Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-27
The Latest Freight Cuts.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

1he Latest Freight Cuts.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-Contrary to expec-
satlons, the Milwaukee g. st. Paul did. nat
take any further retaliatory measures on
passenger business yesterday. It still
MAINTAINS Its cut on Rock Island & Daven-
pot business, and last night brought five
coaches OF passengers from Rock Island
The Rock Island announced a few nav
northwestern points at which cnt r.t.s
would apply, but in the afternoon this
road Withdrew its fifty cent rate to Cedar
RAPIDS, and substituted schedule rate.
Though the Milwaukee & st. sPaul mad.
no move on passenger business yesterday.
1t took position on freight that is Of
more Importance than anything an
nounced. Mr.. c. ]. Eddy, commercial
agent OF that road, last night
announced ten cent rate
on all classes of freight from CHICAGO to
Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Sheldon. Winnie
bago, Mankato and Faribault. This sween.
ing reduction would be important even if
1t affected only the points mentioned, but
II goes much further, and affects all bust
ness designed for st. Paul or Omaha
Freight can be sent to Sioux CITY ut ten
cents and re-billed from that point to
omaha at local rates, the distance being
only 1913 miles, leaving margin of from
twenty to fifty. cents, and really cutting
Inc Omaha rate to that extent Moreover.
the Illinois Central, which is the main line
10 Sioux City. has announced that anv rate
a''ici us Si"a< G,ty i4.ser:,s7er, max. +
wiii duplicate OF Omaha. This makes a ten
cent rate from Chicago to Omaha
via the illinois Central. The Northwest
ern announces that it will take freight to
Sioux City and the competitive points at
as low rates as any rival lines. The tex
cent rate to Faribault is as clear a case of
cut rate to st. Paul as the Rock Islands
hfty-cent passenger rate to Chaska is.
Farlbault is within sixty-two miles of St.
Paul, and freight can pay ten cents to that
point and the local rate from there to St.
Faul, and thus cut the through rate to ST..
faul very considerably. Pool regulations
impose fine on any direct cut of rates to
st. Paul, and this method avoids breaking
the contract. The Rock Island, however.
cannot complain, as it first set tho example
oy cutting passenger business to Albert
Lea and Chaska. 1t is considered that
these cuts will injure the Milwaukee l. ST.
fauis earnings more than those of the
Rock Island. which is the indirect route
to these points, and consequently carries
little of the business at full rates.
Avsry move of the warning roads seems
to be TO carry the war further north and
northwest, where the Rock Island has little
to lose and the Milwaukee & st. Paul and
the Northwestern everything. The fight il
Little hard on the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
nsaPolis d Omaha, but the Rock Island ia
little affected except by the cut on
local business to and from Rock
Island and Davenport. For some
unknown reason the Milwaukee d ST
Paul seems to be afraid to carry tho war
to points where it could absolutely ann;hi-
late the Rock Islands earnings, and more
than compensate the cut on northwestern
business. The Milwaukee g. St. Paul is
not included in the Council Blufs pool
and If it would make sweeping cut on
that point and Des Moines, it is consid.
cred that the first measures for peace
would have been taken. The Milwaukee
d st. Paul has nothing to fear from the
Burlington or any of the southwestern
roads. These lines would really be the
allies of tho Milwaukee & st. Paul. 70,
while they could not resaliate
on the Milwaukee d st. Paul
or Northwestern, they could rake the Rocl
Island at very important point. OF
course the Rock Island would in that case
turn its guns on Kansas and the South
west, but between the Northwestern and
the Milwaukee st. Paul on the north
and the Burlington, Alton & Wabash on
the south, the Rock Island would be kent
in franc of mind which it is thought
would not be conducive to peaceful med.
itations. The first step in bringing abou.
this state OF thingsis to involve the Coun-
Gil Bluffs business, and careful observers
OF the war express wonder that this course
has not been pursued before by the Mil
waukee & st, Paul. It is intimated that
the Milwaukee d st. Paul is afraid of the
Northwestern, but as against the Rock Is
land theic interests are identical. These two
roads have pooled their issues against the