FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
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obtain permission from the Commission 
so that the rates were made effective on 
short notice. 
FREIGHT RATE GUIDE. 
In making a comparative study and de¬ 
tailed check of our various rates an op¬ 
portunity is being afforded us to simul¬ 
taneously compile a Rate Guide for the 
information of members and other inter¬ 
ested parties—an idea conceived by the 
Traffic Manager before coming with the 
League. This rate medium or service 
should prove an invaluable asset to the 
organization, as it contemplates placing 
before you at all times the freight rates 
from every shiping point in Florida to 
approximately 3,000 markets, in such a 
simple manner that you will have no 
trouble in determining your own rates. 
The Executive Committee at its last meet¬ 
ing authorized that the task be proceeded 
with, and at this time it is about half 
completed. The service will be ready for 
inauguration at the beginning of next sea¬ 
son, and before we adjourn here I want 
to have an opportunity of presenting this 
matter more in detail for your considera¬ 
tion. 
Were I to attempt to explain in detail 
the many corrections we have been able 
to poipt out to the railroads, all of which 
have been due more or less to errors in 
tariff compilation in years past, it would 
require an indulgence on your part which 
I don’t want to ask. The important ones 
have recently been announced through the 
press over the State, and will hereafter 
be included in our periodical bulletins as 
well. However, I do want to bring to 
your attention, by way of illustrating the 
benefits to be derived from a careful check 
of the tariffs and a study of our rate struc¬ 
ture, just a few representative corrections 
we have had made in the past week— 
briefly as follows: 
Texarkana, Ark.-Tex., citrus fruit and 
pineapples, carloads, when from stations 
on the F. E. C. Ry., reduction of 48 cents 
box, taking effect April 23. 
Newport, Ark., citrus fruit and pine¬ 
apples, carloads, when from stations on 
the F. E. C. Ry., reduction of 2 cents box, 
taking effect April 23. 
Harrisburg, Pa., tomatoes and other 
vegetables, carloads, when from stations 
on F. E. C. Ry., reduction of 6 cents 
crate, effective April 23. 
Deadwood, S. D., citrus fruit and pine¬ 
apples, carloads, from all Florida, will be 
reduced 12 cents per box, effective with 
issuance of next supplement to Florida 
Orange-Pineapple Tariff No. 4. 
Crawford, Neb., citrus fruit and pine¬ 
apples, carloads, from all Florida, will be 
reduced 9 cents per box, effective with is¬ 
suance of next supplement to Florida Or¬ 
ange-Pineapple Tariff No. 4. 
Ogden, Utah, citrus fruit and pineap¬ 
ples, carloads, from all Florida, will be 
reduced 4 cents per box, effective with 
issuance of next supplement to Florida 
Orange-Pineapple Tariff No. 4. 
El Paso, Texas, citrus fruit and pine¬ 
apple rates, carloads, taking effect April 
30, will be made clear in the tariff so there 
will be no difficulty in determining same, 
and especially avoiding over-charges 
which have been made on practically ev¬ 
ery car heretofore. 
