Show SHIPPERS OBJECT TO ROUTE RULING Believe They Should Be Al Allowed Allowed Allowed Al- Al lowed to Select Lines for Freight COMMISSION is OPPOSITE I Fear That Railroads Have a aBig aBig aBig Big Club in in Ignoring Orders Carrier are not oot required to e In of or shipper as n- asto to 10 Intermediate Hae I routing This rut ml- Ing nf f nf of the Interstate Commerce commission announced In tariff circular l 12 A under the heading head head- ing Routing flouting and anal lI Freight is Ic mooting meeting with hl objection on the tho part of or 1 I and shippers who claim the I Irl rl right ht to I say ns as to what lino Iines their con con- j i ntA of freight shall be he carried over o A movement mo I. I IK Is on foot toot to havethe have I the ruling huling changed as ac It In Ia alleged that It not only works a R. hip hards-hip on the tho shipper but hut It permits the stron stronger r c-r 1 i to combine against th the weaker nl r 1 roads where more mor than one or 01 two two route to a destination mA may be hc used d I Tn illustrating the operation of oC th the i ruling tho the Bulletin says saya R t tA A manufacturer of railway ma-l ma ma- ma maI I tonal and In seals sellMa II a 1 lar large I I bill II of or goods In Portland l ore Lire I The Union Pacific road mail It is a cu customer of or th the manufacturer and ho wishes I the till shipment to go o over 11 Its ItH lines HUPS 1 feelIng feeling feel feel- 1 Ing t that hn t he lie should give I Ie e it all 11 th thc Ow business 11 he can cnn In return for or H Its patronage This TIIs h he cannot undertake uJ to In do H He lie ships fillips h by lay the from Pittsburg and at nt Chicago n the of- of o of that road rond ma may conclude tf to I o Bl O I u the orull to tin Uw Burling I ton toll All that th the Burlington's tons ton's Portland Portland Port Port- port port-I land connection I Is bound to do I Is to to r the tho shipment to the designated t r tracks In the Oll Oregon on city I Tho Tito Shippers Shippers' ts HI h I Again A aln th the shipper ma may have ha private private private vate advice nd that tat a certain road Is tied up on fl freight I ht or that there Is a ansh washout wash wash- out ont on Its Us line making It certain that It t will bo hf unable to get Jet consignments through promptly The Thc shippers shipper's information In Information Information In- In formation l JI is s of or no value to him hint as h he can not route his cars b by another line which ho knows can n handle them with greater t I expedition Fr Frequently the lar large f shippers are ar postal on on such matters before connecting railroads are Informed Still another wa way the thc rul rule reid can cnn operate hadl badly It can cun creato a virtual tonna tonnage e pool 1001 and Vm work worl k harm to the th road A strong lino east cast a t of oC Chicago wl wishes to tn divert ort all nil Its ton toti- tonnage nage to tn a n certain connection for 0 Omaha The rile eastern road a tern lo road HI or 01 system can do this thiN without let or 01 hindrance from loon tho the shipper for fOI carriers s are arc not required to observe Im Instructions of shippers ers a as to lo intermediate liate It would be the tho natural outcome o of this condition for strong tron lines to work worl together thel and deprive calar roods mads of If ir their hall har 1 of theto the to tonnage tonnage- n |