hold Goods Rates of A. D. Rymers & percent by rail.-Petroleum from Calif. Sons, 12 M. C. C. 541. to Oreg., 214 I. C. C. 668 (671). That rates in other tariffs are lower Gasoline is handled in single units of is not sufficient to justify finding pro- truck or of truck and trailer; must be posed rates below a reasonable mini- loaded or unloaded immediately; genermum.-Household Goods Rates of Ja-ally 100-percent empty-return movement. cob's Van Line, 17 M. C. C. 293; House- Truckloads average 5000 gallons. Hazhold Goods over Lines of Central N. W. ard has been reduced considerably by Carriers, 17 M. C. C. 397. rail.-Petroleum between Wash. and Oreg. Points, 225 I. C. C. 382 (384)*. at Competing furniture factories points from which class 3 column B anyquantity rates apply, should enjoy same level.-New England, 12 M. C. C. 417 (425)*. Electric lamps, reflectors, shaded, mixed, shades not to weigh more than 10 percent that of other articles, 144 miles, 76 cents, approved.-Id., 21 M. C. C. 373 (381)*. Truck movement 1936, from 5 refineries, midcontinent field, increased 535.8 over 1932; 46 percent by truck. Despite rail reductions, 43 percent moved by truck Dec. 1936 within N. C.-General Commodity Rate Increases, 1937, 223 I. C. C. 657 (718)*. Commission has uniformly prescribed same rates on gasoline as on other refined products, no differentiation made between shipments in tank cars and in packages.—Id., p. 718. Glass, glassware: Reduction of minimum to 20,000 pounds, glassware, ap proved.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (198)*. Third-class, column C, wooden furniture, deliveries to not more than 3 consignees at additional charge of $2 each delivery, approved.-Id., 22 M. C. C. 705 (706)*; see also 23 M. C. C. 361 (371)*. Most furniture rates, N. J. to Md. points and Washington are greatly in excess of rail rates. Reductions ap- Fourth class on rough-rolled plain proved would equal 20 or 30 percent but glass and sheet prism glass, not flashed, still remain markedly in excess of rail.-framed, leaded or polished, not bent, apMiddle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 proved.-New England, 12 M. C. C. 417 (203)*. Furnaces; boilers: Inclusion of integral parts of furnaces in shipment of furnaces, provided they do not exceed 30 percent of entire weight, instead of 20, approved, to give motor carriers equality.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (199)*. Boilers, radiators, 36 cents under 12,000 pounds, 31 cents 12,000 to 19,999 pounds, 25 cents, 20,000 pounds and over, approved.-New England, 21 M. C. C. 373 (377)*. Gasoline: Rail vs. truck rates, Ogden, Salt Lake City, from Sacramento, seeGasoline from San Francisco Bay Points to Ogden, 229 I. C. C. 33 (46) *. See also 8 M. C. C. 200, truck rates, same territory. In 1931-34 and 8 months of 1935 volume of gasoline by trucks, Calif. to Oreg. points amounted to 69.49 percent of total moving to such points; remaining 30.51 (419)*. 63 cents, pitchers, tubs, tumblers, 209 miles, compensatory.-Id., 21 M. C. C. 373 (382) *. Reduced rate, minimum weight, plate glass, not bent, approved.-Plate glass from Butler, Pa. to Chattanooga, 18 M. C. C. 747. Glassware, 15,000 pounds, Ohio to points in Ind., Mich., reduced, to meet rail rates.-Central Territory, 12 M. C. C. 153 (161)*. 42 cents, 20,000 pounds, window glass other than plate, plain, approved, to meet rail rates.-Id., 22 M. C. C. 729 (733)*. Grain, wheat, flour: 90 percent grain from Ia., S. D., Minn., northern Mo., moved by itinerant truckers; 154 Mo. dealers said to have been forced out of grain business thereby.-St. Joseph Grain Exc. v. Ark. V. I. Ry. Co., 229 I. C. C. 641 (645). 