, 1881-04-17
RAILROAD POOLS.
The Anti-Monopo1y League Begins
Agitating the Subject.
q Pointed and Stirring Address to the
Railway Commissioners.
Charges that Violations Of the Law Have
Been Shameiully Overlooked.
Two Hundred Million Dollars Extorted An
nual1y from the People by Pools

Two Hundred Million Dollars Extorted An
nual1y from the People by Pools.
10 the R0tl,cuy and Warehouse Commits
sloncrs OF Of tho State Of Itlinols-GESr1.E-
MEN: Your attention is respectfully called
TO the abuses caused by the pools formed By
the railroad companies in this State for home
traffic, as well us for the carriage of east and
west bound freight By these pools the rates
nave been III many cases advanced from Ii
to 800 per cent For example, the rates OF,
grain from Chicago to New York, which in
1ss6 were Il cents per hundred, were raised
to 33 cents. In the Hepburn Investigation at
Albany it was proved by experts that a large
profit could be made by charging 20 cents.
Tile same rates are fixed by these pools for
carriage over all the pooling roatis, while it
is well known that rate which is rea-
sonable for carriage over the road
of the company having the longer haul
heavier grades, and greater cost will be uni
reasonable over another road Of shorter haul,
lighter grades, and less cost.
The burdens unjnstIy imposed upon our
commerce every year by the east-bound pool
alone has been estimated BY no less all au-
tlaority than our Secretary Of the Treasury,
Mr.. Window, at more than two hundred
millions Of dollars. Accepting even the
criticisms and figures of Messrs. Fink, STAN
ford, and Jewett, chosen advocates Of the
railroads, we can plainly see that large
share of the advance which has occurred
since 1877 III the market value Of the stocks
of these railroad companies, and which ex-
cecds five hundred millions Of dollars, is made
up of sums taken In plain violation
of law and Chiefly: hv the arenc, nf these
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