The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-02-12
For N. CIT h.6Ss.
TIL, o'Oonn 1. r. r. siHss'
tecb, as anne ndmesf


in qnamn.;es- q. net ie : than ear
.lcad OF ten rs, :cco dag 10 chs
tom, the same 10 l.. loaded AMI IN.
1oaded as The expense Of he shipper,
for ans distance Of one hundred miles
md under orc hundred and fifty
miles two AMI enc i.alf cents per ton
per mile
4. The shove rate the cost Of mcy-
inr . tor ol wheat to the State line.
= distance OF loo miles, IS g. 40, a,,d
from the State line 10 Chlcago, lao
miles, So %. tjaaJ for mcsing 9 ton
30 miles. or Is c.. hts bu>iel from
Tama county 4, Chicago. And
should tic States ic,wccn Chicago
and New York adopt similar law
The lowest rates IN the O'Donnsli
bill would slow y, least 62 ceuis per
bushel, which ronlI indicate 50 cts.
~ the cost vi moving buss.c! oi
wheat from lama county TO New
York. Al Two csnis ton per mi.e
transportation companies receive ouc
thousand dollars ici moving ;!aln
OF twenty cas- containing len tons
each distance ot 80 miles. The
bill coniaius nothing as 40 weights
A col, tbs, weighs 50o pounds i
fchedalei 1900, and iFeigl!. charged
&C :eid!ng.y. Passenger laFc IS uol
referred 10. Soa. Iyad- arc -hars
ing l!ires e,nas .Glie. -ai o-aers
tax Is 6yc ceu.-,-a ra.a ~. txss4ta
gan, ter single mile, ta. VIXEN ap
piiei 10 ten, .wen,y OF tart. Niles
. iaboring man eau realty save q.
the rate OF Sl.5u 4 day l.. woi Ains
hrs passage.
Allow US 10 copy from The Cuica
go Evening Post, dated January 80,
ga post that l. saii 10 be- Erniy
stack III progressive 10 tariff Fepuo-
i.cau soil, ii any body knows what
Ina, is, Or where on ea,,.i j. is 10 Ut
tounl-a part c; ttc statements Of
one RobeI. Harris. The Psst Re-
porter, says: MIR. Harris, Is being
III his own person the ia:nejiate
representative OF The directors o. the
Chicago, Bar!insto ION Il Qllucy Raj
read, as well as tile manager o. lis
business, was first cailei upon. liz
sad I'VE could not bni.d 4 road
10 transport I'll grain a. the ruling
Quincy rates: bal, olc1 built. aua
confronting The question OF carrying
~ these r.tes or not a. al, We have
no choice bu, tho atii NATIVE. L.
contributes 80 the volume oil bust
ncss, and adds nothing 10 certatl
branch 0, expenses. BY doing il ",
ada little ~ tie sum total oil pro;
It's"
Thus in Tie ea.sct lie reluctantly
admits the tact tina. there is d profit
IN dong business At conn citing
prices. He Gays:
The western railroads are sad
l.ed with the odilm Of cxLorbitanl
,sics, bul In fact it Is the eastern
outlets which are aluno alnenable
10 This charge. We are deposi,ing
grain today in Chicago, hauiel at ;
distance OF 500 miles for II cents pei
t.shel, while the same grain is taxed
SO cents between Chicago and New
York, distance OF only 1853 miles.
But unfortunately they
haye the question III their owa hands
Common sense ieache,
them tha. 80 long as the supply o
transportation facilities is not equal
to the demand, high prices must pre-
vail. Experience teaches
that. en- railroads, one cent per ton
per mile is fair paying recompense
tor transportation. Wore that the
prevailing rate ID day between Chi
cago and New York, The tariff, IN.
stead OF Sc cents rs now, would be
q cents. That amount OF difference
upon the tariff Of the Whole year
~oald 60 long way toward making
,lsin easy, and maintaining eaailib
rum OF the coantrys profits. :
We are, as rapidly az possible.sabsti
tuting steel rails throu Lhoui our
road for iron; to do this Will reqairr
81 600 tons 81 rtecl, costing 1925 per
tos, or s6,875, 900. One third Of
that sum goes to the account Of the
tariff ! am informed tina. the Grand
Trunk road in Canada is procuring
steel rails for less than halt wat We
pay. Bnt counting only the above
sum rs the tribute We pay 10 psoiec-
iton, and it adds ~, 125. 900 to our
CAPITAL stock, the interos; OF wEici,
is t2I2,500 per year, and lh;a is lay
which nur farmers must pay, in al.
ditional echarges, not this and next
yearsalone. bnt pcrpc,ual'y."
To which we reply first ny repeat
ng his QYn language: Common