to 1907 these data have been compiled annually by the Interstate Commerce Commission under the direction of Professor Henry C. Adams, its statistician. The average rates thus established are given both for the United States as a whole and for each of ten districts or groups. The following table shows these averages as they are given in the successive annual statistical reports of the Commission: TABLE LEGEND REGION: A == Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. B == New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York, east of Buffalo, Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh, West Virginia, North of Parkersburg. C == New York, west of Buffalo, Pennsylvania, west of Pittsburgh, Michigan, lower Peninsula, Ohio, Indiana. D == West Virginia, south of Parkersburg, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. E == Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, east of Mississippi River. F == Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, north of St. Louis and Kansas City, South and North Dakota, east of Missouri river, Michigan, upper Peninsula. G == Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, east of Missouri River, Colorado, north of Denver. H == Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, Kansas, Colorado, south of Denver, Texas, Panhandle, New Mexico, north of Santa Fe. I == Texas, except Panhandle, Louisiana, west of Mississippi River, New Mexico, north of Santa Fe. J == Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, western portion. ============================================================== Year and average rate in mills per ton per mile. ----------------------------------------------- Group. Region. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 -------------------------------------------------------------- I. A 12.02 11.76 11.23 11.52 11.51 11.72 II. B 6.75 6.17 5.82 6.13 6.46 6.64 III. C 6.05 5.78 5.29 5.46 5.68 5.76 IV. D 6.48 5.92 5.94 5.95 6.41 6.50 V. E 8.64 8.35 8.07 8.08 8.02 8.16 VI. F 8.55 8.26 8.21 8.06 7.89 7.87 VII. G 11.48 11.57 11.01 10.64 10.43 9.94 VIII. H 10.79 9.61 9.68 9.64 9.71 9.78 IX. I 10.40 10.42 10.65 9.38 10.18 9.84 X. J 12.75 11.46 11.36 10.67 10.55 10.37 -------------------------------------------------------------- United States 7.98 7.53 7.24 7.29 7.50 7.57 --------------------------------------------------------------