Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-01-26 | Page 1 | Reduction of Railway Rates

REDUCTION OF RAILWAY m RATES HIES Important Decision of Inter Interstate Interstate Interstate state Commerce Commis Commission Commission Commission sion in Creamery Case Washington Jan 26 aone One of the most important n decisions by the Interstate commerce commission for tor many months was handed down today that body order ordering ordering orderIng ing material reduction of railroad rates in the cased cages cas f of f various creamery cpm com companies panle panIe f against the Central Ce and other railroad companies The commission sustained the conten contention Lion tion of 0 the complainants who operate creameries the method that the rates on cream to Chicago be between between tween hveen on the east and Colorado points on n the west are excessive excessive sive she The method is distinguished distin distinguished distinguished from the local method in that creameries operating under the latter ob oh obtain obtain tain tam their cream by wagon Instead of by rail Several associations claimed that the local creamery method of manufacturing butter should be fostered foster and the central izer method discouraged The commis commission commission sion however held that the method affords to thousands of or farmers formers the only satisfactory method of or disposing of their milk and that the tue commissions duty is l to establish just transportation charges In so far as it can ean be done and allow both systems to operate under the The commission held that it should not establish a scale of rates with the purpose of fostering or discouraging eIther cither form of the creamery industry