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IN CONIEST FOR JUST RATES
NORTH CAROLINA INVOKES NO
NEW PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT
We Can Not Control the Charges for Transportation of
Commerce From State to State But With-
in the Borders of the Local Commonwealth We Can
Invoke to the Limit the Powers of Local. Self-Gov-
ram:: t for Our Own Protection.
'from Address of Gov. Craig at Guilford Battle Ground, July 4.)
"In our contest' for iust freieht rates we invoke rjonew principle
If lovernment We cannot control
commerce from state to state. That Belongs to tne.reaerai jurisaic
tion. But within the borders of this local commonwealth vt can in
voke to the limit the powers of local self-government for our own
protectiorr. , . ' . - :: ' ' , -r . . - , r ' : .v ;
"I anj not unfriendly to" railroads. They are an Integral part of
our Industrial organization. J. I would treat them with injustice no
sooner than I. would treat our farmers with injustice, or our cotton
mills with injustice. I rejoice at their legitimate prospcnty. it is co
piktnt ii-Hh TMif nro:nftritv. t.Thv are an Institution at the State.
They and all citizens of this State are entitled to that equal justice
which, the State must guarantee to every citizen; But when they fla
grantly and persistently, by arbitrary wrong, deny to North Carolina
the same treatment accorded to-other States: 'when every year they
extort from the people of this State millions of dollars in excess of that
demanded from people of other States for the same and for even
greater service, it is the highest duty
constitutional powers for the protection, otjierpwn people.
rrn mm AtiTA iiii Hiei-riminaHnn se-atmr Nnrth
"No man defends this-discrimination arainst North Carolina.
: No man caa defend it. An apology
ablest counsel.
'l believe that the managers
would .fcOliCT-mn
justice but for the power behind thdra, the power that ha no sympathy
. with our people, that reientiessry
: pucjic veuare. .. : ,
lUtet An Admitted Innutica. .
"These companies continue this injustice, this injustice known to
' all men and admitted.r. They would perpetuate it by every contention
and by the Jaws delay, and they would dictate to, us the method of
our resistance andjpresgibe to us the only tribunal to which we should
' 'appeal -iv ' !- -'. ; y'-, '
- 1 x , "We cannot regulate interstate
tion sanctioned by the Constitution,
sate to some extent for tlie Injustice. We can prescribe what service
the carriers shall render and the kind of service, We can redute the
Mntra-stattf passenger rates and intra-state freight ates to the minimum
' within the limits of the Constitution. - . ' f3-V..-,i-.n,;
iannotTJreveatEXtortiop rt interstate commerce, tut e
caa by the exercise of our legal powers rightfully take from them
for the benefit of all the peopfc, a portion of the money which they
have wrongfully taken from us. '-v ' i;r- -y-;rv-
There are in North CaroBna railroad crossings mamtamed for
years in violation of the criminal law Are we under obligation to
- continue to sacrifice the lives and limbs' of. our own people t o the
k profit of the corporations that defy our rights., -a-?.. , ; ; ,.
. -Vvho shall say that it is not right for the State to do these things
by orderly procedure, within the bounds of the constitution f I Who
shall say that it is not the solemn duty of the State to do these things'
Who shall denounce the effort of a people to remedy' an admitted
wrong, the effort to put therrjselves
: other states as an eflort to punisntnerauroaasf,,. : , ,- 1 4 . ! " ;
' 'There arethose hi North Carolina who are more concerned with
the fear that their State will do
-reibutraewrongTwMCTi thTamaK own people.
, - - VYTUDoBtftbFor Jwtic..
"On this battle ground the men of the Revolution, were re
strained only by the laws of war. - In dealing with these corporations,
. that in defiance of common right are crippling the industries of this
State and depriving our people or their legitimate opportunities,
; would be restrained onlv by the ordinance of the constitution.
"North Carolina has suffered lon$ enough. I would rather resist
this wrong and resist It in every possible, jurisdiction and fail in the
- tiltimate jurisdiction than ignominiously. submit. But we will not fail.
This injustice cannot stand before the determined effort of more than
fo million people. We stand upon the right We invoke the law of
... thft nation and all the cowers of the
The sovereign power, of this
ith executive, nor legislature nor court, uciineraie puuiic opinion
nmnminm the iudrttient that' must be'ebeved. The bublic con-
science dictates statutes and policies. No man can defy it, por dares
- defy it The foreign financier dictators that control these carriers can
not despise it - ' " .