24 cents 1. t. 1., 18 cents t. 1., 20,000 Reduction on mayonnaise, sandwich pounds, flour, Ellicott City, Brookland- spreads, authorized to meet market ville, Md. to Wilmington, approved. competition.-Id., p. 32; applicable unRail, 1. c. 1. 24 cents from Ellicott City, 23 der refrigeration.-Id., 18 M. C. C. 689 from Brooklandville; c. 1. 21 and 20 | (692)*. cents.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (196)*. Rate on grain flour modified to meet rail rates.--Central Territory, 22 M. C. C. 729 (731)*. Groceries: Common carriers are in active competition with contract carriers; minimum rates prescribed.-New England, 8 M. C. C. 549 (551, 5, 3, 559)*; 21 M. C. C. 373 (382)*. What included in group A and B, commodity rate. Id., 16 M. C. C. 499 (505); 34 cents, dessert preparations, approved, p. 503. Grocery mixture approved. Inclusion of higher-valued commodities such as butter, cheese, cigarettes, when not in excess of 15 percent of the total weight, allowed. Reductions, cheese, not warranted. Id., 11 M. C. C. 325 (335)*. No reason exists for lower rates for cereals than apply on groceries generally. Id., 11 M. C. C. 325 (348)*. On groceries, grocery-store supplies, under 2,000 pounds, fifth-class, column D, prescribed.-Id., 24 M. C. C. 213 (220)*. Grocery-mixture approved; 1. t. 1. 46 cents, New York and common rate points to Baltimore, 50 cents to Washington, 35 Philadelphia, Camden, to Baltimore, 39 to Washington, compensatory.Middle Atlantic States, 12 M. C. C. 545 (547) *. Rating of 11⁄2 times first class is reasonable maximum, ice cream cones. 98 percent of ratings are same as rail.Dishes or Ice Cream Cones Classification Rating, 12 M. C. C. 55. Decreased classification rating unlawful.-Sandwich Spread and Table Sauces Chicago to the South, 20 M. C. C. 83. Cancelation of commodity rates authorized.-Macaroni, etc., Mobile and New Orleans-S. E., 12 M. C. C. 71. Reduced commodity rates, 50 percent of first class or lower, Omaha to points in Ill., Ia., not unlawful.-Groceries and Store Supplies, Omaha, Ill., Ia., 18 M. C. C. 108. Rate of 46 cents, 16,000 pounds, 40 cents, 20,000 pounds, baking powder, not disapproved.-Baking Powder and Canned Goods, Chicago to Kans. and Mo., 22 M. C. C. 413. Rate of 24 cents would yield 16.9 cents per truck-mile, 12,000 pounds minimum. Remunerative.-Peanut Butter from Montgomery to Ga., 22 M. C. C. 375 (377). Iron and steel articles: Truck rate, intrastate, Texas, for 136 miles, 17.6 cents, far below a maximum reasonable rate.-Wrought Pipe and Fittings, 234 I. C. C. 347 (375)*. Since establishment of higher rates on bolts, nails, similar iron and steel articles, some traffic has been diverted to For 234 miles yield from 29-cent rate rails; reduction approved.-New Engon lard, substitutes, vegetable shorten-land, 11 M. C. C. 325 (350)*; 21 M. C. C. ing, would be 25 cents per truck-mile; 373 (385)*. compensatory; too low for 1. t. 1., New York to Washington, and points taking same rates.-Id., p. 547; Ellicott City, Md. included.-Id., 18 M. C. C. 689 (692)*. Earnings on liquid dessert preparations, in metal cans and boxes, 48.5 cents per truck-line Philadelphia haul, 33.5 New York haul, compensatory.-Id., 12 M. C. C. 27 (31)*. Any-quantity rate, 30 cents, iron or steel castings; reduced 1. t. 1. rates on grey-iron castings, to compete with rail rates, approved.-Id., p. 349; 21 M. C. C. 373 (384, 5)*. Fourth-class approved for nested iron or steel pails, not enameled.—Id., 12 M. C. C. 417 (419)*. Rate approved to make basis on quantities less than 20,000 pounds reflect cor responding 1. c. 1. rates, plus 2 cents.