. Railroad freight rates in relation to the industry and commerce of the United States . stations, on rivalrailroads, through either of which traffic to and fromthe intervening region could flow without physical in-convenience to shippers or consignees, in many caseswere given the same rates to and from the the seaboard and an interior junction it wasnecessary that rates by competing lines be the same. 156 Beginning of Through Service 157 Thus arose modifications of the distance tariff,similar to those that doubtless had previously been ef-fected by competition between a railr
. Railroad freight rates in relation to the industry and commerce of the United States . stations, on rivalrailroads, through either of which traffic to and fromthe intervening region could flow without physical in-convenience to shippers or consignees, in many caseswere given the same rates to and from the the seaboard and an interior junction it wasnecessary that rates by competing lines be the same. 156 Beginning of Through Service 157 Thus arose modifications of the distance tariff,similar to those that doubtless had previously been ef-fected by competition between a railroad and a river orcanal. If the longer line between the seaboard and thejunction did not make the same rate as the shorter lineit would carry none of the traffic. To make the rateequal to that by the shorter line meant to abandon thedistance basis of multiplying the rate for one mile by thenumber of miles. In making the same rate from its sea-port to the junction point as applied by the shorter linefrom its seaport, the longer line was compelled, in many JuncfiojQ ^JnUermecliatePoint. cases, to make a lower rate to the junction point than ithad theretofore made to stations not so far , if it continued to charge the former rate toan intermediate station, it would carry traffic for a longerdistance at a lower rate than for a shorter distance. Ifit reduced the rate to the intermediate station the revenuesecured on traffic to and from that station would bediminished, even if the traffic to and from that stationwas not directly affected by the competition of the shorterline. The managers of the longer railroad could not butreflect that inasmuch as the rates to the intermediate 158 Railroad Freight Rates stations were those that had normally been chargedtheretofore, there was no reason that their revenue, al-ready diminished by the reduction forced in the ratesbetween the junction point and the seaport, should bethe further lessened by a reduction which they were notobl
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