Show An exchange commenting on the decision de-cision in the TransMissouri Traffic association as-sociation case and the lack of any law authorizing the formation of pools I says This situation is perilous to all Int rests r-ests The carrier and the shipper are both exposed to the constant danger of demoralization and loss The railways forbidden to enter into combinations to secure the maintenance of rates and to prevesit rate wars are helpless against cutthroat competition whenever a single road sees fit to engage In it In this way the property cot the companies and the interests ol their stockholders are all subject to the dangerous effects that may follow Illadvised management and unsound policy On the other hand the business affairs of the country at large are jeopardized The stability of transportation trans-portation rates is indispensable to commercial com-mercial prosperity When they are unsettled un-settled and uncertain business is also unsettled and uncertain The western farmer cannot calculate the value of his crop unless he knows Just what it will cost to send it to the consumer T > e eastern manufacturer doesnt know what his product is worth until he counts the expense of hauling it to market And in neither case can there be any permanency of cost or any certainty cer-tainty of business exchanges unless some means are provided under which arbitrary Huctuations and irresponsible changes in carrying rates will be im ssble |