Fillmore Progress | 1927-07-01 | Page 2 | Steamship Lines Enter Rate Protest

steamship lines enter rate protest chicago steamship lines using the panama canal protested a reduction by railroads ot of 15 cents per hundredweight on the rate of 0 canned goods from the pacific coast to the atlantic at a hearing before the interstate commerce commission here the steamship companies claimed the reduction in the rate from to 90 cents eliminated them from competition their anater rate from pacific ports to atlantic ports is 45 cents at present but to this must be added the rail rates from the canneries to the ports from the atlantic ports to the destinations inland the average rates by the rail and water nater routes are now about 90 cents which is the same as the rail cost the commission has ordered a continuance of the former rates ot of by the railroads pending the outcome ot of the hearing