Show CHARGES AGAINST I EXPRESS COMPANY Complaint That Overcharge for Straw Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry berry Shipments MONOPOLY POINTED OUT OUTI I DEALERS ADDRESS INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION The William II M I R Jance n la company of oC Provo has filed charges with the interstate commerce commission against the tile Express com corn compan pony pan The protest of the company compan de do declares dares clares that tot the company compan overcharges fruit truit shippers In Utah for transporting strawberries The estimated weight of a crate of or strawberries according to the tile express company is ia thirty three pounds while hile the shippers rs maintain that the tile crates used by Utah shippers have an average weight of oC pounds The express rate rates are by br th tb the hundred hundredweight hundredweight weight weigh but th the strawberry crates are not weighed d by the th express company c the weight being fixed by estimate at thirty three pounds pound From Irom parts of Utah the company has bas a monopoly on the express business s and hence has things its own aay 8 The shippers however declare that the arbitrary estimate of or the number of ot I pounds to the crate without weighing the crates Is in direct violation of the pub published schedules Issued to comply with the Interstate commerce law lawIn lawIn In protesting prote against the action of the express company William Wllliam M I Roylance president of the Roylance company com pan has hassent hassent hassent sent this communication to Edward A Mosely secretary of the Interstate cow com commerce merce meree commission The Charges i We f desire to enter complaint against the Express Kinross company com pan for tor overcharging us in the time weight w per crate o oft strawberries To illustrate The advertises et a rate rats of 2 per perL tt 10 L l in iii lots Pro Provo o to Denver Dener and Colorado common points They would ship twenty boxe boxes of apples which weigh about pounds pound and only charge us this IhlA K 2 pr hundredweight rate rat but butin in Ip shipping strawberries they will not them at actual weight They The say they have an estimated rate rat of thirty three thre pounds per crate on strawberries which I think is about correct where when what is la called the Leslie Le He crate is used This Tills Leslie Lealie crate however is not used at all in Utah We Ve have a special craU crat that we use Ule altogether In Utah called tin tilt doubled k which weighs from twenty three to even pounds or an aver average averI average I age ae of about twenty fl e pounds per crate The Well Fargo company knows know title thIs because their agents at various timet have weighed them and verified this weight t We Vi have ha billed blUed them at actual weight wel but the they have invariably put the charges charge up on them on a Ii basis baals of ot thirty three pounds p in other words they charge char charus us for eight pounds per crate more than they the carry carr If Jf we ship forty tort crates of strawberries to Denver which weigh 1409 1000 pounds only they would charge charle us for 1330 1320 pounds and a all as a justification they the claim they the have a published estimated weight per pe crate of pounds pound each for strawberries and that therefore they not permit us to ship out ow strawberries s on the actual weight of pounds per ocr fr crate Tt lt se seems ms to m nv this ti s arbitrary rule I h very ery unreasonable and Is not according to their published tariff rate per hun bun hundredweight at al all ail We Ve have tried to set settle settle settie tle tie this matter with the Of oC Officials officials but they thee arbitrarily overrule us usand usand usand and say they the will not accept these ship shipments ments mente except on their advertised weight per y r crate as stated above We W e are therefore taking this matter up with ith you and nd would respectfully urge that you give gie this matter early consideration so lie that we ve can get It properly adjusted before our season commences which Is about June 10 to as we e will have a 1 good many thou thousand thousand thousand sand crates of berries for shipment We Weare Weare Weare are very er anxious that this matter be set get t tied before beCore the shipping t season com corn commence comI I mence r |