Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-18
RAILROAD RATES.
A Prominent Patron Of Husbandry
on Col. Coles Reply to the State
Oranges Memorial.
r., the Union and American.

Prominent Patron Of Husbandry
on Col. Coles Reply 90 the State
Oranges Memorial.
To the Union and American.
Ina late issue of your pap,r you publish
a letter from E. ". Cole TO Senator Nose
", controveIting the figures Of the memo
mortal of a committee from David
son County Council, P. Of H.,
10 the State Grange, so far as they relate to
the freight charges on the Nashville, Chat
tai. Ooga and 81. Louis route.
These figures were carefully collected
from speech delivered bJ Gen. w. II.
Jackson at Bell Buckle, las summer, aad
published in the Rural Sun Of August 20,
last. That gentleman's character for We
racity precludes the idea Of a design on his
part TO misstate the facts, and, as the state
ments in that speech were not challenged
| then nor since, until now, the committee
| felt authorized to accept them as correct.
| And any change made in the freight tariffs
| of the above named road Hince the publi-
| cation Of that speech would not justify the
presumption that the committee designed
/ TO do injustice to the company. Since Col.
/ Cole has made his statements We have no
right TO question their CORE aness, and his
position as President Of t1e road entities
| all that he may say on tie subject of its
charges on through and local freight to the
| highest consideration.
Now what does he say? In iefutatiOn Of
the committees statement that foreign corn
could be shipped from Jacksonville to At
lanta for Z cents per 100 lbs. less than
Tennessee corn can be SHIPPED from Nash
! vile to Atlanta, he says: 1--WE give john
| sonville corn from steamer the same rate
per ton per mile as st. Louis corn, and
when the expenses Of getting the cOrnfrom
| Mt. Vernon, etc, etc, are tlzen into con-
sideration. together with ste amboat charges,
insurance and transfer at Johnsonville, /
cannot see how producer on our line or
| within the State is disseminated against"
The itemized expenses given by Col.
! Cole on corn from a given point north Of
the Ohio (say ut. VernOn) to Atlanta sum
up to IS cents per 100 lbs, of which
| amount it takes 27 cents PER 100 lbs. to put
it on the cars at JohnsOuTille. Then 81
cents is the full charge from JOhnsOnyille
| 10 Atlanta.
N another paragraph Col. Cole says:
| "Our rate on grain from Nashville TO At
ianta is SO cents per 100 lbs, or % cents
| per hundred in favor Of grsia raised in the
neighbOrhOOd Of Nashville compared with
the charges on grain raised in Illinois that
! comes by the river via JOhls0nville.'
Let US compare these two paragraphs for
a moment:
Tennessee corn from Nashville to Allan
! ia, SO cents; Illinois corn fn)m JOhnsOnyille
/ to Atlanta, 81 cents. The committee said
/ the difference was cents. Col. Coles
| figures say.it is only cents. We accept
! his figures; and yet he says, 81 cannot see
| how producer within the State IS disGim-
/ mated against"
| Again, as IS, SO, %, Col. Cole says there
| is - cents per 100 lbs. in favor of Davidson
| county grain over Illinois grain. Let us
again apply the test. 1t costs p cents to
| Get the Illinois corn in the ears at John
| sonviIle; it costs 81 cents more to take it
/ TO Atlanta. At these through rates it
would cost about 5 cents to bring it to
/ Nashville.
From Johnsonville to. Atlanta, 81 cents
per 100 lbs; from, Johnsongille 10 Nashville
5 cents per 100 lbs; from Nashville TO At
! lanta, 20 cents per 100 lbs. In other words,
it costs sc cents per 100 lis to ship David
! son county corn from aslYille to Atlanta,
! while Illinois corn is Shipped from the
same point, over the sane road, for 25
cents per 100 lbs. A discrimination Of 10
cents against Tennessee corn.
Again, Tennessee corn from Waverly to
! Nashville Qocal rate) cents; Tennessee
corn from Nashville 10 Atlanta, (lOcal
rate.) SO cents; total on Tennessee corn
| from Waverly to Atlanta, 45 cents; total
on Illinois corn from Jacksonville to At
lauta, 81 cents. A difference Of "A cents
! per 100 lbs. in f4vOrof Illinois corn sh. pped
from Jacksonville, over Tennessee corn
shipped from WaveTly to Atlanta on local
| rates.
Again, Humphreys county corn, from
| Wayerly to Atlanta, OlTOugh rateS,) 80
| cents per 100 lbs; Wavely to Nashville,
| o cents per 100 lbs; Nashville to Atlanta,
| 80 cents per 100 lbs.
Humphreys county coTl can be shipped
| from Nashville to Atlantis for cents per
| 100 lbs. less than Davidson county corn can
be sent from Nashville &c the same poiit.
| And vet Col. Cole says h. cannot see how
a producer in tie State is Disseminated
| against. These are all Col. Coles own
af6FFfUrf aid 9 i56fs sRt fam them, as given
The importance Of railroads is fully rec
Ognized by the writer. 10 agriculture, in
this age, they are indispensable. But is
not the dependence reel puocal? Then, let
! Justice be dsne to all parties. If uniformi-
| y of rates cannot be had, let the approxi-
nation be so close that these glazing dis
! cTepancies will all disappear.
rs.