, 1873-06-23

tho now passenger tariff, ana TRIBUNE fo-
PeFSE pnd Seps on s.|als H.
ho studied ont tho consoquoneoa Of half
cent llorc, there, or elsewhere. Tho now rates
cannot possibly bo ready until tomorrow, WHOM
hS op0rs sy seog 9S o
printer. This road, like tho Illinois Central, is
so out up with competing hnos, north and south,
TINT 1t @ia almobt impossible to mike 81 noT
tar1n that shall not discriminate Il IN fact, q.
now law, being In far too many casea prohibltory
either to tho Company or to tho people, and where
It Is prohlbitory TO tho Company, Y Ia sometimes
poa po Ron9 ooyyod bs ohel s people,
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Another interview with Mr. Tuoker, Freight
Agent Of tho Illinois Central, on Saturday, ro-
suited in tic assurance that ne now freight.
tho Chicago Il Alton, alroady published IN TnE
Tn1nuNE. IN somo tri1ing respects, tho ratos
might, at the leat moment DO open to m revision.
to assIate With The rates q the %, n
script waa, On Saturday afternoon, !aont to the
printers, ind tho Intention was to hayo
proofs ready to-day, In: order to make tho
oosssssy alterations +he any uo1iSwsatot s4Sua bs
inrln making its appearance, SO that, tho row.
sion should DO completed, and tho ratios finally
determined on BY Wednesday,, As the proof is
subject to bo entirely changed at the laat mo-
t@han @ repeating that shippers nay safoly, be
ks>' kEablo. - ''
humorous instances hayo already como to no.
ttco where tho roads ilndit impossible to make
selves at the samo timo It will DO sure torro-
hibit dealings on tho pnrt of ouo Or tho other.
For instance, tako Laoon, 1928 miles out: A
study Of the tables published will show
whilst paying due regard to law, to mako ratoa
suitable to thia placo; but 1t matters not whit
ratio Ia made, tho ownorB Of tho wator route lave
It in their power to make theirs lower, md II tho
railroad wero to GO to tho oxtrcmo and mako
such rato aa they would desire to do tho re-
| ductfon would. under the new law, hayo to take
| effect along tho wholo road, which would simply
| be ruinous; Mr. Smith, the General Freight
aeems to havo dono all In his poWer to hclp ship
pors ut points connecting with the East, to ena'
| bio them to reach Chicago, and Chica
to 5sfh @ as ths ses Thos e5asaa osa = Sv
Eastern roads the following boing among tht
"special ratios :" to bo found In tho now tariff
" Gonora1 merchandise, whom shipped BY agroo
ment, in quantities Of full car-loadB from an5
ton, will DO transported at tho following reduc
| tion from tho table Of rates: First, second, ant
third claaBeB, 20 por cent 1aBs, and fourth clasI
30 per cont loss. This Ia specinlly designed Il
| enable Chicago to do business with houses o
Joliet, Bloomington, and similar points, and Il
enable Chicago to compete with New York a
| equal rates.. Practically, 1t will bring th'
rate to what 1t was by the old tariff
This Company has D hoart-breakinl
competition and suffer In common with all nortt
and aouth roads, perhaps worse than tho others
from tho fact that ta chiof objective point is st
Lonf8. Having run the gauntlet Of Now Yorl
competition ali along tho limo, at East st. Loni
it has to contends with that Of Cincinnati AM
Pittsburgh. Tho 1ates from Cincinnati to Eae
st. Louis, ns compared with tho ratos from Chi
cago, on tho Btaplo productions Of each, aro Il
falloWB: