Abstract
N INCURRING freight charges for the movement of agricultural products the shipper is interested in: (1) the basic rate on which the goods move as compared with rates on other commodities; (2) the length of the haul necessary to move the products to market. If freight rates are made on a distance basis, length of the haul determines the total charge.' When rates are made on some basis other than distance, the length of haul still strongly influences the amount of the charge. Because many farm commodities are low in value relative to their weight and bulk, the distance to market is extremely important. Considerable attention has been given to revision of basic freight rates for agricultural products. Notable among the efforts to obtain lowered rates for farm products is the Hoch-Smith Resolution of 1925.2 This resolution directed the Interstate Commerce Commis-
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