, 1869-05-26
Cairo nnd the Illinois Central Eknll-
F0Ale

F1ua, the Cdtsa Buuetis
Under uisaprrchcnsion Of tact4 We took ocea-
Sion, recently 70 hold the Illinois Central Railroad
COMPANY TO secouui for what we coucetved to be
an unjust and burden6onc dlsc74mina alton. In the
mattes Gt fscigntS .ea!nss .ae business men q
TO sec the citizens OF catro PLACED upon N equal
footing, n the connectton stated With the people
tns,anees m sA xe lad s seen % Two sseeIpts s,gned M
BY the proper ot1eer Of the Illinois
Central Railfoll COMPANY, opc Of them charging
neni from Ch.caso to Cairo, aud the other chars-
ing citizen OF Commerce, No, forty cents per
hundred for exactly the same serT1ce- We re-
Sa1zlet this rulnouz discrimination against the
6psiness men OF 10th Cairo and Chicago, and. a.
SUCH publicly denounced It, In doing TO- how
ever, vc did the Illinois Central Railroad Company
far "a ptan statement Of the facta governing the
Under the Railroad Freight law. passed BY the
recent Legislature. one dollar per hundred is,
probably, a low a rate OF freight u can be nxed
between Cairo and Chicago, THIS law land the
Illinois centsal tough. + Msosoas1y 70. she YET
rate OF freight shall be Uniform; that The rail-
road charge ten cents for ten mltA thcJ shalt
dolIar pei hundred on Cairo constsnmcna nom
Chicago coulrcls them to charge In due proper.
tion for shorter distances, What Ia the result !:
treisa, @ ss1 from caiso 10 Vl. Rsdes Tor les, iaa
three cents per one hundred pounAs-a price that
does DOT pa! for the double handling. Should
tUEy U1 t1tC al ulIJ CeuL1 PttWeGu Aul1D AQ'I
Chicago, The charge ten-1nile shipments would
reach only about one and one quarter cents per
hundred pounds, or t~e0ty-fvc cent? Qcf tonl
Al such rate Of compensation thn income or
The read would kca.re1E be Sufficient to pay fer
the ot used on the machinery. And from the pro-
vtk,nns Of the law there Il no escape. They arr
| tpexorahle. The lsn-1nakcrr, then, tnd not the
Illinois Central RatlroAd COMPANY 1n1st be held
responsible for tho burdens Cairo and Chicago nrc
| thus compelled 10 endure. ConsignmtntA shipped
to pointa beyond the STATE not subject to The
operation Of the law; and hence the freight upor
| them Is regulated BY competition. He 1:r thE:
given 10 understand Why shlpnents froul Chicago
| to Cairo pay 1Le1 per hundred, Wh1ls
shipments hom Chicago thrssuA Calro pay ool,
! forty ceIu pes.hnndfcd-
In this vew Of the case, no blame should nttacs
to the management OF the Illinois Central Chi
! ragp and CA.fo u1ust nuu re!ief by securing cx
t emYtion from the operation Of the law, and no
by abusing the Illinois Cenuzl fot doing what II
| outrageous laW comrell II to do. ..
| We hive unted with Pleasure An increase.
| energy IN the management Of the 1Alnolz Ceutfal
| The matters anh thln-s coming under n
| Supervision Of the Superintendent here, NJ
| IsmtA Johnson nrn EanaFed IN mAnne
| highly satisfactory 70 the p1bllc, and - Wa
that mu3I conduce Largely to the prosperity Of tn
company. He Is = Etniltm2a in whom our nIs
ncss men have the Highest confidence, and he ha
shown himself deaclrinE OF IL .
IN conclusion. we would state that tho IlEooi
! Crntr1l Company contemplate revision OF The
tsstn Of chafgCa fnz freighrs, AID viii DO all TIL
| can he done to lessen the burdens ICposcd urO
! our ettikcns by the rowisc ax governing them 1
this particular