Excerpt from Everyday Freight Rules and Tariff Manual Applicable to Interstate Traffic

Nearly four years have elapsed since Congress enacted the Hepburn Act, conferring upon the Interstate Commerce Commission additional powers and greater control over the carriers of the United States.

One of the most important undertakings of the Interstate Commerce Commission has been to bring about uniformity in the construction and arrangement of freight tariffs, and to outline certain principles for the proper handling of freight traffic thereunder. Many special circulars containing administrative rulings and informal conference rulings relative to freight traffic, including uniform rules for the construction and arrangement of freight tariffs, have been issued by the Commission from time to time. The administrative rulings and rules for the construction and arrangement of tariffs are now contained in Interstate Commerce Commission Tariff Circular 17-a, approved June 28th, 1909, effective September lst, 1909, and Supplement 1 thereto, and a majority of the informal rulings of the Commission are contained in the Commission's Conference Rulings Bulletin No. Although some few rulings have been promulgated since the issuance of these publications.

Both Tariff Circular 17-a and Conference Rulings Bulletin No. 4 contain many rulings per taining to passenger and transportation matters as well as to freight, and also detail matter having to do with the compilation of tariffs, both passenger and freight. Much correspondence and many conferences between the-carriers and the Commission have been necessary in order to arrive at a clear understanding and proper interpretation of many provisions of the Act to Regulate Commerce and rulings of the Commission. To those not thoroughly familiar with freight traffic in all of its phases it is difficult to locate and properly interpret all of the rulings of the Commission pertaining strictly to-freight matters and freight tariffs, and the purpose of this publication is to consolidate un der general headings the principles outlined by the Commission applicable to everyday freight traffic, and to show the generally accepted interpretation thereof. Rules are included for the correct application of tariffs, together with illustrations of the forms of representative tariffs and examples of their use. All of the matter is arranged in a manner easy of reference, and the book is intended especially for those who have not the opportunity of familiarizing themselves with the rules of the Commission, and who are not thoroughly familiar with the construction and arrangement of tariffs. Shippers will find it of incalculable value, especially those shippers who are unable to employ traffic experts to look after the proper handling of their freight.

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