New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-02
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
F. NEW pREssED-MEATs BUSINESS.

THE NEW DRESSED-MEATS BUSINESS.
1Hs DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ERIE AND THE OTHER
rRUNK LINES OVER LIvE-sTO AND DRESSED
MEATS RATES.
Railroad men on Saturday continued to discuss
the question OF the relative rates on live stock ana
dressed spite of the reference OF on FRIDAY 10
committee of the trunk lines and the
Chicago railroads. The subject Is one wmch
opens the doors disputes than any other ques-
ton stil left unsettled in the pool agreements. There
has been what may be called feud between the New
York Central and the Erie railroads ever since thc
agreement made between the trunk lines ior the Ill
vision of tho livestock business. The New
York Central bitterly opposed the Eres
first demand for share In this class
OF traffic to any important extent Its oihclas argued
that the Erie could do important business owing 10
the lack the Eries line OF such an intermediate mar
ket Albany furnished on the line OF the New-forK
Central the shippers OF cattle to NewYork In TINS
respect the Pennsylvania Railroad has been beteron Us
1t was enabled to supply a market to It's Shippers
at Harrisburg and Philadelphia before shipments to this
city necessary 1t was IN order to avert war OF
rates. In which tho Erie road could made without
profit ITSELF nroads into tne livestock business OF the
Central that the latter road consented to pool DIVISION
OF this traffic Percentages were arranged upon
the following basis: New-YOrk Central ana
PennsylvaDa each IS 21O per cent; Erie, 20 49, ana
Baltimore and Ohio, 2-1O per cent 1t has been re-
peatedly asserted that competition for the livestock
traffic upon the basis OF schedule rates could not fail to
alter these percentages in the actual shipments 10 the
disadvantage OF tho Erie road.
The general reply friends OF the Erie to these
has been that that road has not yet developed
its facilities for the carriage OF live st0ck-a defect
which could be remedied in time BY its contract with
swift Co.. OF Chicago, packers Of dressed meats, mado
some months ago. the Ere has now Sc
cured line OF business which threatens
10 cause considerable disturbance in the
trunls-lne pool before 1t be satisac
torily settled. The large catte-butchering
interests this city complaining that they must
go IL the present differences In tine rates
on live stock and dressed meats are not changed A
prominent railroad officer sad Yesterday There Is no
disposition In the part Of the Pennsylvania or the New
York Central road Interfere with the dtesse meats
business But they intend 10 protect the established
interests In the shipment OF i've cattle from the west
They perfectly willing to enter into tie transpOrta
ton dressed meats along VIII the ErIr Dnt tvy are
disposed to nure established tralhc by unIayor
able rates What sought IN the appointment VI the
basis which VIII equahze rates ON 1.-Two stock
and dressed ats to both the shippers and
the roads Tue public should be apprlsed or
IL requires large tai to prepare cittc
the West for shpmcu: 10 tie East IN the dressed
form. With that capital In han1, ny starting I'D WIN
low peccs for the DIRE arcd butch r. OF reSn cav
tie be driven out of their radc. That being accom-
plshcd, prevent the western packers O meals
| IRON enjoying n monopoly III thusc places where the
butcher have been driven out OF DusntsSF' 800
OtAcr arguments advanced by the opponents OF inc
dressedobeef industry TO the effect that Tao same rcca
tOa- for heallh of CONSUME ~ cannot D. enforced NJ
tae consuming points with uresscl meats as tey can DC
Of cattle slaughtered there. Tue flcn0s OF
the industry reort 10 ibis that ms the continuance
of their VIII depend upon the quality Of the article
supplied packers OF dressed meats naturally VIII SEQ
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