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APPLE RATES FROM MICHIGAN. 



I want to direct your attention first to a few rates on Michigan im- 

 portant perishable products. In the case of apples, for instance, from 

 Cadillac to New York; prior to June 1918 the rate was 37.5c per hundred 

 From July 1918 to August 1920, it was 47c per hundred. Since the 

 going into effect of the last increase in rates, about the first of Septem- 

 ber, 1920, it is 66c per hundred; an increase of nearly 30c per hundred, 

 or about 90%. The Chicago rate from Cadillac on apples used to be 

 20.5c per hundred; during the war it was raised to 25.5; after the war it 

 was raised to 36c per hundred. 



POTATO RATES FROM MICHIGAN. 



Identically the same schedule of rates applies to potatoes as applies 

 to apples, in spite of the fact that apples are generally of very much more 

 value. This suggests too, the important thought that low grade apples, 

 wasty, decayed and relatively less valuable, cost just as much to move 

 by freight as fancys and extra fancys. It is a serious question whether 

 low grade perishables can be moved, in spite of their great utility in 

 many situations, under the existing high freight rates. 



CELERY RATES FROM MICHIGAN. 



As is well known, Michigan produces some of the finest celery that 

 is grown in the United States. It is widely distributed and highly 



