Show 3 S ai 7 E n wall Raising Prices Aces Says a s Hennin i r The freight rate increase ase recently recent- recent ly granted the railroads by the interstate interstate in In- commerce commission will not be a justifiable cause for piling another burden on the ultimate consumers consumer's consumers consumer's consumers consumer's con con- sumers sumer's pocketbook This Is the conviction conviction con con- of railroad operators labor st statisticians and government officials including k officials of the del department of justice whose business it is to watch out for profiteers In the United United United Unit Unit- ed States s and to bring them to justice jus jus- tice If they can Anticipating that some of the profiteering g experts of the country may be chuckling tover a chance to give prices of commodities another hike since the new rates got to working the Pennsylvania railroad has prepared some pertinent figures to show the consumer that he should I n not t be plundered on this account The liThe public should be forewarned forewarn forewarn- ed says the Pennsylvania railroad I in 11 a statement Is issued here presenting f Fg S- S res to prove Its ita contention and forearmed against any attempts to toj j take tako advantage of the freight rate for tor the purpose of Justifying profiteering W Of or Slight Effect The Tho warning of ot the tho railroad company company company com com- pany Is backed up with figures showIng showing show- show ing lug how bow slightly the retail prices of or J com commodities should be affected by bythe bythe bythe the rate Increases While It is true says the tho Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania statement that in the case caso of ot some few tew articles articles' and and nd com com- small increases in price may bo justified nevertheless the tho r amounts which in fn any instance could fairly be added to the present prices are a small smaill fraction of the whole and in the case cale of practically every I article or commodity of oC daily dally consumption con con- the th tho increases in I tation charges are relatively so small amaH as aa to be practically negligible Let Lel us see seo what these figures v mean mean to to tho the household consumer 1 who ho bu buys bus s flour r by the sack eggs and oranges by the dozen and butter but but- ter by the pound Most flour is shipped in carload lots r Taking the tho rate rato from Minne- Minne w apolis to Philadelphia the 40 per percent r or cent cent increase will amount to 33 cents t per per por barrel of pounds On a n twenty pound sack of at flour this will wUl bo be Just a trifle triO less than 4 cents 1 I P Produces Evidence Even yf f the flour is shipped Inless in inless inless less than carload lots the Increase In tn the fr freight ight charge per twenty- twenty four pout paul pounds ds would be 7 cents As a crate eggs contains thirty dozen ozen a glance glanco at the table will show that on a carload shipment the added freight charges would be about half halt halfa a cent cent per dozen eggs and in the less than ca carload load lot shipment about two thirds of a cent a dozen Similarly it will be observed that the increased freight charges charges' on n butter per pound from Chicago to Philadelphia elphia when sent in carload lots ifould rould be about 4 mills milts and on onless onless onless less than carload lots lots' less than 5 34 mills mills mills-in in the one case a little more than haf bat a cent a pound Under the new rates the Increase in the freight charges for tor shipping early arly potatoes from southern New Jersey or Virginia points to Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia would amount to 33 3 3 cents and 5 51 1 cents per bushel respective respective- ly h The housekeepers in the larger cities who buy potatoes by the tho peck ought ther therefore fore not to be charged more mor than 1 cent additional for each peck of et f potatoes purchased Packing House Goods GoodsOn GoodsOn On packing house products such as h ham m bacon lard and canned meats shipped from Chicago to Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil PhU- adelphia in carload lots after the advanced rates become effective e the increased charge will be 17 mills on each pound while In less than carload carload carload car car- load lots this will wUl be 24 mills I These references are made to the effect tho increase on freight t rates will have bave on shipments between some ome of ot the principal centers merely merely merely mere mere- ly as as' as an illustration The general Increase In rates will result in substantially sub sub- similar increases in rates will result in substantially similar Increases in charges between other points W. W Jett Jet Lauck statistician lan for tor the railroad labor organization says There is no for alarm in the tho prospect t of an addition of ot a billion and a 0 half halt dollars to the annual annual annual an an- nual transportation bill for tor the countr coun- coun country country coun coun- tr try provided this Item flem is not multiplied multiplied multiplied multi multi- plied four tour or five times Umes before it Is presented t to the J people Copl for tor pay pay- ment meat Department of justice officials say they are arc going to ke- ke keep kep p their eyes open to tho the situation |