"We have beep generous to these corporations, .;, We are a.ixious
to be generous now. , .We want them to co-operate for the building
- rA a ere at State and for the opportunities of a progressive people.- We
are not poor, but we will be poor. if .we tamely submit to injustice.
Are we a bastard race or are we the heirs of the men of the Revolu
tion?"? ' '-,; .,..y'; ; .;:r;-;
NORTH CAROLINA'S RATE FIGHT
Editorial in the American Shippera' Gazette
- ' Cohnnbus, Ohio.
v BrnsLrtin under th lntolrn ?t
to bring about correction of thee
evlli. th people of North Carolina r
roued to s pitch - of dtrmlntlon
that bode W remits. - Under the
lesdcrshio of Governor Locke Cral.
the people re golna: forth to meet
the railroad dragon whom they have
Md.1- to combat. A apeclal ieslo
tt the legislature haa been called for
September 14 to vhlrli the railroad
''rate 'uiiMirtiYtt W"1ix3tymttoS"-a:d
certain laiii tv the correction f
;: tSvr,r;S', -the -eawie-" Wl aeWWK.
It to not iQten'deA here to diacuaa at
1-ngth the mertta of thla eonrroversy.
that belli reaerved for apeclal treat
ment etiiewhere to thla number. We
concur with tha ahlppen of Korth
Carolina, however, that their freight
rate fitmclire im not only Intolerable
hut im irt-wrumnhlm and clparlv .con
trary tn law. both common and etat
i' - 1 a violation of Rood morale aa
we !. No oie. not a railroad man, who
h rvef tlwmrrit to ewbjoot
r "i.e ti epy nt her conclusion.
- i co"ittftn 1 unjiiirt dla
i " .n ft c".-m 4 of
the charges for transportation of
of, this State to exercise all of her
is the limit if legal ingenuity of
of these transportation companies
demands the dollar regardless or we
commerce, but we can by legisla
sustained by the courts compen
on an equality with the people of
injustice to the railroads than they
State. ; -
State resides with the people,tnot
and ahort haul ectlon) la favor of
the Virginia hening-cltlea of Lynch-
folk, which enable thtsee cltiea to un
derwll the North Carolina oltle in
their own territory. Thla la true, not
only aa to Jobbel communitlea, but as
to manufacturer as well. Not alone
have the Virginia lltea an adjuet
ment of freight rate charges which
enables them to control the markets
around them, but they are liven by
the railroad serving he mors South
ern 8 tat fa an undue and an anhist
advaotaxe 1n all the Chrolimt-ivmittmF
to th exclualon of Carolina shippers
and producer tn- ti.ftt name conimm
nut tmttoiW7ini f ' lfcr.iu
adding to the rat to the Virginia cit
ies for Carolina points, a high local
rate; that Is, on buatnerm from the out
alde, the through rate ta mad by add
ing to the rate up to the gateways the
local. to the interior; In many instances
their local rate being aa high or high
er than tn thrown rate for three
times the haul then the .Carolina
rat fabric is made up by a combina
tlo nof two locals, and It sometime
hapnn that even the thrmsirft rute In
higher than th wmMiiMS t.f J'wd
rate, prartit-a condemned Oilll gnj
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5IILIlIGGEPi;;
HAlLBOADS' OFFEfl
Such Settlement to Cover for
That Period Only Such Rates
; As Are Agreed Upon.
STATE TO RESERVE RIGHT"
FOR FURTHER KEDUCTION
Suggestion. That the Corpora
tion Commission Should. Be
"Strengthened Or Its Organi
' zation Enlarged, So It May
Be in CloserTouch With the
, People in Freight Rate Mat
ters.
By JOSEPH It CRAH.5M,
first 1oevPrldcnt Wtna ton-Salon
Board of Trade. -
There ar many people In North
Carolina not familiar with freight
rates, who ar relyinx on some on
who doe know to enlighten' them In
th preawnt controversy. l-lr -
Ordlnartly they would look to the
Corporation Commission, but . that
body has been elective and the men
1 acted hav bean qualified better by
the! rex perl en e for otber duties than
deternilnlns.laterstat;rlht rates;
and; they bar therefor not had, the
enUr ootifldenc of all the people.
