ar 3° . 
only (tomatoes) would this change in the basis of comparison with truck 
charges have resulted in an opposite conclusion. If cartage costs were 
omitted from costs of shipping tomatoes by rail, truck charges vould 
have been_higher to most markets. 
Thus, on this basis of comparison, rail charges are higher than truck 
charges to.most of the eastern, southern and midwestern markets analyzed 
here for 5 of 8 important commodities: Oranges, grapefruit, snap beans, 
green corn, and potatoes, Truck charges were higher for cabbage, celery, 
and tomatoes, Of course, the excess of rail over truck costs was in every 
instance less than it was in the foregoing comparison when cartage costs 
were added to rail charges. For all commodities analyzed, there was at 
least one market for which an excess of rail costs (including cartage 
charges) over truck charges became an excess of truck over rail charges, if 
cartage costs were excluded. $ 
With respect to western markets, it was, of course, true that rail 
charges, excluding cartage costs, were below truck charges. (Denver was 
an exception to this statement, also, for some commodities.) The excess 
of truck charges over rail costs would obviously have been higher if 
cartage charges had not been added to rail costs. 
According to Market 
As indicated above, basic railroad rates and refrigeration charges 
both tapered off with distance--rates increasing as distance increased 
but at a decreasing progression. In contrast, truck rates generally rose 
in direct proportion to distance. For most of the commodities analyzed 
here total rail charges (including refrigeration but excluding cartage 
costs) were generally higher thantruck charges for short hauls. But, as 
a result of the foregoing difference in structure, rail charges were 
typically lower to the long-haul markets; the longer the haul, the greater 
the difference from truck rates, The following tabulation presents figures 
which show the excess of rail charges, including refrigeration charges 
(but not cartage costs), over truck charges for snap beans shipped from 
Belle Glade, Fla., to a selected number of the markets analyzed: 
— 
: : Excess of rail rates plus 
Market : Railway miles from =: refrigeration charges 
: Belle Glade, Fla.  : over truck charges 
(Cents per 100 pounds) 
- 
Atlanta . .608 25) 
Washington, D. C. 1,02 26 
Philadelphia 1,179 19 
New York City 1,272 10 
Detroit LNs iS =1 
Boston 1,499 -) 
Denver 1,943 Soul 
Los Angeles Pane a 8S) -101 
San Francisco 3,12 —lhh 
Seattle 35437 ~28)) 
