The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-02-17

senger rates. that we have AWAY
entered our protest against such leg
islation.
As far as the railroad law affect
party and politics, we think that it !.
six to one and half dozen of III,
other. The vote in both Houses wa
very large, and both parties are re
sponsible for it. Some voted for i
because it was a popular measure
and many OF them no doubt voted f.
it because OF their honest conviction
1t was right. just and proper TO hav,
such law. This class, when salts
fed the law is unjust, and comes isl
short of securing the reform aimed .,
will be the first to vote for its repeal
From the Marshalltown Republican,
Tho Cedar Rapids Ga5ei7e SAYS:
I'VE have it from reliable aathori
ty that the Chicago and Rock Island
company and the Chicago and North.
western propose to shut down Sep.
tember first in the carrying Of a pound
OF grain from Iowa until the present
tariff law is repealed. They claim to
have lost $4,000 on each road during
the month of July"
We don't know where the Ga-eHc
got its authority for this statement,
bat the officers Of the road at this
point have not been informed Of such
contemplated action Of the company.
II ii is true, however, that the above
named companies have lost $4,000
each in one month, the question is a
serious one, and the companies cannot
be blamed for stopping the carrying
of goods. We have heard it rumoted
not only here but elsewhere in the
State, shat there will probably be an
extra session OF the Legislature cali
ed for the purpose Of changing Ger.
tain featuees in the railroad law
which arc working to tie disqdvan-
tage of not only he railroad compa-
nies themselves, but 10 the people of
the State. Il is certainly true that
the present law is injurious to both
carrier and shipper It does not seem
to have any defenders in any part Of
the State, Tic Linn county PNct,
an anti-monopoly paper, published at
Marion, thus speaks:
"There are, however, features OF
the law so unjust and palpably wrong
that a mere tyro in knowledge might
have fofseen the bad effects. Along
the line Of every road there is large
amount 0! traffic in conveying small
articles and packages great or less
distances. These weigh from ten to
one hundred pounds and upwards, ad
ding largely to he labor aud respon-
sibility Of the companies. The per
mile per cwt. under the law amounts
to mere nothing. Say, for instance,
a lady sends band box weighing ten
pounds, from Cedar Rapids to Mt.
Vernon, The company by charging
double first class rates would realize
three and half cents, and fifty
pound sack of flour carried fifty miles
will add to the wealth of the compa-
ny eleven cents for carriage. booking
and handling. In fact there are thou
sands of troublesome things which
will have to be carried. if demanded,
for nothing. Railroad companies
should not be required 10 carry any
thing any distance for less than fifteen
to twenty five cents. All such arti-
cles and even passengers can better
afford round rates than the heavy
products Of the country. In these
the law is sn unmitigated
The Fort Dodge NoSaenger, at the
close Of an able article on the same
subject, says:
"Our local rates are reduced, but
the local traffic is small item com
pared with the immense volume Of
grain the farmers Of Iowa ship. In
the end we shall learn that the law,
while it cheapens our local rates, in
creases the through rates to such an
extent that we shall groan under its
exactions more do!orously than be-
fore. OF such is pro rata legisla-
ton"
The loss to the farmers Of Marshall
county alone will be many thousands
Of dollars per annun if the present
law is enforced throughout the year.
From tic Clinton Harald)
Before the new law went into effect
our several saw mill proprietors ship
ped large quantities Of lumber TO
Vinton, Cedar Falls and other points
On the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota railway. For the Conve-
lience of shippers, the above road.
with the Chicago anl Northwestern
made a joint tariff, SO the rate per car
Dad on lumber from Clinton to Cedar
Falls was but twenty eight dollars.
Under the new law, the companies
oose SO much on small shipments and
'reights that they refuse to make
special rates to large shippers. I'm
Ter this law the rates on lumber is
'orty two dollars, difference Of four
cen dollars on every eight thousand
ieet Of lumber shipped from Clinton
o that point. The effect Of this
,hange is that between seventy-fve
md one hundred car loads of lumber
hat formerly found market along
he line Of the Burlington, Cedar Rap
DIS and Minnesota, IS now entirely
,ut off from that quarter and must
'emain unsold in the yards or find
market in some new quarter.
(From the vinton Journal)
The result Of the experiment in this
State at least, has been more than
'ailure-it has been positive injury
% many Of our most important mate
,ial interests. Passenger fares. in
Iced, have been reduced from one to
.wo cents mile, bat how small the
saving is TO the agriculturists, for
whose particular benefit the Iowa
abroad law was supposed to made.
Demagogues who hoped TO ride into
office by the votes Of the "grangcrs"
md others Of the farming community,
proclaimed at every grange pic mic,
from every store box, and in every
country school house, that the millen-
um had arrived. They denounced
he railroads with the fury of agra
rians, and fairly reveled in delight at
he idea of State controlling railroads.
Ga the transportation Of produce the
railroads have raised their rates. On