, 1876-01-20
Further Outrageous Discrt1ninn.
tions Asccrtafnch by tho
Bonrtl OF Trade Com.
'' t11it1tr.
Wtat Chicago Needs Is that hll Her
Lines to The East Doobnlo
!" Bankrupt


aGa1nsk tbs city held Puoi'lor meeting yessotda
morning st 10 O'Clock. iii. 4. 3. tteft,a I'd th
chair, nnd atr. ". 4. Dakor acting AZ Secretary
Mr. Thomas Wight appeAred bafofb tho Con,
m'ttoot and garo Testimony regarding tho ds
crsm(natious, bat dlvnlecd nothing beyond wha
ia already known. 1Io volunteered tho sth,e
ment that ths bankrupt cfoHs-lipcs, by their cut
Ting uoaar the ta.es Of Tho pool iiacs, vcr,
mating morn moaoy than they laso oyor before
while tia Chicago lines ato doing hardly auy
th!ng worth speaking Of. Tho Toledo, Wabasl
Il Wossorn 1lai!road lad lately laid noarly l,ou(
mica Of steel rails, built nov care, and mad,
nnmberfcss improvements besl3es, hll frou
their aurEl IA earnings 1t would bo the bosI
they uoro a!so forced into bankruptcy.
n prominent shfppos, sho old not Wish to have
MS name mentioned. gavo come Ycrs important
Testimony. which goes fur to provo that tho dis.
examinations made against tho CITY arc aorso
taan bavs vct been stated. He said that to ia
shipping large amount Of grain from all the
interior pointa. Heretofore nearly ali hts shin
menta Wele made to chicn9o. but now Le VIA
shipping to tho East via tho southwestern linog
because ho saved money by 80 doing. From
Springfield, ILL.,, he could ship at tie same rate. as
from Chicago, and thoioby saYo tho frotgl,t rato
from that point 70 this city. 1Ie conid sb,p
grain from any poil't OF tho Gilman. Clinton /
spJinEola ana ;oor q iuoT!cr roads to tho d.
cincinnati Al cenls per 100 pounds loas than
VIA Chicago, though tho rQuto Ia oyer 2Dj
miles longer. Sfr. Tucker, Of the Illinois Cen
tsai. had, howeveE, ninsle proposition fcw
same ratet aud tcar tho loss hlmselF. lie had
ehtppcd Lateiy grain to Europe vim Tho pltts.
burg, Cincinnati l. st. LOUIS Railroad at cut
rates. Il vas his opinion, howoyer, that tue
other point from ~hIota 10 shlfpod great dsal
Of grain Was Mopetly, No., ou The Missouri,
Kansas 4 ToYas 1.a.,road. This gya1n Volt
mostly to Eoetou IN through cars via tho CHI
caEo; Nurl'oRtou 4 Quincy and Michigan Gem
tra! Aa,lroads. To pays for tue out4fo distance
OIL through ratio 7! cents per 100. 10 ahip s,1iy
grain to Chicago 1t would cost him Sc csuts.M
90 cents from MobcIiy to Chicago anl TO cents
hea'aou IRON chssaga asngS9 t. 70 boSton ana be savcd
At tho ubovo-namcd through rato s, 10
Ines tlsat ran over lie n Siohis"a hias1lftsen. cen.
sfal. Az tho pool lines were n'a4ing tho
same rates from Joliet as from chicago, and tho
was tho amount the Eastern roads woro taIinr
!esa from Joliet tlau from this city. The poul
linea also allow the dlTarenco II costs to bring
grain from hlitrausee, AaIiaop, and o:hcs Wis.
M.. popo said tho gentlomnn's esatcn,cut
showed snat tho ~orat had not yet becn tpld
othnr e1stanoe OF the same etartling natare
would DO fo'thco1n'nx IN few dsys. Weso it
Inrnr tts acason ~ n.,.tratt,, aan r. ~ nofAotaee
!nent shippers would leaVo Chicago mud move to
noMs noHtn"oatotn point, Tho Chicago Board
Of Trade MuBs arouBo itaeif from its letharrv
aud aid The Committee. or a!Ha tim buainnau t.,
'oiIo15 " .naa eIy Wut1'u aunef fftoparaho ioHs.
'At, Lnuhcott ska!eo 1hae theto TaH no poiut
st.a ~ 1sah'' stA.tp6 ~ IL &!u1HcF l1ntlF62a
"uato teuatea VI itou 10 toconts nse not
tAANV w k041HFsA 1ulpulSQtB.
hlr. J. ". Eddy, Fica-ntasident Of the Chi.
I utNtu
n.,rsa hte " HeesoaM AalFvau. a!so Iii
pI., pIIou neioln tno eoWHlltoe anu oHcrod lla
auFico iesalH'nE inc remedy Tor tue rfosent
sh"s3 T.; - ant n, non.enGp "ou'a como out
our rnnitnIi..s wonf1 nnn,.r.n tt H''ss s'eo7 -
rattra rnan4 NJ this rItt ~ tf,o,, n,,,tI -
cru. Cd at much lowar rnte, Thar, ths hTn,S. .oo
lined OF conrsa AIR Etdvo auvon..iar5 5LhS
rntl,inr fo A ,,;th ,,,o 49, a. uf61os'oa Hau
o,,iv nas-o.' '.'.,,s ~ sae1 tat N!h !ne III tlto
t.5 ~ AHAto"sah"bo !oau suAuiH4 ouk o. tlla CITY.
AitVs saoft informal u!scuEH4oh tue Committee
adjournoa Until u O'Clock this nolufuE.
THE PEORIA L ROCK IstaNn par;pos
H',n fo1I r,vtn Ia nk,k,
IT,. ~. :, -, ~ - - " wv nuhiuesa OF