Show to BE cul aown WILL 0 cuhl till rill I t lt 1 loit POST lims all express companies entering utah have announced n revision of rates tn in accordance with the orders of 01 the interstate commerce commission oi and the effort on the baxt of the express companies to comp compete tte with the parcel post the charge charges which will be pui put in effect on february 1 1914 19 on first and second daba lags exar ea a matter ap ill be toe materially reduced merchandise which la Is flat fl at class clasa express will be carried in ome some instances id bancea tor for one halt half the rate in force at present and second claga class matter will be materially reduced the advance sheets of the sew new express tariffs have aye not as 43 yet been received at the local express office and figures are locking lacking as to the actual reductions which hae been made the american globe and wella wells fargo express companies are all affected by the reduction in the rates and have planned a campaign to compete comete with the government in the parcel carrying industry Indu atry the express COM are going after the big business ol 01 of the mall mail ordeal arderi houwe houm and of clothing merchants j who sell ready to wear garments far ments j the parcel poet post made such inroads upon this phase of the express bugl bust ness that the rates upon first clase class matter have been reduced until they will be much lowr than the parcel poet post in some instances maki blanket huto hate second clase class express matter con of cars butter and other food tuta and commodities the express com compan panka kt are not going after I 1 this bu alnesa alness very strongly owing to the breakage and the liability tor for I 1 delay the rates upon second class i matter have not leen leon materially re deuced but in some In 20 per cent ha has been knocked off the rate which prevails at present in all cw caw s the second class rate ie Is to be three fourths of the first class rate instead of having different rates for different articles the rule which ha hits formerly prevailed in the ax ec ond class matter has been included me tb lb both fresh and and thie this is eald said to be one of the most important changes made by the ex pres companies as 1 I will give the small dealer in meats a chance to compote with the large dealer who formerly had a contract rate with the express companies based upon the number of pounds shipped dur ing lag tho the year when the hearl gs were held by the interstate te commerce commission I 1 upon the rate rates charged by the ex are ercse it was wa found that several of the companies had made dividends amounting to over per cent during one year tho the ad ama ams express company which covers the thickly populated eastern seC section sect loni tIOU of tha country madu mado a much higher dividend than per cent and was the company which fought the inter elate state commerce to abe last ditch in the matter of whether the oderal regulating body had the jurisdiction to coal antes parcel post cuts in ill after the report for the first six months montha upon the business done by the parcel o 0 poet post the am panlee found it Is eald saw that their la ta fie vie carrying of parcels had dropped oft off materiale mater mate lall riall aheu 1 ie ke new rates were ordered by the interstate commerce commission the elp o CAs companies deame to go after the government and to compete with the pare pam poet in order arder to the large which originates jn chicago through mail order house shipments and not be brought up on the carpet on a charge of discrimination the ex press companies figured how they heij could haul tho the small parcels at a lees low rate than the government an mid d at till anke money it Is said that this wu was due to the tact fact that the long tim i contracts ati witt the r railroad a comPan led it at a enuch lower arte per hundred pound than the government pay pays jr or the carrying of the malls 11 tria bled the express com cow janits to put the now new rates which are below the charcas char kM into effect |