New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
CUTTING .STEERAGE PASSAGE RATES.
THE LOWER PRICES or TIE CONFERENCE COM
PANrEs MORE THAN MET By OUTSIDE LINES.

THE LOWER PRICES OF TIE CONFERENCE COM
PANIEs MORE THAN MET BY OUTSIDE LINES.
The action of the North Atlantic Steamship Con-
ference-composed of the White Star. Cunard.
Gui0n lnman. National, Anchor ana Stale lines
on Saturday in ordering reduction OF Immigrant
passenger rates TO meet the competition OF the COM
panies outside of the North Atlantic and CONTINENTAL
conferences, was met yesterday by sui iuriner
reduction by the outside organizations. The lines
not belonging TO the conferences arc the monarch
White Cross Beaver and Bristol, OF this city inc
Warren running to Boston, and the Dominion, when
goes TO Halifax The trouble began about two months
ago when the outside lines cut under the rates or
the conference companies and Is believed TO DC tle
beginning of a prolonged steamship Iwar. notwltlf
standing the fact that the members OF the CON
ference assert that they will not reduce their rates
further. The Monarch is comparatively new COM
rany. which has competed regularly in passenger
business with new steamers for the past three
years. The Beaver is an accommodation line, or
one that accommodates itself TO circumstances run
ming to Montreal in the summer and TO New orK IN
the winter or whenever else 1t can get freight Inc
Continental conference comP4es hSUe w. pt iG
Conference in maintaining present rates, although
the prices charged by the North German Lloyd and
Hamburg American Companies. ana the hed otar
line are and have been lower from German ports
than those in the new schedule.
At the offices of the conference companies ycser-
day new and conspicuous posters told to passcr5-Dy
of the great reductions, and "conhdential crcu-
lars have been sent 10 agents giving them their In
structions At the offices of the outside lines were
Imnigront rates reduced to $40" The following Is
The new schedule of rates 10 NewYorN OF the lines
in the North Atlantic Conference and the rates as
duced Yesterday by the outside lines; From Liverpool
Queenstown. Londonderry, Belfast, or Glasgow
conference. $21; outside lines 80; from Dublin
conference, 500 outside lines, 81 London. BITS
toll or Cardiff conference, $24 outside lines, S2O
from Hamburg Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Am
sterdam Paris Bremen and Stettin. conference, pZ|
outside lines, $50; from scandinavian ports, CON
ference $2S outside lines $50 from stockholm;
conference 1913 outside lines, $2S. For outward
the rates of the conference lines are SZs
TO LIVERPOOL, Queenstown. Glasgow or London
derry 1923 to Dublin 1881 to London Bristol or Gar
diff S32 to German and scandinavian ports, ana
S37 TO Stockholm. The rates by tho Monarch and
outward excepting to Stockholm, TO which the fare
Is $50 The commissions paid to agents by the
Monarch and other outside lines are greater than
those of the conference lines which give " com
mission for British passengers and S3 Tor CONT
mental passengers The outside lines pay 81 more
10 agents for each passenger.
One of the agents OF an outside line sld ycster-
day: This action of the North Atlantic Confer,
ence IA simply to force to become members, and
then to give us percentage OF business, Dut we
don't propose TO submit 10 dictaton. Among other
rules laid down in the circular sent out by the con-
ference lines, are the following extracts: No
agent of conference line shall book passengers by
| any steamer not represented by member OF the
| conference excepting those of the North German
Lloyd, the Hamburg American, the Red Star. and
the Rotterdam lines and no member OF the CONFER
ence shall employ any agent who may be guilty OF
violating this rule. No agent shall send or allow
| New YORK for sale No circular publication OF
any kind shall be issued rejecting upon or instltut
, ing any comparison with any tne-a member OF the
| conference"