THE TRAFFIC LIBRARY

Classification of Property
Application of Principles

Prepared under the direction of the

Advisory Traffic Council and by the Board of Authors and
Contributors of The American Commerce Association

ELVIN S. KETCHUM, A. B., Pd. M.
Editor-in-Chief

Originator of Systematic and Scientific Training in Practical Traffic Work

EDWARD G. WARD
Associate Editor

President, and Editor-in-Chief of the Railway World; formerly with the
Interstate Commerce Commission; also with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture as Transportation Expert and with
the U. S. Department of Commerce and Labor
as Internal Commerce Expert.

THOMAS D. FITZGERALD
Managing Editor

Formerly Chief Rate Clerk Claim Department, C. & A. R. R., Erie
R. R., G. F. A. office, C. R. I. & P. R. R., F. C. A. office;
Chief Rate Clerk, Wabash R. R., A. G. F. A. office;
Charge of Revising and Claims, C. G.

W. R. R., Auditor's office, etc.

Copyright 1915, by

The American Commerce Association

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PREFACE

CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FOR TRANS-
PORTATION-APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES.

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Part 2.

E now come to that practical part of the study of classification which has to do with the class rating of various articles met in daily traffic work. These articles must be classified in such a manner as to take the legal rates in the tariffs applying on the shipments.

We will take up the important articles specifically indexed in the classification, the class rating of property when dependent upon the inherent nature of the articles, the commodity relationships in various classifications, also the state and uniform classifications. The fundamental principles are applied by showing just how many of the most important articles of commerce are classified in actual daily practice.

The aim of this volume is to give you experience knowledge in classifying the articles of commerce. You may never be called on to classify many of these articles, yet the knowledge which the practical man gains in a period of years by actual experience in classifying property gives him that analytical mind and fundamental knowledge which enables him quickly and accurately to classify the different articles offered for shipment in his daily work. This is the very kind of knowledge we are aiming to give