Statement showing list of articles classed as cotton and knitting factory products, etc.-Continued Commodity and classification description Rating Official Southern List no. 2.-Southern carriers' proposed basis, 75 percent of first ciass-Continued Cord, braided (made wholly of cotton, cotton-factory sweepings and jute waste or cotton-factory sweepings and ramie noils), in bales or boxes or barrels, or in coils, or on reels, or in rolls (see note 1)............. Diapers, made wholly of cotton, packed in rolls or in boxes or bales (see note 1).... Dusters, lap, made wholly of cotton, packed in rolls, or in boxes or bales (see note 1) 1. c. 1... In carloads. 3 13 Fabrics, made of rayon, wool, or of mixed cotton and silk, mixed cotton and rayon, or mixed cotton and wool, in the original piece, but not finished articles ready for immediate use, in bales or boxes, (see notes 1 and 3).... Hosiery, made wholly of cotton, mixed cotton and rayon, mixed cotton and silk, mixed cotton and wool, or mixed cotton and fiber and silk yarn, in bales or boxes (see notes 1 and 3). Handkerchiefs, made wholly of cotton, or mixed cotton and rayon, in bales or boxes (see notes 1 and 3).. Knit goods, made wholly of cotton, when specific name of article and name of shipper are plainly stenciled on outside of package (shipper's name may be marked on tag attached to package), and stated in the shipping receipt or bill of lading (marking or describing packages as "knit goods", will not be sufficient), in bales or boxes (see note 1)... Mats, bath, made wholly of cotton, in bales, boxes, bundles, or crates (see note 1)... Plush, made wholly of cotton, in the original piece, in bales or boxes (see note 1)... Sheets, made wholly of cotton, in boxes or bales or rolls (see note 1).. Spreads, bed, including spreads for beds and pillows, made wholly of cotton, packed in rolls or in bales or boxes (see note 1).. Sweaters, knitted, made wholly of cotton or made of mixed cotton and silk, or mixed cotton and rayon, or mixed cotton and fiber and silk yarn, in bales or boxes (see notes 1 and 3).. Tapestries, made wholly of cotton, mixed cotton and rayon, or mixed cotton and wool, in bales or boxes (see notes 1 and 3).. Tops, furniture, made wholly of cotton, in bales, boxes, or in rolls (see note 1).. Towels, made wholly of cotton (including crash towels made wholly of cotton or a mixture of cotton and flax waste stock), packed in rolls or in boxes or bales (see note 1).... Tufts, made wholly of cotton, in bags, barrels, or boxes, or in machine-pressed bales (see note 1).. Underwear, made wholly of cotton, woven, with or without knitted parts, in bales or boxes (see note 1). Underwear, knitted, made of mixed cotton and silk, or mixed cotton and rayon, or mixed cotton and wool, or mixed cotton and fiber and silk yarn, in bales or boxes (see notes 1 and 3).. 1 Velours, velvet and velveteen, made wholly of cotton, in the original piece, but not finished articles ready for immediate use, in bales or boxes (see note 1)... Wadding, made wholly of cotton, in bales or boxes (see note 1)..... 1 Webbing, made wholly of cotton, other than backband, in bales or boxes (see note 1). NOTE 1.-When in bales or rolls, each bale or roll must be separately covered with burlap; fiber board, metal strapped; cotton cloth not less than 18 by 22 strands to the square inch and weighing not less than 8 ounces to the square yard; or 2 thicknesses of sulphate or sulphite pulp paper weighing not less than 90 pounds per ream (480 sheets 24 by 36 inches). NOTE 2-Not applicable on finished plush, tapestries, velours, velvet, or velveteen, made wholly of cotton in the original piece. NOTE 3.-Articles not to exceed 50 percent in weight of silk, rayon, or wool. 211 I. C. C. APPENDIX B Number of factories, production, consumption, and number of looms and spindles The number of mills in New England decreased from 332 in 1925 to 241 in 1929, and the value of their products from $608,000,000 to $409,000,000. During the same period the number of mills in the cotton-growing States had remained fairly constant, around 765, and the value of their product had increased from $885,000,000 to $929,000,000. The decrease in the number of mills in the New England States from 1923 to 1929 was 32.5 percent, while the increase in mills in the South during the same period was 6 percent. During the same period, 1923 to 1929, the decrease in employees in the New England States was 39.6 percent and the