, 1879-08-14
THE RAILROADS.
Another Advance Of Five Gents
Ordered on East-Bound
Rates.
,Jny Gould Stronuously Working
to Smash tile IoWn POOL
1,iys1y Competition Botwaon the iowa
and Minnezota Hoada.

rAsT.ROUND FREIGHT RATES.
1hcro can 10 no Longer any doubt TINT tho
trunk I!uo managers mean 10 make another ad-
r,ncc IN eaat-bounl freight rates. The Gencrnt
uonsncrs of tho various roat'a here received
df.natch from Commissioner Fink last evening
With tho information that tic trunk ltne man
,re,s t]cctdul to add another tivu cents to the
e.at.bounI rates on a,ld after Aug. IS, pro-
rtdcd ulc consent Vi tlls various Eastern roads
ron he secured; atid tho managers arc requested
IA send IN their sotes oil this question 1t once.
Tits latter nctlon IL simply a Formally. When
the trunk limo managers say The advance Hhnf1
In made on suc., day, 1t viii bo n,adc, no
rattcr what the vote OF their Western conncc-
,,ops will bo. The trunk line roajs conirol
r.ar1y nit their Western connections, and all
,ho.o leading east from ChicnRo, nni1, tl,crc-
fore, the 1nauaguEs ot tlo latter roads must vota
..vcs.n whether they ike IL or not. 1t IL the
ccnrrai optnion among Western managers tint
snothpr advance tn freight rates at this tins
Il unwise md uncnl1ed for Tho present rates
m the basis of rs cents Oh grain and 30
crnts on fourtll.claas freight from Chicago Ia
Ncv Yprk Ia considered amply Rut1lcicnt to lcRvu
thc railroads good margin, but the rnpacous
frunk-linc ma.lagcrs hnvu tasted blood, nnl
t,om Chicago viii suffer most from this advance,
as thcy have to coinreto against tho luke. The
jn,erj6r roads arc bottar ofT, as much Of ta
frsrht along their lines has TO 90 ht rail-, and,
aycp II tic shipments should fall on somewhat
m account Of tho advance, they will moro than
mike It 10 by tho better rates tey got for wl,at
ibrY rprJy, Title trunk lines, however, nro the
principal raincrs, n,Ns for this reason they arc
anxious to bave the rates mac as high rs It can
pussIbl7 bo done. Thu business TINT 10 diverted
10 tlle lake they do not lose, but get 1t at Buf-
faio, Erie, and otller Eustcrn hike points from
thr steamship and basgo lines just tho same o.
il II Has carried by ilcir rnt' connections, mud
rrt better prices Tor II. When tic trunk-lnc
managers were trylngto form their present pool,
ttey c,nphattcnlIY DECLARED TINT tile pools wur0
not to hi formed to nbtatn cxHrbltant ratca, but
Simply to stop tho disastrous railroad wars and
maintain iaIr and equitable rates. They also
promised TINT tho freight rntcs ahon1u not DO
disturbed every week or two. Two OF three
changes during tho seasou wou1,l be all that was
necessary. But tho tnstnccrity Of these railroad
managers has been amply proven since tie pools
vcru formed. Durng the Inst two or three months
tsta rates hare heen advanced cvery wcek or two
and there Is no telling when this "putttng-up #
viii stop. II a rate Of 30 ecns on graln nt,d Rs
cents on fourth-class freight Is alrelly charged
10 August, when lake navigation Is 10 full niaBt
there Is no telling how high tllc rntcs viii be
during the wfnter, n'ieu no lake competition has
to be met. II the Eastern railroads conttnue to
nursue their present policy they may look out
for another dose of obnoxious railroad legtsla-
tion that wilt fix fais nnl equitable rates, such
as the nrtfclcs 10 bp carried can stand, and will
not virtually atnonnt TO coutiscatton.