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The history of this case can be given in a few words. The railways filed a tariff, taking effect in September, 1912, to increase the through rates on pulp wood from shipping points in Eastern Canada to manufacturing points in the Eastern States of the Union. The paper manufacturers of New York and a number of Canadian ' Cp. "For distance to be the common yardstick of reasonableness it must also be the common yardstick of cost." VT J.O.B.R. 38. ' VI J.O.R.E. 55. ' 8/271. 128 CANADIAN RAILWAY RAT...ES producers preferred a complaint of which one portion was as follows : — The continuance of the rate since 1903 is presumptive evi- dence that the companies have considered them profitable and disproves the contention that the tariff has not borne its proper share of the increased cost of railway operation, and are there- fore too low. In reply the railways claimed that it was quite impos- sible to segregate the cost of handling this particular traffic, but notwithstanding argued the case on the general issue that the expenses of conducting transportation, following the general tendency, had greatly increased.
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