increase in employees in the cotton-growing States was 16.5 percent. The ratios of production of woven goods 12 inches wide or over, for 1919, were 39.4 percent for New England and 54.5 percent for the cotton-growing States; in 1929, 21.3 percent for New England and 75.4 percent for the cottongrowing States. During the 10 years preceding 1929, the production of sheetings in New England had declined 28 percent and of print cloth 45.9 percent. During the same time the production in the South had increased 34.2 percent and 170.4 percent respectively. In 1890 New England mills used 1,502,000 bales of cotton, or 59.7 percent of the total bales consumed in the United States, while the cotton-growing States consumed 539,000 bales, or 21.4 percent. In 1920 the relative percentages were, respectively 37.3 percent and 55.2 percent. In 1930 the consumption in New England was 1,143,000 bales, or 18.7 percent, as against 4,694,000 bales, or 76.9 percent for the South. Between 1890 and 1930, the consumption in New England had actually decreased while that in the cotton-growing States had increased ninefold. Stated in another way, in 1890 New England's consumption was three times that of the South. In 1930 the South's consumption was four times that of the North. The percentages of increase and decrease between 1913 and 1930 in consumption of cotton bales by the mills of the New England and of the cotton-growing States are shown on a chart introduced as an exhibit. The line representing the consumption of the southern mills shows a constant increase. From 1913 to 1920 this increase has only a slight upward trend. From 1920 to 1930 the trend is much more sharply upward, continuing in almost a straight line. The line representing consumption of the New England mills is almost exactly the reverse of that for the southern mills, with the tendency always downward. From 1913 to 1920 the decrease is only slightly downward. From 1920 to 1930 the trend is much more sharply downward, progressing in practically a straight line. The number of active spindles in operation shows similar trends. In 1890 New England had 75.9 percent of the total for the country, and the cottongrowing States 10.4 percent; in 1920 the percentages were 51.6 and 42.6, respectively; and in 1930 they were 36.3 and 59.1, respectively. In 1907 the active spindles in New England were between 14.5 and 15 millions, and those in the South between 9 and 9.5 millions. In 1931 the figures were reversed, 9.5 millions for New England and 18 millions for the South. Since 1920, fifty-six Massachusetts mills, with a capital of $83,240,500, closed; others were on the verge of liquidation at the time of the hearings. In that State between 1923 and 1931 the number of spindles decreased by nearly 5.5 millions. In Fall River between 1921 and 1932 there was a decrease of 2 million spindles, or more than 50 percent, and a decrease in looms of nearly 50,000, which was considerably more than 50 percent. In New Bedford, Mass., there was a shrinkage in spindles from 3.5 millions in 1921 to 1.9 millions in 1932, or about 46 percent; in looms from nearly 56,000 to approximately 39,000; and in employees from 41,000 to 22,000. Since 1924, 50 knitting mills in the vicinity of Utica, N. Y., have either been liquidated or have moved to the South. APPENDIX C Western trunk-line arbitraries 1 [To be added to the rates from southern manufacturing points to Madison, Wis., and Mississippi River gateways north of Cairo, Ill., to Dubuque, Iowa, inclusive, to determine maximum reasonable rates to points in western trunk-line territory] TABLE OF COMMODITIES [Numbers in parentheses following citations indicate pages on which commodities are considered] ACID, SULPHURIC. Baltimore, Md., to Neville Island, Pa., 232. AMMONIA, SULPHATE OF. Johnstown, Steelton, and Bethlehem, Pa., to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 69. ASBESTOS. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. ASPHALT, Petroleum and Rock. