The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-01-05
The Transportation Matter.

The FREE PRESS ever gives due con-
sideration to contemporaries statement
when honestly uttered, even though an
error he made that would hardly admit
of palliation or extenuation. But
when a false assertion is made, and the
editor endeavors to palm it of upon the
public as truth, we have no compassion
for such knave.
Last week The FREE Press had &C.
casion to remind the Rerieto that its as
sertion in regard to the advance Of rates
OF 5 cents per hundred on wheat from
Minnesota to Chicago Was erroneous
at least 30 far as Mankato was concerned,
and that instead, reduction OF Il
cents had been made on the prevailing
price charged during the summer and
fall. Our information was cleaned
from an official source, and stands un.
improbable. But the chronic liar OF
the Recieo Enthusiastically charges
THE FREE PRESS with distorting the
truth and himself proceeds to explain
away what he had previously said, and
hashes up a quarter of column of trash
of what he meant to have remarked.
To let THE FREE PRESS readers CLEAN a
little light of the Facilitating methods
employed by this monarchial Jumbo,
we give extracts from the Rerie~ OF
Dec. 26th, and January End, accompan-
led with appropriate comments. Our
readers will ut once note the dissimilar-
ity of the Recies's editorial remarks
and the comments which it makes upon
THE FREE PRESS:
Reriee's editorial:
The telegraph brings the not unexpected
intelligence, Immediately following the set
Element OF the railroad war, that at recent
meeting ut Chicago, the freight rate on
wheat between Minnesota and Chicago was
advanced IS per cent.
Extract from the Reoie,o's "explana-
ton"
The statement made by the RerisW was
the several railroads, an advance or TWEEN.
ty.fve per cent. was ordered In the wheat
tariff between Minnesota and Chicago to
take effect on the nrst day OF January.
Note the wording carefully OF the
two extracts. Can our readers find any
thing about the "to take effect on the
first day of January" in the first clip.
ping. We should rather remark not
Jumbo INDUCES in slight pcrversion
in order to brace himself up to the
emergency.
A continuation:
The local agents [herel were not officially
Informed of this advance. and will not be
till IL goes into effect.
But we were told in the first instance
that the freight rate had been "ad-
vanced!" Now we are told that it is to
be. Oh, consistency!
Further on:
received until several days afterwards, and
after the Retie,o was printed, the rate wa
reduced to III cents, and IL 10 this fact that
THE FREE PRKss fortunes into contradic.
ton OF the statement that an advance OF
twenty-five per cent. 10 TO take place on the
LIST OF January.
This is a good one. The Repieso be.
lies its own words. 1t admits that a
reduction Of 21S cents took place, and
that three days before. the paper was
printed. Yet the editor feigns igno.
rance of the fact on the ground that NO
tice had not been sent here, which ID
false.
And further than this, the rate on
wheat transportation has not been ad.
vanced, and it is now the 5th Of January
So far as we have been able 10 ascertain
there is no contemplation OF q raise,
which places the RevieW In position
to explain its explanation"