THE " OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1910.
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Chamber of Commerce Com
- mittee Strongly Opposed to
, Freight.' Rate Measures;; in
: CongressjJnsists Unsound
i 'The Chamber of Commerce ' transpor
tation committee la opposed -to the
freight rate bllla now Dendlna In con
; grens. In an urgent communication
asking the Oregon delegation In con
i greas to fight these bills, the committee
urns up the situation In the following
' . words:. 1 ' ."
' "Wb believe 'that these bills are
wrong In principle and unsound as a
, ; traffic, proposition. They could not but
- result In limiting mtykets. In preventing
competition, both as to m ana -service,
and would, In our Judgment, lead
V to an advance in. ratea to the points
' and. places and - territory , now urging
, the enactment of these measures.', .
Bills Attract Attention., - J v-
. The' remainder of the 'communication
read:''- - '-. ' .. f .-i'-.-..' ''
"The attention of the transportation
'committee has been directed to certain
"bills now pending before congress to
r prohibit railroad companies from charge
, ing a greater rretgni rate ior; transport
tation for Bhort distances- than for
longer' distances' covering the same and
. additional track .mileage for the' same
': commodities and class of freight In the
. same quantities, or In other words, pro
viding an Inflexible rule that a greater
rate -cannot bo charged for a shorter
haul than a Jonger haul when It is ove
the same line In. the same direction; the
shorter being included within the longer
distance.
. ' -Among- these bills is H. R. 13,844,
; known aa the Hardy bilL The purpose
is to , repeal section , 4 of ihe aci to
regulate commerce so , far 'as' respects
movement of -V freight, '" which -section
contains the" present' long and . short
haul provision. Tlx law now, declares
that no greater .compensation can be
-.' exacted for 'the transportation of 'pas
sengers or like kind of property under
substantially similar circumstances and
' conditions for a;: shorter .than for. a
longer distance over the samei line In
, the same direction, ; the, shorter- being
'4f , included "within the longei1 distance.'. It
will -e noted that the-law now makes
. an exception where the oonaltlons ana
circumstances are dissimilar. , . - ,, . t,
Blsortmlaatlona forbidden. :
; "'; ''Under section" J or .the- act all un-
V'." Just . discriminations - . are . forbidden.
.. Under the law it is now an unjust dis-
a crimination to" charge any v person a
greater or less compensation for any
service rendered or to be rendered than
i is charged any other person for doing a
like or contemporaneous service. .-;
' , "Under section 3 air undue or' un
' reasonable- preference or advantage of
any kind Is forbidden. ' We have .no
hesitancy in saying that the; enactment
of a law of . the character proposed
" would not only prevent any competition
. In rail 'rates, which "can hardly be said
to exist, but, would tend to prevent com
petition in service and between markets
which does exist. - - ' '
' ."It has often b&en -held -that In .this
- country of such magnificent distances,
the enlargement of ithe markets in
s . which the people can buy and sell, and
. creating- greatest distributive
. .ability for ; bup( j prouots isra .most
:;' worthy" purpose;'- and benefits producer
- and -consumer alike. . The, proposed law
if enforced. would tend vto prevent the
; .' competition . of markets and limit , the
" opportunity; of the producers -odls-,
'- tri but and : the consumers. 1(to ; purchase.
v "Within small tracts there are not the
, same . objections, : and rates generally
,. are on a mileage basis, but' when one!
'. "considers the movement of products in
this) - country involving ' hauls of great
distances,-some as high aa 3000 miles'
and under all sorts of conditions and j
" ri rcum stances, with , widely , scattered
. markets, it would appear that its arbit
ration In actual practice would be sure
""jto 'create Very serious - disturbances - in
. oommercial conditions, and require ad
, 'Justments that would not be beneficial
. but harmful. ' The' demand for these
changes generally arises out of local
conditions which no doubt require eon
slderation; but to attempt to apply a
. general rule of? this cha"racter"to -all
' traffic movement in this' country would
only result In disaster,, - .
V will re'T'to but one case which could
1 ' be r ' led by hundreds of others. -Th
lty i s' ; ikane Is served by lines from
Pt. I a al. i he short line distance fronfSt.
