, 1875-12-31

''I t'St w 1E 1ooheo
Tho shippers Of this city have at last awak-
ened to tho necessity Of stopping tho out
rageous discrimination in freight rates imposed
upon thia city by tho Eastern pool linen. a
committee, consisting OF Mesars. E. 3. Stevens,
nobett Warren, and ". r. Baker, was appointed
By tho Board OF Trade yesterday to make thor
ough examination Of tho reported liacsimiua-
tions, and consult with the Doard Of Managers
OF the pool lines IN regard to the matter. The
members Of tho Committee arc ali experienced
and enetgetto busincas mon, and they will no
doubt do thair bass to convince the Managers Of
the error OF shelr wavs and tho damage thsy arc
indlcting on the trade OF this city.
Tho MAnsgatA yesterday made one atcp It
least to reotihy tho evils from which this city
haa bacn suffering. Orders warc given 10 stop
the Discrimination nlhdo in favor of Minnesota
And Wisconeln mlllers, and hereafter sho same
charged both from Milwaukee and Chicago.
TINS, however, docs not help tho Chicago mill.
GIN ser much - tho Detroit It MuwauEoo and
Grand TRUNK continue to charge 10 cents per
barrel from Milwaukee. and, Al consequanoe,
get nearly All tho buainexs- Tue mll1efa hare
hAvc already stopped sendsnR their dour by tho
pool lines, aud most Of II ia now shipped by
dooorich's steamers to Milwaukee,, and thence
1t coste but z cents per barrel, instead OF 90
cents disoct Tho steamor De pnxc, which 1aft
for Milwaukee yesterday, took out large cargo
Of aour sna oshor merchandlsa. Nothing hrs
Aanagors At Nov York, but It il undor-
stood that the mestlng IL not harmonious,
and that the pool IL In faiF way of bainR
broken. Aa ls wolI known, this rates from the
East to the West nero broken some days ago.
and fselghtA aro carried It unusually low rates.
Ibis reduction WAS mainly n.ado 70 bring tho
Grand Trunk llailspad 10 tefma, Tho Chicago
lines leading to tho East complain Of this action,
M their pro-rAsa on wess-boaoa rates amounts to
very lille, aud thcy claim that by having to
charge high ratos to the East aud pay tho East-
eFn limos large pEo-Estey they have to halp make
up their losses. They delnand thAt tle wset-
bound rates be restored, or else they will be
compellea to break the combination, and cut their
ratos to tho East also Tho Eastern lines, hon
ever, are unwilling TO accede 10 tbiA and one Of
them. tie Erie Railroad, has gono 10 far eyen ~
to leeue the following circular announcing thAt
i will hereafter charge arbitrary rates on all
Wcstcrn shipments to points On ita line. and that
tho Company positively doct1ea TO accept tts pro-
rata OF Aay out or reduced satss;
n K.tsr* 1y:"t. and coante.ts1s;
Freight Live stoct, plao aud hsullock lumbes, aud
Oh ffatght from Western eonnsetioas tn shipmsnts
tariff New York rates 10 III local stations main line
An3 ~ sae:pt -. - nsssd nsox N. ,n
ssisn.aes. saso.n:son sad 1asssa.uoaI Az nsias.s.
Waan Nev York pi1iaion os through rata .llora us
more thau ths.s figures. Tho E1ls Hallway Company
T rca. st a. taa W.fslek Sssae5 .s so.l rate. from
fo!nts % tho Monticello Branch .,ts local ra.e.
Folna ou ths Northern Railroad Of Nav ,srsey
tats local rates from Sptsag Valley Or Jssssy City
fG,a fsa s o. d. ~ %.s VIZ; Railroad For uoa
gonleFJ and points bet .atn Goshen and Montgomery
ctGt3 New York fktA Ef1S PROPORTION. For