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. AUTOMOBILES AND PARTS. Memphis, Tenn., to Louisiana and Arkansas, 323. BAGGING AND BAGS. Texas from and to New Orleans, La., and points taking same rates, 395 (402). BANANAS, IMPORTED. New York, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., to Charleston, W. Va., 14. BASKETS, BERRY, Fruit, and VEGETABLE. Southern classification territory, 139. Southwestern and Kansas-Missouri territories from and to southwestern, Kansas-Missouri, southern, western trunk-line, Illinois, and central territories, 155. BEANS, STRING, GREEN. North Carolina to central territory, 146. BERRIES. Southern territory to trunk-line and New England territories, 283. Board, Pulp, SCRAP. Washington, D. C., to Big Island, Va., 463. BONES. Buffalo-Pittsburgh, trunk-line, and New England territories, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, East St. Louis, Ill., and Norfolk, Va., to Mount Airy, N. C., 265. BONE SCRAP. Mount Airy, N. C., to Buffalo-Pittsburgh, trunk-line, and New England territories, Chicago, Ill., and Detroit and Muskegon, Mich., 265. BOTTLES, OLD. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. BOXES, EMPTY. tories, 117. North Carolina from and to trunk-line and New England terri BOX MATERIAL. Southwestern territory, 575 (592). Southwestern territory from and to various points, 496. BRICK. Kansas, 225. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. BRIQUETTES, COAL, BITUMINOUS. Pennsylvania to Fairport Harbor, Ohio, for transshipment as lake cargo, 332. Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia to Pennsylvania, 359. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee to South BUCKLES. Texas from and to New Orleans, La., and points taking same rates, 395 (402). BURRS, COTTON, GROUND. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. BUTTER. Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas to peninsula of Florida, 528. CAKE, COTTONSEED. Arkansas, 219. Oklahoma, 23. Texas from and to New Orleans, La., and points taking same rates, 395 (402). CALVES, FEEDER. Red Bluff and Avalon, N. Mex., to Cuervo, N. Mex., 87. CALVES, STOCKER. Las Vegas, N. Mex., to Thatcher, Colo., 21. CANNED GOODS. Jacksonville, Fla., from and to Georgia, 509 (514). Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. Texas from and to New Orleans, La., and points taking same rates, 395 (402). CANS, TIN. Harvey, La., to Natalia, Tex., 39. CANS, TIN, EMPTY. Chicago, Ill., to Sac City, Iowa, 673. CARDS, POSTAL. Official, southern, western, and Illinois classification territories, 208. CARRIERS, SECOND-HAND. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. CATTLE. Nevada to California, 567. CEMENT, HYDRAULIC OR PORTland. CHAINS, ANIMAL. Kansas gas belt to New Mexico, 315. East York, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio, to Nashville, Tenn., 289. CHAINS, IRON AND STEEL. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. CHAT. Kansas, 225. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. CHEMICALS. Phillipsburg, N. J., to Columbus, Ohio, 564. COAL. Colorado and New Mexico to Kansas and Nebraska, 53. Illinois to St. Louis, Mo., and St. Louis switching district, 335. COAL, BITUMINOUS. Arkansas, 219. Colona and Conway, Pa., to Youngstown, Ohio, 1. Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia to Illinois, 639. Oklahoma, 23. Pennsylvania to Fairport Harbor, Ohio, for transshipment as lake cargo, 332. Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia to Pennsylvania, 359. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee to South Bend, Ind., 327. COAL, CANNEL. Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia to Pennsylvania, 359. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, to South Bend, Ind., 327. COFFEE, GREEN OR ROASTED. taking same rates, 395 (402). COKE. Arkansas, 219. Oklahoma, 23. Texas from and to New Orleans, La., and points COKE, PETROLEUM. Arkansas City, Kans., to St. Louis, Webster Groves, and Maplewood, Mo., 469. CONTAINERS, SECOND-HAND. Oklahoma, via Coffeyville, Kans., 318. CONTAINERS, SHEET-STEEL. Apollo, Pa., to New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, West Virginia, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri, 346. COOPS, POULTRY, METAL. Ottumwa, Iowa, to Watertown, S. Dak., and Butterfield, Minn., 665. CORN, POP, AND SWEET, DRIED. Kansas, 225 (226). CORN, WHOLE. Exeter and Stromsburg, Nebr., to Council Bluffs, Iowa, stored and reshipped to Los Angeles, Calif., reconsigned to Monrovia, Calif., 689. COTTON. Jacksonville, Fla., from and to Georgia, 509 (515). COTTON FABRICS AND GOODS. Seaboard territory to Sherman, Tex., 601 (633). COTTON FACTORY PRODUCTS AND PIECE GOODS. Official, southern, western trunk-line, and southwestern territories from and to official, southern, western trunk-line, and southwestern territories, 692. COTTONSEED AND PRODUCTS. Quanah, Acme & Pacific Ry. points from and to various points, 443. |