| Show FRUIT GROWERS COMPLAIN Shippers reel 1 Injustice la L Bo Dc fl log Dom Them Theil In III Now York Aug 10 Florida fruit growers have raised the of the distance factor In railroad rates by b complaining to the tho Interstate com coin X commission that they the ore are od almost as nl much for lor or carriage to Non New York as ns California growers pay Ono One of ot tho Instances s Is tR a L rato rate of oC 01 04 cents per hundred on certain fruits r from Florida to New York a 1 distance of ot 1200 miles as compared to n a I rate rato te of ot ti that Southern Pacific and HH Its connections charge from Los Loll Angelos Angeles to Now New York YOM a n haul of ot This Thin the tho Florida l growers claim shows l c InJustice which the tho nuked n lcd to correct corn ct No N question nC or discrimination Is III In I for tor the rates axe are made by dif different different ferent roads Tho Thu real rai It If It readies reaches a 0 hearing may result In re rt rehabilitating habilitating In popular esteem tho the nile mis misleading loading leading phrase All Ml the tile traffic will bear bellr The factor determining the tho Cal California fornia rato rate Is lit tho the competition which the producer of that meets In Inthe inthe the Ule principal markets from his Florida competitor If It the tho transcontinental linos charged considerably more titan than they the do charge for tor the tho haul from California Call It would rould bo be equitable on a n distance ns nil t the tho charge for to the tho ho haul front from Florida but the would not move at such a rate rote and tho the Call Cali California fornia gro rl would be bo ruined Nobody hns hl claimed that tho the Florida growers are ruined because by means of ot ofa ofa a 11 low 10 rato rate California Is given gIen access to the eastern markets near nearness nearness ness ne to the best bat market Is an nn advantage advantage tage tago sho silo does not lose through tho the tact fact that by charging no more titan than tho traffic will bear bell the railroads s put California In a position to complete The Interstate Inter commerce e commission If It It tt follows precedent will doubtless decide that distance Is only one and anil not a n controlling factor actor In rato rate making and that no ono one community Is entitled to a L monopoly of a market because e It Is nearer than some somo other community |
