, 1866-01-10
THIRAnROAD MON0POLIsTs,
HepIp Mr.. Tappan-A CoRapsrfson Of
Frea1t B1lls-HoW The loWAns Look
at u Matter.
Nrrespeaaenoe Chicago Inbuse,h
!. IJoxh Iowa. Jan. 6th: 1afS

srreepeaaence Chicago Inbuse,h
L1ox1, Iowa, Jau. 9Th, 1s66
Tneetter Of Ar. Tsppan, General Freight
AgmEhicago and Northwestern Railroad,
publled in your hfas Of Wednesday, made.
SO plMiblea a showing for tbs Railroad aide
Of theuestlon Of charges for transportation,
| whicls now being so generally discussed,
that lave been induced to compare notes
with me Of my ne1ghbors who have been
merc1nts and shippers for several years, ioe
the pIposs OF ascettalning how far Mr.. Tap:
| pa1's4ate1nents were corrobetated, by facts
| With ou1 knoviedge aud experience. pre-
| sent ou herewith some facts and figures, and
dedaions thcrefrom, resulting from such
comlrison- :, =,
It ) proper to say thst we are located on
The Hst bank Of the Mississippi river, oppo-
| site nlton, tho Western terminus Of The
DixolAir Line Branch Of the Chicago aad,
Northeastern Railway, and consequently
Fulta is our Railroad shipping stntiou.
III, enclosed freight BILL, marked a."
shoHthe freight paid On an invoice Of crock
try finn Boston, which was carried from
Bostn to Albany, by RalIroad ......... 100 miles.
1lbg 10 Buffalo, 81 Cansl............ 100 miles.
Bu1o 10 Chicago, BY Lake....:.....- 1000 miles.
CHICO to Fulton, By N. ". r. ~. 1876 miles,
Bostu 10 Chicago. ...................Dc
c1ss kes.a e sisSt Eg:Sh b marked SHOWS :;shi
on troice drugs ron Detroit:
Rateer 100 pounds fron Detroit to Chicago, 2n
naia'er @ 100 ponnd. ifom Ghicsso to Fulton, lis
Ealosed iie6t biir, marked &c, :aows tisisSt
On ,ro!cc nails rom Pittsburgh:
Raleper 100 pounds from Pittsburgh to Chicago,
Rate7er loo pounds ttom Chicago to Fulton, 1856.
Enso.ed ffeieni Si marked D alows ffeight
tsate r. 100 ponnds from Pits burgh to Chicago
sis M e 10 pound, nom chis;so to Fulton, i
R.,e Ms's q sioses RON Eic, Pa., to CHIC.
20. by Rallroad.) Isl miles, am In
che1o ,45so IL fsion< IL; miles, 1oS ear
Thse are but samples to illustrate the
raiio Of fteights paid to- lines eost and rest Of
Chicago, Mr. Tappan wishes to impress your
readers With the belief that the present tariff
Of ra.es adopted By "thosa for whom he
writas'' Is not too high-only enough SO to
meet the increased expenses incurred In ope-
rating railways. An examination OF the
abov, figures will, think, satisfy any candid
man that the railroads eat Of Chicago arc
,loins business at rates ruinous to their own
interests, or else the railroads t7est Of Chicago
'are charging rates enormously profitable to
Themselves, and correspondingly injurious to
the puntry dependent upon them. Since the
recently published financial statements for
.1sG5 Of these railway lines east Of Chicago
lshow them to be enjoying high degree Of
;p7pspc1ity, I am led to TIE conclusion that
!, the after hypethesis is the correct one.
|, III. Tappan says "the advance In grain rates
is bit tri1fug over the rates charged in 1862"
I fad upon examination that tbs rates upon
com, bal ley and oats from Fulton to Chicago,
during the spring and summer Of 1860, were
l2H cents per 100 pounds-noH It Is "a cents.
Ths rate upon wheat was then II certs per
100 pounds-noW It Is 50 cents- The rate
upon dressed hogs was Is cents per 100
pornds-now It is 60 cents. The rate upon
merchandise was: first class, 20 cents second
class, Is cents third class, 81 cents per 100
ponnds-how il Is 20 cents, 60 cents and IS
cents.
These advances may seem triaing'' to Mr..
TRsap ssa Ss5 eay ssGs hg IN th Sss 1He
lave S6sSe them to pay. Tho farmers,
who mora or less remotely pay all
these enhanced rates, Gun now receive but
small price at best for their products when
carried 10 your city and when from what
tney have 10 III at .n seaas.eu nna 10 "nat ~
tsy pay ats aoat, .psss thoI. s la.es 70 o.
ing them money, despite their hard labor,
tnen anne.y ~ anu care. tPon - eaatns ABOUT
70 a1sGose5 +. sne Haus1 o. tais s.ate O. Inl9gs,
tne1 nn9 tae tait1oaa pay oneet anu tangiole
Cause , o. tae's as Ioss' y III onslou ~ an1 Il m
reasonable eoasgess, ~ Meh ms az 70 ~, lap
pan, !95 tne Deoeat ot -'nose ios Mnom ne
1Rud-theff Influenza Ia pOfent ntId they ARA
Iaof9nsny 1 nsonsea- . aou mus5 yiela 10 tnel
1at 1usta aemapas aaa &C. coa1snt ~ WIZ teasonAple
Hfoo.o. oE taeS WI saene ne a.e IA.e1t power
ane. ss. ~ rn, ~ y s;tI .ntt.f uJ
EleaLGI = - yuu. psSuA' tnau "A1 eas'si1
'usH ~ Tsnnsn wnuia h.r. ~ ,e,,.vo that