The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-08
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Unjust Freight Di.criminations that ore,.,.
piiuu Our Mholcsnir,s

mNf'e pl tNlS city IL, Uuti luf TWO N'tfh- UU-f
been. paralyzcd by reason OF unjust and ,,..
| pressivc determinations against it on u, ,n,,
Of the trunk railroads that centre hero. and
king advice us to whether facts supporting
| that allegation should be pres, ntcd 10 the 49,
islature with view to action 10y THAT body
A member Of tho firm Of H. u. Clanin a. Co.
| said yesterday: IAN these freight line. hay.
| been taking freight from Boston. philadrlphia.
and Baltimore to the West at rate. much below
| those from New York. In many instances wa
have shipped goods for Western customer. 10
Boston, to be returned thence 10 Albany AMI
| from there shipped 10 the West thus eiToctng a
saving 10 our customers " ilfty per cent ou no
schedule rite demanded from New York. From
Boston they were shipped by tho Merchants
Dispatch Company. which. ms everybody kuuw-.
runs over the New York Central Railroad
and its connections. and is. in effect. the Ney
York Central. Everybody ia the wh.lc-
sale dry goods, groceries. anl other mi.
moss shipping freight largely feels koDniy
the Effects Of this unjust dis riminatiln am
through them everybody inter strd ia the qc-
fare OF New York is concerned ia this mnt'or. n
Is unreasonable To- charge moro on freight from
this point thun from other scahoard cities to ths
West ~ the distance is about the same from
either. II the charters of these roads are as ~,
suppose them, it must Toe that the LrgislaturS
has some powcrto influence tho making of jas.
rates on freight from Now York 10 Western
Of New York TO lrgislUn III business
right out of the city. Western customers arc
merely deliver 10 trunk Inns Tor trnnsportation
to them at their cost. and of course II they Hun
get their goods IN Boston or Phllniephia nt2j
10 90 per cent less expense ON freight than #
they bought them IN this city. NV York mood
not eNprct much Of their trade Besides. gpo -
are sold So close now that II would be impu-si-
bile for New York merchants 10 make any ,ucri-
Hoes that would epualize the mater
The resident mead Of one of tn" largest dry
goods commission houses in tho city says;
For two or three weeks past IN So trunk
lines have firmly maintained their schnduIn
rates from Nrw York Will" cutting from Boz.
ton and other s"aboard cities. A great d 40 I
freight has been hippcd irmm B.,-ion Z" G .i.o-
on the same goods from NV York to ChieL9
WAS maintained At 81 per cwt. And gr,4t
part ul inc goods SO shipped We ~ over 10 Eg--
ton, wore billed from thrrc back. and " nt ~
the Erie Railway TO the West from New YORK
while the schedule rate was maintained mere.
In some instances lots rs large ais 100 cases.
that originally came from BOSTON 10 New YORK.
We're shipped back To Boston ana u IN -
New York and then west oyer the road be-
cause the schedule rates w"r" cut from
Boston, but maintained here. Again. they
have shipped large quantities of goods
from North Adams Mass whrr. there ~. no
pooling rates So ns To cut bpnrHth the .DhD. lu',
cwt, and - cents from there to chi ago. naeing
g cents in AL. while by dire" shipment from
81 II was understood that after Fob. |
the trunk lines werr To- adhgre 70 TIER
alike. hut IN the "a inst they wrr" SUITE
ping goods marked contract from '-fnl il
Ch il 10y the star ga, Union inn nj 40 ri
St Louis At 50 cents to Cincinunti M 30 'nts:
To loulsyille at i3 cents. and 10 k"okns az "a
cents. The rate from New YORK was and 49, Do
Chicago. 81 To 81. Louis. 81 10; and the ut.er
places in proportion. Chicago firm amy
knowledge. shipped goods Yesterday from rhil-
adelphia 10 Chicago for 10 cents per cwt. 10y
the Blue line-which means the NV York Cen:
goods held rs strictly as first-cla-s here. and 80
shipped from this point, that Were AT another
seahloard city rated as third, class. AMI
ting below schedule rites to the disadvantage
OF NV York. The difference in classification
made difference in rate from q down To GO@6j
cents In that matter 81 classlil cation; 10y ina
way. an enormous injustice IL done. In 1861
prints were worth $3.50 and 500 per case, and
shectngS $50 to so per bale But when. during
the war. their value Increased 50 that they wero
roads took the ground hat. as they
We're liable, TO such great amounts for
damages in their carriage, they should be- rated
as flrst-class and their freight Increased. to
which tho merchants assented. Now. those
goods have gone back to n point lower than be-
fore the war, yet they are still maintained ~
irst-class on the railroad schedules. So that.
al present schedule rates ON a as. Of prints on
common brown muSlins. classified u iirst- 'ils4.
a. they are ON the schedule, tn" freight anN Ints
To 3 10 . pr cent. of ths actual value n no
81
Another instance in illustration ~ the o0Oot
OF this Injurious Discriminating occurs %
Tba IN r Ie H Grog . SHpRrE Gn'4s A. nanH9
10 be- 30 10 IS cents per cwt ANA Ht tlmna aS
low rs cents. but the Schedul' put it up To %
cents. We shipped ten day a-o lars" amuant
of goods To one of the Iar- IL l.hnrr- IN ;hat
city by steamer. 20 Portland, NJ. and then
around by way of Canada to Bunlo Bv that
roundabout way the freight was 10 cents. and
that Is about what ihe lIo9ton shipper can s"nt
there for direct. W. cannot ship direct from
here for loss than 80 cents, aud the way hayn
spoken OF Is oy"uonnhle by reason Of lis
greater length. the longer time consumed. ant
the consequent risk. OF course, Boston has ~
We IAN snip goods from here to Boston by
the Norwich or StuulngtOu ilu - for uhuHt ~
cents per cwt, and thence Ia Chicago for % or
40 cents. or say. ~ the outside. - or 90 cents
altogether, a. against II from here, 50 thai mo
purchaser, ,,N.tpl VA NE huirl "l urlhy' y hut
great. yn sun rrr JOS thrrN istins stat" of AHA ~
But see tn" position in which It places u-. We
must bear the rNprn~" OF delivering III" 'ois
To- "a trunk line for him; 50 We nave io pay cart
age here transportation To Boston, AMI cart
az" there to the lnr tiat Is To carry them 4 the
| West II TINS UNJUST and rulnous dis rim uA-
iion We're not made. We should simply hHs' 10
pdV Onrtige here to whichever trunk line 4
those centrring here the customer mi-ht f".t.
" this goes On the large commission huu-
Will have 70 move To- Boston 9rlp ihlt lr.pi..,'
| and shin their goods from there merely rlllt-
| tanning Offices to take orders i'm New lork That
| + practically what We are doing now W. ,H''
| been. every day tai, werN. tc' crap INK e. --
| ton To do that very thlng; iHhIns orders i'f"
| and shipping the good, irom tuer'. MNan-
while the nine carts we ordinarily have eH-
>" Euhcr dirc,t'y or indirectly this bits 'h,
pors9nal interest noi on'y 81 the mer'hah'-
tnil storehe"prr-. the lahorinS rlA--, ,N'rN .r,
in short. And whni excuse 10 III" railway r-
| pie offer? MIR. nrpew, who rrrr,~ ui"l IN,
New lor, Central road the other day, az t,'
| Chamber OF 'umnrr' g. m'riluei su l,'i
| on'-t'nth of thr western hound lr''s' $50
m, H ' ir" r' SIN i"rA. m~ord'ri'
| Ga" cutting on the Grand Trunk ln", lN'l