. I'ai.l l 'J 44 'mires. -'(It alio has direct
. ;- conin- i ns with lines from Omaha. The
' short lirip distance in this case being
, ; 1819 miles., The products of both these
v territories are. much, alike... In order
, for Spokane o receive the benefit of the
two markets they must be placed on a
parity. In order to .be on, a parity the
freight rate from' Omaha to - Spokane
r roust be on .' substantially the. same
; ;. basis on the same commodity as -from
BL Faul over the short line distance,
r'. ' By Keetlng-Spokane Kate. . ,
"If the lines from Omaha are to carry
any competitive traffic to Spokane they
i can only do so by meeting the rate at
. . Spokane. , Ip other words, . there Is a
' . competitive condition which hat 'to be
met, or' they go out of the buFiness. If
they (to out of that business 'then the
..purchasing market of Spokane is limited
to the territory rea lied by- the short
,Une road.. If 'the long distance 'road
'- 'cannot cliara a greater rate to ny.of
. , the Intermediate points tvtween Omaha
and Spokane, than it s to Spokane.)
it places me railroad in fie pewtion of
either cutting , out the Spokane busi
. nes or charging what may be less than
a reasonable rat for intermediate
: points. . i i -
"It may b ujr!'ted that they would
. not take the Frokan huxinrca on the i
s, ' longer haul unieas it were profitable.
This may depend on what is considered
.a rroflt. If they cannot set Urn Htm.
' ,ikui buslnesa except at the lower rate,
and if tltat lower rat pars anything
f " over the actual cost Of mnrement. then
f f to that trit.' H might "t better for!
Wiern t do aome of the rulnes than i
te so out of It altogether.
"Chicago is a rnmmos market served
by a humNr f Unea. The abort line
ri!tnce from CM ago through 81. Taul )
'to Ftv-Un is lfl rr'Vx. Yom Chi
ro throuah t ' a t .t-'-k: is Jiiil
rpi . A difference of lit) mii-m. The'
efect Of such a law m'.gi (rerent the 1
lrrr road snetsns the short line rate
If f ort-e1 to arr'T 'he wm rate to all,
Intrm!!t r"'"'a. If this reeuitell
the fpwptiilne rt ri' " i la very!
important woU'l t ;'mi'-ti' 1
Ks-w X.w Tot;d 'arerk.
"Ae'!-r i . ! : rt WJ ro rfi i
ferv iJ-,i a ! k. C'ii tv.
!' f ' ' t v ir i irtt-j
t cf r - i --r pro-l , jrn
f- . It rt-' tw-e mnn.
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longer distance' ron Ji mut meet it
or go out -of the luiKlripaH. It I hard
(o see where the public can khIii any
thing by . depriving them of the. addi
tional service.
. "Another feature .which needs but
to be called to. your attention Is the
system of rate making called blanket
ing of rotes, which would In .spirit,
if not by the letter of the law, be
forbidden. On lumber rates as well
ss other. JPaclflo coast products a large
part of Oregon and Washington is
blanketed, from which territory all rates
to certain , other terrltorfes i areV the
same. The receiving territory is" also
blanketed, that Is, a given rate may
cover territory of several, hundred
miles In extent. ', This is not only
favorable to-the producer on the, coast,
but Is of direct 'benefit to . the . con
suming public In the cant. ' It gives the
widest posalble distribution and Witn
the. greatest possible benefit. - If the
law proposed was carried out , to its
logical conclusion this condition would
not be permitted. Moreover, to the same
territories . cempetlng railroads carry
hi. um same raie, niinoii,-ii in num
ber of casea tio distance by the re
spective roads Is much greater,' ;
Certain Common JPolnta..i
"To illustrate further, in all sections
of the country there are certain com
mon points, which, while being sepa
rated .In cases by considerable distances,
yet,: from common territories take com
mon rates because as distributors : they
compete: To abolish this . situation
would absolutely revolutionise commer
cial condlttons"and binder competition
between cities for trade, and on man
ufacturing industries the effect would
be serious, as it would necessarily lim
it markets. Manufacturers must have
markets, and -rates are -of tea made) to
enable them to reach markets, which,
if -applied to all traffic would not be
compensatory.'.- v ''-v'-y .,'v'
"Bo much for tbji subject where rall-
OHd service and competition la Involved.
