The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-02-06

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their trade in the unfair manner
| aboserfsteffed TO. A report lust
prepared and 10 be submitted short
| " by the special committee OF the
Board Of disappointed to invcs
tigats the matter shows that in one
case where 622 cars were weighed
there were discovered to be eighty.
two cars in excess of the amount OF
grain billed III cars, too, where
shipments are made from Western
country towns direct to The scaboard
= less ratio has been charged than
from those towns to Chicago, and
thence eastward. 1t is charged by
prominent inembors Of the commit
tice that there is q strong railroad
and grain operating ring at Joliet,
who have shipped grain for themsel.
vcs, Tor years past, and under billed
1T, to the exclusion esf outsiders Who
have been regular shippers. The
committee say that in recent trans
action five cars of corn were sold on
the llth, and Joliet Arm delivered
the bill of lading on the lith inst,
three days after the sale e; while at
the same time tho purchaser and
many Others had graiu which had
been lying at that place from thirty
to sixty days. It's shipment had
been put off with tho excuse that
the road had no cars. The leader IN
the under billing is claimed to be
the general freight agent OF the Gen
eral Cutoff railroad, a branch opera.
ted by the Central Go npany, who is
charged with extending ,hsse unfair
favors to further the interests of the
railroad gram ring. These parties,
it is. furthermore stated, have bust
ness connection with firms at De.
troi:. The Board of Trade commit.
tee claim that shipments of grain arc
frequently made at unfair inside
rates from Joliet to Detroit by firms
at the former place, and that they
arc put in the Michigan Central elc-
vator at the latter place.
Much OF the under. billing business
10 done in Peoria, 1t ID said, and the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
railway is made the line of opera
tions. Grain commission firms at
Pittsburgh are SAID to receive tavors
At the hands Of agents in the West
to the exclusion OF shippers who
have already suffered much loss by
the practice. II 10 said also the gu
perintendent OF the Michigan Cen.
troll railroad was some time ago in
formed Vt the favors shown on that
line, and the steps instituted to rene
dy the evils have proven futile
The abuses continue, the committee
says, notwithstanding the weak ef-
,Urss O. the 6atd 5atxdfy Of tRs ting eo%
plain bitterly OF the unfair course
pursued, and look only to the Board
Of Trade to demand a remedy. and
its speedy application. The special
appointed by the Board
OF Trade, some time ago, to inquire
into the trade abuses will report to
the board at an early day that the rail
road and warehouse commissioners,
in their annual report, say that no
complaints have been made that the
railroads refuse to weigh and receipt
for grain shipped, when it is a we'll
known fact that the railroads persls
tently refuse TO comply with any of
the requirements OF the law in rcla-
tion to the receipt and shipment of
grain, and that from such refusal the
trade of the Norwest suffers beyond
The committee will
also inform the board that it is i'm
practicable for individuals to get
Justice in the courts, because OF the
long delay aud expense. They be-
lieve that the Board Of Trade can
correct the abuses of the present
railway management by persistent
aud united effort. They will recon-
mend that the board appoint COM
Mite from its members AMI those OF |
the Grocers' and Me- camille associa-
tions, whose duty it shall be to in
vestigate all charges Of injutstice.
dissrim nation OF rates or favors, and |
violation OF the law on the part OF |
railroad and transportation agents,
and place the facts before the public |
and tho c,arohouse commissioners