-| Nashville, Tenn. to Points in the South, Id., 10 M. C. C. 522*. Millbury and Worcester to Bridgeport, Stratford, Conn., 31 cents, under 20,000 pounds, 22 cents over 20,000 pounds; canceled northbound.-Id., 19 M. C. C. 777 (786)*. Spring assemblies, wire, mattress inner filler, 58 cents, under 12,000, 50 cents 12,000 pounds and over, approved.-Id., p. 793. Elevating truck platforms, skids, on fifth-class basis.-Id., 21 M. C. C. 373 (395) *. Rate on iron or steel bars, Baltimore to Essington, Pa., 20 cents, 20,000 pounds, approved. Rail rate, 16 cents, 40,000 pounds.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (208)*. Commodity rate, plain iron wire in coils, Baltimore to Moore's and Prospect Park, Pa., 35 cents, approved. rate, 26 cents.-Id., p. 204. Rail Addition of iron or steel billets and ingots to iron or steel articles, approved. Id., p. 201. Classification rating on empty iron or steel drums reduced to 83 cents between Baltimore and New York, 64 cents between Baltimore and Philadelphia. L. c. 1. rate 71 cents, c. 1. 33 cents, 17,500 pounds. Id., p. 206; second-class rating approved.-Id., 18 M. C. C. 689 (692)*. 22 M. C. C. 471. Insecticides, sprayers, etc.: L. t. 1. rates, 64 and 79 cents from Washington, Philadelphia, New York, not in excess of 10 percent of total weight, approved. L. c. 1. rates from Washington are 70 and 87 cents set up, 60 and 74 cents k. d.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (202)*. Deletion of packing requirements and ratings, insecticides, fungicides, agricultural, n. o. i., other than liquid, to permit application of third-class rates, approved.-Id., 18 M. C. C. 689*. On meager record, commodity rates on insecticides, value $35 per ton, $2 to $4.25 per ton, 66 to 234 miles, not disapproved.-Insecticides and Fungicides from Camden, N. J. to N. Y. and Pa., 22 M. C. C. 382. Minimum bases of rates, insecticides, fungicides, not warranted.-New England Motor Carrier Rates, 23 M. C. C. 389*. Lampblack: L. c. 1. lots included in rail carrier's drug and chemical list, rate 48 cents between Camden and New York. Respondents proposed rate 6 cents lower; not compensatory.-Ratings on Lampblack and Phosphates, 8 M. C. C. 404 (405). Bags, for shipping gas, lamp, carbon, and vegetable blacks, to assure safe packing, prescribed.-New England, 12 M. C. C. 417 (418)*; third class, gas 21 cents, 20,000 pounds, structural steel, beams, channels, braces, brackets, angles, Phoenixville, Pa., to Baltimore, approved; rail rate 19 cents.-Id., 17| black, when in paper bags; fourth class M. C. C. 609*. when in pellets.-Id., 19 M. C. C. 777 (784)*. Wrenches, and mechanics' hand tools, miter boxes, reduced to third class, to meet rail rates. Awning fixtures, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, fourth class, 5000 pounds; fifth, 20,000.-Central Territory, 22 M. C. C. 729*. Rates, iron and steel articles, mechanics tools for export, coastwise, intercoastal shipment, rail, motor, compared. Reduction approved.-Connecticut M. Lines, Inc., Commodities to N. Y. Harbor, 22 M. C. C. 255. Lead: 20 cents, 16,000 pounds, LaCrosse, Wis. to Chicago, scrap battery lead having value only for remelting and reclamation of chemicals, not justified.— Scrap via Harrison Transfer Service, 4 M. C. C. 442. 29 cents, 20,000 pounds, sheet lead in barrels, boxes, crates, slatted rolls, between Baltimore-New York, approved. Rail rate, 29 cents, 36,000 pounds.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (204) *. Reduction to 59 cents, to $1.02, 1. t. 1., for 164 to 560 miles, enameled iron and 26 cents, 20,000 pounds, pig or slab steel signs, not unlawful.-Signs from lead, Baltimore-New York, approved. Rail rate, 22 cents, 50,000 pounds.