New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-19
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
THE ADVISORY COMMISSION
N. C. SMITH PRESENTS THE ADVANTAGES cLAi"hD
ny AMI poR BALTIMORE OVER NEW-fohh'

m r sNITH PRESENTS THE ADVANTAGES CLAIMED
BY AND voR BALTIMORE OVER NEw-foRh'
3urINoKE. March ls.--The Railroad Al
vtsory Commission eSsrs Thurman. "ashpnrhe ana
Cociey-inet tie Of 'be MercIan's anu H"'u
fscturcrs Association this sarl when - & ni'n
ra.l.,, al tn Associ.cr rii An argument In favor
Of fixed dIfcrcntia rates
Mr. Smith said THAI 40 s"ttleTet OF 'he queNi""
which the commission Is called TO consider WIZ prove II"
,rp, settlement II Il does rot recognize and respect
tbree distinct intercss-arst, the interests VI the pro
duosrs AMI shippers OF the great West sec
ond The respective interests OF the sea
ports which form the terynini Of the trunk hn's ;
third the interests 81 the railroads These interests
which in y large common For all tAI'e rlay
thrive together; Tut often they are aDagonistc Ihs
has been shown in the legislation. state and Naons
proposed ar passed which has been aimed to control
railroad transportation.
The commerce Of this port" he SAID rs so intf
nostev connected with the interests Of the producing
centres of the West that to discuss the one necessarily
involves discussion Of the other The railroads are the
connecting link between the two but they not the
paramount interest All three must be considered-pro
ducton Transportation and r0nnerce-or the set;le-
ment whatever IL may be, will be truce only and not
peace"
He continued: "Theaontcsts and competitions Of TIE
trupk lines have revealed the strength and the weak
nesses Baltimore has the short line. and New
York claims the easy line Baltimore is nearer to the
great points ~ 20 petition In the ratio Of So to lOO-a
saving OF nearly third IN distance. New-fork CANNED
that her easier grades made up Cor greater distance she
said: baltimore must lift her freight 1900 feet over
The mountains True says Baltimore, We must cross
the mountains. but The coal which is the lifting power
isright on our lines We can ill locomotive tenders
with coal a 90 cents per ton while NewYork must pay
from 81 e. 81 and thus il costs less per ton per mile
than II costs NcwYork leaving saving OF defiance
clear gain"
Mr. smith quoted from q letter from Albert Fink To
New-Yor& merchant" bearing date JnDe 20 ls1s IN
which Mr. FINK defended the dferentia rates against
the New.York merchant who demanded equal rates ana
,roved tfat willis Baln;uore only obtained an average
drental Of 5 by the test Of distance alone en-
Titled tn i7 Baltimore had thus conceded 10 New-Iork
portion II her natural advantages both "a to distance
and as To Of transportation These concessions nave
been continued aud seemingly all Oh one side. Nh FINK
ir his report Of December J. 1881, virtually comedies
this when he shows that in 1869 the agreed differ
ences IN favor Of Baltimore we're 10 cents yer 100
pounds on grain. In March 1879 1.-THE system OF
affixed differences Abandoned" and tariff"
adopted which only lasted month and . bali being
tsges Baltimore A war u rates 3egan, ana treaty
OF rates were reesahlished. BALTIMORE conccdins, as
usual OF her rights and accepting less d!feTen
tial II was then fixed AT 3. On June 3 1850 war
broke out again NewYork claiming that rates must be
'equalized from competing points III the West 10
In the problem Should It's De conceded 1t vii.
Just the three great interests which mis- eommsi9
West by deprving them Of the shorter and cheaper rolte
10 IL viii be unjust TO the railroads by deprlV
ing them Of their ability WORK cheaply. II viii be
unjust to all the seaports soutl OF Se~lork and fatally
Injurious b. the commerce Of Baltimore.
Mr. Smith continued: THE merchants and manu-
facturers this city slain that fr-ghis shipped from
Bstiuors to western common points the westward
should be at all times during railroad or the peace
of poo. xed the ratios ~ distance and cost II New
York carries west bound freigts 70 Chicago ~ So 40
80 or even 20 cents per hundred the lines that terminate
IN Baltimore should protect OH merchants by proper
Icuate Reductions The Baltimore merchant should Lot
be forced ship At stardar4 rates wheA the
brakeman can ship AZ 80 TO 4C per cent lower
for that puts penalty upon doing business in Baltimore
iNJJ'nEI, By CONCESSIONS TO NEw-YORK
The concessions already granted &c New-YHk worked
70 The injury of the West for instead OF getting the
benefit Of the natural dierental Of l72 OHIO Indiana
and illinois have enjoyed only the " agreed Nherentia
of 5la How enormOrous this has been viii be in
table submitted The receipts If grain the chief ports
have been as follows