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account be loaded promptly. To this extent then their responsibility 
for unnecessary car detention throughout the country is lessened. 
As has been shown, however, they suffer most from car shortages. 
Some of the State demurrage codes contain provisions apparently 
designed as special concessions in favor of the farmer. No doubt 
other industries would not very readily give up any special conces- 
sions in their favor on the strength of the farmer voluntarily giving 
up his. It would seem, however, the proper thing for farmers to 
insist on the elimination from all demurrage regulations of all special 
concessions in their favor. Then they could with greater force de- 
mand the abolition of concessions in favor of others. This would 
moan a minimum of car detention, more cars for all shippers, and 
greater prosperity for the farmer. 
APPENDIX. 
Below are two tables showing variations from the uniform code on interstate and 
intrastate traffic. The uniform code is taken as the normal and the only two features 
of it included are the free time allowed for loading and unloading and the demurrage 
rate. Time allowed for reconsigning, completion of load, and other purposes men- 
tioned in rule 2 of the code are not taken into consideration here either under "nor- 
mal time" or " additional time," nor are such features here considered in detailing 
the variations from the uniform code. 
When no entries are shown in the various columns it is to be understood that the 
uniform code applies, or that the corresponding provisions of State codes are the same 
as those of the uniform code. 
Table I contains a list of all the demurrage bureaus, together with the headquar- 
ters and a general description of the territory embraced in the jurisdiction of each 
one. This information is taken from the Official Railway Equipment Register. 
Some of the bureaus are confined to a particular State, as, for example, Montana, 
North Carolina, and Tennessee. However, no one bureau necessarily includes all 
the roads in any one State nor is any one State necessarily confined to one particular 
bureau. Tennessee has two bureaus within its borders, while Illinois has four. On 
the other hand a single road may be divided among several bureaus, the Santa Fe 
System, for example, having portions of its line under seven different bureaus. The 
Lake Superior Demurrage Bureau is confined practically to the two cities of Duluth 
and Superior. Some are shown as operating in a certain State when in reality they 
may include only a few stations on some particular road in that State. The Illinois 
and Iowa, as an example, has in Kentucky only the station of Paudcah on the Chi- 
cago, Burlington & Quincy Road. 
Attention is called to the fact that the demurrage bureaus, on intrastate traffic 
within the various States, administer the provisions of the State codes. t Consequently 
Table I shows variations from the uniform code on interstate traffic only. 
Table II contains a list of all the States and shows which ones have railroad com- 
missions. It shows also in which ones demurrage is regulated by statute and in which 
ones it is regulated by orders of the commission. As to "reciprocal demurrage" the 
three most important features are shown, namely: Time allowed carriers in which 
to furnish cars, the basis for extension of time where there is a sliding scale, and the 
penalty imposed for failure to furnish cars within the time allowed. Inasmuch as 
"reciprocal demurrage " applies on intrastate traffic only, all reciprocal features shown 
are necessarily variations from the uniform code. 
