Show DEFINITE AND i AFFIRMATIVE I Interstate Commerce Commis Commission Commission Commission sion Will Reform State Statements Statements ments of Rates and Fares FaresI I I I SYSTEM IS NOW UNCERTAIN I RAILWAYS GIVEN UNTIL JULY 1 1 NEXT Washington n Jan 12 It has been de determined by the interstate commerce commission slon that the statement of rates and fare fares shall bo be affirmative and def det definite I mitt Many Miny lI tariffs on j file prior to toIJa toI toMay I IJa May 1 1907 07 contain long tong and short hort l haul alternative rate or fare provisions or other rules which make the application of the rates or fares uncertain more particularly as to in intermediate stations not specified in the tariff and some such rules through misunderstanding have hae been included in tariffs issued since May I 1 1907 1901 In special tariff circular reports just jut jutI issued the following the time attitude of the body bod Is made I Must be Eliminated The TIme commission desires and requires that at the earliest practicable pra date all such features and practices as are above referred to shall be eliminated from tariffs and discontinued either by supplement or by reissue ue of tariffs It d cs not underestimate the volume of work In checking off ot rates and fares faresI and preparation of ot tariffs that Is in involved involved involved I it appreciates the efforts and the tl tte progress that have been made thus far as an aid in simplification and di directness directness in iii providing and applying lawful tariff charges and to avoid avold hardship to shipper or passengers at intermediate stations which would otherwise be left without rates or fares tares which they have lUIe heretofore enjoyed enjo cd and with the understanding that this work ork will be earnestly pursued with the purpose of completing it by the date named the commission decides that tat until July 8 1908 carriers may continue c to use the tariffs which were issued prior to Jan 15 1908 and which contain rules of the time character herein hereinbefore hereInbefore hereinbefore before referred to or under which without specific provision in the tariff the rates or fares have been applied at intermediate stations and aDd excepting those thoe tariffs which before July 1 are corrected by supplements or replaced by new issues Tariffs issued subsequent to Jan 15 1908 must not contain any such rw as are herein considered nor be applied in any man manner manner manner ner not affirmatively provided therein Statement to Be Filed Each carrier that has lias tariffs con containing containing taming any of the rules referred to or which without containing such rules are applied at stations not ot specified therein will on or before Feb 1 file with the commission a statement showing by interstate te commerce tom Com Commission om mission numbers all of the tariffs of its Issue which contain such rules or which are so applied This list shall contain both local and joint tariffs that are issued by b the carrier making the list and similar lists of their Issues will tUl be furnished on the time same date by Joint agents who Issue tariffs for tor car carriers carriers Hers Revisions of these lists will be e furnished to the commission ion on the first of April and on the first of ot June from which will be omitted such tar tariff iff if as have Ime been corrected or reissued rel sued |