, under the
i new orders, between Indiana and Ohio:
shippers. Rates for short ha'ils in Ohio are low, in ni3ny instances, while analogous rates In Indiana are much higher. With reference to this situation, the Indiana commissioners asked the federal authorities to establish a minimum scale of rates for short hauls to put Indiana, IHInois and Ohio or. a competitive basis and to establish a maximum scale of rates for linger hauls : fcr the same purpose. The entire question was referred to the interstate ccrarr.eroe commission for investigation, and
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recommendations to the director general. The commissioners also asked for the establishment of a minimum scale of rates for long hauls of coal in this territorv In order to wipe out alleged discriminations between shippers in the three states. The commission also discussed alleged discriminations in transcontinental rates are working to the disadvantage of Indiana shippers, because the transcontinental "break in rates" come at the Illinois line, the federal administration
DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN DOCTORS Disagreements between doctors are proverbial. One will tell you that serum injections for a blood disease is the proper treatment and uses about 25 cents worth of medicine and charges you $25.00. Another will make the statement through the columns of a medical jiurnal that injections of arsenic and mercury known as salversan, r.eo-salver-ran and the like cause risk of life but they all agree that they treated tha disease successfully before the discovery of salversan and other nostrum serum injections that are administered at almost prohibitive prices. Alteratives entering into Nurr.b"r 4n For The Btood, change in some inexplicable manner certain morbid conditions of the system and are indicated in specific blood poison, scrofu'a. chronic rheumatism and catarrh, nervous diseases, paralysis, erterio-sclerosis. glandular tubercles, lupus, tumors, fistulous and carious ulcers, copper colored spots, mucous patches, etc. No. 13 made by J. C. Jlendenhall. Evansville. Ind., 40 years a druggist. Sold by Jos. W. Weis. Hammond, and Central Drug Store, 3410 Michigan ave.. Indiana Harbor. Adv.
Indiana, commissioners also asKea i .,. THi nnesTion was referred to
high officials of the railroad administration for solution. The commission carried to the Washington officials an appeal by the brick and clay products manufacturers of Indiana, in which they charge that the new rates work very great hardship. This situation is aggravated, the brick men eay. in the western part of Indiana, where Indiana brick and clay products
eome into active competition with 1111- i nois products, and the rate dlscrimlna- i tons make it easier for the Illinois j shippers to sell their products In In- j diana than vice versa. Brick shipments j from Danville, 111., to Indianapolis, for j example, cost less under the ne-.v rates i than similar shipments from Crawford's-
vllle. Ind.. to Indianapolis, the federal authorities were told. The interstate commerce commission will snake an in- j vestlgatlon of this situation and make 1 recommendations for relief to the rail-! road administration, the commissioners
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