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Show SHIPPERS WIN IN i REGENTjEGISl ; I'KIIKHAI, IIU1.1M1 OVr.UTUll.NH ltIMtOAl Sl'llKDVMX Stockincii Mi Ioc lly TrnniK)rtn- ' tlon Coiitnny'a 1'nult Aro Now Kit nlilcil to Itccovcr Nearer Actual! Vnlucs (Jrcnt IniprotriiHiit tatcly, Over Condllloii) Tliat Prevnllcil. I The recent fixing of rates to control claims nf live stock owner ngatnst inllroads In case of. loss of animals consigned for shipment Is regarded by M V McClure, secretarj of the National Na-tional Woolgrowers' nrsoclntlon, n n dlrtltullve Improvement over old conditions con-ditions Tho federal schedule. In the opinion of McClure, will furnish n means of peace long needed In the eternal controversies between stock shipper nnd tho railroads. Concerning Concern-ing the new order he nay The Interstate comm reo commission commis-sion has Just rendered n decision of great Importance to nil live stock i producer In the United Rtnte. When live stoek I shipped hi railroad to market or nn where else the carrier Is liable for the loss of such stock If such loss Is occasioned through the negligence or cnrelessnes of such railroad Itoads Did 1'lt Maximum. 'Tor many enr the railroads have fixed nn nrbltrnry figure of value n the maximum amount thnl they would pa to the shipper In the event of loss or damage through their negligence In case of sheep, the shipper could not recover more than three dollar tier head, or thlrt) dollar per head for n cow or flft) dollar per head for n steer These values were nil right, nnd nbout representative of the value of live stock fifteen )ear ngo, but the) hnve not represented n fair basis for settlement In the Inst fifteen )ears, because live stock haa ndvaiued inn-lerlnll) inn-lerlnll) lit price In order to be able to mover the actual Vttlue of the the stock the shipper placed a value on Ills stock higher than the nrhltrnr) figure fixed b) the railroad Then the shipper was forced to pay nn Increase In-crease In the rate ranging from 10 to 26 per rent, which, of course, was prohibitory. ldory l',r lln Miltry. The Interstate commerce commission commis-sion ha had thl matter under innsld---ntlon for some time, nnd I have received re-ceived that bod)' opinion In the ease The decision Is n complete victory for the live stock shipper, a It hold that the railroad wire not Justified In pint lug suih low rate of value upon the nnlmat shipped nnd neither were the) Justified In charging such nn In- frtulain1 mtM U liaan 4)lis till I tittAts (ilaea.l n value on live stock higher than that proposed b) the railroad. In the de- Islon of the commission It I held that the railroad should transport live rtoik without nn) advance In rate nnd fix n value for sheep of five dollars dol-lars per head, ugalnat three dollar provided for In tho railroad contract, plain a value of flft) dollar on tadi cow a ngalnst thirty dollar, nnd place n value of sevent)-flvn dollar on each steer, n ngalnst fifty dollar orlglnnll) provided for by the mil-road. mil-road. 'Now In the event that the shipper ill sires to ship his stock nn n higher biisl of valuation than tliut here proposed pro-posed by the commission, the railroad rail-road will bn allowed to advance their rate 2 per cent for each 60 per cent advance In the declared value of the shipment The effect nf thla decision Is that In the future where shipper have live stock klllul or damaged through the negligence of the railroad rail-road the)' will be able to recover from the railroad n fair market value for the slock Inatend of having to stttle upon n basis of nbout 60 pi r tent, a tho have been doing In the past ' |