Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-04-22
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500 or 1000 miles than from Milwau.
kee to Boscobel on through bills of
landing. They had lately shipped a
clover mill from South Bend Ind
aud the charges from Madison, where
it struck the Milwaukee and ST. PAU
line. to Boscobel, 20 miles, were more
than double the amount from South
Bend TO Madison, a distance of 224
miles. On the article of nails the
discrimination was very marked.
The freight per hundred pounds was
| SO cents from Milwaukee TO Boscobel
and only Is cents from Milwaukee to
Prairie du CHEN, greater price for
less distance and a less price for a
greater distance. Other merchants
made statements Of the same charac.
ter, ali tending to show their dissat-
isfaction with the manner in which
they were treated by the railway
company.
AT OTHER POINTS.
AT Muscoda, on the same division,
l5l miles from Milwaukee, the peo-
pie are not inclined to greatly deplore
their situation. They had long been
oppressed With exorbitant freight
rates, and in order to relieve them
selves from the burden proposed to
assist 10 the construction of com.
peting road. But the Milwaukee
and ST.. Paul, perceiving the effect
this would have, at once materially
reduced the rates to and from this
station. The reduction could be
borne, and in consequence the pro-
ject of new road was abandoned.
If the rates are raised again to the
old figure the citizens Of Muscoda
say they will have new road.
At Madison affairs are prosperous,
because there is competition between
the Milwaukee and St. Paul and the
Chicago and Northwestern. BY an
arrangement between the two roads
the rates are higher than they other
wise would be. Both companies have
resident grain and stock buyers
who ship by way of their respective
roads. The agreed rates between
the roads are supposed in every in-
stance to be adhered to, but this is
tDot the case. The Northw esteEu
"cuts under" while pretending to OBJ.
serve the schedule rates, and the
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Company
shows itself TO be an adept in the
same business. The arrangement
between the two roads is interfered
with in another way, and to the det-
rimept of the trade OF Madison. The
rates to the latter point are nomin-
ally eighteen cents per 100 pounds
on grain to Milwaukee, and twenty
five cents from Sun Prairie, station
thirteen miles nearer Milwaukee.
There is competition at Madison, and
there is none at Sun Prairie. If grain
or live stock goes to Madison, the
Northwestern may secure d portion
Of it. To avoid division Of the
tra6c, the Milwaukee and St. Paul
make rates so low from Sun Prairie
that farmers take their grain there
instead of to Madison. Some of them
living only two miles to Madison
haul their grain to Sun Prairie, be-
cause the prices are higher in the
same ratio as the freight rates are
lower. The Northwestern is adict.
cd to the same sly conduct, and real
| ly gives better rates from stations on
either side If Madison than at that
city. The officers OF each road com.
plain of the bad faith of the other,
and in this respect are like the fell
low who robbed the ill., and then
shouted the most Justify, "Stop thief"
II rs stated on good authority that
these two great corporations, the
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the Chi
cago and Northwestern, operating or
controlling nearly every mile of road
In this State and large share of
that iB Iowa and Minnesota, are
contemplating a pooling or con
solidation OF earnings. If this can
not be done some more effecting
means are TO be used 10 avoid com.
petition or "cutting uRder" where
the lines come in contact. The laws
Of this State, instead OF being q him
drance TO such combinations and
consultations, are positive benefit,
and are so framed as to operate in
favor of the railway and against the
people. If these roads succeed in
their rumored undertaking the
freights tariff will be higher than
ever before, and the only relief
which the farmer msy expect will
be that the dishonesty and bad faith
of tho railways toward each other
will neutrslizo the evil Of combina>
ton. P.
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