Show concessions to t CHICAGO ill aug 14 shippers throughout the united stales states 7 have av gained a victory over the railroads in ln securing a modification of the uniform bill of lading the concession made by the carriers consists in the striking out of 0 the words not negotiable against which the chief complaint was made at a meeting of the joint committee of the trunk line and central traffic association and representatives of the lake and rail lines which was held in this city today to day the subject was fully dit discussed cussed in the light of objections raised by the commercial organizations of the country some of the roads threatened to discontinue the use of the new bill of lading unless it were adopted by all the tile liner lines as shippers were now discriminating I 1 1 in n I 1 favor avor 0 of f the grand trunk the nf N abash and the four lake lines that bad had relied refused to adopt it in the present form chairman blanchard Blan chardo of the central traffic association strongly recommended to that the words not negotiable be stricken out the recommendation was unanimously concurred in and thus the tile amended bill of lading was adopted by all the lines to take effect september r I 1 the representatives of the grand trunk an and wabash accepted it in its new form as also did all the lake lines no action was taken in regard to other objections |