Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-18
At Utica. N. Y, August IS, an Anti
Monopoly Convention will be Held.

New YORK, August 10.-An anti
monopoly convention has been called
to meet at Utica soon, and is creating a
good deal of excitement in the COM
mercial circles here, and large attend
ance is expected. Heretofore west bound
rates have been much higher than
east-bound, Notwithstanding full traf-
fic east, while most of the west-bound
cars returned empty, and of course
freight destined for the west has been
diverted to other ports. Thousands of
tons of salt, cement, and kindred arti-
Giles owned by New York merchants
and destined for consumption in the
west have been driven TO Montreal,
Boston and other cities by this policy
1t is to be hoped that the trunk lines
will endeavor in the future to attract
this business to our port, and also that
they will from this time forward claim
for New York an equal rate with other
seaboard cities on both east and west
bound freight, whether for export or
distribution here Heretofore the rate
has been equal for export, but not
otherwise"
because Boston is not charged more
than New York, but do claim that New
York's natural advantages in the way
of favorable gradients and large volume
of business should not be abrogated at
the Gictation Of the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore e. Ohio roads, for the pur-
pose of diverting business to their re-
spective cities. The attorney general of
the state of New York, in commenting
upon an extraordinary proceeding in
the supreme court Juae 3, 1881, to
thwart proceedings instituted by the
state to protect the public interest in
the case of the New York elevated
railroad, stated that he was amazed
now at the power that corporations
seem to have TO embarrass necessary
legal proceedings taken against them;
that the increase of the influence Of
corporations in this country, and their
ability to thwart the supervisory pro-
ceedings taken against them by the
public authorities to prevent great
monopolies, or to subject them to prop
er restraints, are among
THE MOST ALARMING CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE TINES,
and constitute danger to which all the
people must be aroused before long if
we would preserve our free institutions.
THOSE JOINING IN THE MATTER,
are such bodies as the National Anti
Monopoly League, the Kings County
Anti Monopoly League, the Buffalo
Board OF Trade, the State Millers' Asso-
citation, the State Canal Boatowners'
Association, the State Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION, the State Grange, the State
Farmers Alliance, the Albany Board
of Lumber Dealers, and several others.
The Chamber of Commerce to-day re-
ceived and adopted report from its
special committee on Railroad Trans
portation urging that the tariff for
west-bound freights be maintained.
1t is held that when westbound
rates are as high as they have been in
the past, it is a constant temptation to
cut them in order to prevent diversion
to second-c class lines, and secret dis
ordinations in favor of large ship
pers are thus constantly made, which,
when rates are reasonable, are not
likely to occur. Indeed, this form of
persona, discrimination is one of the
most unjust and Objectionable as it
nearly always results to the detriment
of the small shipper, who is not in a
position to bargain for special rates.
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