' If my own views have any value to
others,' I am glad t. mak ' them
known. Th 'are based on an az
flclal, and for taven years past from
th standpoint of a cltUan and ship
per of North Carolina. ; ,
' -"My wv-'tiewg'-aTw- based on ""
perience of twanty-flv year In deal
year as a railroad trafflo clerk and of
ficial, andfor seven years past from the
standpoint of a citisen and shipper of
North Carolina. - -'.-'.
From thla tjperience X know that
freight rate generally from th TVeet
to North Carolina compare favorably
even now with those to any olher
Southern states except Virginia. .
cinnaU to Wlnaton-SaUm, Greanaboro,
lower than to Atlanta, Oa, though th
dlatanca to th latter point Is las
from Cincinnati, and ths population
and business, ther la greater. This Is
due to the difference of th low rail
rata from Chicago to Norfolk, which
are actually lowar than from Chicago
to N wTork by rait
Th complaint of North Carolina
niur beew that tt ratew Mrm-Mi? an
hadly with those to Virginia rill'c Th
rate to Virginia cities from th WM
-?(.- r-t I-',3$ H ti Carolina rail-
BLOCKMG THE
roads, but by th C A O, nllvty, to
put ? It ; port of Newport News
(Including Norfolk) on th Sams
footii;g from Chicago as th fport of
Baltimore, th rat t Lyiwhldri
oUieT laiiand cltlr being than deduced
to th Norfolk level. Th lmmens
coal business the C A O. originate
enable it to to do M antlr bustnos
at a small profit. It could not iuataln
Itself on th tnerchaodlM ) budnesa
alono. - .v ,; .L .
' Th JMlddl and r eastern part of
North Carolina has therefor profited
by naraeg to Virginia; but whll ob
taining .lower rates in this way thtn
prevailed for similar distance from th
West to 'South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
batna and MInUaippi, w hav sof.
ferad because the Carolina line added
their full local rates to those to Vir
ginia cities, when making through
rate from th West "
, The agitation In" the Stat In th
last year has had ' this result: The
Carolina road new propose to take
leas than their locals from Virginia
gateways In , making through rates
from the West .This is a double ben
efit;. It lowers the total charge to b
paid by Nofth Carolina people, and at-
th : unit , time gives Carolina' mer
chants better protection against th
wchahts at th Virginia cltiea
The remaining question is, whether
the reductions ' now offered by th
railroads go as far as they should, and
whether they should be accepted a a
settlement .
Information is 'these" reductions
cover th entire West to all points In
the State, except the porta to which
th rate are now lower than to th
Inland cities, also that thsra ar re
duction from the Korth and East all
ralL-.-W-.-r ; J - ..
My view Ik the State should accept
th ; reduction for a period of two
years, which is the time fixed by th
Federal laws for th orders of the In
terstate Commerce Commission! which
chang rates, such settlement to cov
er for that period only such rights aa
are argree upon, this agreement not
to Impair any rights the Bute may
have for further reductions under th
long and short haul clause of th In
terstate Com me roe Act when a final
decision 1 reached by th Commerc
Commission and th courts.
I My reasons are:- i.;. ' ''.
(1) These reductions ar greater
than . have been made voluntarily by
ny railroads 4s4lt4)eteHhf-)'
ration, both In the amount of reduc
tion and the area affected.
have lxn ordered by the I. t.
from as wide a territory to so large an
area in my knowledge extending over
many year. . .--.-, ,
it) The reductions are also greater
than granted- by the L C. C. to Wln-ton-Huim
and Durham from Cincin
nati over the through line of th Nor-4
folk ft Western Railway, after a bard
contest soma year ago. I believe the
reductions ar greater than would ra-
other oiitf Ifi the BtatsTonTea pros
perous llnea, and -certalriry- to th.
.fejaOif-WStltWIft ftt ."thfc jl(afiastalMM.
all tf which are Included In the pres
ent offer of the railroda
(4) The reduction come at a time
when rates are . being advanced by
railroad in more populated sections,
including th rates to Virginia cities.
Competitive condition . ar further
equalized n thl way.
(& The reduction mad com from
the revenue of th Carolina roads.
Too great a change all at one would
impair their ability to give the service
ai4wBa)e-peple'-riti
tlood transportation is often a Impor
tant as good rates. , .