-Id., p. 204. Leather: Transport by rail c. 1. lots, is more economical than by truck. Suspended rate less than minimum reasonable.-Leather from Middlesboro to Chicago, 18 M. C. C. 265. Cost, pick-up, delivery, considered.— New England, 21 M. C. C. 373 (385)*; reductions, artificial leather, denied.Id., 24 M. C. C. 213 (215)*, see also 23 M. C. C. 361 (374)*. L. t. 1. commodity rates, 47 cents, Baltimore-Philadelphia, 61 cents Baltimore-New York, belting leather; t. 1. 26 and 33 cents, 20,000 pounds approved. Middle Atlantic States, 12 M. C. C. 27 (31)*. Lumber: Majority of southern pine producers are not located where water routes are available to official territory; intraterritorially increased rates would compel resort to trucks, already a factor, but most mills are designed for rail loading. Fifteen Percent Case, 1937-1938, 226 I. C. C. 41 (117) *. Machinery: belts, etc.: By exception on heavy machinery, commission intended to eliminate rates of carriers which specialize in transport of machinery. Exception to apply on machinery weighing 1,000 pounds or more per piece.-New England, 8 M. C. C. 549 (551)*; applied to tanks and boilers.— Id., 16 M. C. C. 499 (510*; see also 23 M. C. C. 361 (375)*. Lime: Competition of lime with subL. t. 1., airplane motors, Paterson to stitutes, and lime from sources of sup- Middle River, Md., 71 cents, approved. ply sufficiently near markets to make T. 1. rate, 59 cents, 20,000 pounds, c. 1. truck transport economical, consid-rate 33 cents, 24,000 pounds.-Middle ered.--General Commodity Rate In-Atlantic States, 17 M. C. C. 609 (612) *. creases, 1937, 223 I. C. C. 657 (711)*. Transport of lime and cyanide by truck, uneconomical.—Eucalyptus Wood Co. Extension, 4 M. C. C. 354, Elimination from order of rates on quick, hydrated building, chemical, agricultural lime, crushed, ground, pulverized limestone, except whiting or whiting substitute, approved.-New England, 22 M. C. C. 705 (708)*; phosphate of lime, see 23 M. C. C. 361 (382)*. Dealers who can afford to do so store lime during the winter and make 25 to 50 percent profit.-Conklin and Caton, 20 M. C. C. 469 (470). See also Furnaces, boilers. Matches: Weight averages 15.5 pounds per cubic foot, average value 16.2 cents per pound. Classification characteristics compare favorably with commodities rated second class in 1. t. 1. Reasonable for central territory.-L. T. L. Rating, Book Matches, C. F. A. Territory, 10 M. C. C. 595. Second-class rating, 1. t. 1., applies in eastern and southern territories; approved for central.-Paper Book Matches in Middle Atlantic States, 17 M. C. C. 601. In boxes: when 1. t. 1. is rated second class, rating on t. 1. to be third class.Livestock: Decentralization of mar-Middle Atlantic States, 18 M. C. C. 689 keting and slaughtering besides dimin- (692)*. ishing volume of rail ton-miles, decreases competitive markets available to the industry in disposing of its animals, and thus affects farm prices.-Fifteen Percent Case, 1937-1938, 226 I. C. C. 41 (99)*. Reduced rate, 1. t. 1., Carteret, N. J. to Philadelphia unlawful. - Matches from Perth Amboy, N. J. to Philadelphia, 18 M. C. C. 647. (734)*. Second-class rating 1. t. 1. all kinds of matches, prescribed, for uniformity.Principal movement from Ariz. to Central Territory, 22 M. C. C. 729 Calif. is by trucks returning from east-❘ bound trips and consists of "beef stock" from the Phoenix group.-Classes and Commodities in the Southwest, 8 M. C. C. 539 (541). Metals; articles: Truckload commodity rate 26 cents, 20,000 pounds, babbitt, terne, solder, type, Newark and Perth Amboy to Sparrow's Point, approved. Rail rates 26 cents babbitt, 24 on other metals, 36,000 pounds.