, 1873-11-17
THE RAILROAD LAW,

I'll II
Its Operation Agninst the Railroads,
Agninst Chicago, 1nd Against Ships
pcrs. -
70 tho Editor Of Tho Chicago Tribune:
s1n: In your re'lew, on the 1atn inst'' OF ttae
October business Of the pflhclpa! onlcaRo ran
roads. and ise comparison Win 'hoir oohlnoabS
for October, II, you say, by your reporter:
Inc iao ue1tra saa IT, 'a1ss IT, ne ~ tn nns
Inv cr,,shes out o Ianess Of this road at every COM
pcsiu8 point With tho east and west lnes. Only ~
tsSs on ~ fot from anv of these stations In
competition With tho indianapolis and Toledo Roads.
I doubt not that the statement IL as true as
vonr admission of 1t is a surprisingly healthful
.ta.es'eru ~, -ue g4".. .,'a;u s.,aa t,,aarn
plaint all over tae ssato' anu thcle 1a'oo sueoly
that IT was high rates on raliroads that was
physcing them and keeping them poor, hare
So,rast ] ,notronotan m M 5o,rna1iate a. woll "a Of
1alress 1notfoPon'aa 1out1"ae'n, ID W. @ @1as.
almost everybody elao' sna 10 ehnt IRON elenE
tho gross fact that tho law aludod to is not 80
ooro,, ore,, rontra of tho stato, and n notition
eont1no, oal sou'.o =. sss1n +,,,t h.so
IN papAtupsey Asa.nes .As ts"a a,.,.
long been tributary to tue Guy "ealsn:
But this hard, tangible fact that, In actual
1ose undor last ycar's October work and In tho
,,,a-a.s ~ r-,ro,,to ,v;thovt tbo law +ha law haH
'ue.oa'o ",s !m...a,a co.s., T.; .,an,o ,nonth ~
COST the Annols ooa'Ea!' ~ s,psio ,l tnvatu no1
tho samo brlcf time and from tho samo Bingle
source. nm connl amount Of trado, will scrapo
noo1o. fron, t1,o 1,,fhorto hind adyccatoa Of
nont. 1esos ,,oaa, a,,d r. tha ann,;cstio,, NJ
tho laW Us plesslnB. anu, II tne appnca1lon VI
tho law to ono road has cost the road and loae
| Chicago this much in one month, how high will
t1,o opithmotio of atl ChIcaro roads 1guro the
ioint cost ANAL loss for ono yoar?
ChicaGos profits on shipments 1lom 1he coun'
try districts Of the state and on shipments into
the enme. net lor m amount at loast equal to
tho freirhts on what sbo gets and sends. IT, then,
.no oa ., 1,,,t'sa Ta.,t.a1 nua In M,
the ifeghtb ~ thu ti'1as ~. 1a to. I'M nso
less pes MONTH s,nee sns ~" sn na.ose =; eua y;
If, as ID reasonaple from comparison wi Wilt; Will ,.s
tha prowtI Of trae wthn tho year ought
to increase IT'S monthly !telsts a. ieast .
the aggregate reduction. " ths !a", Of !;' tne
month!y paonts nnn on ~ ~ 10 t .J
cost Of transportation when road foad-bsa {.
| aud roi!ing-ntotk Stand IDLE Without IT,
AZ loast' tio itailtgau Ill., NV tssia, uisSils1,
through 'forelEn.ssate ea hnes Ill, 70 ,;Ss. 1SoIelsa.
ride over an 1linois road aud deposit itH logiti.
mate profit with tho btslneos-ltltefesta o. tae
natural ~ Illinois M nlarnot. Au 30 ucn pof nontn IL
~ S5,6uoo ooo per auhun. Will afetS pfospec' u
increase for future. ann1lns h. ,r..
And, II THIS aw mnitlnldea . M oy ono roao Hiren
loss product Of go Goo zoo, how many millions
Of loHs VIZ It ylea sn9 stat9 anu 9sato interests
When mullplGa ~ a.. roaas t o. S''sr th
For the roaa perhaps ;. m9ss un1nnora- ,, H.
bly, affected BY tho law has ~ 1relght-bllis r.
duced l5o per month ~ ~ IL y tar TO lnaet
that roada less 9leesoo nave st pee ooriS ,,a
spondingly loaers by it, oven though tholr Dnsl
nesn for October, III, exceeds that 1or octo1es,
'72. Tor example: Your statemont q, rotelfGa a.. 60
puts tue October increase ooo o. ING ohGasH ns
g. LOUIS vast tan AMOUNT Of bus
nesa that formorly aoughs ontcaeo oYef thls
route from largo number W Misaisalppl Nvor
towns and the southwest eections anu ptanonos or
81 the road snoMg ~ mose tosst9;o. tns 5;v.ar, -
tho amount OF old aug now planess .au thnh uSefs
ed from travel over almost tne 1al le4ssu u tun
road, would inalcato a Yefy elosoty now mucn Tue
more than $iou ooo wou!d @ naye oeen ~ oo.o
oo t1s At
aud dwater,h'ghway "1thl1i OF ooraetlns 'no o'a1e
and gives IT to other 7tates ano to. G'1eS ia. ,,,.
WI noe ao 70 1ay 'nas ar 'nn 1,;1a ~"
tias tSs cause oi % tho diminished tonpasa!i7o u
comes Iho AT hah ~ st aha .u tasui a1n
Which II haya Ing ioads nus. '. ~ a ~ eo ~
peang Ponts 1nat, mtey Guam so' slt'at W ,oas oat
cargoos win thG nasat1 II nn 1a.g ,1oos ..
polnts tnoy Nouu tto9an'1 ~ nn aa 'np ~ ,sa, ~ ~
made IN their nehal pae ngn ia.as o. ay 0 ~
tloae points aocA sili, du a a. ,,ner aes
aend thelr aReush ~ 1' IT, as no,aa ~
thoy complain Of not %" lases 81 no. t VIA ne
aIo W ane la", ~ ~ w. H. fro;nht ~
Aoy. ule ao ,a". ~ ~ h,,tor1, ~ ,,s rtxrdon +
malice that " tnus eusnoih " ls ~. ialoaus, -.
.IAao - ~ P1l' @ an ~ ~, 5'r
a.s ,1ct;ra nti 1sw stato jaC
L nr',a,,,nc ont tho bns;uoss Of n road at ever,
oomnotuE point " with tho line feeders of othe
States A State law fixing rates 80 high, on tht
road that pays tue nEa1e 1evonuo. eaat, lIon