. Railway problems; . d West. It isat present 60 centsper 100 pounds, thisbeing the figure fixedby the Missouri Rail-road and WarehouseCommission as a rea-sonable maximum ratefor the short-line haulof approximately 200miles across the statefrom the Mississippito the Missouri — thedistance from Hanni-bal to St. Joseph being 196 miles, and from Hannibal to KansasCity, 199 miles. Note the chart. Though this rate is based on the distance of 200 miles, com-petitive conditions outside the state apply it at once to all haulsacross the state, no matter what their distance. The short linefrom St. Louis
. Railway problems; . d West. It isat present 60 centsper 100 pounds, thisbeing the figure fixedby the Missouri Rail-road and WarehouseCommission as a rea-sonable maximum ratefor the short-line haulof approximately 200miles across the statefrom the Mississippito the Missouri — thedistance from Hanni-bal to St. Joseph being 196 miles, and from Hannibal to KansasCity, 199 miles. Note the chart. Though this rate is based on the distance of 200 miles, com-petitive conditions outside the state apply it at once to all haulsacross the state, no matter what their distance. The short linefrom St. Louis to St. Joseph is 302 miles, and lines operatingbetween those cities would be privileged, under the commissionsmaximum scale, to charge 74 cents, first class. The short linebetween St. Louis and Kansas City is 277 miles, for which dis-tance the commissions scale is 71 cents, first class. But hereconsiderations enter which are entirely outside the horizon of theMissouri commission. The rates from New York to Hannibal. KsTERSTATE EATES 535 St. Joseph MN5A5CIT HANNIBAL St. Louis and St. Louis are the same. There are routes leading fromNew York to St. Joseph and Kansas City, tlu-ough both Hannibaland St. Louis. Kansas City and St. Joseph compete in the sametrade territory, and the rates to both points from New Yorkmust be kept the same thiough all gateways. Consequently thecommissions maximum rate for the shortest distance becomesthe rate between all four crossings. Thus the element of distance even between points withinthe state is immediately modified by outside forces, controllmgwith the carriers,but which exerted noinfluence upon thecommission when itfixed the nominalmeasure of the rates. Just north of INIis-souri lies the Stateof Iowa. To the un-tutored mind therewould seem to beno reason why trafiicof the same classshould move withinthe State of Iowa fora less charge thanwithin the State of Missouri. Yet the maximum charge under the Iowa distance tarifffor hauling first-cla
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