-Middle Atlantic States, 10 M. C. C. 193 (204)*. Rate, tin plate in bundles or on skids, Newark to Baltimore, 24 cents, 20,000 pounds, loading and unloading by consignor or consignee, approved. Rail rate 24 cents, 36,000 pounds.-Id., p. 209. Rate on plate, tin or terne, between New York and Baltimore, is 26 cents, 20,000 pounds. Rail rate 24 cents, 40,000 pounds; when embossed or perforated, 30,000 pounds. Reduction not justified. Id., 10 M. C. C. 299 (301)*. Only class rates apply from Carteret, N. J., on pig lead and solder, because of lack of an intermediate rule in connec tion with commodity rates. Commodity rates approved.-Id., 12 M. C. C. 545 (549)*. 22 cents, 20,000 pounds, copper, brass, bronze articles, in bars, rolled, tubing, etc., Baltimore to Bridesburg, Pa. approved; rail rate, 22 cents, 30,000 pounds. Id., 18 M. C. C. 681*. Rates aluminum, babbit-metal, bronze, white-metal alloys, brass, copper, other nonferrous metals, reduced, to allow trucks to compete with rails.-New England, 11 M. C. C. 325 (351)*; see also 23 M. C. C. 361 (377, 384)*. Reduced rates, aluminum articles, Cleveland to Detroit, and on brass, copper, cupronickel, nickel articles, 20,000 pounds, approved.-Central Territory, 19 M. C. C. 545 (553)*. Rate tin plate, straight t. 1., or mixed with commodities used in tin cans, notepaper forms, stationery, fiberboard boxes, pulpboard, not to exceed 10 percent of total weight, between Philadelphia, Camden, New York City, not unlawful.-Motor Exp. & Term. Corp. Rates, 14 M. C. C. 351. Reduced rates, mixed shipments, metals and shoes, to equalize alleged commercial disadvantages of one shipper, unlawful.-Wilson Truck Co., Inc., Commodities, Midwest and South, 19 M. C. C. 742. Miscellaneous: First-class, hatters' fur waste, other than clippings and scraps, New England, 12 M. C. C. 417 (419)*. in bales or uncompressed, approved. Fifth-class rating on shades on wooden rollers when shipped in boxes, approved.—Id., p. 419. Rate prescribed, metal purse frames, to remove discrimination against larger sizes.-Id., p. 418. 10 cents on sulphate pulp, 20,000 South-bound commodity rates can- pounds, compensatory.—Id., p. 426. celed.-Id., 21 M. C. C. 373 (388)*. To restore animal food to highway, 30-cents, 180 miles, 20,000 pounds, cop-30, 25 cents, 20,000 pounds, 149 and 237 per rods, wire, cable, approved.-Id., 24 miles, approved.-Id., 23 M. C. C. 361 M. C. C. 213 (216)*. (362) *. Rates, scrap brass or copper, reduced, to enable trucks to compete with rail carriers.-Id., p. 353. Scrap type metals, straight shipments, accorded same rates as other scrap metals. Id., 19 M. C. C. 777 (792)*. Fifth-class approved for sheet copper.-Id., 12 M. C. C. 417*. Copper articles and cable, 50 cents, under 3,000 pounds, 45 cents, 3,000 to 19,999 pounds, 33 cents, 20,000 pounds, approved.-Id., 21 M. C. C. 373 (380)*. Commodity rates on printed advertising matter, butter and cheese color, aniline dyes, authorized, to meet rail competition.-Id., 24 M. C. C. 213 (223)*. Rate on ground limestone authorized for limestone whiting or whiting substitute.-Id., 24 M. C. C., p. 224. Bobbin blocks, 25 cents, 22,000 pounds 23 M. C. C. 361 (364)*; 15 cents, any minimum, 174 miles, approved.-Id., quantity, corn products, p. 369. Same as rail rate, cough drops, approved.-Id., 23 M. C. C. 361 (366) *. Brush-factory products and supplies, Brass and related commodities, Ansonia and Seymour, Conn., to New York City metropolitan area, 35 cents, under 12,000 pounds.-New England Territory fourth-class.-Id., 10 M. C. C. 157 Commodity Rates, 12 M. C. C. 521 (526). | (158)*. |