'.CoR'!rued on raj Two.),
WAY
HEEDED BYSTATE
Composed of Men Who. Know
7 the Railroad Business and
Are Familiar With Rates.
EXTRA SESSION WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN NECESSARY
If North Carolina Had Had a
Regulating Body That Knew
j ;. the 1ns and Outs of Traffic
and Transportation, Dispos
ed to Act for the Benefit of
Shippers, v -
By C O. CRCIGHTO.V, T
Secrotary Durham County Branch 9,
. r. r. a. of jr. c.
rnar are probably many cause
that might be assigned for th freight
rat discriminations that hav 'handi
capped, th growth and development
of North Carolina for so many years;
but probably th on cau contrib
uting mor than any. otbr has been
th failure on th part of North Caro
lina shippers, and th North Carolina
public aa a whole, to giv to th mat'
tir of freight rate th attention H de
serves and must have or to employ
competent' and trained men to. look
after their freight rat - Interests as
they hoold be looked after.
To' any on at all familiar with traf
do maturs It is a recognised and es
tablished fact that in an astonishingly
great number of cases transportation
charges are assessed and collected en
ths baals ftf bjgber freight rales than
ar lawfully on 111 with th various
rommlMiions. Thl Is true of both n-
teriUitenu tnuaslajl trafflc, and is
most general on inter-state shipments
moving over two or more lines.
The practice of th shipping public
of North Carolina seems to hav been
to pay th freight charges assessed
by th railroads, and little effort has
been put forth to ascertain whether or
not th amount paid was correct Th
railroads in general terms, but mor
correct th evil by , handling specific
errors In a proper manner to both
correct th present error and remove
th cans for further repetition. .
Most of these failure to not over
charges and to proceed to the removal
of the cause hi due to the fact', that
th average shipper has not th means
or th training to enable him to prop
efly Interpret the var!ou.lawilflra
tiotia and tariff under which his ship
ments move, and is bewildered by a
tCoatlaued oa I'if Ta)
INTRASTATE FREIGHT RATE '
BILL LEFT PENDING FOR '
: ACTION AT EXTRA: SESSION
Purpose Is tq Stop Exorbitant Charges by RaIlr0aci3 On
Shipments From " One - Part of North Carolina to
Another Charges pa Shipment Carried 853 Miles
Through the State Lower .Than on 302 Miles Inter
state Shipment on Same Line. .
At th regular session of th General
Assembly of lilt, Repreaontatlv E.
Justic. of Guilford, Introduced a
bill In th House which was not en
acted Into law, but on hi motion was
left pending until the convening of th
extra session of th General Assembly.
If it should b enacted Into law, tt
would prov far-raaohlus in its sfftot.
It is a part of th effort to secure re
lief for th olttieni of th State from
th d leer I minatory freight rates from
which they hav suffered long. It U
in tins with th two other resolution
Introduced by Mr. Justice, both of
which were passed by th O antral As
sembly and which brought about" th
appointment of a apeolal commission
to confer with the officials of ths Inter
state railroads doing business In North
Carolina, with a view to securing, by
amicable mean, th relief sought tn
the matter of freight rat discrimina
tion. Th full text of th bill fol
lows: .
Intrastate Sate BIO.
otlon I. ' That no ratrroaiTcom-
pany -wr - railroad - companies .' haul ins;
Intrastate freight between two points
in the Bute of North CaroUnv and
Here the entire nauri within th
State, shall charge or receive for uch
taut for a given kind and quantity of
rretght any greater sum than th at
puoiisnea, cnargea or received; or
railroad company or railroad oomDa-
nles for hauling a Ilk kind and Quant
ity or ireight la tn asm direction
and for a longer dlitanc where th
longer haul, whether Interstate or In
trastats, embraces th shorter dls
tancs, all of said shorter distance be
ing within the State. .
"Beo. t. That it shall b th duty of
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission forthwith to re-adjust and to
require the railway companies doing;
Intrastate buslnex In. North Carolina
to. re-adjust heir Intrastate chares
for hauling freight so as not to viola te
section one of this act,'! - . i . ,
The bill Is Intended to put Into ef-
rect, so rar as lutraitut touainen
eoncemed In North Carolina, the pol
icy of the Ntat with ree.ri'ac to
long and short haul principle aa !
dared for by joint resolution, -of the
General Assembly. Speaking of th
out, Mr. Justice said:
Mr. JostlcWB RtsteiiMuit. '
"My Investigation aa a member of
th Bpnclal commission, -appointed by
th Governor, ha revealed a situation
with respect to Intrastate charges so
eminently unjust that It is startling.
