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% 1 Mr. Halsted 5-2-1927 In the Aetna Portland Cement Company case, “y f H-6 ICC ^07, the Commission again c ritic is e d a rule of the southern railroads that freigh t charges should be assessed and weights ascertained at the carrier®s regular weighing stations, holding, however, that the evidence adduced in that case was in su fficien t to ju s tify disregarding the scale weights of the c a rrie rs. 66 ICG 300, sustained the rule providing for a system of estimated weights. Commission w ill not be bound by any hard and fast t a r i f f rule or regulation regarding weights and w ill under certain circumstances disregard these t a r i f f provisions where they are unreasonable and they are su ffic ie n tly convinced that there is more ju s tific a tio n in adopting the shippers' weights. namely, that these shipments might he considered as moving ?under transcontinental Freight Bureau circu lar 1A, LA&SX. circu lar 231-A , which circu lar, although containing the same provision as in Rule 2, Section (d) of P a cific Freight T a r iff Bureau circular 10-H, providing for supervision of the c a rrie r, is not file d with the Commission. The Providence Fruit & Produce Exchange c a se ,is * ft In view of these cases i t is apparent thetthe There is the further point to be considered, EEBlKE
