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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Five 



FRUIT AND VEGE- The Illinois 



TABLE RATES Central Rail- 



IN DANGER , road, the Chi- 



cago & Eastern 

 Illinois, and other railroads operating 

 in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, have 

 asked the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission for permission to cancel out 

 their present rates on fruits and vege- 

 tables applying from points in Illi- 

 nois and Indiana to Chicago, and in- 

 stead, establish substantially higher 

 rates. This action is based upon the 

 case in which the I. A. A. was active 

 two years ago when a very substantial 

 increase in Illinois rates was pre- 

 vented. The railroads are now mak- 

 ing another effort to boost Illinois 

 rates. L. J. Quasey, director of trans- 

 portation, will file a protest against 

 rate increases on the ground that the 

 economic position of the fruit grower 

 in Southern Illinois is such that they 

 can not stand any further handicaps. 



PEACH RATES Negotiations are 



ON I. C. R. R. under way with the 

 Illinois Central 

 Railroad Company for a reduction in 

 the minimum weight on peaches from 

 24,000 pounds to 20,000, and to ap- 

 ply the same rate on peaches south- 

 bound as that applicable on peaches 

 northbound from Georgia. If we are 

 successful in bringing this about, it 

 will result in a very substantial re- 

 duction to our people. . 



FEEDING-IN-TRAN- As a result 

 SIT ON WABASH of our efforts, 



the Wabash 

 Railroad Company has put into 

 effect a feeding-in-transit rate on cat- 

 tle and sheep so that they may be 

 stopped in transit for grazing or fat- 

 tening at a very substantial saving in 

 freight on the through movement to 

 market. This applies to points on the 

 Wabash intermediate to Chicago. 



REDUCTION^ ON 

 C at E. I< R. R. 



As a result of 

 our negotiations 

 with the C. & E, 

 I. Railroad Company a reduction in 

 stocker and feeder rates has been 

 granted from the National Stock 

 Yards at East St. Louis, to points on 

 the C. & E. I. railroad in Montgomery 

 County. This makes the rates 25 per 

 cent lower than those previously in 

 effect. 



MILK AND CREAM 

 RATES REDUCED 



On April 15 

 w e reported 

 that the Wa- 

 bash Railroad Company put into effect 

 increased rates on milk and cream 

 which particularly concerned shippers 

 in and around Raymond, Illinois. We 

 immediately took the matter up with 



the Wabash Railroad Company and 

 filed informal complaint with the 

 Illinois Commerce Commission. As a 

 result of our action, the Wabash Rail- 

 road Company issued their new tariff 

 M-9, to become effective May 28, 1927, 

 reducing the rates practically to their 

 former basis. - j , 



STOCK CATTLE 

 RATES 



The C. & A. 

 Railroad Company 

 has issued a tariff 

 to become effective June 15, 1927, 

 which increases the freight rate from 

 27 cents to 29 cents a hundred on 

 stock cattle from Kansas City to 

 points in Illinois on the C. & A. and 

 connecting lines. We have filed a 

 petition with the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission opposing this increase. 



PROPOSED CAN 

 CELLATION OF 

 L. C. L. RATES 



The railroads 

 are proposing to 

 cancel the less 

 than car load 

 commodity rates on a large number of 

 commodities, including fruits and 

 vegetabl«Sr- moving between points in 

 Illinois, and to apply a higher class 

 rate. This move is being opposed by 

 this association and other interested 

 parties. Hearingrs are being conducted 

 jointly by the Illinois Commerce Com- 

 mission and the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. The outcome of this 

 proposition will be reported later. 



This case 

 involves a pe- 

 tition by the 

 Jerseyville Telephone Company for 

 an advance in telephone rates in 

 Jersey County. The final hearing was 

 held in Springfield, May 19. Mr. Cod- 

 dingham. Chairman of the Farm 

 Bureau Committee, Mr. Shuman, farm 

 adviser of Jersey county and L. J. 

 Quasey of the I. A. A., represented 



JERSEYVILLE 

 TELEPHONE CASE 



Goi Loading Chute 



I. A. A. Transportation Dept.: 



Referring to your letter of 

 May 26 about stock loading pens 

 at Twin Grove, I am mighty glad 

 to report that these facilities 

 were put in three weeks ago. 



Please be assured I greatly 

 appreciate your part in getting 

 this fine accommodation. I 

 think it is an object lesson to my 

 non-farm bureau member neigh- 

 bor who had repeatedly told me 

 he had tried for twenty years to 

 get what we have just gotten so 

 easily. 



E. D. LAWRENCE, 

 - McLean County, 111. 



farm j bureau member subscribers. 

 From the report of the Commission's 

 engrineers, it appears that the com- 

 pany will earn on the basis of the 

 present rates, about five per cent, 

 which : practically means that the pe- 

 tition for the advance in rates will be 

 denied by the Commission. 



ILLINOIS SOUTHS 

 ERN TELEPHONE 

 CASE 



• We haVe Just 

 received the Illi- 

 nois Commerce 

 Commission's de- 

 which was heard 

 The Commission 



CLAIMS I 

 COLLECTED 



cision Ion this case 

 in Vienna, April 19, 

 has refused to grant the petition of 

 the company to discontinue free toll 

 service and to abandon certain ex- 

 changes. The Commission also or- 

 dered the company to re-establish cer- 

 tain service which they had discon- 

 tinued without authority from the 

 Commission. Immediately after this 

 order Was issued by the Commission, 

 the cotnpany withdrew another peti- 

 tion which it had filed with the Illi- 

 nois Commerce Commission affecting 

 telephone service in ten other coun- 

 ties in Illinois. The I. A. A. and the 

 farm bureaus gave the testimony 

 which )*esulted in the favorable action 

 of the jCommission.! i 



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From January 1, 

 1927, to April 30, 

 1927 the I. A. A. 

 collected $12,306.91 in claims. For 

 the month of May, 1927 the total was 

 $1,767.70 or a grand total of $14,- 

 074.61. Of this amount, $6,994.08 

 was collected in the name of the Chi- 

 cago t*roducers' Commission Asso- 

 ciation for the period from January 

 1, 1927, to April 30. For the month 

 of May $1,375.27 was collected for the 

 Producers. 



AUTO INSURANCE By the end of 



HITS 4000 May, auto insur- 



I I ' ' ■ i ance applications 

 in the fllinois Agricultural Mutual In- 

 surance Co., totaled 4,080. The rec- 

 ord of the month was 530 applications. 

 The dr^ve for 10,000 applications by 

 Aug. 1 .;is on. Every Farm Bureau will 

 beask^d to devote a week toward se- 

 curing hew policy holders. •■[ 



HAIL INSURANCE A total of $615,- 

 PROVES POPULAR 887 worth of 



fruit and garden 

 truck hail insurance has been written 

 in thiifty'-one ct)unties. The heavy 

 frost will cut the total amount that 

 would have been written at least fifty 

 per cent. Farm crop hail insurance 

 written up to June 8 totaled $1,133,- 

 055 in forty-three counties. The 

 heavy demand for this insurance will 

 come later. - 



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