. Railroad traffic and rates . of commodity tar-iffs west-bound is an exception to the more general rule ofblanketing rates from points on and east of the MissouriRiver. 3. The rates west-bound to the intermediate points eastof the Pacific seaboard terminals are, as a rule, higher thanthe through tariffs, the higher charges being fixed by theaddition to the through rates of either fixed arbitraries orthe local rates back from the terminals, as Avill be explainedpresently. The rates east-bound from the intermediatepoints are usually higher than from the terminals, althoughmany intermediate to^^
. Railroad traffic and rates . of commodity tar-iffs west-bound is an exception to the more general rule ofblanketing rates from points on and east of the MissouriRiver. 3. The rates west-bound to the intermediate points eastof the Pacific seaboard terminals are, as a rule, higher thanthe through tariffs, the higher charges being fixed by theaddition to the through rates of either fixed arbitraries orthe local rates back from the terminals, as Avill be explainedpresently. The rates east-bound from the intermediatepoints are usually higher than from the terminals, althoughmany intermediate to^^^ls are given the same rates as theterminal cities enjoy. These three main characteristics and other minor fea-tures of the transcontinental system of raters can best bemade clear by a description of the actual tariffs east andwest-bound; but before going further it is necessary todefine or delimit the rate groups among which theeastern half of the United States has been divided. 460 wTuatf/Piaf/ccos. <^5^<r<f NEWYORK. • NWS o«Ow H 461 TRANSCONTINENTAL FREIGHT RATES EASTERN RATE GROUPS/ A TO J The Transcontinental Freight Bureau publishes for itsmembers the east-bound and west-bound tariffs in separatebooks; and there are two sets of these tariff books—one setfor the lines to and from California and another for theroads to and from Oregon and Washington. With minorexceptions, the ten rate groups for the region east of theRocky Mountains are the same in both sets of tariff class and commodity rates in each direction are givenfor each of the ten groups shown on the nia[). Group A in the tariff of the lines to and from Californiaincludes two piers at New York—that of the Morgan Line,to New Orleans and Galveston, and that of the ]\IalloiySteamship Company to Galveston. In the tariff of thenorthern transcontinental roads Group A rates ai)ply onlyto the New York pier of the IMorgan Line. These tariffsapply to traffic via Gulf ports. Group B rates cover all
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