The situation becomes, however, much
more acute where water competition
enters an a factor. From a number of
Atlantic eoHMt points the rate to the
I'aelflo coaat Is affected by water com
petition, which, the carriers have to
meet at rttieae points or- abandon' the
)UHlnens. If this .buxlness pays any
thing more than : coat of .operation It
Is not a burden on any other commerce,
but, on the contrary, tends to reduce
other rates to the extent of the dif
ference between what the road Tecelvd
for the competitive haul and the cost of
operation. '
Hast Meet Competition.
"A Situation with which "you are all
familiar is . the condition existing be
tween Ban Kranclsco and Portland,
There the water again absolutely con
trols the- rate. If the railroad between
California points and Portland Is to
get any business, it "must - meet the
competition at the water point, and so
long aa .the meeting or this competi
tion adds nothing to the burden of the
other traffic, that is so Jong as it la
above cost, no one can complain be
cause . the public receives a direct
benefit' :-- ' ,"'.' i v '-'. ..
i ' "So Intense and effective is this com
petition that rates- generally between
San Francisco and I'artiana, a ; dis
tance of 74S miles, are less -than - the
ratea between Chicago and Bt Paul,, a
distance of about 400 mlles.v -To force
them to accept the same rates at all
Intermediate points 'would drive' them
out of terminal business to the loss
not 'Only of tha consumers there." but
throughout the Interior of -Oregon "and
Washington who profit by- this compac
tion, and it would benefit no one.. ..
'v ' Frerentg Boad Building. - ""-', ;
"We are . now urging ' the '"Southern
Paclflo company, and ' havs been for
some time, to build an ' extension from
Drain to Coos Bay. -. At Coos Bay, when !
completed, It will , meet water compe-
tion from both Kan Francleco'and Port
land. If It does any business, at that
point it will' be compelled to meet the
water rate. If It does not meet it, 1t
would bo a useless expense to ' build
the road. To say that at all points be
tween -. Marahfleld - on -i Coos Bay- and
Portland, the rate cannot . exceed the
rate charged to Marshfleld." when made
on a low basis for the purpose of meet
ing water competition, or . .that , the
same condition must .apply to all points
between Ban, Francisco and Marshfleld
would '.be unjust, and would, . in our
opinion, prevent the building of roads
to any. points where water competition
exists, ' and would discourage building
new roads where lines . are . now in
operation having a shorter mileage than
the propoaed road would have;
"We require In tha west large num
bers of cars to move our products to
eastern markets. The Asiatic and other
trade furnishes . soma, loadings. , The
competition la the water rate from New
York via Sues. If the roads are not
permitted to make a rate on this traf
fic to meet this competition they can
not secure It. To meet it requires a
very low .rail rate. .Who will be bene
fitted by preventing this competition t
Nobody, - and - only1 : harm would result
from preventing it, ;,. a,-'
. BeltoTM Bills Wrong, ,
', "In" other words,-wa believe that these
bills are wrong in principle and unsound
as a traffic proposition. ,They could
not but result In limiting markets, In
preventing competition both of rates
and service, and ; would,, in bur - Judg
ment leltd to an advance In rates to
the points nd places and territory now
urging the enactment of these measures.
'These suggestions are not based up
on " personal . interest but on a far
broader basis. .' This city, owing to -its
unique situation on -both Inland' water-
ways and the deep- sea, la In a posi
tion to protect -its Interests' under any
circumstances, but we believe the, law
as It now stands : affords ; protection
against unjust ' discriminations': or un.
due or unreasonable .. preferences or
advantages, whjch the proposed amend
ment Is intended to provide ' against.
We, there, respectfully requost that you
give careful .consideration to the sug
gestions we have. made, and If you con
cur therein, that you. oppose the enact
ment of these measures,".,-"
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