EIGHTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. 



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RATES ON APPLES— (Green, by Carloads.) 



Under the State 

 Distance Schedule of 



in Miles. Iowa. Illinois. 



100 $16.80 $16.00 



200 28.40 20.80 



300 40.00 24.20 



Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 5 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 36 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 65 per cent 



Distance 

 in Miles. 

 100 

 200 

 300 



RATES ON LIVE POULTRY. 



Under the State 



Schedule of 

 Iowa. Illinois. 



'$24.00 $23.40 



39.20 31.00 



50.00 



Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 2 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 22 per cent 



34.00 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 47 per cent 



RATES ON FRESH BERRIES— (In Boxes or Crates.) 



Distance 

 in Miles. 

 100 

 200 

 300 



Under the State 



Schedule of 



Iowa. Illinois. 



$32.00 $24.00 



46.00 31.20 ■ 



60.00 36.00 



Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 33 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 47 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 65 per cent 



In handling berries, berry boxes become a necessity. 



RATES ON BERRY BOXES AND CRATES — (Nested in Crates or 



Bundles.) 



Under the State 

 Distance Schedule of 



in Miles. Iowa. Illinois. 



100 $32.00 $14.00 



200 46.00 18.80 



300 60.00 22.00 



Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 128 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 144 per cent 

 Iowa rate exceeds Illinois rate 172 per cent 



I might go on and give you hundreds of other comparisons, but 

 what would be the use? There are thousands of rates in effect in 

 this state. Last year President Stickney, in his address before 

 you, estimated that if there was a rate for every town in the United 

 States on every commodity hauled, there would be three trillion 

 five hundred million rates in effect. What would be of value is 

 simply this: an accurate statement as to the average revenue, the 

 average rate on all eommodities hauled in this state. The nearest 

 approach to this is what we call the average revenue per ton mile. 

 I find, if the report of your Railroad Commissioners is correct, that 

 the average revenue for every ton hauled a mile in this state is 79 

 per cent higher than in Illinois. Perhaps you say, conditions 

 are different in Iowa and Illinois. Yes, that is true. But does 