The correction of the abuse to which
I refer will at Itself mor than justl
CONCERTED ATTACK BY STATE
' : ON INTERSTATE-RATES
(JTtOM THE AMERICAN brnPFERS
On of the most Important matters
that will com before th next session
of th interstate commerc commission
this winter will be.th attack to b
mad upon North Carolina freight
ratea : Th adJusCment which , th
railroads hav mad of freight charge
for th WaC East and North into the
Stat of North Carolina ia on ol th
most complicated, tangled and absurd
in the entire United Btatea. The theory
upon which this adlustment is mad
is that th rate to all point In th
State must be based upon th rates to
what ar known as ths "Virginia Cltiea
Gateway." By this system ther ar
practically no such thing as through
ratea from' the great producing terri
tories of th middle West and theEast
and New England to the shippers in
North Carolina, but such ahippers ar
compelled to pay, In moat cases, th
full local rate to Virginia cities and
ths full local rates from th Virginia
cities to -North Carolina destinations.
8ino th full local rates for ths lateer
part of the hauls are about the highest
east of , the Mississippi the shipper
find themselves paying as much to get
their trafflo the few additional mile
across th Virginia itat line ss th
Virginia cities merchants pay for get
ting their . trafflc. all th way from
Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Cin
cinnati. Pittsburgh and other manu
facturing points; mat i th North
Carolina shippers pay Just about
double what their Virginia rivals pay
though ths difference in distance be
tween them la very small compared
with th , total diatanc th trafflo
movea
- -A similar situation exists with ref
erence to the rateaeui of .North Caro
lina to th East, North and West,
The effect of all this ia to relocate
freight rate ar concerned and to
place it on the Atlantic coast some
where around Florida! - !
Thl anomalous situation ha not
been continued without loud protest
from th shipping public of North
Carolina. Their protests hav accom
plished tittle In the past. Now, how
ever, the agitation has taken mor
definite form than ever before and a
concerted attack upon th . railroads
Und their ,cherqs or hottiiiigup th
(State is to oe majee ana it diss Mr to
attract widespread attention. This
front ana a ngnt 1 to t made all
along th line. , ' .
Ther are three distinct phase of
th movement for a fair adjustment of
freight rate into North Carolina. The
first is an effort started some months
ago and not yet Anally ended to reach
a compromise between th State au
thorities, representing th shipping
public, and the carriers. "With this
effort. In view a comm:e f th leg
islature started a series of conferences
with railroad officials. i.t withmrt any
tangible results. Lew in icimiw of
Conferences was continued by the Hiate
corporation . eommin'i.ri, and these
wei concluded, at !; 1 r r lUs i !-
fy all th effort that haa been m
by this Oeneral Assembly and by r t
txeeuency, tn Oovsraor, . with th
purpose of correcting th abnae prao
tloed by th railroads in violaUon of
th oonomio prtnclpl announoed t -.v
tni ueasral AjasambLy, that no greati
charge should be mad tor the short
haul freight than la mad for th kr .7
haul wher th freight is of a gtv&
kind and quantity, and where the twn
hauls ar in the same direction, an t
wher th shorter ia Included wltiut,
th longer haul ,
i a nbwtratlna. : '
situation which I am ndavorit!g t k
correct, 1 give wis tnstanoe and it ii
by no means an isolated case, but 1
general rul: . ..,,..
Tk railway comtMUile ehars n
th numbered classes of freight th
following rat from Cincinnati. 0.i.
to Norfolk Va a distance of I I
milea ' .
"On class number a. II cents? on
clAnumbrtwajBll-l cents; on
class Dumber three, 40 1-1 cents; en
clas number four, VI 1-3 ctnta; en
cHaas number Ave, II eanta; on cIh.-w
number alx. It -1-1 oents. On rral
product and grain. ill 11 cents i on
packing house produMs, t cents,
th.uj rrelght passe through Fa'r.t
Ttbok and Ashevill to Selma. Th
distano from Paint Rock to Bel ma i
141 miles, and th rata fixed by North,
Carolina for th numbered classes of
freight between Faint Hock and ei
ma are: , - ',. . .
