New-York tribune., 1873-07-22

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| :. -, :, > 80, ,trraAI-THEIR AMOUNT NOT A
90 nm ,,csr op COST OF FREIGHT FOR LONG Dis
| TANCEs. . '
| ia the Edftor Of The Trtbune.
C,orn a recent issue of The TRIBUNE was
r,ot On pro rata freights, in which 1t Is assumed
tho new freight raeswhch went into enect Oh 'uy
/ 80. -, accordance with the law passed last WINTER
nv tie Legislature OF this state, and that they Me just
ord can fairly be to show the cost OF transporta
on for long distances l. e., from Central Iowa to New
York Proceeding from this assumption, 1t goes on TO
show that the is detrimental to all kinds OF business
and that the farmers condition. in particular nsteal OF
being bettered will be made worse. BY your leaVe
will attempt traverse these statements and endeaVor
TO show that the new rates are Illegal unjust ana no
fair test OF the principle OF rates according to distance
LET ia look at the facts little The law alluded TO was
passed TO prevent extOriOn the part OF railroads DO
ing business in or through this state consider IL
seeydont truth that there should bo just proportion
between compensation eXactcd, and service rendered.
l. g. the cost Of the to the party so rendering It,
Now it costs convey car 200 miles than 1t does
TO convey the in tho same direction, with the
same amount of the kind Of freight 1870 miles, or
lust onehalf as lar; yet the charge for car from
Quincy Chicago less than it from the same
place Kewanoe any of the stations ranging from %
TO 13O miles west OF Chicago being greater charge for
the less distance. For instance three our wheat
crop failed and wanted to import wheat from Cres
Neponset than from there to Chicago, 100 miles further
Last Winter car load of wheat detained at Airing
ton by storm. It was bound from Western Iowa TO
Chicago. man bought the wheat and unloaded II at
the company than If tbey had run the car $50 mics I
her, e. TO Chcagoland back; for'empty cars are run
West every train nothing can be counted on re-
turn freghts. Comment is unnecessary That Is the
kind of abuses the law was directed against Inc law
twofOd I provides first against extortOn. and second
against unjust discrimination Du Includes the oner
suppose and are both shippers from the same same
place One charged 15c per 100 10 Chicago tne other
ne LOT inc Sime. III I2c. WIZ ~ pay hn 49, oni, n
is too much. If 1t will not pay then mas noI ony 20
paw for carriage of his freight but help pay Tor
AS also. II half the freight on roAd Soes loI nan
rates by OF special rates. rebates dra"Dacks or
other swindle, then the other ha must pay one-lua
half times much 1t cost in order that the whole
may pay. AS special rates, etc. were always private,
higher than paying rates. provided all reights were car
ried at those rates. That the c. b. and O. road mas pald
we'll doubt witness the price its stock bears
when it offered for sale. This road has carried thou
sands loads of freight at reeOurths OF adYer
zed rates. 1t also carried thousands OF car loads
of stock lumber, and grain as cheap for 100 nes as IL
WUu iOa iV' ', te cbaTnng tbe more for the
shorter distance freight s conveyed, ana all knueu
abuses m would seem as if public rates must fail in
nearly all cases. just the same amount OF business wl
be transacted on the road formerly. Even II TINS
were not so t would be a blessing the road, because
business done at loss il is better of without.
The rates announced, winch Is hoped Dy inc
the rates are subject to their revision Thank God for
that The road has taken advantage or the chahge 10
raise its rates from 10 to 60 per From Buda, non
competing point the rate pubuc) wheat per 100 to
Chicago, us miles, il raised from l9c 10 2O4c Az ph
barvie on Rushvle branch 122 miles, the public rates
were on corn, 17c special 15c now raised to l9c on
both alike. At ali the stations aong mere, Whee the
mileage was high 1t anywhere on the road he
rates have been raised. If this is the case here what
be points where there was competition! Ihat
tie road paid the aggregate before admits OF no doubt
The fact that the raised at the points where
the tonnage per mile the highest before conyicis
them of eXtOrtiOn under the first section OF the law
Their rates being exoronate they of course no ar
either of cost of carriage OF OF the merits o te w
cannot say whether there Is unjust discrimination
in the new rates not but II there is not 1t affords Us
a chance the Of freightage for long dls
tances Tire wheat from Princeton TO Chicago Is
per bushels the distance being 100 miles, rms
is AT the l9O5c per miles, being the same gwen
I'm TIE TRIBUNE in the calculation OF the cost OF trans
portatOn II OF includes all charges for deen-
On OF car for loading and unloading, switching, etc
From Galesburg TO Chicago 16l miles, the rate per nile
little less, 251lc per 100 This as before incuues
the charge for all necessary expense aside rom reS
carriage. Now, from Quincy 10 Chicago 26l miles, tue
rate is 261tc lC0 just cent for taking l IDS
wheat miles further If this IL fair estimate OF
the cost of the carriage of freight for long distance
without breaking bulk 1t alters the case bravely Az
this wheat be taken from Central Iowa to the
seabOard for oneeighth the present charge. DO you
wonder that clubs and oranges say Speed the uayi
glad that the action OF the roads has been such as
will force the revision of their rates. p
BtIdd, H., July ~, 1873.