Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-08-06
!, grain fir.t sold in New York than here

In the hrst pace u taAeA iohset 10 sc'
he money back, which, in trade, as you
fnOw, is often great obstacle. And
hen New York is so far off that man
can't take advantage Of favorable mar
kct, as he can when he sells near if they
can have the option of stopping it at Chi
cago than if they don't have that privi-
lege. Then If the market Is favorable
when the grain arrives here, why they
sell it; if not, they let it go on
al said would tell you why the rail-
roads have been obliged to increase the
rates under the new law. Take our own
road. At certain seasons Of the year our
business is largely one way, and We have
great numbers of empty cars at St, Louis
and Bloomington. Those cars must be
brought back to Chicago either loaded or
empty. Now, wc suppose there is man
in St. Louis who has freight to 60 East
he likes tho management Of our road, and
would give us the business, provided We
would give him a rate to New York or
Boston that will bo as cheap as the other
routes. We deduct the amount which VIC
know We shall have to pay the roads run
ming East from here, aud find that We
shall have only SIS car left for our
share. We couldn't afford to run the road
at all if that were our regular price, but
the question arises; Will it bc better to
send the cars back empty and let them
caru nothing, or shall we let them earn
the SIS each ? The expense of getting
those ears back to Chicago will not be
prcceptibly greater if they are loaded
than if they arc empty, and whatever VIC
got will be so much toward payiog the ex-
penses of running the road. But this new
law comes in and says; "Y on must not
DO this :: you must charge more for taking
that freight from ST. Louis to Chicago
than you charge for taking it from any In
, termediaio station. Tho result is, We
have to abandon that kind of business al
/. together, and collect enough more from
our regular business to make up the los
t of income"
/ 1.-The farmers think that the railroads
0 are trying to make the new law odlous b.
0 demanding unjust rates." remarked
t II don't think it is so," he replied
! "Sore of the rates are high there is III
Q doubt about that, but still j think tn
|. railroads of the State will make les
It msney than before. Take Bloomington
Ii for instance, on our road; freights vii
d be higher from that point to Chicago, an
D. also East, than they were before. Their
h VIC compete with an East and West road
d and the only way we could get any throug
y business was to reduce our rates so th'
e. The route East by Chicago would be a
W cheap as the other. This we could affor
to do, as Bloomington was apoint at whc
a: we generally had empty cars that mu
,nl be returned to Chicago. Now that v
III have had to put up our rates from B!oon
" incton TO the same scale with those fro
IS other points, the business all goes tf
SIS other way. but not as cheaply as befor
w for the east and west road has increase
ke its rates to within a fraction Of what ou
%, are, and, as lcng as this arrangement las
d. they will keep just enough under us
90 get the business.
~ 81 suppose you know that none Of I
:, railroad companies are paying any attic
:, ton to the law so far as i. effects t
- transportation of freight from dista
points in the West to the scaboard. 1t
impossible for them 10 do so. The RAJ
:. of freight are determined by the mari
!. price of the produce in New Y ork. No
:, corn or wheel raised in Western Iowa c
). pay certain amount Of freight, and
!, more. That is divided among tho roa
i, ~ over which it goes in proportion to
- number of miles each carries it. The ra
a. on each road are very low, and has to
ran it would not pay the expense of runnl'
&c if roads had no other business, or if Il
- had to do all of their business at the sa
,on rate. Now, if we should obey the
!, and take out of our share the same amo
an that We get for local freights, th
IN wouldn't be enough left for the other ro
!. to pay for the wheeel.grcase. We mi
=. as we'll build fence around the 81
ara aud paint on it "No thoroughfaro,"
- the trade would all 60 around us oft
i. by tho lakes from Wisconsin ports, Or
~ :. the Mississippi River
- :, chow is it that you can afford to
~ ry freight at rates that will not pay
cap ming cxpenses?' | asked.
nIe "That's point that has puzzled
Wo farmers" he said, "but think | can
40 plain it to you. They think we are gre
s'op overcharging them because we get
low rates for through freights. Fully
It it half Of the running expenses Of run
nave \ railroad are what are called station