"Class number n. Tt ntBt
number two, ! cent; class nCir!
three, 17 caats; elass number four, ,
cents; clas number Sv 41 cesu;
ola a number -Six, cents. . - .
. "The oUtance from Ashevill to ..'
ma Is 101 mileVf and clas rau font
ons to sis respectively ar only two
couts lower than from Faint R.-k .
Kam. They are on thee six e a. ' 4
ren)ctirely a follows: IT, ti. Si, 4k
41, snd II. . ... ..
"rtie rat on $r-h and srnfn v-
fruis as c'riijril ' 1 U J -3 r
itom t'inntnnti NorfuUf. 1
rat eh pack tag" houae prolans '
cents ss compared wrth i'J ceuu .
Cincinnati to Norfolk. '
Ths haul from Cincinnati to Nor
folk I over the lin f the Pnuthrn
Railway Company ia North Carolina
la Ashevllle and Belma. The dirtr
eetoe I that th higher charge Is nu.i
for the shorter haul notwithsundlrig
th shorter haul 4s Included in the
long, and both hauls are in the aama
direction." " - '
GAZETTE, COLCMBCS, OHIO.)
nt, by a meeting at Old Point Com
fort in the latter part of Jul v. A for
mal report of the result of th at
tempts at compromise haa recently
ben mad 'by th corporation' com
mission to th governor. While thi
report doe not Indicate that an
agreement can be reached, and whll
it contains no recommendation of th
8tt commission as to what action
should b taken It is exceedingly in
teresting in showing th attitude of th
railroads aa to th North Carolina,
rat adjustment. Far from stand in 7
pat upon th iniquitous system so lonv
inflicted ; upon th people of North
Carolina the railroads hav felt ft nec
essary to take a conciliatory position
and they fairly admit that ther ought
to be a correction in the Interstate,
rates to that State, It is a matter of
th utmost significance in th future,
conduct of th fight now being waged
that th railroads hav offered, aa
shown by th report reerred to, to re
duce ths rate to a Urge part of th.
State about 29 per cent, and to other
parts from, 5 to 15 per cent
Th second phase of th contest la
th action taken by th Btat corpora
tion oommlaalon In filing formal com
plaints befor th Interstate commerc
commission. . These - complaints now
on file, and which win doubtless b up
for action sometime this? fall, are as
follows: (1) A petition alleging un
reasonableness of all th clues rate
and number of commodity rate
from Cincinnati Chicago. Bu Louis
and other points In Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, and other State, to Greens
boro, N. C a a. typical destination
point in the Stat. This petition com
pares th ratea to Virginia cities, such
as Roanok and Lynchburg, with those
4o Jreeneborv and ehowe that the lt-
ter point pay rates nearly twice a
high aa the former coluta. (!) A tie- ,
Hion- ailerteir'WWfeaswwtbieTW'iw of ir""-
trsavolasa rate from th same points
of .origin to a number of other North
Carolina cities, such as Ashevtlla,
StatesvlUs, Marion, and others. This
petition shows that for considerably
shorter distances the North Carolina
shipper must pay very much higher
rate than ar paid by their competl- '
tors In Virginia for much longer hauls.
For example, from Cincinnati to Ashe
vllle, 43 miles, the first clam rate 1
90 cents,, while, to Danville, Va., :i
triiicsT We"'''!' eettf a" -nt ?f-r '
folk. 881 mile, ths rat is 41 cents.
fl 'A'.tl.llsrtlW''''
ablenee of all class rate from l.aM-
ern cities auch as Boston. New KorK.
Philadelphia and Baltimore, to Char
lotte. N. & This petition shows such
comparisons aa the following: the ail-
rail rate from ?ew lork to Aorf .u
on flint class is 33 -cents the rate from
Norfolk to Charlotte ia sHeenta. Kink
ing th combination' $1. The through
rate, however, from New fork to
Charlotte 1 fl OS (4) A petition at- ,
tacking the rates northbound f r-m
WnwMtwt' eu'v - to AiM'iir . .a,i,.,..
Darbam, to K'iiok n.t l.v ft! -.ir?;,
Va. ..Thi petition rec;'. tft in.