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in Section 1 under the heading "Table No. 1 " and that of the office in Illinois in Section 2. He then turns to a special table, known as Table No. 1, " and the rate per hundred pounds will be found at the intersection of the column headed by the rate number of the office in Section 1 with the horizontal line of rates, at the left-hand margin of which appears the rate number of the office in Section 2." In shipments between offices in Section 1 to common points in other states of section 2 the same procedure is followed, but Column and Table No. 2 instead of No. 1 are consulted.

The following extracts are from Tariff No. 1-A. In addition there are Tariffs Nos. 2, 3, and 4, applicable to common points in other territories:

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RATE NUMBERS.

TABLE No. I

Local and Joint Merchandise Rates in Cents per 100 Pounds

• Local and Joint Merchandise Rates in Cents per 100 Pounds

For shipments between points one or both of which are 66 exclusive "-that is, 66 not common "-various types of tariffs are issued. When the articles are carried by one company the most common practice is to use its local merchandise tariffs. Some of these are very simple, stating the specific rates between a given office and other offices mentioned.

Others are more complex, dividing the field covered into sections, and providing rate tables, as shown in the case of the Airy Tariff, for shipments between common points. A

1 Adams Express Co., Local Merchandise Tariff, I. C. C. No. 566, effective March 1, 1910.

declining number are made up in the usual simple form, but contain rates inserted with a typewriter.1 Some tariffs provide rate tables, but insert the actual names of the stations instead of the usual station numbers.

EXTRACT FROM LOCAL MERCHANDISE TARIFF OF SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY

Each

Still others are in the form of distance tariffs. station is given an index number, and, with this in mind, the distance between two points can be ascertained from a mileage table. Rates can then be found for given distances.

Besides the above-named local merchandise tariffs, express companies may construct basing tariffs," to be used

1 Northern Express Co., Local Merchandise Tariff, I. C. C. No. 245. 2 Adams Express Co., Table of Distances between All Stations on the Iowa Central Ry., I. C. C. No. 267.

I. C. C., "Regulations governing The Construction and Filing of Tariffs and Classifications of Express Companies," effective August 1, 1908, p. 7.

when through rates are not specifically authorized in local. cr common joint tariffs. Wells, Fargo & Co. has issued such a tariff. It is constructed in sections, each one containing an alphabetical list of offices and the basing rates for an individual state.

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When two or more companies carry merchandise between offices, one or both of which are exclusive, one practice is to issue joint merchandise tariffs. Such tariffs are similar in form to local merchandise tariffs, but are jointly issued. If joint tariffs do not apply, the agent uses the through rates authorized by the originating company. Joint basing transfer tariffs are issued by the separate companies to show the through rate on shipments destined to offices of connecting concurring companies. Alphabetical lists of offices are arranged by states so as to indicate all transfer points at which business may be transferred to connecting companies. They shall provide that the lowest charge that can be computed via any transfer point named therein shall be the through charge from point of origin to destination applicable via any transfer point named therein." When joint tariffs are used, charges are graduated but once, but when joint basing transfer tariffs are used, except in case of packages weighing seven pounds or less, they are graduated once for each company.

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In addition to the above-named class tariffs a growing number of commodity tariffs is being issued. Regular commodity tariffs may be either local or joint. The local

1 Wells, Fargo & Co., General Tariff-Pennsylvania, Supplement to I. C. C. No. 10, effective May 20, 1908.

2 Adams Express Co. Joint Basing Transfer Tariff, I. C. C. No. 20, effective March 1, 1910.

3 Interstate Commerce Commission, "Regulations Governing the Construction and Filing of Tariffs and Classifications of Express Companies," effective August 1, 1908, p. 8.